Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Two men Dancing Milonga




I have never seen such perfect tango danced by two men.

Dance Conmigo teaches private and group classes in Montreal http://www.danceconmigo.com/tango

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Sacadas workshop at Dance Conmigo May 25th 2012




Dance Conmigo teaches private and group classes in Montreal http://www.danceconmigo.com/tango

This was a Sacadas Workshop hosted by Alain Guillot and Cheryl Williams  held at Dance Conmigo studio on May 26th from 13h00 to 14h30.

Sacada means displacement of a leg or foot by the partner’s leg or foot or whole body. Sacadas can be discrete and hardly noticeable or big and flashy. In this video we did some Sacadas that were physically challenging, but very fun to do and visually attractive.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Ocho Cortado



Dance Conmigo teaches private and group classes in Montreal http://www.danceconmigo.com/tango

Ocho Cortado is a change of direction. It generally occurs on "5" or the cruzada position.

From 5, the leader takes a bouncing step forward and immediately brings his partner back to his right side. 

The secret in a good guiding is to keep a firm connections with the follower's back. As she steps back with her right leg, the leader prevents her from moving her left foot.

 After the bounce they both open facing each other and transferring the weight (leader to the right leg, followers to the left leg).

 The next motion is basically a pivoting move in which the leader transfer his weight to his left foot and rotating his shoulders to the left while bringing his partner with him.

 For the follower, she will be guided to transfer her weight to the right foot and the pivoting motion will encourage to cross her feet coming back to the Cruzada or "5" position.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

michelle + joachim | "androgyne" - 2 - basel ostertango festival 2011





Dance Conmigo teaches private and group classes in Montreal http://www.danceconmigo.com/tango

This is an amazing performance by Michelle Marsidi and Joachim Dietiker with Soledad Orquesta playing live at OSTERTANGO FESTIVAL April 2011 in Basel, Switzerland. This guys are my inspiration to practice and teach.

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Monday, May 14, 2012

Cadencia (Tango move) @ Dance Conmigo



Dance Conmigo teaches private and group classes in Montreal http://www.danceconmigo.com/tango

Cadencia is a shifting of weight, sometimes in place, sometimes in one direction or another. This step is very useful for avoiding collisions and making direction changes in small places. Many times we use it at the beginning of the dance to communicate the Rhythm of the music and to ensure that the first step will be taken with the correct foot.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Sacadas Atelier/Workshop @ Dance Conmigo

(English below)
Dance Conmigo vous invite à un atelier de Sacadas, animé par Alain Guillot et Cheryl Williams, qui se tiendra au Dance Conmigo studio (3655 Saint Laurent #207) le 26 mai de 13h00 à14h30.

 Sacada signifie le déplacement d'une jambe ou d'un pied par la jambe ou le pied de votre partenaire. Venez et apprenez plusieurs variations de sacadas.

 Cet atelier est ouvert aux danseurs qui ont plus d'un an d'expérience en tango. Aucun partenaire n'est nécessaire, cependant si vous n'avez pas de partenaire, inscrivez-vous et payez avant le 22 mai. Cela nous donnera l'occasion de vous assurer que vous aurez un partenaire.

 L'atelier comprend 60 minutes d'enseignement et 30 minutes de temps de pratique. Le prix est de 15 $.




Dance Conmigo invites you to a Sacadas Workshop hosted by Alain Guillot and Cheryl Williams to be held at Dance Conmigo studio on May 26th from 13h00 to 14h30.

 Sacada means displacement of a leg or foot by the partner’s leg or foot. Come and learn a few more variation of this visually pleasant step.

This workshop is open to dancers with more than one year experience. No partner is necessary, but if you do not have a partner, register and pay before May 22nd. This will give us an opportunity to make sure that you will have a partner.

The workshop will be 60 min of teaching and 30 minutes of practice time. The price is $15.

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Alain & Silvia Dance Tango at Dance Conmigo party. Cinco de Mayo



Dance Conmigo teaches private and group classes in Montreal.

Dance Conmigo host a party the first Saturday of every Month at Studio Metronome. Each party starts with complementary one hour course of a different dance.  After the dance class three dance floors are open to our guests. One dance floor for salsa, one dance floor for Argentine Tango and one dance floor for Ballroom and general dancing.

On May 5th there was one class of West Coast Swing and  at abut 10:30 pm there were three performances. Two of the performances were students of Cheryl Williams who showed couples how to do their first dance before their wedding and one performance by Alain and Silvia.  Alain And Silvia danced to "Finally Moving"  by Pretty Lights.

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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Leg extensions in Tango



Dance Conmigo teaches private and group classes in Montreal www.danceconmigo.com

This is one of my favorite steps when we are performing. It is simple and visible. It is like an eye candy for an audience while the leader prepares in his mind for the next movement.

Leg Extensions are very versatile. it can be done almost instantly with big breaks of the music. Extensions can be done ether when going to the left (on 2) or going to the right (on 7) or while going back and/or forward.

For the follower, once she becomes sensitive to the first one, all the other ones are easy to understand and easy to follow. I am sure that both, leader and follower, will find this movement easy and fun, plus it is pleasant to the eye.
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