Get really good at Argentine Tango

I’m currently taking lessons, I’m planning to carry on and hopefully build up my confidence and technique. Any tips?

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Wow! All I gotta say is HOT!
I’m definitely addicted to Tango now! 6 years ago

Since this is the most popular goal among san franciscans I wanted to know what places in the city are good to go for tango nights/lessons? 6 years ago

I signed up for progressive classes on Mondays!
Watch out y’all! 6 years ago

I took this from some website:

Argentine Tango is a social dance (i.e. lead and followed, not choreographed). Argentine Tango has very few of the lunges and dips, nor do partners stride across the room with arms out and a rose between the lips. Instead, partners are almost completely in a close, closed posion, very inward in attitude, trading footsteps and decorations.

The Argentine basic steps are built out of grapevines, figure eights, turns, and walking, to which are added dramatic pauses, quick steps, syncopations, foot decorations and leg hooks, to mention a few. One wierd and wonderful thing is that the dancers may walk in crossed feet (left with left) rather than the mirror we are used to. While the leader “walks” the follower around, the leader’s feet may pause, switch to crossed feet, step into the stride of the follower, or appear to displace the followers footsteps. 6 years ago

I tried it for the first time 5 years ago and knew it was the dance for me. Since then I’ve taken beg. classes on and off (mostly off). I don’t know why I let my relationships infringe on my passions, but now that I’m single – I’m ready to come back to Tango and truly take it seriously. I’m hoping to find a partner; and if you’re hot that’s a bonus!!! Just kidding. 6 years ago

That’s a lame reason to learn to Tango but one of my 43 things is “Get Real” so if I want to Tango because Argentines kick butt, then so be it. 6 years ago

but had to stop to focus on getting my black belt. Now I want to get back into it. It’s so fun! 6 years ago

Then I met somebody who wanted nothing to do with it, and unfortunately, I went along with that non-dancing program. Silly me! I am better off without such a friend, because now I can dance any time I wish! YAY! 6 years ago

One time we had a party at the anarchist social center in montevideo and the older anarchists were teaching tango. I’m really bad at it. I think to learn i need to stay focused. Thankfully there are plenty of places which give lessions.

I went to the tango festival in buenos aires one year, they had blocks and blocks of the center of the city closed off with live music and thousands or tens of thousands of people dancing tango. It was amazing.

Once you learn tango, you have to know there is a whole specalized slang which goes with it, lunfardo (i think that’s how it’s spelled). 6 years ago

http://www.thetangolesson.com 6 years ago