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Colgada
The colgada is an off-axis position of the couple, where the centre of balance moves outside one's body.† Colgada: Colgadas and volcadas appear among sequences of tango nuevo.†
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- 20:30Pablo Verón and the first colgadasALEJANDRA MANTIÑAN Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.
- 20:30Mantiñán says Pablo Verón, around 1989, was the first dancer she saw doing colgadas, before Gustavo Naveira, 'Chicha' and Fabián Salas; says Verón wanted to be 'the Fred Astaire of tango' and calls his naturalness, precision and creativity unmatched in her career.ALEJANDRA MANTIÑAN Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.
- 51:44Volcada, colgada and apilado: the differenceFABIÁN SALAS Tengo una pregunta para vos (por Pepa Palazón) with ENGLISH subtitles.
Classes that teach it
- Basic Volcadas Technique #argentinetango #tangology101
- Tango Combinations by Özgür & İlksun "Colgadas"
- Volcadas: Dario Moffa e Monica Bozzano. Workshop Febbraio 2020
- Argentine Tango Lesson 130: Leaders Technique During Colgada
- Tango combinations "Colgadas" by Özgür & Ilksun "Los Turquitos"
- Colgadas Tango
- Argentine Tango Lesson 129: Followers Technique During Colgada
- Tango tanzen - WS Colgadas - 15.04.und 22.04.15
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Glossary meaning The colgada is an off-axis position of the couple, where the centre of balance moves outside one's body.
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Colgadas and volcadas appear among sequences of tango nuevo.
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