Posted by Eric Gebhart on Apr 8, 2013 in Article, Practice |
There is a real inequality in Argentine tango. There are almost always more women than men. How can we explain that? Despite what a lot of people say, men really have it pretty easy. Many teachers tell beginners, “all you have to do is walk.” Meanwhile, they are showing women how to do crosses, molinettes and ochos. Some men just stand there two footed, faking the lead for ochos while their partner works her bum off, staying on axis and powering through her pivots in spite of him… all in high heels, where one badly timed invasion of her axis could cause her free stilleto to slice across her big toe or impale her standing foot.
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Posted by Eric Gebhart on Jan 28, 2013 in Beginning, Challenges, Posture, Practice, Visualization |
Here’s another challenge from the ministry of silly walks. This walk is all about pressing into the ground and relaxing at the same time. It is similar to a previous challenge the ‘Silly anesthetized walk’. The swagger silly walk is here to help you feel how to walk in a relaxed way that is powerful and well connected to the ground. The swagger silly walk brings in the upper body to create a much more holistic and natural walk.The swagger silly walk is only silly if you want it to be, but making it silly can truly help your understanding of how your body moves holistically. In truth, a very refined version of this silly walk is how we should all be walking everyday, everywhere we go.
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Posted by Eric Gebhart on Jan 14, 2013 in Google+ |
See how your posture stands up with this simple awareness challenge!
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Testing our core posture – TangoBreath the study and practice of Argentine tango movement and dance.
Sometimes it’s good to test our posture, to see how it stands up to shifts in our center of gravity.
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Posted by Eric Gebhart on Dec 18, 2012 in Google+ |
We have another awareness challenge. This one is from the ministry of silly walks. Find balance and stability, your free hip, contrabody spiral and a relaxed comfortable walk by experimenting with this new silly walk.
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Silly anesthetized walk
The silly anesthetized walk is to help you find stability and engagement with the ground while relaxing and finding a ‘loose leg’.
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Posted by Eric Gebhart on Dec 18, 2012 in Beginning, Challenges, Concepts, Posture, Practice, Uncategorized, Visualization |
In tango, a relaxed yet stable walk is very important. It turns out that the same walk in our everyday life can help us be more engaged in the world around us. Feeling our strength in the ground and relaxing through our steps while standing tall feels really good! We can feel much more aware of our selves and the world around us. Relaxing into the walk can be difficult, but luckily we have the ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ to help us! This is a very silly walk, so maybe you just want to do it at home, unless you don’t mind looking silly, in which case feel free to do this walk wherever you like.
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