Latin Technique
Latin Action
A comparative note on Cuban / Latin Action and Mambo Action.
The journal compares Cuban / Latin Action with Mambo Action through different sources of effort and organisation. The comparison is kept here as a study candidate rather than a finished system.
Cuban / Latin Action is written through foot, leg and . The pelvis responds from , with , and release appearing as connected processes. Mambo Action is written through the leg, posterior waist and torso, with movement organised more strongly by the torso.
The difference is not treated as a style definition. It is a provisional way of observing how direction, pelvis, torso and support organise different actions.
Cuban / Latin Action
- Effort Source
- Foot + leg +
- Pelvis
- Response from
- Feeling
- / / release
- Visual
- Hip action
- Body Direction
- Ground -> pelvis
Mambo Action
- Effort Source
- Leg + posterior waist / torso
- Organisation
- Organised by torso
- Feeling
- Lift / pull / spiral
- Visual
- Pelvis and torso connection
- Body Direction
- Ground + torso <-> pelvis
Principle
Latin action changes according to where effort is sourced and how weight transfer is organised through the body.
Research Question
How does the source of effort change the visible action of the pelvis and torso?