Every week, you’ll find on our blog class notes and a summary video from our Wednesday and Sunday tango group classes.

These video and notes are meant to help our students remember what they’ve done in class.

This month, we are looking at steps inspired by old school milongueros, these couples who danced during the Golden Age of tango and who paved the way. We are encouraging you strongly to watch videos of each of these couples on Youtube. The steps we are showing in class are inspired by these old school milongueros, but if you want to have a better idea of their own individual style, musicality, elegance, you’ll need to watch their videos. We’ll be posting quite a few videos on our blog too, so come back often!

Dimension: Immersion - Theme: Steps inspired by Nito and Alba

We started one of our favourite dimension - immersion - by looking at steps from Nito and Alba, who were dancing in the Golden Age of tango. We did a couple of sacadas (including quite a challenging sacada leading the follower into a cross) and a sequence from Americana.

Summary video

 

Beginners & improvers: Sacada in forward walking

Top tips

  • Leader: It is very common in sacadas to try and create the move by tilting the pelvis forward. Try and avoid it! Instead, you just need to position your foot behind the follower’s foot and the sacada will happen when you transfer your weight on to the foot
  • Follower: For this move to be possible, you need to make sure you walk in a slow and poised manner, respecting the sequencing we practiced in class.

 

Intermediates & up: Sacadas into cross both legs

Top tips

  • Leader: Make sure you take your time on the second sacada (the one that creates the cross).
  • Follower: For this move to be possible, you need to make sure you walk in a slow and poised manner, respecting the sequencing we practiced in class.

 

Intermediates & up: Sequence from Americana

Top tips

  • Leaders: Make sure you dissociate correctly so that the follower understands clearly she needs to step forward into your space for her sacada.
  • Both: When you do the cross/pivot, try and squeeze your thighs together to create nice lines. For the follower’s sacada, don’t be afraid, just walk forward!

 

Homework

Top tips

  • Leaders: You can practice the footwork for the sacadas on your own.
  • Followers: Practice walking slowly, passing by the middle on the beat.