Essential follower technique for dancing tango in flats | Integrative Method Tango with Yelizaveta

[@Waves955]

Lovely demonstration! Thank you for this! I think many women feel dancing tango requires wearing heels. Heels look fantastic but require so much from the body. Dancing in flats will be freeing. Love it!!

[@joannmil2491]

Love this! The freedom in the ribcage and "egg" analogy works well and helped my pivots. Your descriptions reminds me a lot of what is taught in Pilates.

[@imsotango]

Oh nice! Love that! Thank you!

[@leilaplummer8815]

Thank you so much, I think being able to dance properly in flats, without being up on balls of my feet, will be key for me to keep dancing. Thanks.

[@imsotango]

Yeay! I'm so glad you found this helpful! Let me know how it goes :)

[@heidiames9960]

This COMPLETELY changed my technique and my enjoyment and my skill! AMAZING! All my leads commented on my improved fluidity and balance. Also, no pain!!! Thank you so much. ❤❤❤

[@imsotango]

WOW! Thank you for sharing that. That's fantastic! I love hearing that 😃🎉❤️

[@debwalker721]

Wonderful instruction! Thank you!!!!!!

[@imsotango]

You're so welcome!

[@yawenxue2963]

You nailed it! Thanks

[@imsotango]

Yeay! Thank you!

[@beatefankhanel2226]

How much i devoured this clear explanation ...Gosh !! Never felt right in heels, so i dance in flats, jet always sense i am falling...will expand your suggestion ...and re - learn my posture...despite all the teachings that say otherwise...BRAVO!!

[@imsotango]

Oh that's so awesome! Thank you for sharing! Let me know if you have any other questions. I am working on some new tutorials on the subject so if you come up with any questions, let me know!

[@marinayalamova8690]

Thank you very, very much! I decided to shift from heels to flats because of the better comfort and freedom of movement. Your video is very helpful. Please, make more videos for us followers in flats!

[@imsotango]

Wonderful! I'm so glad this was so helpful! Keep me updated on how you are enjoying dancing with flats :). Yes, I will make sure to make more videos like this!

[@jinghong4774]

Thank you so much, I really love your videos. I practice with all your videos this week and many many things which used confused me disappeared! Really love all your works, if you can make some videos about the embrace, connection with partners and some more complex lady steps, it will be great!

[@imsotango]

I'm so glad you found this helpful! Thank you for the suggestions! Are there specific questions you have about the embrace and/or connection? It's such a big topic and I want to make sure I make it relevant to you :)

[@yanmaschke168]

Love this!

[@kategilpin5982]

I can't wear heels anymore--bunions, hammertoe . . . so I'd LOVE to learn tango, and I'd NEED to do it in flats!

[@imsotango]

Absolutely! You can totally do it in flats! So important to take care of your feet!

[@clauditango]

Great video and technique! Very helpful indeed. I have been following in flats on and off over the years. One issue I still sometimes encounter in close embrace is that the leaders expect my feet to be shorter / in a different place. Another topic is a little moment of disconnection in the walk since the way from my toes to the heel is longer in flats. Any advice / comments on these topics?

[@imsotango]

What an excellent question! Thank you for formulating it so clearly. I will do another tutorial on just this point but my guess is that it's happening because your hips are slightly forward when you are walking back. When that happens, it shortens your step and the leader gets closed. I will explain it in deeper detail and show you in the video :). Stay tuned!