STRUCTURE OF IMPROVISATION

STRUCTURE OF IMPROVISATION

Understanding Improvisation

The success of improvisation lies in a true understanding of what’s happening so you can respond accordingly and use it to your advantage. Repeating the combination in only one specific way is not enough to truly improvise tango. You need to really understand how the combination is structured and how the lead is executed from step to step. Then, you should be able to re-create it on both sides and also reverse it. With this kind of mastery over every single step, we can now start, break, split, or finish the combination at any given moment.

Infinite repertoire

We can execute half of the sequence and insert some other combination or part of it in the middle of the initial combination. We can also change the overall path and change the linear combination into a circular one or vice versa. That allows for the creation of an almost infinite repertoire that can then be further modified through timing, direction, and cadencia. This creates a dance that never feels repetitive.