I am always fascinated to watch tangueros and tangueras dancing a perfect and centered pivots. I have tried many ways to master these pivots, using muscles, power, looseness, concentration... the result was nearly always dissatisfying - either I did not turn enough or I fell out of my axis. This summer I had two single lessons with a teacher and I asked him all my questions. He observed closely and was able to give me many answers. When asked about my trouble with the pivots, he got a jacket on a coat hanger and twisted the lower part of the jacket. Then he let go – the jacket swung open and back into its "natural" hanging position, overturning even a bit. I tried to adapt this effect on my pivots, practicing a row of ochos. And it works! The dissociation of the body creates a tension in the body (the twisted jacket). When letting go, the energy of this tension makes me turn very easily and naturally, without any muscle work except for that beforehand bringing me into the dissociated position. All I have to do is make sure I am straight on my axis. I have finally gotten a grasp of the power and potential in the dissociation as a motor for my pivots. Thank-you Augusto Balizano for this impulse!
Tango lernen scheint gleichzeitig sehr schwer und sehr einfach... Eine Zeichnerin nimmt den Leser und Betrachter in diesem Blog mit zu einem völlig neuen Abenteuer, entdeckt, lacht, verzweifelt, lernt. Can I tango? Maybe!
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Mittwoch, 28. August 2013
The Motor of Dissociation - Der Motor der Torsion
I am always fascinated to watch tangueros and tangueras dancing a perfect and centered pivots. I have tried many ways to master these pivots, using muscles, power, looseness, concentration... the result was nearly always dissatisfying - either I did not turn enough or I fell out of my axis. This summer I had two single lessons with a teacher and I asked him all my questions. He observed closely and was able to give me many answers. When asked about my trouble with the pivots, he got a jacket on a coat hanger and twisted the lower part of the jacket. Then he let go – the jacket swung open and back into its "natural" hanging position, overturning even a bit. I tried to adapt this effect on my pivots, practicing a row of ochos. And it works! The dissociation of the body creates a tension in the body (the twisted jacket). When letting go, the energy of this tension makes me turn very easily and naturally, without any muscle work except for that beforehand bringing me into the dissociated position. All I have to do is make sure I am straight on my axis. I have finally gotten a grasp of the power and potential in the dissociation as a motor for my pivots. Thank-you Augusto Balizano for this impulse!
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Oh schrecklich. Mach das mal in einer Gruppe wenn Männer dabei sind. Das ist ulkig, wenn die das zum ersten Mal probieren.
AntwortenLöschenWir kriegen ja die verschiedenen Körpersegmente nicht so richtig koordiniert.