Monthly Archives: July 2008

Me Tarzan, you Jane

Posted on July 6, 2008 by LimerickTango

Tango is all about communication. Quite subtle, interesting, difficult, non-verbal, rewarding communication with people who are very often complete strangers. Its the ‘complete stranger’ part of it that I want to write about. When Jane started trying to communicate with … Continue reading →

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Saturday night

Posted on July 6, 2008 by LimerickTango

All I can say is that when I got home I polished off a bottle of scotch. (OK there was only a generous dram left in the bottle, but it’s the mood and the intention that counts.)

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RSS Readers

Posted on July 4, 2008 by LimerickTango

Those of you following this blog through feed readers may be experiencing some wayward posts due to crosstalk with some of the other feeds on my server. For the moment please update your feed readers to http://www.limericktango.com/feed/?author_name=LimerickTango

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Preparatory I

Posted on July 2, 2008 by LimerickTango

Walk At some point when your weight is on the open side pivot 90° to the open side and side step together along the line of dance. Pivot another 90° and step back along the line of dance (she will … Continue reading →

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Terminology

Posted on July 2, 2008 by LimerickTango

I am going to borrow a piece of terminology from fencing. What most people call a step, a sequence of steps, I am going to call a phrase. A phrase is an extended attack parry-riposte parry-riposte that continues until a … Continue reading →

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The Preparatory Cycle

Posted on July 2, 2008 by LimerickTango

Limerick Tango doesn’t do courses. We tried it once with our first eight weeks and never did it again. Far too much administrative hassle and people are afraid of slipping behind so if they miss the second week of a … Continue reading →

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Back pain

Posted on July 2, 2008 by LimerickTango

A question that came from a beginner last night was “why is this hurting my back?”. On the spot diagnosis proved that it was because she had hollowed out her back because she had not tilted her hips forward, keeping … Continue reading →

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And there it went

Posted on July 1, 2008 by LimerickTango

Well that wasn’t so bad. Good to have it behind me. It went rather well really.

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Here we go

Posted on July 1, 2008 by LimerickTango

So this is it. I’m walking out the door to teach my first class. I’ve taught classes before but they were filling in for a missing teacher. This time I will be teaching this class and the next class and … Continue reading →

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