Sebastian Arce & Mariana Montes

Ingredients. Tango Elements

with Sebastian Arce & Mariana Montes · All levels

  • 15 lessons
  • 15 previews
  • 245 min total

About this collection

In order to prepare a great meal, you need the right ingredients. For a great dance, you need the right ingredients, too. Be sure, you’ll get them in this collection of lessons. Recommended study time for this collection is 7 weeks.

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Curriculum

15 lessons

How much is actually the lead? Why and how do we pivot? How do we incorporate one of the most used tango elements in our dance? The purpose of this lesson is to answer all these questions. Music: Bahia Blanca (Carlos di Sarli).

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Technical details for ocho cortado. On body memory in dance and creating the circumstances for it to happen. Music: Paciencia (Juan D'Arienzo orchesta and singer Alberto Echagüe).

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On three different forms of ocho cortado for the ladies. Now you'll have the chance to play in a new way in your dance! Music: Paciencia (Juan D'Arienzo orchesta and singer Alberto Echagüe).

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A lesson with insights and variables about the lead, but also about the follower's interpretation for different shapes of ocho cortado. Music: Cada dia te extraño max (orquesta Troilo , singer Francisco Fiorentino).

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A full class about the blocking steps using at first the technique of ocho forward. Music: Destino de flor (orchesta Carlos Di Sarli, singer Roberto Florio).

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Amagues for men - repositioning the legs while maintaining the center. Music: Bien Frappe (orchesta Carlos Di Sarli, singer Roberto Rufino).

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On amagues as a way to play with intention. Leaders will learn to avoid the changing of weight for their partner. Music: Volvamos a empezar (Alfredo De Angelis y su Orquesta Típica, singer Oscar Larroca).

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One secret of this element refers to knowing how to play with distances – go away but come back style. You'll learn how to do it in this lesson. Music: Gitana Russa (Ricardo Malerba Y Su Orquesta Típica, singer Orlando Medina).

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Technical details on changing shapes and teasing. Barridas are about connection and understanding the playful attitude. Music: Gitana Russa (Ricardo Malerba Y Su Orquesta Típica, singer Orlando Medina).

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Highlights on some technical aspects that will help you understand better, the idea of the connection between the free legs. Music: Gitana Russa (Ricardo Malerba Y Su Orquesta Típica, singer Orlando Medina).

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More than in other cases, in order to do a barrida, it's necessary for both partners to acknowledge it. Once you do this, the rest is magic. Music: Gitana Russa (Ricardo Malerba Y Su Orquesta Típica, singer Orlando Medina).

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Bending a little bit the knee, meeting the follower’s leg on the inside and sometimes on the outside – practice, in order to see what makes the difference. Music: Gitana Russa (Ricardo Malerba Y Su Orquesta Típica, singer Orlando Medina)

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You'll learn three main exits: side, side, back, while always taking care of the space you are taking and giving. Music: Cada día te extraño más (orchesta Miguel Calo, singer Raul Iriarte).

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A lesson on how leaders and followers should work together with the shoulders, legs and arms for the continuity of the movement to come by itself. Music: Cantemos corazón (orquesta Carlos Di Sarli; singers Roberto Florio, Jorge Duran).

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A lesson about a movement that will help you when there's no space on the dance floor, available for larger structures. It will answer most of your questions related to the sandwich figure.

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