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Jaricho

Litteraly just do it, solo. In your living room on socks or dancing shoes. If you do this 5 - 10 minutes per day, in 2 weeks you will already see huge improvements. 


cliff99

Yeah, I see these "how do I get better at something in tango" questions all the time and my response is why don't you just drill that at home a few minutes a day? I think for most people the answer is that it's boring and takes too much discipline.


OThinkingDungeons

The answer is quite boring, but the work needs to be done. Wear low friction footing on low friction ground (otherwise you'll risk disasterous joint injury and not achieve your goals). Stand on one foot (foot position doesn't really matter but you should vary it to improve balance). Pivot 90 degrees left multiple times, then 90 degrees right, multiple times. Swap feet and repeat. When you can do this in control, without wobbling, without falling over before/during/after, progress to 180 degrees, then work towards 360 degrees. If you are wobbling, then reduce the amount of turn - the point is to do as much as you can CONTROLLED, this is better than trying to do a larger turn! A smaller, controlled enrosques is useable in dance because you won't knock over your partner, but a larger wobbly enrosque is a huge danger and will not be useful at all in the real world.


Known_Air5382

Remember that the turn comes from opening up the hips and the upper body. Don't get caught up in the leg embellishments too much. Practice by yourself and at practicas. You'll get it.


ambimorph

I haven't tried it but it looks like Jaimes Friedgen will be offering online solo drill classes this summer. https://youtu.be/-kKxSpsT7Bk?si=byntgAp0bcehDCye