syllabus
ARGENTINE TANGO - ART742
Tuesdays 3:30 - 5pm in Persons Auditorium
Teachers: Jim Mahoney and Amber Nuite
1 credit. May be repeated for credit.
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.) Prerequisite: None.
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 (85% of grade)
- practicing outside of class
- reading various online articles and watching some video clips
- writing a short final evaluation paper (15% of grade)
You're encouraged to take part in local practica and milongas.
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 three weeks of
the missed class. Jim can usually help with 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.
schedule
We haven't set a schedule yet, but here's
roughly what we did in 2007 :
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
