Description

Intro to fancy-pants tango turns

Steps

  1. Explain follower’s grapevine default
  2. Help them walk through follower’s part from cross in practice hold: forward, side, back, ending with parada/pasada
  3. Lead a few times til it’s smooth
  4. Interleave with other elements, alternate between leading turn vs repeated forward ochos
  5. Now with embrace: Start in close embrace, open to ping-pong-ball distance at the cross, lead the turn, return to close embrace
  6. Have the do the swivelly leader’s footwork solo
  7. Help them walk through the leader’s part of the turn slowly, talk them through it in practice hold
  8. Now have them lead it with the embrace described above

Tips

Bonus!

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