We’re still on a tango kick (so to speak) so for this week’s Watch, enjoy this 2015 backstage performance of “La Cumparsita” from Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone: I have a strong affection for performance executed outside of the official trappings — rehearsal footage and demos in practice wardrobe, away from the eyes of a…
Tag: tango
Ice Dance, Other Sites, Step Sequences
19. Tango, Pt. 2: Freestyle
For this second entry in our tango series, we’ll move away from the structure of the compulsory — Argentine and Romantica — tango and move ahead into its looser, choreographed free dance interpretations, along with a quick nod or two to the now-departed original dance. And as the dance proper goes, perhaps the most useful…
Quick Steps
Wednesday Watch: Tango Nuevo With a Twist
As a teaser for the next analysis on Step Sequences, today’s Watch features a special look at Tango Nuevo — or, rather, many looks in one, as Tango Krakow explores the subtle differences across couples in a single simultaneous dance:
Ice Dance, Other Sites, Step Sequences
18. Tango, Pt. 1: The Compulsories
It’s lent its stylings to two senior compulsory patterns, arisen in five seasons for original dance usage — and once as a secondary short dance rhythm, one of those topics we’ll discuss at another time — and otherwise functioned as the focus of countless more free dances. Of all specific partner dances, none can be…
Quick Steps
Wednesday Watch: The Blango
For fans of both blues dance and ice dance, the fusion concept is both familiar and — perhaps for some in the latter group — occasional cause for consternation among purists. A perfect meeting of worlds comes in the blues tango: the blango. While blues is a mandatory rhythm and style to be skated by…
