Monthly Archives: September 2008

What are they playing?

Posted on September 30, 2008 by LimerickTango

Of all the lists of neo-tango or alt-tango song suggestions I can’t remember one that I listened to1 that I jumped at going ‘that’s a tango!’. One example would be Maroon 5′s Secret I just don’t get the tango in … Continue reading →

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The Score

Posted on September 29, 2008 by LimerickTango

Tango music is more than a “toon“. It is the score to the film of the dance. As we know a film score is more than incidental background music but is an integral part of the story panning out in … Continue reading →

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Oops!

Posted on September 27, 2008 by LimerickTango

My attempts to “de-sequence” myself have had a side effect. I have learned to forget. It does wonders for my dancing but has introduced difficulties in attending workshops that involve sequences. I can look at the sequence, go ‘that’s nice’ … Continue reading →

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Slaughter House 9: Part 2

Posted on September 25, 2008 by LimerickTango

I have written before about Dr. Temple Grandin in relation to the embrace. The other connection I make between Dr. Grandin and tango is with regard to venue selection and layout. Dr. Grandin is a designer of livestock handling facilities … Continue reading →

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Preparatory V: Mark 2

Posted on September 24, 2008 by LimerickTango

Seeing as how I went backward ochos then a mordida, which is somewhat based on backward ochos, and last week was forward ochos I think the ocho curtado thingy fits in nicely here. It is also an opportunity to introduce … Continue reading →

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Heavy

Posted on September 18, 2008 by LimerickTango

Its a word with many connotations in tango. To be heavy: The way the majority of Argentine teachers describe having connection with the floor. Where ballroom dancing seeks to glide above the floor tango dancers seek purchase and make the … Continue reading →

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Preparatory IV: Mark 2

Posted on September 17, 2008 by LimerickTango

Formerly Preparatory III the walk with forward ochos got bumped a week in the shuffle. Eight weeks later I am still of the opinion that the delicacy of forward ochos makes them difficult to teach. They are however an excellent … Continue reading →

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What are you thinking?

Posted on September 16, 2008 by LimerickTango

It’s an old chestnut, boyfriend and girlfriend sitting in silence when she turns to him and asks “what are you thinking?”. He usually runs scared at this point. Either he was thinking of something he shouldn’t have been (who’s hotter: … Continue reading →

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Preparatory III: Mark 2

Posted on September 10, 2008 by LimerickTango

Rather than teach backward ochos one week and forward ochos the next I swapped in mordidas instead, which used to be preparatory v. The two classes segue nicely from one to the other while at the same time not making … Continue reading →

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Everything beautiful is far away

Posted on September 8, 2008 by LimerickTango

He just finished eating dinner and stepped outside the cave to smoke A cigarette he’d made from rolled up photo paper They were pictures of things back on earth He looked out on the greyish white expanse of Uninhabited terrain … Continue reading →

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