Classes for Beginners  

ARGENTINE TANGO for Beginners -5-classes Series Each level has 5 classes.

Program:

Basic information about Argentine Tango:
• Tango, Tango–Waltz and Milonga
• Leading and following
• Basic floor craft (navigation skills)
• Tango ethics and rituals
• Styles of tango dancing
• The history of tango

Movement:
• Body axis and posture in tango, separation of the upper and lower body
• Contact with floor in tango
• Changing weight and walking in tango
• Parallel and cross-system walking
• Forward, backward, side and rock steps
• Forward and backward ochos (pivoting)
• Cross in tango
• Cambios de frente
• Ocho cortado
• Pasadas, barridas
• El molinete
• Basic combinations of steps, improvising with flexibility

Connection:
• Tango Embrace (close, half-open, open)
• Frame
• Connection between partners, listening to each other, sensitivity
• Emotional involvement in tango dancing and sharing positive energy

Musicality and Rhythm:
• Music for tango (traditional, electrotango, neotango and alternative music)
• Rhythm (single and syncopated, dramatic, hard and soft/smooth)
• Playing with rhythm
• Open-minded improvising to the music

Please check the page "Accessories for Classes and Milongas" for tips on SHOES & CLOTHES.