[Tango-L] Boleo/ contra-boleo

[Jay Rabe]

This is a difficult concept, to be sure, but here's my take on it. This
is just my way of conceptualizing and thinking about it. I'm sure there are other valid ways as well.




Let's say we're talking about a follower's left back boleo, meaning she is using her left foot.



I think about it like this: Any boleo requires a change in direction of
rotation (or more precisely a sharp acceleration in rotation). In a
normal boleo you "wind her up" CCW, then rotate her sharply back CW to
generate the kick of the boleo with her free left foot.



In a contra boleo, you don't do the CCW wind-up, you just rotate her
sharply CW (usually by a big step around her). The "change of
direction" is a defacto change to CW rotation from a relatively
stable/standing/stationary position (or it is a rapid acceleration in
CW rotational velocity)



To go further, she doesn't really need to be stationary either, as you
can use any "residual" or default CCW rotational momentum from whatever
previous step to do the contra boleo as well.



       J

      TangoMoments.com


> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:27:22 -0500
> From: mnussbau at law.nyc.gov
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
> CC: ipolk at virtuar.com
> Subject: [Tango-L] Boleo/ contra-boleo
> 
> Igor asked about the difference. I am sure he knows boleos, so I am
> posting at the risk of a retort claiming they are both technically
> boleos, but here goes: 
> I think of leading boleos in two ways:
> 1.	  by moving my torso and frame "with" the womans pivot, in the
> same direction  either clockwise (cw) or counterclockwise (ccw), and
> stopping or changing my torso direction once her hips pass the fail-safe
> point; or
> 2.	 "against" (contra) her rotation, ie., start by leading her to
> pivot on one foot  cw and then after fail safe point generate boleo by
> moving my torso and frame counterclockwise (ccw). Or vice versa. 
> 
> Okay so both of these are boleos.  Entonces, maybe what Igor is asking
> about is a double boleo, as in leading a left front boleo followed
> immediately be a left back boleo, which can be continued indefinitely,
> (but practically more than three is overkill).  Some people call these
> "contra" boleos, even though  these could be led either with or against.
> But its easier for me, and feels better,  to lead multiple boleos as
> "against"  boleos.
> 
> -Martin Nussbaum 
> 
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