👣 Maïtané :empoleon:
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Je retente : des tangueros et tangueras dans la place 🎊 😀 ??!!!
#tango #milonga#TangoArgentin#ArgentinTango
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Every Sunday in the summer, at Freedom Plaza, there’s the twilight Milonga a la Libertad, filled with people dancing tango in the open air. It’s free to participate, and tourists often stop to watch a bit.
#tango #milonga#ArgentineTango #dancing#DC#WashingtonDC #outdoors
Oh, one more thing:
Here’s a video of Martín & Maurizio’s performance here last Sunday. You can see Maurizio’s pivots in the first 20 seconds.
https://youtu.be/XhCTG7H8fTc?si=NgkDemrItqwbnmp6
#tango #ArgentineTango #dance #queer #queerTango #MartínMaurizio
Last night, my carpool buddy told me that at the Philadelphia #Tango Festival, a local professional was 🤯 by Martín & Maurizio’s lesson on pivoting bc they generate it at the hip. That’s how Maurizio does 1080° pivots.
Maurizio has tried to teach it to me before, but he’s the only teacher I’ve heard teach it that way.
Today in #Pilates, the instructor told me “pivots come from the hips” before hip exercises. I told her the above. “It’s a big joint. It has more power. Why wouldn’t you?”
Last night, my carpool buddy told me that at the Philadelphia #Tango Festival, a local professional was 🤯 by Martín & Maurizio’s lesson on pivoting bc they generate it at the hip. That’s how Maurizio does 1080° pivots.
Maurizio has tried to teach it to me before, but he’s the only teacher I’ve heard teach it that way.
Today in #Pilates, the instructor told me “pivots come from the hips” before hip exercises. I told her the above. “It’s a big joint. It has more power. Why wouldn’t you?”
“El Adios” by #OsvaldoPugliese is playing
Me: this is one of those ones in the second to last tanda of the night that I don’t want to lead to
Friend: eh it’s not too bad
Me: like WTF am I gonna lead to this part? Well, ok, if I could lead boleos…
Friend: ooooh yeah. I remember at one point thinking “what do I even need boleos for?” And then I started dancing to Pugliese more and went “you know what would go great here? A boleo. You know what I can’t lead? That.”
About 8–10 years ago, my #EhlersDanlos doctor (Dr F) told me to take up #pilates (starting with private lessons so the instructor can ensure good form since the EDS makes me more injury-prone). She said #yoga would be acceptable too (NOT hot yoga!!!), but Pilates would be safer.
In April, I was taking a #tango lesson with Germán Filipeli, and he said I needed more core strength to do volcadas and should take up Pilates.
Weak stabilizer muscles are manifesting knee pain, so I finally started.
In a milonga yesterday:
Follower: oh let’s try that again and see if I can get it this time
Me: this? That was just a sacada
Follower: oh that’s it? I overcomplicated it!
Me: from my perspective, you followed perfectly fine and then did an adornment afterwards
Follower: let’s go with your version
Here are some photos from today’s queer tango practica and fundamentals class at Montgomery College’s Silver Spring/Takoma Park campus.
#queerTango #tangoQueer #tango #queer #queerDance #queerJoy #queerDC#DC#WashingtonDC#DMV#SilverSpringMD#TakomaPark#TakomaParkMD
Several pairs of people walk around a dance studio in a dance practice embrace
In the foreground, a bearded man in tan clothing dances with a man in a grey t-shirt. The man in tan is following, and their bodies are twisted to face each other.
Selfie! A short-haired bespectacled person takes a selfie. Behind, 8 people pose with a progress pride flag and queer tango collective sign.