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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.

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