1. Side step, outside step, make her double-time for the fast L-cut.
2. Sacada her back foot as she does a forward ocho right in front of you. From here, you WAIT ON 2 LEGS while sending her around you. Don’t pop onto one foot just yet.
3. Once she lands her side step, that’s when you finally pop up (tucking your right foot behind the left) and start turning into your enrosque.
…end however you want. (Try not to look around to see who saw your move.)
I’ve been told I had a horrible embrace before. Well never to fear, I’ve assembled a bag of easy tips to remember. Probably not a bad idea to warm up with these for the first two tandas of every night to make sure you’re connecting before trying anything else (like fancy back-sacadas combos). …
Milonga came first. Simple rhythmic beat, repeating 2 beats over and over with a skippety syncopation every other instance.
Tango came next. They spread the milonga beat out into 4 solid beats to slow down the music, creating a frame for richer layers (like other instruments, singer).
Vals is basically the (European) Viennese Waltz, supposedly “the worlds first popular dance), adopted into tango. Typical three beats here.