As a tango teacher, I often get a little window into my students’ tango experiences.

They tell me how they get on at the milonga, the comments they receive, the dances they had. I hear about their highs – when everything just seems to work, to fly – and I also hear about their lows. Of the days when nothing seems to work. So how do we beat these frustrations?

This July we’ve dedicated our Saturday afternoon workshops to Technique so it seems like a good time to raise one of the most talked about issues in tango: BALANCE.

The other night in our Beginners class, one of our new female students exclaimed in surprise: “why can’t I balance?”. It made me smile. Surely every woman who has ever danced tango must at one point have cried this out to the universe!

Tango Movement was born in 2007, when we arrived in London from Buenos Aires, and we quickly built up a student base.  We believe our success lies in our ability to put their students at ease and creating a special atmosphere in class. We are passionate about teaching...