AT Lessons: What are you working on?

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DancePoet

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Hi folks!

Almena seems to have started a wonderful thread in Ballroom. I liked the idea and how it seemed to be working, yet felt uncomfortable sharing recent AT lessons in the ballroom thread. Therefore, perhaps it would be a good idea to have a similar thread here in AT as well!

So ... what have you been learning in your AT lessons?
 
Just started working on pushing off with my trailing foot more in my walk, rolling it more, getting a better connection with the floor longer... It's made a significant difference in a short amount of time.

Also working on molinetes in a clockwise direction, which was the first direction i learned them but never really worked on them very much, so going back to refine that now.

And we always spend time trying to figure out how to get me really paying attention to the music.
 
Hmmm ... I recently had the opportunity to learn and practice slight variations of basic ochos. It was fun trying to change my lead according to the type of ocho I was leading. It was an excellent way to focus see how small changes in one's lead can create different responses from the follow, and see if the follow could really pick up on what was happening rather then just following a basic pattern. Revisiting the basics first and then adding the variations was very helpful. :D
 
It's three months we had a change of instructors at our AT course and new teachers are doing a lot of technical lessons; the last ones were about using of abdominals and adductors muscles for finding balance.
 
What a great thread!

Walking, walking, walking - as ever! Julie did a followers workshop with Mila Vigdorova last week which included some exercises which we've been playing with. One that I've found really interesting is to raise and stretch your right arm up in front of you so that it extends the line of your right leg as you step back. Imagine that there is an elastic band running from your right foot, up through the centre of your body to your right hand. As you take the step you stretch the band out. Repeat for the left and so on as you walk backwards.

jhpark said:
Just started working on pushing off with my trailing foot more in my walk, rolling it more, getting a better connection with the floor longer
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That's a good idea - I'll focus on that as well. My clockwise molinetes could also use some attention!

We've also been revisiting a colgada that we were shown by Oliver & Marisa last August and haven't looked at since. That was fun - but it's a good job we had it on video! Balance, balance, balance ....
 
Musicality + Quality of Movement. It's not the amount, nor complexity of steps you know. It's how well you move to the music that distinguishes one.

In order to achieve this, have been working on the posture, balance, body movements, and flow from lead to follow to reflect and interpret the music.
 
Ganchos, I'm trying to get the tech down pat. The timing, the placement of my foot and not to forget waiting to kick until the right time.
 
JonD said:
....followers workshop with Mila Vigdorova ..... ....
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Mila Vigdorova :sigh: what a dancer!

I am working on Suspension following a workshop by Jenny and Ricardo from Edinburgh: which is, as I understand it; giving the woman energy/impetus for her leg to move into a planeo without taking a step back. I suppose its the equivalent of a linear boleo but resulting in a circular motion. This suspension when it works allows for leads into woman sacada to the man.
 
jhpark said:
What's a planeo?....
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From Tangopedia Dictionary

"Occurs when the man steps forward onto a foot, usually his left, and pivots with the other leg trailing (gliding behind) as the lady dances an additional step or two around him. May also occur when the man stops the lady in mid stride with a slight downward lead and dances around her while pivoting her on the supporting leg as her extended leg either trails or leads. Can be done by either the man or the lady "
 
Forward ochos, forward, ochos, and more forward ochos.

Correction: pretty, and controlled forward ochos.

Extend leg.
Wait and resist.
Transfer weight and immediately ground.
Pivot quickly, yet controlled by initiating movement with hip, and using other foot to help balance.
Ground at end of pivot.
Extend leg immediatly.
...wash, rinse, repeat.

Volcadas, milonga footwork technique drill, milonga walks (to encourage resistance).

Introduction to colgadas, cayengue style, and ladies' back sacadas.
 
Variations on the cruzada (that effing left-behing-right cross!!!). Continuous cruzadas (for lack of a better term).

Colgadas. Volcadas.

Reviewing of: technique for ochos--including back ochos, exhortation to practice said technique, leg wraps, stationary weight changes.
 
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