[Tango-L] How many figures do you need?

[Melina Sedo & Detlef Engel]

How many figures do you need to be a good dancer?

In my opinion? NOT ONE STEP!

You can be an excellent dancer, if you just walk forward - provided  
you do it musically, connected to the partner with a nice embrace.

If you are furthermore able to communicate a shift of weight in place,  
a sidestep and a backstep, this is even better!
If you are even capable of communicationg a pivot and of  
distinguishing between the parallel and the crossed system this is a  
big plus.

But you don't need it to be a good dancer. It just gives you a bigger  
repertoire.

I've danced with a lot of good dancers, who have a quite limited  
repertoire and with even more bad dancers with a huge repertoire! Some  
may find that boring, but I'm searching for the quality within a  
single movement.

But just now, I prefer to not dance at all, but to rest my feet after  
three days of teaching in Oslo. ;-)

Have a nice day,

Melina



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