ENROSQUE, LAPIZ, PLANEO, CALECITA

ADVANCED ENROSQUE, LAPIZ, PLANEO, CALECITA

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2020

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in September 2020

Lapiz translates directly into pencil

It's a circular motion of free leg, done with the toe or inside edge. Lapiz can be both a small adorno, that takes only one or two counts and is meant to fill the gap in dancing, and show off your speed, coordination and precision or it can be an actual tango figure. If that's the case the movement will take more time, and the arch created by the free foot will be larger, with a sweeping motion. This kind of lapiz is mostly performed by a Leader and it's literally looking like the Leader is sweeping the floor right before the lady's feet. Lapiz come in few different versions under different names. We can do a rulo (curl) or dibujo (drawing) - circular, or other small shapes drawn on the floor with he free foot.

Planeo

can be executed by either Leader or Follower. The moves are different though. The Follower is being pivoted by the Leader and so she needs first to be stopped mid stride with a slight downward lead and free leg left extended. Then the pivoting action happens. For a Leader - he is usually stepping forward with the free leg left behind to trail as he is pivoting himself and leading the Follower into the molinete around him.

Enrosque, from enroscar - to coil

To coil or twist, goes even further in the difficultly level. The man is leading the Follower around him but he suspends his pivot for 2-3 steps of the Follower, so his lead torques him into corkscrew position, which he then releases to generate very sharp 'un-torqueing' action. Leader's free foot is not extended, but instead hooked or coiled behind or in front of the standing/supporting leg.

Calecita (carousel)

happens when one person who becomes a center of the turn is being pivoted by the other one waking around her either forward, back, sideways or in grapevine or molinete pattern. It is a fairly simple step but requires good understating of spatial relationship between Leader and Follower. If the Follower is the one walking around then the step becomes extremely difficult as on top of correctly judging the distance the leader needs to keep his balance on one foot all while continue transmitting the intension and leading the Follower into chosen pattern around him.