TANGO BLOG
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Argentine Tango Guest Star
This Saturday, we'll be welcoming tango tornado, Alejandra Mantinan, to Tango Movement once again. Here she is earlier this year with our very own David Benitez. Stepping off the plane and into the arms of a leader she had barely danced with before, Alejandra always...

Understanding “Ganchos”
This 2-week course does just what it says on the tin! Two weeks to get your teeth into “ganchos”.
If you don’t know what a “gancho” is, you’ve probably seen one! The gancho is one of the most distinctive moves in tango. The follower or leader hooks their leg around their partner’s leg. Amazingly, this move is actually led and doesn’t need to be pre-choreographed. And this is precisely what we’ll be learning to do in these lessons!

Tango Class Pressure
How do you feel when the teacher draws close to you in class? Do you feel a little bit like Bugs Bunny in the above cartoon?
Well, it may be good to know you are not alone!

Vals Course – October
This Saturday and next, we’ll be immersing ourselves in two-weeks of Tango Vals.
Tango Vals (or waltz in English) is one of the tango rhythms and is beautifully uplifting and romantic.

Alejandra Martinan in London
Tango icon, Alejandra Mantiñan will be returning to Tango Movement for a day of workshops on Saturday 4 November. And we can’t wait!