by Kim | Jun 6, 2017 | TANGO TIPS
Students first thinking of taking tango classes are often enticed in by a simple phrase: if you can walk, you can tango! This would convince even the most nervous of students to try a class. And every word of it is true! Tango – in its essence – is simply...
by Kim | May 24, 2017 | TANGO TIPS
It’s kind of funny now to think that I wouldn’t be dancing tango if it wasn’t for a Hollywood film. Me, who is always complaining about how Hollywood, and the mainstream media, misrepresent and parody tango. My Story Scent of A Woman is a 1992 film with one short,...
by Kim | May 12, 2017 | TANGO TIPS
I am so looking forward to my Tango Technique Workshop this Saturday … just for the followers! Followers’ Technique is one of my all-time favourite topics. And although we often hold Technique Workshops for both leaders and followers at Tango Movement, there is...
by Kim | Mar 14, 2017 | TANGO TIPS
We’re very excited to be exploring Tango Vals for the first time in 2017 this Saturday. So here is a little piece of tango history – and inspiration – for you: the legendary Osvaldo Pugliese at the age of 80 playing one of the most beautiful tango...
by Kim | Mar 7, 2017 | TANGO TIPS
Sadly, we hear it all the time: ”I’ve wanted to dance tango all my life but I never had a partner.” It’s hard to imagine how many people have secretly dreamed of taking up tango only to fall at the first hurdle: a partner. And had we told them: “Actually you don’t...
by Kim | Feb 12, 2017 | TANGO TIPS
Did you know the lyrics of some tangos are as emotionally charged as the music itself? Often speaking of helpless love, lost youth and times past, tango lyrics are heavy with nostalgia, melancholy and poetry. Following a Beginners class last week, an Argentine student...
