Flow. Boleos and Changes of Direction
You will learn to use different positions for the legs, while keeping a strong connection with your partner; to break patterns; to challenge yourself to keep the fluidity of the walk while switching from circular to linear moves. And you will also learn how the boleo is an extremely subtle type of circumstance which is mostly administered by the follower.
Recommended study time for this collection is 10 weeks.
- 298.10 min
- Changes of Direction
- Sacada
- Walk
- Boleo
Changes of Direction 1
You'll learn to use different positions for the legs, while keeping a strong connection with your partner, in order to manage the space available on the dance floor. Music: Buscandote (orquesta Osvaldo Fresedo, singer Ricardo Ruiz).
Changes of Direction 2
In this class you'll learn how to break the patterns of the circular motion and will feel how the couple takes new directions. Music: Buscandote (orquesta Osvaldo Fresedo, singer Ricardo Ruiz).
Changes of Direction 3
On how to use changes of weight for the man and contraposition as body technique for the woman, to create space for your couple's next direction of dance. Music: Buscandote (orquesta Osvaldo Fresedo, singer Ricardo Ruiz).
Changes of Direction 4
In this last class on change of direction, you'll learn about repositioning the couple on the dance floor in order to begin and to end in the line of the dance. Music: Buscandote (orquesta Osvaldo Fresedo, singer Ricardo Ruiz).
Changes of Direction. Deep Technical Study
This class is about working together with your partner as one, to understand the details, the little things that matter in order to build a better flow of the dance.
Music: Destino de flor (orchesta Carlos Di Sarli, singer Roberto Florio).
Changing the Direction with a Circular Motion 1
A lesson that will challenge you to keep the fluidity of the walk while switching from circular to linear. Be aware of the follower's axis!
Music: Buscandote (orquesta Osvaldo Fresedo, singer Ricardo Ruiz).
Changing the Direction with a Circular Motion 2
In this lesson you'll learn how to change the direction of the walk using torsion, bouncing motion and pivotal step. Focus on the center of the motion!
Music: Buscandote (orquesta Osvaldo Fresedo, singer Ricardo Ruiz).
Change of Direction Using Sacadas 1
On how to play with the extremes - unifying and dissociating the couple's connection. Music: Mi Dolor (orchesta Juan D'Arienzo, singer Osvaldo Ramos).
Change of Direction Using Sacadas 2
Followers will learn to create the space and leaders will manage it with a pivotal movement. This is the challenge! Music: Mi Dolor (orchesta Juan D'Arienzo, singer Osvaldo Ramos).
Complex Change of Direction Using Three Different Dynamics
This seminar will highlight again the necessity of moving your hand around your partner, opening the space when needed.
Music: El Adiós (Orchestra Osvaldo Pugliese, singer Jorge Maciel).
Pivotal Boleos 1
A lesson on understanding the contrapositions and the dynamics and on how the leader is influencing the freedom of the follower's boleo by controlling the timing. Music: Mi Dolor (orchesta Juan D'Arienzo, singer Osvaldo Ramos).
Pivotal Boleos 2
A lesson about how to use your center of gravity to increase the energy of the boleo.
Music: Mi Dolor (orchesta Juan D'Arienzo, singer Osvaldo Ramos).
Two Ways of Starting Back Boleos
Boleos are something women like to do and leaders feel great to lead. So, in order to nurture your creativity, we cover in this class two ways to start back boleos.
Music: El Adiós (Orchestra Osvaldo Pugliese, singer Jorge Maciel).
Non Pivotal Boleos 1
On how the boleo is an extremely subtle type of circumstance which is mostly administered by the follower.
Music: Buscandote (orquesta Osvaldo Fresedo, singer Ricardo Ruiz).
Non Pivotal Boleos 2
A lesson about ending a non pivotal boleo with a long pivot, using different heights. Music: Buscandote (orquesta Osvaldo Fresedo, singer Ricardo Ruiz).
Different Shapes of the Boleos 1
Remember that boleo is a structure made by the follower, proposed by the leader. Mariana will point out how the follower should understand and play with this energy.
Music: Junto a tu corazon (orquesta Josè Garcia, singer Alfredo Rojas).
Different Shapes of the Boleos 2
On how ladies reach an elegant position which will be admired by everyone and to what details you should pay attention. Music: Junto a tu corazon (orquesta Josè Garcia, singer Alfredo Rojas).
Front Boleo 1
How do followers manage to reach to the energy of the boleo? Take into consideration the maestro’s advice about the embrace.
Music: Bien Frappe (orquesta Carlos Di Sarli, singer Roberto Rufino).
Front Boleo 2
Find out lots of details and explanations about how to do a front boleo from a half giro by joining this class.
Music: Bien Frappe (orquesta Carlos Di Sarli, singer Roberto Rufino).
Front Boleo 3
Front boleo done from a backward cross, something a little bit more unusual but very beautiful, and some ways to solve challenges connected to contra-position, included.
Music: Bien Frappe (orquesta Carlos Di Sarli, singer Roberto Rufino).
Paralitica and Some Old Style Boleos
About the connection between boleo and old style crosses. You will learn which position of the follower’s legs will help this structure, and much more.
Music: Bajo el cono azul (Orquesta Alfredo de Angelis, singer Roberto Florio).