Augusto Balizano / Junior Cervila and Natalia Royo

Augusto tells me something new to think about.
"The pivot is a step. Dance the pivot"
 Augusto always stresses the marca and next the direction before the step. Remember he says- every step is a dance in itself.  Soon we'll be back in PA and again I don't feel the dance as a natural part of my being.  NOW unlearn everything I've learned, feel the music and DANCE.
Maybe next year, or maybe never.

My pivots, this week, are more "into" the floor. More passionate. Maybe?

My body still feels heavy when I dance. Vince Brust and Carina Mele tell me over and over to be lighter when I dance. MOVE! All of it is impossible.
Augusto tells me that the man needs to feel my weight. Lighten it make it heavier???

Taking the Intermediate/advanced lessons the last few weeks with Junior Cervila and Natalia Royo has been a real eye opener. We can JUST handle it all.
Faster pivots, giros and complicated footwork. After the 1 1/2 hours of all this Mike does it well and Junior smiles at us from across the room. When you get a smile at 76 and a nod of approval it just makes the day, but my wrist still hurts from the "great" dancer in the class who tried to unlock my foot from the cruzada by cranking my wrist to the left.  Junior had to stop the so called "advanced dancer" and teach him how to unhook the woman's cross with the left shoulder opening to the back. The poor  nonmilonguero looked like he was in a gymnastic contest with his partner lifted over his head. And that's tango?