Argentine Tango is a close-embrace, improvised dance focusing on connection, walking, and musicality rather than rigid patterns.
Beginners should start by learning the "cradle" embrace,
“Salida” basic 8-step pattern
“Ocho” types of swivels
The dance relies on a clear, intimate lead-follow connection where the leader directs, and the follower navigates the space
Embrace & Connection:
Yesterday in our Facebook group we talked all things Tango
Here is what we discussed on the Argentine Tango.
Argentine Tango is a dance, a music, and sometimes described as whole mood.
It is believed to originate in the late 1800s around the Río de la Plata, mainly in the Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Montevideo (Uruguay) in working-class neighborhoods full of immigrants, port workers, and exiles.
It was a melting pot of different cultures and as they collided tango grew out of that mix.
Argentine Tango
A quick reminder of the Cha cha cha steps
Just the basic and New York
No look at how these steps can be danced in Rumba
Turning to the right and left
Foot positions and footwork
Beginners Step position and Timing for Travelling Volta
No excuse to not practice with is link to some great Samba Music.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9d4T43DjoG0pS6boDFXdEKRmqQowpOgV&si=ePLq0BUWqgG-wfz3
This is a full run though of the White City Waltz I have found on YouTube.
Didn’t they do well
This is last nights Samba routine
Popular sequence dance 16 bars
Reverse Box step 123 123
Reverse Turn with underarm turn 123 123
Reverse Box step 123 123
Reverse Turn with underarm turn 123 123
Three step 123
This terms samba routine. 16 bars
4 whisks - 1a2 2a2
2 drop Volta's - 32 42
Traveling Volta - 1a2a2a2
Lock step - 3a2
Hold - 4a2
Popular sequence dance 16 bars
Starting in an open hold
1-5 of open basic 234&1
Underarm turns 234&1
Hand to hand 234&1
Lock & chasse 2&3 4&1
This terms Tango 16 bars
2 walks SS
Progressive side step QQS
Nat rock turn SQQ SQQS
2 walks SS
Reverse turn QQS QQS
The Drill for this term will be the Samba Whisk
(A Drill is an repetitive exercise you can use to practice a shape or technique, and builds discipline and stamina )
This is a very simplistic view of the whisk in the four dances we are learning this term
The Whisk is a three-step figure that moves you from closed to promenade or counter promenade position with a foot-crossing action.
Thursday 7.30pm Bootle
We will be learning
Latin - Samba
Standard - Tango
Latin sequence- Sally Ann Cha Cha Cha
Standard sequence- White City Waltz
