~ TANGO MANNITA ~
~ TANGO MANNITA ~
Phase 3 Tango Workshop Page: TG333
CHOREOGRAPHERS: Manning & Nita Smith [hence the name of the dance]
RELEASED: 1965
QUE SHEET IS REPRODUCED AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE AFTER VIDEO SAMPLES.
PRO DEMO
LEARNING THE DANCE
Part B includes FLICK FLARE, i.e.: He FLICKS while She FLARES.
That FLARE is an OUTSIDE SWIVEL, and some cue versions will say OUTSIDE SWIVEL.
Part C includes a TANGO SERPIENTE (not a THRU SERPIENTE as often occurs in Rumba). It leads in with a SIDE, TAP:
SD, TAP, SD, FLARE; BEHIND, SIDE, THRU, FLARE (to SEMI)
Note that FLARE (an "action") does not take weight, but the FLARES are followed by a BEHIND STEP (weighted) and a ROCK STEP (weighted). TAP is also an "action."
[Some versions will replace FLARE with FAN]
EXHIBITION
EXAMPLES
cues: Dan Drumheller (dancing in Santa Rosa, CA)
cues: Barbara-Lynn Smith (Halloween Dance, Palo Alto, CA)
cues: Dan Drumheller (Santa Rosa, CA, 2017)
cues: Dan Drumheller (Santa Rosa, CA, 2017)
cues: Dan Drumheller (San Rafael, CA, 2017)
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CUE SHEET
SEQUENCE: INTRO A A B B C A A B B C ENDING
MEAS:
1-4 [OP LOD] WAIT ;; WALK 2 ; PICKUP TANGO DRAW ;
1-8 WALK 2 ; TANGO DRAW ; [SCP] TO COH WALK MANUV [WALL] ;
TANGO DRAW ; CORTE REC ; TANGO DRAW ;
SCP WALK PICKUP ; TANGO DRAW ;
REPEAT PART A
1-4 WALK 2 TO BJO ; RK FWD REC BK FLICK FLARE SCP ;
RK FWD 3 ; PICKUP TANGO DRAW ;
REPEAT PART B
1-8 WALK 2 ; RUN 2 WALK 2 RUN 2 ;; WALK FC [WALL] ;
SD TAP SD FLARE ; BHND SD THRU FLARE [SCP] ;
RK FWD 3 ; PU LOD TANGO DRAW ;
REPEAT PARTS A + A + B + B + C
1-2 [SCP] INTO COH RUN 2 SD CORTE ; REV TWIRL & APT ;