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A rope around the waist

I’m quite particular about where his arm should go in the embrace. Personally I like a high embrace1. I’m looking to communicate the movement of my chest into hers. Also I have always been told that the important point of … Continue reading

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Wordle

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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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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Terminology

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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And there it went

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

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Technical set up

Given that I am an engineer I am somewhat more comfortable moving beyond a simple CD player set up. I also want the greater flexibility that an advanced set up can give me. Hardware: The room has a built in … Continue reading

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Chucking out the kitchen sink

Ever since I figured out that I was stepping up to the plate I have been thinking long and hard about what I would teach. The first, and almost immediate, decision was to drop the cross from the beginners class. … Continue reading

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A change of role

With the departure of Veronica Alegre there has been the obvious necessity of finding someone to teach so that tango can continue in Limerick. For a number of reasons this has ended up being me. From dancer to organiser to … Continue reading

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