In literal translation, ‘colgar’ means to hang. But it’s not just any hanging. We are not hanging on our partners, nor we are being hung by them. We (both of us) are hanging off of a shared axis situation, be it position or movement.
The shared axes are created by both – Follower and Leader – sharing the on point of a dance floor as though it was the only available piece of earth that you can be standing on. By using leverage and mechanics of movement we hang outwards sharing the axis through proper distribution of weight.
Mystery of shared axes
To coil or twist, goes even further in the difficultly level. The man is leading the Follower around him but he suspends his pivot for 2-3 steps of the Follower, so his lead torques him into a corkscrew position, which he then releases to generate very sharp ‘un-torquing action. The leader’s free foot is not extended but instead hooked or coiled behind or in front of the standing/supporting leg.
Calecita (carousel)
The leader is using the leverage of his body weight to be able to hold the weight of the Follower and sustain the common axes for the duration of the chosen step. Colgadas can be used during the turn or in a linear position, facing each other or in shadow position, in parallel or perpendicular body alignment, in open, and (yes!) in close embrace.
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Argentine Tango – Colgadas
Learn how to skillfully incorporate colgadas into your tango repertoire.
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You will learn
✓ Colgadas on inside leg and outside leg.
✓ Colgadas on open step and cross step.
✓ Colgadas in forward, side and back diretcion.
✓ Waving colgadas into the flow of the dance.
✓ Improvising with colgadas.
Requirements
• Ideally, you already know the basic of colgadas, or at least sensation it produces. You took a class somewhere and now looking for clarifications
This course is for
• Quite advanced Argentine Tango dancers.
• Those who are masters of copying anything.
• Those who like a challenge.
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Who is the instructor? Is Anita Flejter & Hernan Brizuela a SCAM or a TRUSTED instructor?
Anita Flejter pursues her Argentine Tango fascination training with world-renowned dancers such as: Cesar Coelho, Chicho Fromboli y Juana Sepuldeva, Gustavo Naveira y Giselle Anne, Joanna Copez, Mariana Flores y Edwardo Capussi, Roberto Herrera, Fabian Salaz, Guillermina Quiroga, and many others.
Together with Hernan Brizuela, Anita Flejter is a co-owner an co-founder of Ultimate Tango Dance School in Boston, MA and Adelante Studios in New York City, NY. She is also a past owner of Stepping Out Studios in New York, NY.
Anita and Hernan created a unique, well structured, progressive tango program that proves itself extremely successful and popular.
Hernan Brizuela has taught and performed at various festivals, milongas, and studios in New York and Massachusetts as well as in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, and Argentina. He was a principal dancer in the off-Broadway dance play Let’s Speak Tango and choreographed and starred in the short film Gardenias. He performed in many productions led by Maestro Romulo Larrea, Tango First Century, Spotlight on Tango, TANGOS: from Gardel to Piazzolla, and TANGO for lovers across the United States, Canada, and Europe.
As tango personalities who influenced him the most Hernán names Cesar Coelho of Forever Tango, Luis Canan, Jorge Torres (Tango salón), Francisco Forquera (escenario) and Carlos Perez (Tango salon).
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