Ballroom Blitz #088

Video

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Transcript

Ian: Why hello there random dancer on the internet. My name's Ian,

Lindsey: and my name's Lindsey,

Ian & Lindsey: and this is a Ballroom Blitz!

Ian: Hello again blitzers, welcome back to the channel. Today we're heading back into the Tango world for an Open Reverse Turn with the lady in line. We have already blitzed the Open Reverse Turn (Lady Outside), a very very similar step we'll leave a link for that in the description, and recently in your other modern dances we have done some open natural turns; so, we'll start to see a little bit of crossover with the theory of the steps. But for now let's focus on the Open Reverse Turn (Lady In Line) for Tango.

[Demonstration without music]

Ian: So you can see from the demonstration this has all the hallmarks of what is advertised in the name. It is a reverse figure, it starts on the left when moving forward, it turns anticlockwise, and it's an open figure; so the feet don't close at any point, until the end which we will touch on in a moment. So this Open Reverse Turn does exactly that, turns anticlockwise, doesn't bring the feet together, just like we have foretold in the name and have gone over in previous blitzers. So what's this inline versus outside section, because these are two of the same turn really that only really crops up in Tango. The Open Reverse Turn (Lady Outside) basically takes the follower to the outside in the middle steps whereas the Open Reverse Turn (Lady In Line) is a little bit more classical you could say, and keeps the lady in line throughout the entire figure. Now what is the impact, it looks different. Why would you use one over the other, it looks different. The actual functional difference there is pretty much F all. You pick one because you like it. You pick one because you think it looks better. But they are actually a little bit functionally different in the middle and one I am guessing will give you a slightly better Tango feel, for you personally, and the other might be just a little bit easier on maybe a busier floor where you don't want to take your partner to the outside a little bit too much. So let's go over the differences, but really you're putting these together they lead in the same they follow the same it's just the middle steps that are different.

So if we check out this idea of we're going to turn anticlockwise, leader again gets the forward steps first but they're basically a mirror image of each other. Leader's going to go forward on the left, we're going to turn anticlockwise with a quick quick, and now here you'll notice I have kept my follow in line so this step here is going under my body as any other inline step would go, and that's what gives you the lady in line of this figure. So we have Quick Quick In Line, and then of course the next step has to go in line as well Quick Quick Close.

We've taken six steps to turn anticlockwise, that's consistent with your Modern Waltz and your Foxtrot. Leaders get the forward step first on the left follows get the forward step in the second half on their left to continue you turning. We haven't brought our feet together in the middle of the figure, but in very Tango style you close your feet at the end. If you want to make this, for the purists among you, a true open figure where you don't bring your feet together at all, you could try the Open Reverse Turn (Lady In Line) with an Open Finish, and that way you don't even get the close at the end; steps though are the same.

[Demonstration with counts]

[Demonstration with music]

Ian: There you have it the Open Reverse Turn (Lady In Line) for your Tango. Functionally exchangeable with all the leads and follows of its "Lady Outside" counterpart with that one difference in the middle. Follows all the same principles of your other reverse turns and your other open turns and we've got all the links below if you need to go back and recap those. Chuck it into your Tango, [it] gets you moving a little bit down the floor, [it] gets you turning a little bit, [it] gets you to stretch your legs out of those walks, and it's just a really really good one for something a little bit different. Try that, try the outside version, let us know how you go see you next time.