About The Dances

 

Traditional Argentine Tango

Sandra_Devin

Learn Argentine Tango as it's danced in the milongas of Buenos Aires!

This beautiful, intimate, and elegant dance is based on a foundation of embrace, improvisation, musicality, and connection. Learning Argentine Tango is less about learning steps than it is about learning to let go.

It's not difficult; Argentine Tango is a social dance and can be learned by anyone of any age, physical condition, or level of experience.

 


Blues Dancing

KristenBlues

Blues Dancing takes the connectedness, musicality, and improvization of Argentine Tango and mixes in swing/jive style movements and a laid-back attitude.

Blues can be danced in many different ways to many different types of music; we give you the freedom to develop your own personal style!

 

About Our Classes

 

Beginner Tango

Beginner Tango is open to anyone (two left feet is fine) and will teach you everything you need to know to start dancing and enjoying Argentine Tango. This six-week session covers the essential technique including embrace, posture, and walk, and introduces the essential movements including walking variations, pauses, weight shifts, el basico, and ochos.

  • Most students will take this class multiple times to master the basics.

 

Tango Movements

Tango Movements will expand your repetoire and give you new ways to express the music. Movements taught will vary each session but will include various ochos, giros, sacadas, paradas, boleos, and more!

  • Open to anyone with Beginner Tango or equivilent experience.
  • To take this class you must also take either Beginner Tango or Tango Technique at the same time.
  • Most students will take this class multiple times, as Movements taught will vary each session.

 

Tango Technique

The overall goal of this class is to learn to be more enjoyable to dance with! Tango Technique will refine your technique and understanding of the theory of the dance, taking your dancing to the next level. You will learn to make your embrace more comfortable, your walk stronger and more consistent, and your posture more stable. This class will also cover musicality.
  • Open to anyone with Beginner Tango and Tango Movements or equivilent experience.
  • You may need to have taken previous classes more than once as you should be comfortable dancing socially in a milonga.

 

Tango Practica

This is an opportunity to practice what you've learned. Music will be playing and you'll have the opportunity to dance with everyone present. At least one instructor will be on hand to answer questions, offer advice, or even dance with you!

  • Open to everyone! These are free for anyone taking any of our classes.

 

Tango/Blues/Fusion Practica

Try dancing both tango and blues to new types of music and, if you like, work on combining the two dances!

  • Open to everyone! These are free for anyone taking any of our classes.

 

Beginner Blues

This class is a gentle and fun introduction to blues dancing! Open to anyone (no dance experience needed), we'll teach you the basics of how to move with a partner and how to express blues music in dance. From here we'll teach a variety of moves including spins and dips that will start you on the journey of developing your own personal style. This class will be all about fun and will include field trips to live blues jams!

  • Open to everyone.