Are you dumping? Are you dumping your pelvis? You have probably heard me say this in class. What am I talking about? Why your pelvic tip, of course! One of 2 things happens with the pelvis when you come to tango class – you are either tipping it or tucking it! If you are like most […]
Sometimes we think that it’s all about the feet and what the feet are doing, but sometimes the answer is in the hands. I left Berlin about 18 days ago to finally visit my friend in Brittany, France who I had not seen in a LONG time. So long in fact, that her youngest, who
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Is Tango a Pain in the Neck? I have not known how to broach this subject of tango being a pain in the neck, and it seems to be a common recurring theme as of late. After returning from another 3-day tango dancing event, several people shared with me their “pain in the neck” or their “pain
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Accessing your Axis: the W’s and an H! Where is it? What is it? How do I use it ? maintain it? Who has an axis? When do I need to use it? Why do I need to know about it? In a class recently a student was having a hard time with a “barrida” or a “drag”. And after
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Dropping your hips? A student came to me recently and shared with me that another teacher had told her that to find her balance (which had been a problem for her), all she had to do was “drop her hip”. And well, as you can imagine, I have some issues with this. Now, this isn’t