Tango Steps redefined?
Oleh posted an article on Jan 28th about Brigitta Winkler’s mention of the „real“ steps in tango:
She introduced the idea that there are only 3 steps in Tango (and all 3 can be considered basic). These are: open, cross forward, and cross back.
Ⅰ am a bit surprised. Not because the idea is so simple and so correct. (Although there are even deeper implications to this way of thinking/dancing than can be discussed here). Mostly because Ⅰ have heard and read about this approach in Mauricio Castro’s Tango Discovery – or better in his book ‚Tango Doscovery – The Matrix‘ who basically published a book talking about nothing else than all possible combinations of these three basic steps (+ no step). A combinatorial masterpiece, but not really a practical approach – nothing is taken away from you, it still is up to you to examine and explore the ideas with a partner. Mauricio is also really commercializing this stuff, it sounds just like he has grasped that in addition to being quite analytical he can also benefit from a good marketing backing him. Nevertheless good work.
Just wondering now: where did this all start? Who was the first „Tango scientist“?
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Not only Brigitta Winkler is advocating this idea but also Chicho.
Ⅰ took classes with Chicho in Buenos Aires in March 2004 when he and his partner Eugenia Parilla disected tango into these three basic steps … ‚not more‘.
But well: You know what it means when Chicho leaves you behind with the ‚no more‘ or ‚you can do this … NO you can’t!‘ – feeling!
eT http://www.eTanguero.net/ .
Ⅰ suppose either there was no „one“ who did the first dissection or that it all came from a certain momentum of the last tango revival that was filled with professional dancers started… anyhow the teaching of these concepts has not been as vivid as it is these days – and there is still way to go.
Ⅰ agree with you: as with more or less all in tango … … suddenly it was there!
eT http://www.eTanguero.net/ .
Hello. Ⅰ have a project to introduce the tango so that Ⅰ want to ask the steps of tango that has basic step,corte step,promanate step,off set step,progressiv step. Can you tell me how to dance those steps? Sincerely, Weiling
Weiling,
Ⅰ am not completely certain what you are asking: are you talking about the Argentine Tango or Ballroom Tango? (For an explanation see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango). Do you have any dance experience with tango? In what setting do you need to make your demonstration?
Dan