Argentine Tango: Women's Turns

Video Transcript

"In this clip we will show you the hiro basico or turn. The turn we can turn, to the clockwise or the counter-clockwise, okay. So we call when we go in the direction of the dance floor, that means the counter-clockwise, we go into the turn, and the contra hiro, it's the other that goes in the clockwise, okay. So the step for the woman it's very important that you, the things you learned before, the ocho, and the walking. Because what it really does, the woman, it's to put that walking and that ochos in this circle space and it is that the turn. So she can start; ocho atras, side, ocho adelante, side, ocho atras, side, ocho adelante, side. So we keep on repeating, backward ocho, side step, forward ocho, side step, backward ocho, side step, forward ocho, side step. It's very important now to see what happens with the upper body. Your upper body should not be going with your legs. It has to keep this disassociation so you keep in rotation towards your partners embrace, so you don't get far away from him."