A Notation System for Tango - Lix

6 EXAMPLES 12
o
\
x
\
/ x
/ o
Figure 4: Several Sacada variants. Pablo is leading, Dana following; below we
find the notation for the corresponding moments for him, and further below for
her.
for some variants of that idea. In the last picture to the right, she dances a
sacada, but he still leads this sacada.
Doing sacadas properly is a question of timing; to stress this, we can in
the case that the above rotation is danced with two sacadas use the different
notation below.
⌊ · /
o o
o
/ o
| · / /
o x
o
⌈ o
/ o
| · / · |
o o
o
|/ −/ |
x x o
o
/ o
/ x
\\ |
x o
o
/ o
|
For comparison, we also show the analogous right rotation in anticodico
(without sacadas), and on the left side the corresponding left rotation.
o
⌊/ |
x o
o
/ o
⌈/ | ·
x o
o
/ · o
| ⌈ o
x
\ o x
|\ ⌊ ⌉
o o
o
| · / · |
o o
o
|/ |
x o
o
/ x
\\ |
x o
o
\ o
| |
o
x
\ o
| \ /
o x
x
/ o
| / |
o o
6.2 Change of Direction
In this subsection we present a not so frequently seen but still standard figure
that tends to surprise her twice. It is a beautiful walking sequence in anticodico,
⌈
x
x
\
(7)
(8)