[Tango-L] Hidden benefits of the wall

[Michael]

My former teacher gave me an exercise that was designed to help me with lapices. I stand on my left foot, hook the other foot around it, rotate my shoulders to my left, followed by my hips, then by my support foot. The idea is to keep turning in a circle, each turn being about 1/4 of a circle. The turn is to be done slowly to force me to hold my axis. After turning on my left foot, I stand on my right foot, hook the left behind it, and turn to the right.

I leave tomorrow for the NY tango festival (www.celebratetango.com). Looking forward to the milonga Thursday on the Staten Island Ferry, leaving Manhattan at 4 and Staten Island at 4:30 (same boat). The sour news is my favorite NY restaurant, Lundys in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay, closed earlier this year. I just loved those biscuits.

Michael
I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk at virtuar.com>
To: <Tango-L at mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Hidden benefits of the wall


And how to control it? What methods can one use to control the amount of
pivot?

Igor


--- ceverett at ceverett.com wrote:

> you want.  There's a practice pattern I learned in my
> first year, that
> has you take one step forward, and then do front ochos of
> 45, 90, 90,
> 135, 225, 270, 270 and 135 degrees -- wash, rinse, repeat
> 15 to 20 times
> a day for 6 months and see how good you get.