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Speaking of which, Li Xiaofan fell in love with this Argentine tango dance unintentionally.

Before his rebirth, when Li Xiaofan was living in Shanghai, a roommate suddenly went to a party in Xintiandi to watch a dance show one night. After watching a dance show, he was stimulated by something, so he dragged Li Xiaofan and two of them to sign up for a dance show the next weekend. Dance studio training.

The dance project I signed up for at that time was Argentine tango.

At the beginning, Li Xiaofan was forced to go there, but after a short period of study, his roommate went to work in other places and left the city, but Li Xiaofan stayed and fell in love with this dance, and spent his boring spare time as a gay man.

I feel that learning this dance has many benefits. First, you can keep fit and enjoy music. Second, there are many beauties who like to dance, and there are so many beauties in the class.

Moreover, the social tango they learn is not like those national standards that require fixed dance partners and strict rules. The social Spanish tango does not have a fixed dance partner, a fixed repertoire, or a fixed dance step routine. It can be improvised, and it can be danced very gracefully, passionately, and It can be very SEX!

The dance studio where Tang Xinyi and the others learn dance is in a small building on Grange Road on Orchard Road.

They signed up to learn two dances: Latin salsa and Argentine tango.

In fact, they originally came to dance Latin salsa. This social Latin dance has just begun to become popular in foreign big cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. Later, they discovered that Argentine tango has a more elegant flavor, so they signed up for Argentine tango.

There are not many people coming to the Argentinian tango beginner class tonight, only about fifteen or six. The yin is strong and the yang is weak, and there are even fewer boys, only five or six, so many times they need to let a few of the girls dance the men's step, two Girls dance together.

The two teachers who taught Argentine tango and the girls in the class warmly welcomed a handsome and young boy like Li Xiaofan to join the class.

After the dance teacher led everyone to warm up, he continued to explain the essentials of movements. Seeing that Li Xiaofan was participating for the first time, the male teacher also repeated some basic content.

His lecture was very interesting: "Argentine tango has a walking movement that looks a bit like a sneaky step like a cat. It is as alert to the surroundings as if it were a lover's tryst. The movements range from slow and subtle to sharp and sharp. Quick changes...Basic dance steps It's made up of five steps to eight musical beats, and we're going to follow the slow- The rhythm of slow-quick-quick-slow... The man should hold the woman's right hand with his left hand, and put his right hand on the woman's back and the bottom of the chest. The woman should put her left hand on the man's right shoulder, and both people's knees should be bent... …”

In fact, Li Xiaofan is very familiar with the content of these lectures. In his previous life in Shanghai, he learned this dance in his spare time for nearly six years. It was no big problem for him to take the beginner class.

After explaining the essentials of the movements and a basic routine, the teacher allowed the students to practice in pairs freely.

Tang Xinyi took the initiative to invite: "Brother Xiaofan, let's dance together!"

"Okay, thank you!"

The practice music played by the teacher is "Por Una Cabeza", which is called "One Step Away" in Chinese. It is a famous Spanish tango song that expresses regret for the complicated and inseparable relationship between lovers. This is a famous tango dance song that has appeared in films such as "Schindler's List", "Scent of a Woman" and "True Lies".

Hearing this classic tango dance music again, Li Xiaofan seemed to have returned to the old days when he attended a tango dance in the Magic City in his previous life. It really felt like a lifetime ago...

"Brother Xiaofan, is there any problem?"

Xinyi's reminder brought his thoughts back from the devil's capital in his previous life.

At this time, to the elegant tango music of "Por Una Cabeza", the dancers next door had already started dancing.

At a glance, Li Xiaofan saw in them the problems he had when he first learned this dance: for example, he used too much force, he was only busy paying attention to his own dance steps, not paying attention to the girls, and he stuck to a certain way of hugging; the center of gravity The conversion is unclear, the movement of the feet is not reflected on the upper body, only the arm leads...

Argentine tango is essentially a social dance. The role of boys is very important. They usually act as leaders, while girls follow.

Since this dance has a very high improvisational factor, this dance has particularly high requirements on the leading skills of boys and the following skills of women. It can be said that a slight difference can lead to a huge difference. This is the first time for Tebi and I don’t know him. When people dance, the boy's lead needs to be very clear and in place so that the girl can follow well.

For boys to dance this Argentine tango well, it does not depend on how many complicated dance steps they know, but on whether they can lead girls comfortably and accurately.

Stepping on the rhythm of the music, Li Xiaofan led Tang Xinyi to start dancing.

After completing a perfect front cross lock step, Tang Xinyi softly praised: "The lead is so comfortable!"

The most critical movement in the basic 8 steps of Argentine tango is when the boy leads the girl to do a front cross lock step. The most difficult part of this dance step is that boys need to understand the music better, and at the same time they have to control the rhythm and the time for girls to do the front crossover. A common mistake beginners make is to lead too late, causing girls to take a step back. , the whole movement will be deformed, and after the rhythm is disrupted, the rest will be chaotic. As the so-called slightest difference can lead to a huge loss.

After several sets of movements, under Li Xiaofan's guidance, their movements became more and more tacit.

Because Li Xiaofan's guidance was just right, and he had a very good understanding and sense of rhythm of the music, Tang Xinyi, as the female partner, just had to follow and didn't need to think too much.

Accompanied by the music, their dance steps were sometimes slow and elegant, sometimes fast as a meteor, and sometimes tacitly crossed and circled.

Under Li Xiaofan's guidance, Tang Xinyi also began to gradually make some varied and beautiful shapes such as kicking, spinning, and bending.

Tang Xinyi saw her own beautiful movements in the large mirror on the other side of the wall, and she couldn't believe it. She exclaimed: "Oh my God, it turns out that I can also do the teacher's tango movements, I can't believe it!"

The surrounding dance partners also discovered their beautiful combination movements, and cast all kinds of envious and jealous eyes.

As the degree of tacit understanding increased, Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi's bodies became closer and closer.

One of the unique charms of Argentine tango dance: it lies in the special way of hugging between the two dancers!

This kind of hug between them is more intimate and ambiguous than the hugs in other social dances.

This special intimate hug makes the upper bodies of the two partners look as if they are integrated into one, while the legs below are dancing flexibly.

In the dance and music, they are "still as still water" above, but "four legs flying and surging" below!