Английская Википедия:Figures of Argentine tango
Шаблон:Commons Figures of Argentine tango are elements of Argentine tango.
Introduction and terminology
History
On the basis of several instructional tango books published between 1911–1925 [1][2] early tango figures can be grouped into eight categories: corte, paseo, la marcha, ocho, grapevine, ruedas, media luna, molinette.[3] From that period we still have: ocho, sentada, media luna, molinete, sandwich.[4]
| Name | Argentine tango between 1911–1925 | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| Corte (detención, freno, parada) | Break and style of dance (bailar con corte, a la quebrada). | Файл:Cortez bw.jpg |
| Quebrada | Style of dance (bailar con corte, a la quebrada) (see Rudolf Valentino). | Файл:Valentino in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.jpg |
| Media luna. | Half moon. | Файл:Medialuna bw.jpg |
| Promenade | Popular salida at that time. | Файл:Promenade bw.jpg |
| Rueda | Rotation around a woman. | Файл:Ring bw.jpg |
| Scissors | Movement which starts with promenade and is followed by a step; repeated. | Файл:Scissors bw.jpg |
In 2010 there exists as many as 200 instructional DVDs discussing elements of Argentine tango dance.[5] These include titles devoted to tango technique and basics [6] [7] tango nuevo [8] [9] [10] [11] milonguero style (also known by estilo del centro in Buenos Aires) [12] [13] [14] and various elements of the dance such as giros. [15] There are many guides and dictionaries to tango terminology on the internet. [16] Tango terminology is described in several books. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Terminology
Alternative names are provided in (braces) but usage of tango related names varies: for example entrada and sacada or voleo and boleo may be used to describe the same steps. The names used here follow many sources including English instructional DVDs (such as Christy Coté and George Garcia DVDs published by Dancevision),[23] Argentine DVDs which often have English subtitles, internet resources, and published books and glossaries.
Шаблон:AnchorBasic concepts: axis, steps, embrace.
Шаблон:AnchorBody position and basic steps
Effective lead and elegant following depends on proper position of feet, hips, and torso of the leader and the follower.
| Spanish | English | Description – Body position and basic steps | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorPie activo | Active foot | The foot which is about to walk or walking. | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorPie soporte | Supporting foot | The foot which carries the weight. | ||
| Шаблон:Anchor | Leg projection | One leg is on-axis and the other is projected, big toe stays on the floor. This element is the basis of many steps. | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorPaso | Step | Side, forward, back step. See also forward cross step and backward cross step | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorPosición panget | Tango close (position 0, collection) | Collecting feet at the end of the figure. This is sometimes called position 0 of the eight count basic (basic step). | Файл:Homer tango collect.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorDisociar | Dissociation (contra body) | Position in which there is dissociation between torso and hips. One classic lead with strong dissociation is used during the simple salida (i.e. transition between position 2 and position 3 of the basic step). | Файл:Homer2 tango dissociation.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango dissociation2.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorCadencia (balanceo) | Cadence (weight change) | Weight change in place. Used, for example, in Position 8 of the basic step. It is used as subtle lead during breaks or to adjust the follow position. | Файл:Homer2 tango cadence2.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango cadence1.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorCunita | Rock step (small cradle) | Rocking or swaying to side, forward, or back. Comes from rocking a cuna (cradle) |
Шаблон:AnchorOn and off axis
Position-related concepts of Argentine tango are axis and off-axis positions. Body position in which legs are approximately perpendicular to the floor is called 'axis' and there are two axis positions associated with one of two legs.[7] Off-axis positions are called apile (apilado, carpa, volcada) or colgada.[8] The center of balance moves outside one's body in case of the off-axis moves.
| Spanish | English | Position | Description – On and off axis | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorPosition normal, el eje | Normal position | On-axis | Body position in which one leg is approximately perpendicular to the floor. Center of weight is within the body. Feet position is with her heels together, and toes pointing slightly out. Her weight is on one leg or nearly so. See also collect. | Файл:Homer tango collect.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorCarpa, Apile, Apilado, Volcada | Apile (volcada) | Off-axis | Position in which both partners are leaning forward, may vary in degree of the tilt or shape. Many fluid and elegant tango figures can be danced in volcada position. | Файл:Homer2 tango apile.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorColgada | Colgada | Off-axis | Position in which both partners are leaning back, may vary in degree of the tilt and body shape (see colgada shapes). Many fluid and elegant tango figures can be danced in colgada position. | Файл:Homer2 tango colgada hip under.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorEmbrace and styles
Argentine tango dancing consists of a variety of styles that developed in different regions and eras and in response to the crowding of the venue and even the fashions in clothing. It is danced in an embrace that can vary from very open, in which the dancers connect at arm's length, to very closed, in which the connection is chest-to-chest, or anywhere in between. Styles of dance are not predefined by the embrace itself and many figures of tango salon style are danced in an open embrace, it is also possible to dance tango nuevo in close V-shape embrace. The milonguero (apilado) style is an exception; its close embrace without V-shape and emphasis on maintaining this embrace throughout the dance predetermines range of possible movements and their shape.
Шаблон:AnchorDance embraces
| Spanish | English | Associated styles | Description – Embrace and styles | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorAbrazo cerrado | V-shape close embrace | Salon and tango nuevo | The dancers' chests are closer to each other than their hips, and often there is contact at about the level of the chest (the contact point differing, depending on the height of the leader and the closeness of the embrace). In close embrace, the leader and the follower's chests are in contact and they are dancing with their heads touching or very near each other. | Файл:Homer tango embrace close full.JPG | Файл:Homer tango embrace close.jpg |
| Шаблон:AnchorAbrazo abierto | Open embrace | Tango nuevo, salon | In open embrace, there can be as much space as desired between the partners, but there should always be complete contact along the embracing arms to give optimum communication. Argentine tango dancers do not hold their upper bodies arched away from each other; each partner is over their own axis. Whether open or closed, a tango embrace is not rigid, but relaxed, like a hug. | Файл:Homer tango embrace open full.JPG | Файл:Homer tango embrace open part.jpg |
| Шаблон:AnchorApilado (estilo milonguero, estilo del centro [de Buenos Aires]) | Square close embrace | Style milonguero | Milonguero style of embrace is danced in closed position, chest-to-chest, with the partners leaning – or appearing to lean – slightly toward each other to allow space for the feet to move. The follower's left arm position on the leader's shoulder is a style issue. It originates and is used in crowded milongas where there is so much people that you're literally dancing in "square". In those places the lifted arm avoids touching and accidentally hurting other people during turns. Close embrace, no V-shape. | Файл:Homer tango embrace millonguero.jpg | Файл:Homer2 tango milonguero part.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorTango al reves, doble frente | Reverse embrace | Tango salon and nuevo | Reverse embrace where both partners face the same direction; it is now used only occasionally to perform tango figures (see doble frente). | Файл:Homer2 tango al reves1.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango al reves.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorPractice embraces
Embrace hold used during tango practice. One example is when both partners hold hands, the follower holds the leader's shoulders, and variants.
| Spanish | English | Description – Practice embrace | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorPareja tomada | Practice embrace | Both holding arms in practice position. | Файл:Homer2 tango practice hold.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorPareja tomada | Practice embrace | She holds his arms in practice position. | Файл:Homer2 tango practice hold tea.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorPareja tomada | Practice embrace | Holding him in "tea kettle" position. | Файл:Homer2 tango practice hold1.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorPareja tomada | Practice embrace | Holding each other. | Файл:Homer2 tango practice hold2.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorWalk and salidas
Шаблон:AnchorWalking systems
Walking in a cross system is defined as the couple stepping simultaneously with their two right legs and stepping simultaneously with their two left legs. Walking in a parallel system is defined as the couple stepping simultaneously with the leader's right and follower's left leg, and then with the leader's left and the follower's right leg. When dancers are facing each other, the cross system results in an anti-mirror effect. For this reason, in ballroom tango cross system is never used unless both dancers are facing the same direction. Argentine tango, however, makes extensive use of the cross system with dancers facing each other. In Argentine tango, the leader can change his weight from one foot to another while the follower's weight remains unchanged; this is the simplest method of changing from parallel system to cross system or vice versa. By contrast in ballroom tango, a weight change by one partner leads to an automatic weight change by the other.
The cross system and parallel system walk nomenclature originated with the Naveira/Salas "Investigation Group." Early on, they used 'even/uneven' to describe the arrangement of legs in the walk or turn. By the mid-1990s, they began using 'parallel/crossed' and later 'normal/crossed'. The process of changing from the parallel system to cross system (or vice versa) by having the leader change weight without the follower changing weight (or vice versa) is named contrapaso, or "contra-step". This change can be made off or on the normal beat.
| Spanish | English | Description – Walk elements | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorSistema paralelo | Parallel walk | The leader steps with his left leg forward, the follower steps with her right leg back; the leader steps with his right leg forward and the follower with her left leg back | Файл:Homer tango parallel walk.jpg |
| Шаблон:AnchorSistema cruzado | Cross walk | The leader steps with his right leg forward, the follower steps with her right leg back; the leader steps with his left leg forward and the follower with her left leg back | Файл:Homer tango cross walk.jpg |
| Шаблон:AnchorContrapaso | Weight change | Weight change used to switch between parallel and cross system of walking. | |
| Шаблон:AnchorAmericana | Promenade (sweetheart walk) | Walking by facing the same direction and stepping forward. This resembles a walk in the park by sweethearts (except they may hold their hands together whereas in tango the embrace is preserved). This walk can be initiated by salida Americana. | Файл:Homer tango salida americana.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorEight count basic (8CB)
Basic step (paso básico, basico cuadrado y cruzado) is used for education purposes and almost never danced as a basic step of tango. For this reason it is sometimes called pejoratively academic basic. Nevertheless, it contains basic elements of the dance. Also, it serves a purpose of "establishing notation" to more complex tango elements. Basic step (eight count basic, 8CB) is composed of back step, side step, cross for the lady (leader steps outside of his partner with his right leg), forward step, and side step. Basic steps can also be divided into four phases: salida – position 1 and 2 and transition from position 2 to position 3; caminata (position 3 and 4), cross (position 5), and resolution (positions 6,7,8). There are variants of the basic step.
| Spanish | English | Description – Basic step (8 count basic) | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorPosition cero | Position 0 (tango close) | Collection. Feet closed. See also collect | |
| Шаблон:AnchorUno (salida atrás, primera) | Position 1 | Back step, part of salida (not used in social dancing) | Файл:Homer2 tango position1.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorDos (salida costado, apertura, segunda) | Position 2 | Side step, open step, part of salida or beginning of the salida | Файл:Homer2 tango position2.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorTres | Position 3 | Salida simple (basico cuadrado) or crossed (basico cruzado); beginning of the basic step walk. | Файл:Homer2 tango position3.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorCuatro (caminata) | Position 4 | Basic step walk. | |
| Шаблон:AnchorCinco, cruce | Position 5 (cross) | Cross. See also cross. | Файл:Homer2 tango position5.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorSeis | Position 6 | Walk, part of resolution. | Файл:Homer2 tango position6.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorSiete | Position 7 | Side step to right, open step, part of resolution. | Файл:Homer2 tango position7.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorOcho | Position 8 | Weight change, part of resolution. See also cadence. |
Baldosa (tile) or cuadrado (square) is a six-step figure similar to the ballroom box step except the man starts with his right foot, then steps back, side, forward, forward, side, feet together; the baldosa is the basic step of milonga. This baldosa is similar to eight count basic with the exception of the cross.
Some Argentine tango teachers teach complex figures but break them down into simpler parts. Subsequently, they teach students how to improvise their own figures. Beginner classes may include caminada – combination of caminar (walk), cross, and ochos. The beginning part of a figure, its starting-point, is called salida (exit or beginning – as in "beginning of a journey"). The end part of a figure is called resolución. Combination of the salida, a walk, the cross of the lady and the resolución is called basic step (paso basico, la base, salida simple).
Thus, an Argentine tango figure is the pattern of salida, combination of elements, and resolución. This makes for flexible, ever-changing patterns. It gives leader an exceptional opportunity to improvise, and in part makes the Argentine tango unique in the dance world.
Шаблон:AnchorSalidas
| Spanish | English | Description – Salidas | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorSalida simple | Parallel system salida | Beginning with strong contra body position of the upper torso and the leader's right leg outside the follow (in position 3 of the basic step). | Файл:Homer2 tango position3.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorSalida cruzada | Cross system salida | Beginning with the leader's left leg outside the follow (in position 3 of the basic step). | |
| Шаблон:Anchor | Syncopated salida | Position 4 and 5 of the basic eight is done to the side.[14] | |
| Шаблон:AnchorSalida Americana | Salida Americana | Lead initiating walk (called promenade) of the two dancers facing in the same direction. | Файл:Homer tango salida americana.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorTechnique and embellishments
Шаблон:Anchor Follower's technique and embellishments
As in many dances most spectators focus on the follower – her elegance, grace, music interpretation as well as technique. Even though these are highly individual attributes there are some accepted ideas of what makes a follower graceful and beautiful when dancing tango. Such skills include leg projection and weight transfer, stability in movements, elegance in leg placement and leg extension, pivoting, embellishments, as well as expression of emotions.
| Spanish | English | Description – Follower's technique | Image | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorAmagues | Amagues | A kick by one foot across in front of the other. May be very small high. | Файл:Lisette tango tap.JPG | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorCaricias | Caresses | Term describing caress like rubbing thigh, calf, or foot down the follower's body or leader's leg | Файл:Lisette tango caricias1.JPG | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorPasada | Pasada | Stepping over the man foot in an elegant way. Depending on the follower's preferences she can do variations such as lustrada; she can raise her leg high or keep it low. | Файл:Homer tango pasada.JPG | ||
| Шаблон:Anchor | Forward cross step | Forward step with one leg crossing in front of the other leg. The movement begins with leg projection and turning of a foot towards the direction of the pivot, transfer of weight to active foot, pivot. This sequence is part of the forward ocho. | Файл:Lisette tango pivot1.JPG | Файл:Lisette tango pivot2.JPG | Файл:Lisette tango pivot3.JPG |
| Шаблон:Anchor | Backward cross step | Back step with one leg crossing in the back of the other leg. | |||
| Шаблон:Anchor | Side step transition | The movement begins with leg projection to the side with foot on the floor and slightly turned with subsequent transfer of weigh to active foot, collection. This sequence is part of the side step. | Файл:Lisette tango side1.JPG | Файл:Lisette tango side2.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorCuatro | Number four | The follower's adornment formed when she crosses and raises her leg in front of the other leg. | Файл:Homer2 tango quatro.JPG | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorLustrada | Polishing (shoe shine) | Rubbing shoe or foot up and down partner's pants or leg. | Файл:Homer tango lustrada.JPG | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorToque (see also golpecitos) | Touch | Short touch of the leader's instep by the follower's foot. | |||
| Шаблон:AnchorGolpecito | Tap | Quick tap done between steps or during a pause. | Файл:Lisette tango tap2.JPG | Файл:Lisette tango tap3.JPG |
Шаблон:Anchor Leader's technique
Both partners can contribute to tango improvisations with adornments (sp. adornos, decoration) known also as decorations (sp. decoration). Adornments do not have to be led or marked. Several embellishments are: aguja, amague, boleo, caricia, cuatro, enroscar, golpecito, lustrada, rulo.
| Spanish | English | Description – Leader's technique | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorAgujas | Needle | Pointing foot towards the floor. | Файл:Homer2 tango needle.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorEnrosque | Twist | Leader or follower is pivoting and twists his or her legs in corkscrew action. Often initiated with needle (aguja) position of a foot. | Файл:Homer2 tango enrosque.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorLapiz | Lapiz (pencil) | Leader is pivoting with his leg extended and foot and toes pointing towards floor. | Файл:Homer tango lapiz.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorPlaneo | Planeo | Pivoting on one leg with the other leg stretched out. | Файл:Homer tango planeo.JPG |
| Шаблон:Anchor | Taps | Quick taps done between steps or during a pause. Can be done by leader or follower. | Файл:Homer2 tango tap both.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorExpressions of emotion
Expression of emotions such as raising hand by a follower and gently lowering it on partner's shoulder; dancing with cheeks together.
| Spanish | English | Description – Expressions of emotion | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheek to cheek | Expression of emotion – dancing with cheeks together. | Файл:Homer2 tango cheeks together.JPG | |
| Шаблон:Anchor | Arm up and down | Expression of emotion – raising hand by a follower and gently lowering it on partner's shoulder. | Файл:Homer2 tango hand up down.JPG |
| Шаблон:Anchor | You are mine | Expression of emotion – gentle embrace. | Файл:Homer2 tango you are mine.JPG |
| Шаблон:Anchor | Sweetheart embrace. | Expression of emotion – sweetheart embrace. | Файл:Homer2 tango risky embrace.JPG |
| Шаблон:Anchor | Forehead to forehead. | Expression of emotion – forehead to forehead. | Файл:Homer2 tango touch head.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorVariants and shape
Tango elements come in a variety of shapes determined by, for example, elasticity or flexion of the execution of movement. Such variants gives a figure a more modern or traditional look, it can be an expression of the follower's creativity, or simple adjustment to how crowded is the floor.
Many tango steps are often borrowed from tango shows, but modified for the tight spaces and flow of other dancers around the floor. Many of these steps are part of tango nuevo. The shape of the steps can vary – for example, how the follower's body is curved during the step may change according to her interpretation of the music or the moment. There are several instructional videos illustrating sequences of tango nuevo such as colgadas and volcadas with elements of traditional tango.[8][9][10]
| Spanish | English | Description – Examples of shape (variants) | Image | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorColgada | Colgada shapes | Variants of colgadas shape – hip under, straight, and exaggerated "hip under". | Файл:Homer2 tango colgada hip under.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango colgada straight.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango colgada exaggerated.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorVoleo | Boleo shapes | Variants of boleo shape; low and high boleo; linear and circular boleo | Файл:Homer2 tango boloe circular.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango boleo low.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango boleo high.JPG |
Шаблон:Anchor Figures
Шаблон:AnchorCross and ocho
Large group of classic and elegant tango figures is related to two basic steps: forward cross step and backward cross step. Their combinations form cruce (cross), ochos (figure eight), as well as giros (turns).
| Spanish | English | Description – Cross and Ocho | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorCruce (cinco) | Cross (regular cross, position five) | Crossed left foot in front of the right foot. See also Position 5. | Файл:Homer tango cross her.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorCruce adelante | Front cross | Crossed one leg in front of the other | see cross |
| Шаблон:AnchorCruce atrás | Back cross | Crossed one leg in back of the other | see cross |
| Шаблон:AnchorCruce forzado | Forced cross | Crossed legs – induced by the lead.[13] | |
| Шаблон:AnchorOcho | Ocho | A figure "eight" traced on the floor by the follower's feet. |
See back ocho and forward ocho. |
| Шаблон:AnchorOcho adelante | Forward ocho (front ocho) | Feet tracing a figure "eight" on the floor by the follower's feet when she walks forward. | Two forward cross steps. |
| Шаблон:AnchorOcho atrás | Back ocho | Feet tracing a figure "eight" on the floor by the follower's feet when she walks back. | Two backward cross steps. |
| Шаблон:AnchorOcho cortado | Cut ocho | Sudden change of direction leading the follower to cross during her forward walk. | |
| Шаблон:AnchorOcho milonguero | Non-pivot ocho (lazy ocho) | Ochos led and followed without substantial torso and hip pivoting. |
Шаблон:AnchorCircular movements
Circular movements are inherent part of tango and have special importance in tango vals.[15] These include
| Spanish | English | Description – Circular movements | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorArroje | Push | Pushing follower away before leading giro. | |
| Шаблон:AnchorCalesita | Carousel | Circular movement in which the leader pivots the follower around. | |
| Шаблон:AnchorGiro | Turn | Giro is a turning step of the follower around the leader's axis (called the molinete). A common name for this figure is the "grapevine", alternating front and back steps connected by a side step. It is composed of several steps which complete a circle. One of the most common variants is composed of 4 steps (forward step, open step, back step, open step). Sequence of giro steps can follow square or be executed in circular motion (vals). Variants may include just 3 steps around the leader. | Файл:Homer2 tango giro1.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorGiro | Turn (open step) | Open step. | Файл:Homer2 tango giro2.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorGiro | Turn (back step) | Back step. | Файл:Homer2 tango giro3.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorGiro | Turn (open step) | Open step. | Файл:Homer2 tango giro4.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorMedia Luna | A half giro (half moon) | 180 degree part of giro. | see giro |
| Шаблон:AnchorMedia Vuelta | A half turn | 180 turn. | see giro |
| Шаблон:AnchorMolinete | Molinete | The molinete translates as "mill" and it is the part of the mill in the center, the axis. In tango, it is the leader's step, accompanying the follower's giro or grapevine (see giro). In the molinete, the leader pivots on ball of their foot, so that the foot stays behind the body and the follower stays close. The leader may either pivot on one foot or two feet or alternate feet in time to the music, while staying on the ball of foot. | see giro |
| Шаблон:AnchorVueltas | Vueltas | Circular movements such as "marionette" (but not giro). |
Шаблон:AnchorFoot play
Steps related to foot play steps spice up the walk and the dance. These are ways for leaders and followers to challenge and tease their partners and make dance more playful. There are different shapes of these moves and their look depends on how crowded is the venue or the follower's interpretation of the lead.
| Spanish | English | Description – Foot play | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Anchor | Traps, catches | Leg traps[11] | Файл:Homer2 tango leg trap1.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango leg trap2.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorBarrida (arrastre) | Dragging | One partner sweeps the others foot by displacing it along the floor. | Файл:Homer tango arrestre.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorBicicleta | Pedaling | Movement which resembles pedaling on a bicycle. Induced by the leader placing his foot under or to the side of the follower's foot and lifting and lowering it. | Файл:Homer tango bicicleta.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorEmpujadita | Small push | Displacement of the follower's leg by the leader's leg. | Файл:Homer2 tango empujadita1.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango empujadita2.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorMordida (sandwich, sanguche, sanguchito) | Sandwich | The leader places both feet on either side of the follow foot | Файл:Homer tango mordida.jpg | |
| Шаблон:AnchorParada | Parada (stop) | The leader halts the motion of the follower's turning by placing his foot close to her foot. | Файл:Homer tango parada.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorSacada and entrada
| Spanish | English | Description – Sacada and entradas) | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorSacada (entrada) | Shallow sacada (sacada, insert) | Leader's leg replaces partner's unweighted leg position. Entrada doesn't influence movement of the follower's leg. This movement is called entrada or sacada in Spanish depending on instructor.[15] | Файл:Homer2 tango sacada shallow.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorSacada (quite) | Deep sacada (sacada) | Displacement of partner's unweighted leg. | Файл:Homer2 tango sacada deep.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorSacada | Back sacada | Displacement of partner's unweighted leg. | Файл:Homer tango sacada back her.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorGancho and enganche
| Spanish | English | Description – Leg kicks and leg wraps (gancho and enganche) | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorEnganche | Leg wrap | One or both dancers wrap his or her leg around their partner's leg. This wrapping is often sustained or frozen for a moment in time. See also gancho and high leg wrap. | Файл:Homer tango enganche.JPG | Файл:Homer tango enganche both.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorGancho | Gancho (hook) | One dancer hooks her or his leg around their partner's leg. See also enganche. | Файл:Homer2 tango gancho.JPG | |
| Шаблон:Anchor | Overturned gancho (gancho nuevo) | The follower places her leg between the leader's legs. This move can be led from overturned back ocho. See also enganche. | Файл:Homer tango gancho overturned.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorPiernazo | High leg wrap | Wrap or caress by follower's leg raised up high and touching the partner's waist or legs | Файл:Homer tango piernazo.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorBoleos
| Spanish | English | Description – Boleo | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorVoleo adelante | Front boleo | Sharp movement of the leg often interrupted or suspended. The woman's lifts her foot from the floor and it flies to the side and wraps around her standing leg in front of her knee; boleos can be high (alto) or low (bajo). This move is alternatively named boleo and voleo in Spanish. | Файл:Homer tango voleo forward her.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorVoleo atrás | Back boleo | Sharp movement of the leg often interrupted or suspended initiated typically from a back ocho. The woman's foot lifts from the floor and it flies to the side and wraps around her standing leg at the back of the knee. This move is alternatively named boleo and voleo in Spanish. | Файл:Homer tango voleo back her.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorVoleo en linea | Linear voleo | Linear movement resulting in the leg's suspension in the air at the back of (typically) her body. | Файл:Homer tango linear voleo.jpg |
Шаблон:AnchorColgada and volcada
| Spanish | English | Description – Colgada and volcada | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorColgada | Colgada ("hanging") | Off-axis move in which woman leans back while being supported by leader's arms. Simple colgadas can be executed during woman's step over leader foot. For variants see colgada shapes: hip-under colgada (picture on the left) describes colgada with woman hips under her rib cage; plank or straight colgada (picture on the right) is when her back tilt is without pronounced bend. | Файл:Homer2 tango colgada hip under.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango colgada straight.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorColgada | Step over colgada | Off-axis move in which woman leans back while being supported by leader's arms. Simple colgadas can be executed during woman's step over leader foot. | Файл:Homer tango colgada step over.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorColgada | Side colgada | Off-axis move in which woman leans to the side while being supported by leader's arms. | Файл:Homer2 tango side colgada hip under.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorVolcada | Volcada | Off-axis move in which the woman leans forward and does forward or back cross or decorative figures with her legs. Volcadas can be done in open and close embrace. In case of closed embrace she is supported by the leader's torso. In open embrace the leader's arm provides support for the suspension. See also apile. | Файл:Homer tango volcada close.jpg | Файл:Homer tango volcada open.jpg |
| Шаблон:Anchor | Volcada (suspended) | Off-axis move in which the woman leans forward and her legs are opened and extended. | Файл:Homer tango suspended volcada.JPG | |
| Шаблон:Anchor Volcada con adorno | Side volcada | Off-axis move in which the woman leans forward to the man's side. She can do decorations with her leg. | Файл:Homer2 tango volcada side.JPG | |
| Шаблон:Anchor Volcada | "Armpit" volcada | Off-axis move in which the woman leans forward to the man's side. | Файл:Homer2 tango volcada arm pit1.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango volcada arm pit2.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorEverything else
| Spanish | English | Description – Everything else | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:AnchorCorrida | Run | A short sequence of steps. | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorDoble frente | Moving together in one direction. | The woman is in front of the man (see tango al reves style). | Файл:Homer2 tango al reves.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorElevacion | Lifts | Lifts | Файл:Homer tango lift.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorEspejo | Mirror step | Mirror steps or embellishments done by the man and the woman. | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorFriccion | Pulling | Pulling the woman typically dragged on her toes. | Файл:Homer2 tango pulling.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorPulpeadas | Leg entanglements, "sticky sacadas" | Class of trapped sacadas, wrapped sacadas, and carried (sp. llevada) ganchos. Named after Norberto Esbrez.[11] | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorQuebrada | Quebrada | Figure in which there is a sudden body twist or jerky move. The name is also associated with the tango style without embellishments (sudden breaks), as opposed to corte. | Файл:Homer tango quebrada.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorPalanca | Lever | Man helping the woman to jump or lift. | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorPatada | Kick | Kick between legs (by man or woman). | Файл:Homer2 tango kick.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorRebotes | Switch step (bounce) | Change of direction, bounce. For example, after salida americana partners step forward and change direction to step back. | Файл:Homer tango rebote.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorSalto, Saltitos | Jump, Small jump | Jump or small leaps or jumps | Файл:Homer2 tango jump.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorSentada | Sentada | Woman sits on leaders lap, hip, bended leg. | Файл:Homer tango sentada.jpg | |
| Шаблон:AnchorTijera | Scissors | Small jump with scissoring step in between partner's legs. | ||
| Шаблон:AnchorSoltada | Soltada | Breaking embrace to execute a figure (such as a turn) on her or his own. | Файл:Homer tango soltada him.JPG | Файл:Homer tango soltada her.JPG |
| Шаблон:AnchorZarandeo | Swing | Hip swings. Pivoting in place. | Файл:Homer2 tango swing.JPG | |
| Шаблон:Anchor | "Feet walking" | Walking on his feet. | Файл:Homer2 tango walking on his feet.JPG |
Шаблон:AnchorEnding figures
The most typical endings of tango are simple positions, for example "sandwich" or "tango close". However, in the popular culture tango endings are often associated with more dramatic figures such as listed below.
| Spanish | English | Description – Finale | Image | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Anchor | Open legs | Dramatic final ending figure of tango with the follower's open legs. | Файл:Homer2 tango finale1.JPG | |
| Шаблон:AnchorCorte | Bow (break, cut, stop) | Bow or break in the movements. Corte has also meaning of tango with embellishments as opposed to tango without them (see quebrada). | Файл:Homer2 tango corte1.JPG | Файл:Homer2 tango corte2.JPG |
Notes and references
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Tejastango.com
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book (head, hands, arms, legs, feet, natural step, pivot, ochos, turn, cross, boleo, sacada, barrida, contact, enganche, adorments)
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:Cite book (el eje, la intención, el caminar, la contraposición, el abrazo, basico cuadrado y cruzado, primer secuencia caminada, ocho adelante, ocho atrás, combinación del ocho adelante y atrás, medio giro derecha e izquirda)
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 Шаблон:Cite book DVD, in Spanish with English subtitles (colgada en línea, colgada circular, colgada en apertura, colgada en apertura con cruce atrás, arrastre con colgada, colgada en cruce atrás, colgada en ocho atrás, colgada en suspensión, ochos atrás bloqueados en volcada, volcada con dibujo círcular de la pierna libre, ocho cortado, secuencias de colgadas & volcadas).
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 Шаблон:Cite book DVD, in Spanish with English subtitles (sanguchito colgado, sanguchito colgado y gancho, colgada en apertura, barrida, colgada y gancho, americana, colgada y gancho, boleo, colgada y sacada, colgada en apertura con cruce, volcada y gancho, volcada líneal y circular).
- ↑ 10,0 10,1 Шаблон:Cite book (step of Gisela, the stop and pasada, soltada in turn to the right, stop and colgada positions, soltada and back sacada, blockade soltada, linear boleo, linear boleo with enganche, volcadas and colgadas, ela paso básico, salida simple, salida cruzada (salida of 1940's), ocho atrás, ocho adelante),
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 11,2 Шаблон:Cite book (trap sacadas, wrap sacadas, drags, basic ganchos, 3 ganchos, 4 ganchos, gancho boleo, carried gancho, enganches)
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book (salida in two steps, salida or basic step, cadence with woman's sweep, walking on the edge of the roof, the corkscrew, walk with sacada and boleo (role of the knee), walking on both sides of the woman, cadence with turn, "fan" with barrida sacada and boleo, enrosque with walk).
- ↑ 13,0 13,1 Шаблон:Cite book (tent salida, barrida with backwards sandwich, barrida with forward turn, boleo with traspie, back sacada, forward cross, natural cross, enrosque, sacada-sacada, escape with boleos).
- ↑ 14,0 14,1 Шаблон:Cite book (waiting, beauty and simplicity, veiled glances, subtle expressions, apíle o carpa, syncopated salida, sandwiches in turn, barrida from position 2, double cross, wheel with sandwich, induced barrida).
- ↑ 15,0 15,1 15,2 Шаблон:Cite book (foundation of the circular movement, structure of the twist, double time in turn, showing medio tempo to the woman, twists with entradas (difference between sacada and entrada), twist with entrada to the right, twist with entrada to the left, twist with entrada both ways, exercises for lapiz, turn to the left with lapiz, exercises with the lapiz: woman, turn with entradas and lapiz to the right, turn with enrosques (twists), twist with entradas and sacadas, twist with entradas and sacada behind the man, La Bordona)
- ↑ Tejastango.com
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book includes chapter "New Tango" by Gustavo Naveira
- ↑ Dancevision.com
