What steps/moves do you use (and how often)

[bordertangoman]

I like this also. I don't delve into AT much BECAUSE I like varying degrees of energy, whereas most of the dancers around here only want the quiet zen of the inner connection.

I like roller coasters as much as I like Ferris Wheels. I like to mix it up.

For that reason I like all the "flashy, showy moves" in AT, but I'm not dancing them for an audience. I'm dancing them for the thrill of doing them well with my partner. I like a mix of quiet and loud in my dancing, no matter what type I'm dancing.

Me too; I'm always heading for the eye of the storm.

 

[bastet]

I like this also. I don't delve into AT much BECAUSE I like varying degrees of energy, whereas most of the dancers around here only want the quiet zen of the inner connection.

I like roller coasters as much as I like Ferris Wheels. I like to mix it up.

For that reason I like all the "flashy, showy moves" in AT, but I'm not dancing them for an audience. I'm dancing them for the thrill of doing them well with my partner. I like a mix of quiet and loud in my dancing, no matter what type I'm dancing.

well- that wasn't precisely what I was getting at, though I do understand a desire to have varying degrees of energy.

The lead in questions wasn't doing moves that I would call flashy or show tango-y, but he was applying lots of energy to every move he made, even simple turns, without any variation at all, to partners who weren't really responding to it (for whatever reason).

I prefer to try to match the energy level I get from a leader. I enjoy leads who play with the energy level, but higher energy just doesn't automatically equate to big or flash and trash movement. If so, then I think one of the important points of the dance has been lost (IMO at least). You should be able to apply varying degrees of dynamic to any move you make, and it doesn't mean that the move has to develop in to a space eating monster because of it either.

Here is a video I've posted before, because it is small space dance movement, in close embrace, and it is (IMO at least) not in the least bit "lazy". They appear thoroughly engaged.There are slower movements, faster movements and timing changes, a couple of sharp level changes and interesting footwork and embellishments (esp during the variacion), without taking up huge amounts of space or devolving into the tango "flash and trash" that most people seem to equate with dynamic dancing.

Jennifer and Ney:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elMyNZId4Zc

 

[bordertangoman]

well- that wasn't precisely what I was getting at, though I do understand a desire to have varying degrees of energy.

The lead in questions wasn't doing moves that I would call flashy or show tango-y, but he was applying lots of energy to every move he made, even simple turns, without any variation at all, to partners who weren't really responding to it (for whatever reason).

I prefer to try to match the energy level I get from a leader. I enjoy leads who play with the energy level, but higher energy just doesn't automatically equate to big or flash and trash movement. If so, then I think one of the important points of the dance has been lost (IMO at least). You should be able to apply varying degrees of dynamic to any move you make, and it doesn't mean that the move has to develop in to a space eating monster because of it either.

Here is a video I've posted before, because it is small space dance movement, in close embrace, and it is (IMO at least) not in the least bit "lazy". They appear thoroughly engaged.There are slower movements, faster movements and timing changes, a couple of sharp level changes and interesting footwork and embellishments (esp during the variacion), without taking up huge amounts of space or devolving into the tango "flash and trash" that most people seem to equate with dynamic dancing.

Jennifer and Ney:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elMyNZId4Zc

that's nice

 

[arslanz]

very difficult to say.....clearly walking and turns are very important to understand your follower when you dance in the milonga.....i must admit i like to insert a lot of boleos and ganchos or enganches and in a tanda i use to make twice or 3 times a turn with colgadas...

 

[dchester]

Well, since HBBoogie had the guts to post a video of himself, I figured I would do the same. This is of my wife and I at a practica.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B1o3jhOLAM