5473  Loud frame vs. Quiet frame

Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:01:32 EST
From: SCPER@aol.com
Subject: [Tango-L] Loud frame vs. Quiet frame
To: tango-l@mit.edu

As a leader who will often shift to a "LOUD" frame -i.e. a strong ballroom
style frame- and then back to a "quiet" one many times during a single song, I
have found that to be the essence of effectiveness in my style of tango.
After hundreds of private ballroom lessons, I cannot help but have a lot of tone
in my frame as a foundation. I therefore tend to do more vulcadas, boleos,
and colgadas constantly preserving the momentum with rotation rather than
linear movements. This compliments a more melodic song rather than the more
traditional repetitive beat oriented songs.

Other "styles" have their own richness. Leading with the chest during close
embrace is wonderful and a special integral tango characteristic. The two
styles may seem contradictory; yet the paradox is the more diversity that
happens in my tango is somehow simultaneously unifying it.

The vast expanses and adaptability of tango is a large part of why I have
been focusing solely on tango for the last year and a half.

Alex

Monterey Bay



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