Monthly Archives: July 2008

The Mathematicians of Tango

Posted on July 17, 2008 by LimerickTango

This is not a post about those who count steps or about those who divide their steps with a protractor. This is post is about the analogy between my experience of being lectured engineering maths and tango. My greatest problem … Continue reading →

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Preparatory III

Posted on July 16, 2008 by LimerickTango

The Walk and Forward Ochos. So much more delicate and nuanced than backward ochos, which makes them quiet a difficult thing to teach to beginners. Well not so much difficult as requiring layers and revisiting. Lucky for me then that … Continue reading →

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British Pathe

Posted on July 15, 2008 by LimerickTango

It suddenly struck me that, while everybody is running off looking at clips on YouTube, the British Pathe newsreel footage has been online for some time and I had never checked it out for tango. The British Pathe site appears … Continue reading →

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F.E.A.R.

Posted on July 14, 2008 by LimerickTango

Ian Brown, F.E.A.R For each a road For everyman a religion Find everybody and rule For everything and rumble Forget everything and remember For everything a reason Forgive everybody and remember For each a road For everyman a religion Face … Continue reading →

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Wordle

Posted on July 11, 2008 by LimerickTango

Seeing as the rest of the TangoSphere is doing it I thought I’d join in. The others http://tangowritemight.blogspot.com/2008/07/thoughts-become-things-choose-good-ones.html http://latanguerita.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-tango.html http://tangobaby2.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-wordle.html I’d actually been looking for something like Wordle for a while. It’s so much neater and artistic than your everyday … Continue reading →

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Thinking ahead of the step

Posted on July 10, 2008 by LimerickTango

This occurred on Tuesday and is a good example of how I work. One of the leaders was having problems with a turn. Specifically stopping it. Each time he tried to end the turn and return to the walk the … Continue reading →

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Preparatory II

Posted on July 9, 2008 by LimerickTango

The walk and backward ochos, both lateral (the lead sidesteps as he leads the ocho) and diagonal (the lead advances as he leads the ocho). Reasoning: Lateral backwards ochos are a nice and easy holding pattern to slip into for … Continue reading →

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Semaphore Tango

Posted on July 9, 2008 by LimerickTango

Semaphore tango is a simple concept really. He gives the signal that, for example, an ocho and she runs off and performs an ocho regardless and ignorant as to what depth or degree it was to be performed. When finished … Continue reading →

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Just walk

Posted on July 8, 2008 by LimerickTango

Fantastic tango to Di Sarli’s Tu..el Cielo y tu by Adrian and Amanda Costa with an amazing opening circuit of the floor that shows just walking can be fantastic.

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Federer V Nadal

Posted on July 8, 2008 by LimerickTango

Watching the Wimbeldon men’s final on Sunday I was remined of a quote from Monsieur L’Abbat “In battle let valour and prudence go together, the lyon’s courage with the fox’s craft.” Federer truly was the fox’s craft and Nadal the … Continue reading →

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