Diana Devi

Tango Devi

August Edition

August

This month brings the partial eclipse to Minnesota, part of the sun will be seen part will be hidden, seems like the perfect opportunity to study drags! The technique behind the drag is unseen. The part that we see is the connection at the foot. HINT the foot is not leading the movement!

Want to know more about the allure of drags? Join us on Thursday night at 7pm! No it's not be your Mama's drags!

Developing Your Tango Body series 8pm. We are going to look at how we stack our body from ground up. This month focusing on being stacked allows us to move a leg in an embellishment of as part of a pattern without disturbing our partner

The question for this month is .....

Should I care about my head ?

The tendency is to look at the floor when leading or following a drag. We will explore when and how to look during a drag. ( and maybe some other places too!)

It looks obvious when you look at the picture. You are creating
stress in your lower back in the first figure or in the second figure both the lower back and the neck in the second figure. *

See the stress on the body in figure 1. It is difficult to dance if you bend at the waist, your head pitched forward.

The second figure you see is standing straight. Nice position of the body. This position works for turns! It will hard to turn and be balanced if you head is leaning forward. *

( * for complete article see http://www.tangoandchaos.org/chapt_6school/5posture.htm )

Guess who is coming to town in September?

Two of my favorite people, who happen to be great tango teachers and dancers!!

Tomas Howlin will be here teaching workshops September 2 through September 4th. Want more info please contact Pauline Oo at paulinetango@gmail.com. Want to know more about Tomas ? http://www.tomastango.com

Who is the second guest? Hint, and we bounce..........
Guillermo Cerneaz will be back in Minnesota the second week in September.... Hopefully we can talk him into staying a couple of months..... but stay tuned for more information on classes, special workshops and other things.....