This week we will be focusing on finding your centre, being aware of it and identifying with it, so that when we dance Tango we can feel that our dance comes from our centre. Can we identify where our partner is, where their centre is, and how we can dance together? First we want to […]
read articleListening to Argentine tango on the radio
To improve your dancing we always recommend that you make a point of listening to tango music whenever you can. Even when you are doing something else, and not particularly paying attention. Even without concentrating on the music, just having it in the background helps ‘acclimatise’ your brain and your feelings to the state of […]
read articleComing up: Sat 11 March class Milonguero style tango
Last week we had the benefit of Los Ocampo giving us a workshop on ‘Milonguero’ style tango. This week we add a relevant to Milonguers style ‘workout’ to start, and in the following class we develop and build on this material by teaching you a short choreography to consolidate in our own ‘mind-body’ tango beings […]
read articleComing up soon: new guest teachers Anibal Lautaro and Valeria Maside on Sat 25 March!
Really excited is Tango E14 to present new Guest Teachers Anibal Lautaro and Valeria Maside on Saturday 25th of March. They are Argentinian Tango dance artists however residing in Belgium. They are well known on the international circuit for their beautiful technical accomplished dancing. Anibal and Valeria are a top couple of Argentine tango dancers and […]
read articleChacarera explained
Chacarera is a folk dance from the rural North of Argentina. It is a partner contra dance that is danced as a light hearted break from more serious tango. In between tandas as a cortina. This article will explain how to dance it. Please click here for a video of a Chacarera doble performance this […]
read articleDemystifying milonguero style tango
Ever hear the term milonguero and wondered what it means? To explain its meaning, it is useful to explore the origin of the word milonguero first. And this like with more things in tango, involves several aspects. Below the word will be pulled apart and several aspects will be separately highlighted. Before the word milonguero […]
read articleExplore less well known tango orchestras
If you find yourself limited to listening the same songs again, perhaps eager to listen to other orchestras and composers. However don’t know where to start? Below you will find a list of less well known however also played on milongas composer and tango orchestras. We all tend to listen to familiar tracks and like […]
read articleComing up: Sat 25 Feb class on the embrace and connection
This week Saturday 25th February Tony and Anita are teaching class on the embrace and the connection. We continue our themes of ‘connection, embrace and paying total attention to each other.’ We need to be sure of ourselves; where we are precisely in time, space, in the music, in relation to our partner, and everyone […]
read articleHow to improve your musical confidence in tango
Tango music is complicated and can be overwhelming to dance to. Please find some tips below how to familiarise yourself with most the common composers. Listen to a few well known and easy to find on the internet Argentine tango orchestras that played and recorded in ‘The Golden Age of Tango’ (1930s – 1950s). Here […]
read articleDeciphering tango music
Tango music is beautiful however complex and for beginners could be overwhelming to dance to. To appreciate and understand tango music a lot of listening to Argentine tango will help you. See below for recommended listening of Tango singers, and Tango songs and questions that will direct you in how to listen also called active […]
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