How to Do the Drag | Argentine Tango

- - Tango Essentials: Diego Blanco: Okay. So now we&going to show you la barrida, or el arrastre. Barrida means to sweep and arrastre means to drag. Shall we? Ana Padron: We shall. Diego: You&going to step side and give a barrida. Slightly change your weight and lead your partner to a back step. From here, you&going to barrida, or drag, or sweep. Let&take a look at that. When I&barridaing, we bend the knees, try not to do the Frankenstein. Okay. Ana: So make sure your knees are bent and your thighs are coming together, so that you give each other space to sweep or drag. Diego: After you have the barrida, or the drag, bring your follower to a sandwich, cross over and continue to dance. Let&take a look at it from a different angle. Side, barrida. Back step, barrida. A good point to have here is for the follower to maintain the pressure in this direction so that she¬ going ahead of me. Or the leader at that point. Sandwich, cross over, change your weight, and there you have it. Ana: So followers, make sure that you maintain that pressure. And don&go ahead of your partner unless you feel a push or a pull sensation. Again, follow his chest and come around. Re-embrace. Diego: Find the beat. When you do the barrida in music, you want to hold the suspense, you don&want to make it fast. And so. You want to move like a cat. There we have it.