Old habits die hard. There's the challenge. But no challenge, no growth. The artistic performance of any partnered dance requires that the dancers develop skill and expertise in the execution of technique. Individual movement technique looks at each dancer with keen attention to poise, line, rotation, weight distribution, weight transfer, and foot placement.
Dance technique works floorcraft, musicality, texture, and emotion into the overall performance.
Tango games is a collection of exercises and movement drills chosen and presented to focus on individual and partnering techniques. Each exercise will be explained and the techniques involved will be developed. Among the topics for development are the caminar, sacada, giro, amague, and dibujo. Foot positions and leg lines will be discussed. Each individual will both lead and follow, therefore it is unnecessary and perhaps ill-advised to work only with mixed pairs.