Workshops in Tucson for 2010

Sacadas 235

Warning: Sacadas are not very floor craft friendly so master these before you begin to use them at the milonga! Here you will see pieces of ocho cortado, gyros – molinetes. Nail your pivots or you may get nailed by your partner. . . . → Read More: Sacadas 235

Shut My Mouth – Last Class of the Year 2009

I recently watched a lecture by John Francis a man that didn\’t speak for 17 years. John inspired me to do something different with a class on Tuesday December 29th, 2009 (the last class of the year) night I will be teaching the class without speaking. . . . → Read More: Shut My Mouth – Last Class of the Year 2009

Sacadas 365

Introduction to Sacadas – Six Parts of the Step The following elements exist when the two partners are standing perpendicular to the floor on their own axis – things change when we share balance and rotate around a common axis. . . . → Read More: Sacadas 365

Sacadas – 101

Picture a spinning ball with thwo drops of lead on each side oposite onanother – it is this balancing oposition that allows us to move around eachother as we spin. If the drops got on one side of the spinning ball the ball would be come wobbley and this is exactly what happens when the dancers get out of place. . . . → Read More: Sacadas – 101