Dimension: Embrace - Theme: Review

In this class, we reviewed some of the concepts we studied during the trimester. For the beginners and improvers, we focused on rebounds as well as americana and ochos. For the intermediates, we reviewed an arrastre, a cross/sandwich and a boleo.

Dimension: Embrace - Theme: Flexible embrace

In this class, we spent time exploring how both partners could move independently from one another whilst keeping a comfortable and flexible embrace. We used creative versions of the cross to develop this concept.

Dimension: Embrace - Theme: The art of rebounds

Rebounds offer more room for creativity than is apparent at first. They can be done together or not, in the same direction or not, in cross or parallel system, fast or slow. We would like to encourage you to play with these different concepts and see what variations of the rebound you can come up with. In this class, we started with simple rebounds together and then built up to create a boleo and a nice contra-energy.

Dimension: Embrace - Theme: Using the right side of the embrace

Not all things are created equal, and the embrace is no different. It's asymmetrical and although we need to keep a balanced energy all throughout the embrace loop, in certain cases, we need to activate only one side of the embrace. In this class, we saw the technique and a couple of steps using the right side of the embrace - a classic corrida and variations of the grapevine.

Dimension: Embrace - Theme: Using hinges to communicate in close embrace

In tango, we use the word dissociation to describe quite a variety of moves, which are meant either to keep the connection between partners or to make the follower step, cross, pivot... In this class, we focused on the subtle differences between each lead by using a few sequences we like.