Tango Practicas, how to get the best out of it
What is an Argentine Tango practica? It is the place to grow and speed up your dancing skills outside the class or a Milonga setting. They were established since 1920s (called sometimes ‘academias’) and became very popular in the Tango's Golden Era. How to define a...
Encuentros D’ Tango, Autumn Seminar With Mina and Giraldo.
Mina and Giraldo present Tango Encounters, a special Autumn Seminar to learn more about the history of Tango, its dance, music and cultural tradition.
Inner Strength 45Min Pilates4Dance, Health Benefits
With Pilates we search for our own personal best in any dance, sport or in our daily routine, it allows you to move with more ease in our daily life. No matter your age or physical shape Pilates works for everyone, and if you enjoying dancing then getting closer to your core is essential to allow the flow of movement and to enjoy a solid balance, which is fundamental for your body confidence and self-expression.
2021 Here we come, physically isolated but socially connected.
2020 (and most probably 2021) has been a year where dancers faced a new reality: everything we thought to be established in our lives went away at the blink of our eyes: our jobs, dance schools and work prospects. Artists and dancers learn from a very early age that...
Solo MusicWorkout -Tríptico- 3 flavours, 3 enjoyments, 1 heart. We tell you why
Starting next week and here we tell you why we decided to create Triptico, an open level class for everyone to join. (English & Spanish). Every time we arrive at a place of Tango we know that during the different dancing encounters we have in 'tandas’, we listen...
Tango-Dance-Release-Connect, extracts from Corrientes’ Coffee Break
Tango is an improvised dance, which means there are not a set of steps that you remember by memory, like another dance as you do, that you learned some sequences and repeat those sequences exactly the same time after time. In Tango you don’t have that which means that the trajectory of movement needs to be very clear for better communication with my partner, is not only for aesthetic purposes, of course, the movement will be seen much clear when the trajectory of movement is very well defined but it also communicates clearer to the other whether you are a ‘leader’ or a ‘follower’.
Jazz and Tango – partners or rivals?
Introduction As Tango fans we have probably noticed that some Tango band recorded Foxtrot and if we have travelled to Buenos Aires we would have noticed perhaps that some milongas play 'jazz' as cortinas, why, how and when Jazz encountered the Tango or was the Tango...
Tango, between tradition and evolution
The Argentine Tango is a cultural phenomenon that resonates within those who believe dancing is a way to connect oneself with people from all cultural and social backgrounds. This dance has proven to be beyond time, it has survived two great worlds, military regimes,...
The many great benefits of Argentine tango dancing
How an over 100 years old social dance can still today bring many benefits to your social life, body and mind? Dancing in general can bring glorious benefits to people of any age and dance abilities and according to the Better Health Magazine the list of these is...
Tango was the first couple dance ever seen in Europe that involved improvisation
It is important to learn how tango evolved through the times in Argentine and the rest of the world, not only in its cultural context, dance structure but also as a expression of the arrival of modernity and individuality in the world of dance. The work of Christine...
