syllabus
- 1 credit
- may be repeated for credit
- Tuesdays, 3:30-5pm, Persons Auditorium
The Argentine Tango is an inprovised social partner dance currently popular all over the world, including here in Brattleboro. If you've never seen it before, check out the "Tango Bar" video in our library. (You should be warned that it can be addictive; I've had people tell me that they'd spent their food money on lessons.)
In each 90 min class you should expect some posture / stretching
exercises, some new moves, and some open practice time.
Please be on time. Repeated arriving late will affect your grade.
The course requirements include
- attending each class (75% of grade)
- practicing outside of class
- attending at least one social dance (10% of grade)
- reading various online articles and watching some video clips
- writing a short final evaluation paper (15% of grade)
Details will be forthcoming in class.
Attendance is crucial, particularly since the material builds
sequentially. If you're injured or not feeling well, often
you can still get something out of sitting in and watching.
If four or more classes are missed, no credit will be given.
Up to three missed classes may be "made up" by attending
a downtown Tues evening tango class within two weeks of
the missed class; talk to Jim about transportation.
Tango is a close contact activity; personal hygiene matters.
Please make sure that other people will enjoy embracing
you by being washed, brushed, and if need be, scented.
The (tentative) schedule looks like this :
week
Jan 30 walking; lead/follow; embrace 1
Feb 6 ochos (for & back); suspension 2
13 cross vs parallel; foot games 3
20 8 count basic; walk to cross 4
27 molinete; foot drags 5
Mar 6 boleos and ganchos 6 VT town mtg; midterm grades
13 milonga, waltz; open/close box 7
-- spring break --
Apr 3 review; right/left turns 8
10 ocho cortata(close); sacadas(open) 9
17 off axis, wraps, volcada 10
24 ?
May 1 colgata and spins 12
8 party / review 13
