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Cruzada (cross)

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Cruzada (cross): In the cross system the couple steps simultaneously with their two right legs and then their two left legs.†

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  • 12:15How they cast a dancer for El CruceVANESA VILLALBA y FACUNDO PIÑERO Tengo una pregunta para vos.. ENGLISH subtitles / Русские субтитры
  • 12:15Describes the long, conversation-based audition process he and Vanesa use to cast dancers into the ballet El Cruce: rather than having candidates improvise or dance a set piece, they use exercises (writing down other disciplines a candidate excels in) to learn how someone thinks about tango and life, not just how they move.VANESA VILLALBA y FACUNDO PIÑERO Tengo una pregunta para vos.. ENGLISH subtitles / Русские субтитры
  • 25:39Holds that canyengue originally had no giro (turn, invented in the 1940s) and no cruce (the woman crossing her feet); considers a modern canyengue with a turn to depart from the original."CARLOS PEREZ Y ROSA FORTE TENGO UNA PREGUNTA PARA USTEDES" por Pepa Palazon 2/3
  • 7:23Petróleo, together with two other old milongueros (heard as 'Cacho la Bandina' and 'al Basquito', unconfirmed), is credited with the giro, the llevada and the gancho, and — starting in 1938 — the cruce (the woman crossing her feet), giving rise to tango cruzado.Interview Miguel Angel Zotto - Tango x2

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  • Facundo Piñero
  • Vanesa Villalba
  • Carlos Perez
  • Petróleo
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In the cross system the couple steps simultaneously with their two right legs and then their two left legs.

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