In this step, the follower walks around the leader. The follower arrives at her crossing position. The leader crosses as well. The follower does a jiro walking around the leader while the leader pivots in place. It is a fun step to do.
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In this video we are doing some of the most popular moves of Argentine Tango; a half moon and a gancho. The move starts with a giro, then it goes into a parada. A the moment the follower passes, the leader stops her and thus creating a gancho. I am doing this move with Dasha,
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Alain Guillot and Cheryl William participate in a study to find out the effects of dancing tango on Parkinson’s diseases patients. This study was funded by McGill University and it took 18 months. During the study several groups of patients took tango classes. Although the tango classes did not revers the effect of the Parkinson’s
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In this video we start by doing progressive back ocho. We want to advance down the the line of dance and the back ocho is one of the most popular way of advancing. Then we did a Sandwich, which is one of the best known tango moves, followed by a double parada. Tango is one
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This was a private tango class on top of the Mont Royal Chalet. Occasionally we do private tango classes at public spaces. As you can see from the video, we are wearing headphones, so we are not bothering anyone. Tango is very flexible. with a pair of head phones, you can dance it anywhere. For
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In this step we learn how to advance in the dance floor. We do two different steps: Grapevine and Promenade. It is important to constantly be advancing in the dance floor, but in order to keep the dance dynamic, it is nice to have an arsenal of steps which will allow you advance. Alain Gullot
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In this move Alain and Annick perform a simple combination composed of right turns and cross body leads. I could say that 80% of salsa move are build with this two basic movements. It comes a time when you don’t have to think about your movements any more, you just do one more right turn,
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Montreal is a city with many activities. You can visit the Old Port, the Mont Royal mountain, go to bar, restaurants and clubs. But there is one other activity which not too common but can add substantially to your travelling experience. That activity is taking a dance course. My name is Alain Guillot. I am
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This are my beginner students. She is from Mexico, he’s Canadian. The classes were a birthday present from her to him. She didn’t know if he would like the gift but “Surprise!” He loved the gift. They came several time and then they stop coming because they went travelling. Dance Conmigo is happy to teach
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This combination is a bit more elaborated: We start with two rotations, then we go into an outside turn combination an finally finish with two Titanic, a half turn and a cross body leak. Dance Conmigo is a dance school located in Montreal. We teach mostly private classes in Salsa, Bachata, merengue, tango, ballroom, swing
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