Instructors: Homer & Cristina Ladas
http://theorganictangoschool.org/
England International Tango Festival
Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom
May 26-28, 2018
The pattern: Colgada
from promenade exiting into a colgada turn.
Get into promenade
without doing a colgada. Leader does sneak
attack weight change, so Leader’s left foot to Follower’s left foot, Leader’s
right foot to Follower’s right foot, as they both walk forward together. Leader
does sneak attack weight change to Follower’s right foot, to invite Follower to
walk around Leader. The Leader’s right foot touches the Follower’s right foot
and he sends her out a little to the right, doing a parada, after which the
Follower pasadas with her left foot so she steps back in front of Leader and
pivots to face him. The Leader should
enable the Follower to make the longest step possible around in front of the
Leader.
When the Leader does a
sneak attack weight change to meet the Follower’s right foot, his weight is
still back on his left foot. He should
not try to knock the Follower away to the right. Leader can do a small cheat step if he wants
(cross behind with his left foot) to help facilitate the Follower getting
around the Leader.
Adding the colgada
element.
When the Leader’s
right foot captures the Follower’s right foot, he can send her out in the Line
of Power, diagonally out. Here the Leader MUST do the left foot cross behind
cheat step so the Follower can step around and in front of the Leader.
Try to get a “real”
colgada instead of a “fake” or “safe” one.
The Follower hangs
from the Leader with both sides of her embrace and weight of her hips out and
away from the Leader.
Leader needs to be
strong in his left arm/hand – connect it to his back as as he starts to turn
the Follower is still in colgada.
The Follower leaves
her nose back as her left leg goes forward to reach around Leader.
The Colgada ends when
the Follower’s foot lands on the ground and she takes back her axis.
Before the Colgada
turn, the Leader can lead the Follower to do a wrap, by offering his right leg
in Captain Morgan stance as she is out and away form Leader with her right leg
weighted and left leg is free.
We drilled this with
the Leader’s right foot to Follower’s right foot capture, sending the Follower
out to lead her to do a left lag wrap of the Leader’s right leg in Captain
Morgan stance, into a pasada (where the Leader does a cheat step of his left
foot diagonally back so she has to step forward around the Leader).
Leading the wrap: The Leader offers his right leg in Captain
Morgan stance, sends the Follower out and rebounds her into the wrap. He can do several wraps in a row (though no
more than 3), and then lead her to step over in pasada.
At the moment of
colgada, the Leader has zero (no) turn.
He is just sending the Follower into the Line of Power and then back in.
She doesn’t need to look down to see if there is space. She knows because she can feel his leg,
that’s how she knows there is space. She doesn’t have to see or guess. The Leader leads it by giving her space with
his right leg.
“The Thighs Have
Eyes”. Leader sends Follower out in the
Line of Power, brings her in so she’s back on axis, and she feels his Captain
Morgan leg. The Leader needs to meat the
Follower’s height, especially if she is very tall or very short. Leader has no rotation in his spine while
leading the wrap. Leader does Captain
Morgan with his unweighted right leg as she does her turn/hiro/molinete, he
slides his Captain Morgan leg on the Follower’s side step, so she wraps with
her other foot. The turn is in the open
embrace with the Follower’s steps long and around the Leader. Follower should not fall on the back
step.
Turn wrap to the
right.
At the point of the
Follower’s side step after her forward step and before her back step, the Leader
can lead multiple sequential wraps by turning his Captain Morgan leg in and out
and rotating his spine/chest. She will
wrap with alternating legs.
Exit: After the
wrap/gancho, the Leader should continue the Follower’s turn to the right. The Leader gently transfers his weight to his
right, and then continues the Follower’s turn. The Follower’s hips should be
pointed toward the Leader and remain closed to have a juicy squeeze of the
Leader’s legs.
Colgada wrap after a
turn.
Timing is tricky,
because the Follower’s step is forward after the wrap. Even though the turn continues, the natural
step is a back step. The Leader steps
side and cross behind to create room for the Follower to step forward and
around the Leader. The Leader does cheat
step diagonally back with his right foot.
Follower’s right foot
wrap. Leader shifts weight and pivots
around Follower and takes his cheat step so Follower walks around Leader.
Notes courtesy of Anne at http://scoutingtour.blogspot.com
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