The Real Tango

The Real Tango

If you have been dancing tango even for a short time, you might already have noticed that everyone except for other tango dancers seem to have an image of tango that in no way corresponds to the dance that you are learning.. It is something that we tangueros have to...
Inconsistencies

Inconsistencies

I often think how wonderful it is to be at the start of your tango journey with so many amazing discoveries ahead of you. For many people, the first few years of studying tango is a little like falling in love. You wake up in the morning and you immediately start...
From Buenos Aires to the World

From Buenos Aires to the World

“Buenos Dias” I call out as I climb into the back of the black and yellow taxi cab, escaping the merciless Buenos Aires sun. I tell the driver my destination and wait for the inevitable “De donde sos?” – ‘Where are you from?”. I have been speaking Spanish...
Feeling Robotic

Feeling Robotic

A few months back, we were teaching at a Tango Festival outside of London, where tango aficionados travel long distances to take part in workshops and dance the night away in the festivalʼs “milongas” (tango nights). The atmosphere was electric and the dancers warm and...
10 Ways To Beat the Tango Blues

10 Ways To Beat the Tango Blues

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...
Balance

Balance

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:...