[Tango-L] Rock step?

Mon Jul 23 17:40:15 EDT 2007

My Argentine dancepartner called the rock step (with or without turn) a "rebota". A word I hadn't heard before. (She did not speak a word of English or taken lessons from teachers who usually teach non-spanish speakers). She also believed that it should be used only when really needed (to avoid immediate collision, to quickly change direction or as a game with the rythm á la traspie)

Aron

ceverett> Arrepentida is a smaller piece than that.  It's just a change of
ceverett> direction that happens before the weight is transferred.  And it
ceverett> needs a bit of fold, spindle and mutilate to make it into an ocho
ceverett> cortado.

ceverett> Christopher

ceverett> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:55:05 EDT, MACFroggy at aol.com said:
>> You know, this is all about terminology, and it's a bit ridiculous
>> especially 
>> because of the two languages, English and Spanish, in which we learn and 
>> dance tango. (OK, in Finland maybe there's three.)

>> But anyway. the "arrependita" of Christopher is probably what my partner 
>> Ruben Aybar calls what I call, "ocho cortado" (still with me here?) Some
>> people 
>> also call it a "milonguero cross" but believe me, no milonguero uses that
>> term.

>> A "rock step" to me is when the feet don't change position (one is
>> forward, 
>> one is back), but the weight "rocks" forward and back, and milongueros
>> often 
>> use it as a turn.

>> Because tango is a walking dance, there are times when the walk has to be
>> in 
>> place, and very simply "rocks" forward and back, changing feet, changing 
>> weight--no hip motion, no fancy stuff, no rock 'n roll.

>> No big deal. Not even sure why I replied to this post. A rose by any
>> other 
>> name...

>> Cherie

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