Balboa Park Dancers advanced dance lesson - Argentine Tango, October 2012 - performed by Pierre and Susan (syllabus).

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Argentine Tango syllabus, for October 2012:

a-Tango Syllabus

pattern 1 - la hamaca (the hammock)
back with right foot
side with left foot
right foot between ladies feet
rock (slight rotate) left then right
rotate left such that lady does back ocho (man is pointing with un-weighted lft. ft.)
she swivels on left ft. (man is pointing with un-weighted lf. ft.)
steps forward with rt. ft. (man is pointing with un-weighted lf. ft.)
steps forward with lft. ft. (man is pointing with un-weighted lf. ft.)
then sweeps with rt. ft. and finishes outside partner (with right ft. fwd.)
then one more step fwd. (man steps back on rt. ft.)

pattern 2 - el ocho atras
side step to lft.
lady back ocho (man holds)
lady back ocho (man steps to rt.)
lady swivels (man closes and changes wt.)

man step forward
man step forward
lady takes another step back well man holds wt. on lft. ft. and does 'adornment' (La Piz) with rt. ft.

pattern 3 - el sanguchito con gancho
lady does back ocho; man traps her left ft. (first with his rt. ft. then stepping in front and trapping with lf. ft.)
man steps back with rt. ft. (she steps fwd. with rt. ft, brushes up his lower leg, and steps over)

man leads gauncho
release from gauncho, to ocho
and finish basic with QQS

pattern 4 - half moon - media luna

basic - back, side, man crosses behind while lady does back ocho to molanettae while man unwraps, blocks her last step, she steps over, and finish with QQS (basic to closed dance position

pattern 5 - recule en cinco y desafiar (challenge)

lead-in with basic to cross - for man:  back-side-forward-forward (with cressada for her); unwind; then back-back-side-right foot between her feet-sit into left leg and slide her foot out-then rise while she slides feet back together;

pattern 6 - parada con calesita (stop with merry-go-round)

flick her left foot to cross behind right foot;  5-step walk around while she pivots on rt. ft.; finish with cross in front, then forward-forward-close

pattern 7 -  Sacada with Ocho Adelante (ochos alternating forward) - back-side-fwd (both); woman to cruzada and man crosses in front

pattern 8 - Pasido con Cadencia (i.e. with cadence) - hip flick to cross, x's 2; finish with back ochos

pattern 9 - Voleos - begins with cruzada while man does La Piz - woman's ocho across, man steps between her feet; woman ocho, man's left ft. behind rt. (with wt. change);  blocks her back ft. with his rt.; woman over and across to CDP, while he places lft. ft. against her lft. ft.;  step fwd. to voleo; she steps fwd., he steps back (with leg flick, and then rt. behind lft); she fwd. ocho to CDP.

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