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  • Beginning/Int/Adv

    • Beginning
    • Intermediate - Core
    • Intermediate - Vocabulary
    • Advanced

  • Brain Food

    • More Technique
    • Profound Thoughts
    • Architecture of Tango

  • Milonga/Vals

    • Milonga
    • Vals

  • Perform / Embellishments

    • Performing
    • Embellishments

  • Connection/Musicality

    • Lead, Follow & Connection
    • Musicality

  • Styles of Tango

    • Close Embrace

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    • Principles for Dance

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    • Core Vocabulary
    • Dance Technique
    • Expanded Vocabulary
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Beginning

  • Your First Dance

    • The Basic
    • Front Ochos
    • Back Ochos
    • Weight Changes and Walking
    • Putting it Together

  • Additional Beginning Elements

    • Rocks
    • Media Vuelta
    • Six Count Basic

  • Mixing Beginning Elements

    • Interrupting the Basic With Front Ochos
    • Interrupting the Basic With Front Ochos - More Practice
    • Interrupting Media Vuelta With the Basic and Front Ochos
    • Free For All Demo

  • An Intro to Technique

    • The Embrace
    • Musicality
    • Line of Dance
    • Honoring Axis

  • Tango is Easy

    • Easily Moving Together
    • Making It Tango Steps
    • Structure For Easy Social Tango

  • From One Ocho To Another - Beg/Int

    • Pivoting From Front Ocho To Back Ocho
    • Walking From Front Ocho To Back Ocho
    • Front Ocho Around To Back Ocho
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Intermediate - Core

  • Intermediate Elements

    • Freno
    • Gancho
    • Drag
    • Boleo
    • The Lean
    • Molinette
    • Wrap
    • Sacada

  • Ganchos, Boleos and Kicks - Intermediate

    • Kicks: It's All One
    • Boleo And Gancho
    • Linear Boleo
    • Kick Between The Legs
    • Kick Between The Legs, Back Boleo

  • Basic Variations - Beg/Int

    • About The Cross - Not Crossing
    • Right Side Basic
    • Basic With Delayed Weight Change

  • Vocabulary - Take 2 - Leaders

    • Ochos
    • Basic
    • Media Vuelta
    • Freno
    • Boleo
    • Gancho
    • Drag

  • Vocabulary - Take 2 - Followers

    • Ochos
    • Basic
    • Media Vuelta
    • Freno
    • Boleo
    • Gancho
    • Drag

  • More About Molinette

    • Follower
    • Leader
    • Close Embrace
  • Back

Intermediate - Vocabulary

  • Combinations Commonly in the Body of Tango Lore

    • First Rhythmic Molinette
    • Va Y Ven
    • 360 Degrees - We Each Do Our Part

  • Expanded Intermediate Vocabulary

    • Gancho Inside
    • Gancho Outside
    • Forward Sacada Basics
    • Calecita
    • Hook Behind

  • Media Vuelta - Intermediate

    • Trading Vueltas
    • Shared Vuelta
    • In Honor Of Orlando Paiva

  • Walking - Intermediate

    • Float To Through
    • Ochos To Not
    • One Becomes Two

  • Kookie Crosses - Int

    • Trapped Cross In Place
    • Lending A Helping Foot
    • Push Cross

  • Cool Ways to Travel - Adv

    • Lunge Step Lunge
    • Lunge To Lean To Lunge
    • Walking In Colgada
    • Prep For Cadena - Man's Gancho
    • Prep For Cadena - Drag
    • Cadena

  • Fun With Momentum - Int/Adv

    • Push Pull
    • Dodging The Bullet
    • Riding The Wave
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Advanced

  • More in the Lean

    • Volcada
    • Lean and Gancho
    • Walking Around in the Lean

  • Advanced Elements

    • Sit
    • Spinning Sit
    • She Drags Him
    • Colgada
    • She Flies and Then She Swoons

  • More With The Gancho - Advanced

    • Gancho - Overturned Outside
    • Gancho - From Her Side
    • Gancho - Overturned Inside
    • Gancho - Is It Boleo Or Is It Gancho?

  • Putting Lots of Stuff Together - Adv

    • Pivoting Through Eachother
    • Varied Going Around Eachother
    • Weaving Back and Forth

  • Big Pivots - Advanced

    • Touch Back Ocho Entrance
    • Turning Woven Lunge

  • Classic Sacada Combinations - Adv

    • Trading Back Sacadas
    • Walking Sacadas Into Front Ochos
    • Sacadas In Molinette
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More Technique

  • Practicing at Home

    • Leg Exercise Sequence
    • Front and Back Ochos
    • Intermediate Vocabulary for the Leader
    • Intermediate Vocabulary for the Follower
    • Practicing the Lean With a Partner

  • Exercises to Create Body Integrity

    • It's All About The Center
    • Spiral Around The Center
    • The Center Moving

  • Controlling the Free Leg

    • The Free Leg - The Basics
    • Circles And Cool Differences
    • Being More Profoundly Together

  • Take 3

    • Basic Essence
    • Ocho Essence
    • Media Vuelta Essence
    • Freno Essence
    • Gancho Essence
    • Drag Essence
    • Boleo Essence

  • Technique Tips

    • Easier Pivots
    • Larger Lunges
    • Powerful Walking
  • Back

Profound Thoughts

  • How to Learn Tango

    • Thought
    • Feedback
    • Videoing and Critiquing

  • Profound Thoughts

    • The Power of Active Stillness and Willingness to Wait
    • Moving the Body as One
    • Be Kind
    • The One Thing You Need To Learn To Dance

  • Take 4

    • Orientation
    • Deriving Front Ocho
    • Deriving The Basic
    • Deriving Freno
    • Deriving Wrap
  • Back

Architecture of Tango

  • Linear Vocabulary

    • Introduction
    • Example Combo 1
    • Example Combo 2
    • Using Dice to Put Together a Combo
    • Navigation
    • A full dance

  • Cross System at Right Angles

    • Ocho, Stairstep
    • Rocks
    • Adding Turn
    • Cross System is Like Legos
    • Demo Dance & Discussion

  • Exploring Possibilities

    • Intro: Constraints Help You Explore
    • Pointing and Dragging
    • Leaning Towards or Away
    • Legs Off The Ground

  • Making Possibilities Work

    • Lead and Follow for Anything
    • Tango Possibilities: The Look
    • Possibilities: Wacky Examples

  • Easy Transitions

    • A Minimal Entrance To Gancho
    • A Minimal Entrance To Drag
    • From Front Ochos To Infinity
    • From Back Ochos To Infinity
    • No "Transition" Needed
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Milonga

  • Milonga Introductory Vocabulary

    • 4 Count Basic
    • 6 Count Basic
    • 8 Count Basic
    • Crab
    • Linear Steps and Weight Changes
    • Milonga Sample Dance

  • Milonga Style

    • Contra Body Motion
    • Up-Down
    • Heavy Landing
    • Playful
    • Solo Milonga Example

  • Milonga Typical Combinations

    • Pivot, Inside Leg
    • Pivot-Cut
    • Va y Ven

  • Milonga Combinations to Build Essense

    • Rock and Side
    • Hover Step
    • Quick Leg Switch
    • Milonga Sample Dance 2

  • Double Time & Traspie

    • Overview: Milonga Timing
    • A Couple Of Traspie Examples
    • A Couple Of Double Time Examples
    • Mixing Milonga Rhythms
  • Back

Vals

  • Vals Timing

    • Intro to Vals Rhythms
    • Accenting the Two
    • Hitting All Three
    • Accenting The Three

  • Vals Essence

    • Not Stopping By Moving Through The Foot
    • How To Hover And When To Release
    • Comparing The Hover in Tango and Vals
    • Ebb and Flow

  • Vals Vocabulary

    • Turning Six Count Box
    • Turning Left Foot Basic
    • Floating Through Ocho
    • In Honor of Tete
  • Back

Performing

  • First Pass at Performing Tango

    • First Step:  Music Choice
    • Choreographic Structure
    • Why They Look Good and We Don't
    • Acting
    • Putting It All Together

  • Lifts

    • Easy Sit in the Air
    • Easy Sit - Moving in the Air
    • Lunge to Lift

  • Lifts - Sit

    • Take 2 - Sit in the Air
    • Variations On The Sit

  • Lifts - 2

    • A Vertical Expression
    • Arabesque Up
    • Flying Fan
    • Let's Get Horizontal

  • A Sample Choreography

    • Performance Choreography - Intro
    • Part 1 - Intro
    • Part 2 - Fancy
    • Part 3 - Lift
    • Part 4 - Acting

  • Performance for Those Willing to Suffer

    • Dominating Music 1
    • Dominating Music 2
    • Covering More Ground
  • Back

Embellishments

  • Embellishments

    • At the Freno
    • Turning
    • As Compared to Styling
    • For Leaders
    • Detailed Technique for 2 Embellishments

  • Embellishments - Take 2

    • Boleo As Embellishment
    • Beats As Embellishments
    • Using His Legs For Embellishments
    • In Honor Of Michael Walker - Embellishments At The Bar

  • Embellishments - Taking the Lead

    • Starting The Stop
    • Now Unchained
    • Now It's Dialogue

  • Leader's Embellishments and Molinette - Adv

    • Man's Shaping
    • Molinette With Kicks
    • Man's Free Leg In Molinette
  • Back

Lead, Follow & Connection

  • Compensating for Your Partner

    • He's Pulling Me Off Balance
    • She's Pulling Me Off Balance
    • He Doesn't Have a Lead
    • She Has Noodle Arms
    • He Rushes
    • She Rushes Ahead of My Lead

  • Connection

    • Breath and Fluidity in the embrace
    • Arm Tone & Placement
    • No Slack in the System
    • Creating Chemistry Through Distance

  • Lead

    • Rotational Movement
    • Linear Movement
    • How to Make a Woman Swoon

  • Creating Magic

    • How Space Gives Meaning
    • On Being Present With Your Partner
    • A Shared World
    • Doing It With Your Whole Body

  • Touch

    • Raw Sexuality
    • Tenderness
    • Stillness And Listening
    • Exercises For Awareness
  • Back

Musicality

  • Musicality

    • Dancing To The 1
    • Dancing to 4 8's
    • Double Time
    • Dancing Slower

  • Making Music With Dance

    • Metronome or Music?
    • Singing Your Dance
    • Interacting With The Music
  • Back

Close Embrace

  • An Intro to Close Embrace

    • Orientation to Close Embrace
    • Left Foot Basic
    • Back Ochos
    • Ocho Cortado
    • Walking to Go Nowhere Ochos
    • Walking Forward In Close Embrace

  • Close Embrace - Additional Elements

    • Basic
    • Wrap
    • Trap

  • Milonguero Style Close Embrace

    • Introduction And How To Categorize
    • Push Cross To Rock
    • Double Time Separate And Together
    • Rhythmic Direction Changes
    • QDemo Dance - Milonguero Style Close Embrace

  • Salon Style Close Embrace

    • Side Trap And ...
    • Making Close, Close
    • In Honor Of Gerardo Portalea
    • Demo Dance - Salon Close Embrace
  • Back

Principles for Dance

  • About Center

    • Center through Transitions
  • Back

Core Vocabulary

  • The Basic

    • Intro
    • Follow Along
    • Practice the Cross
    • Variations

  • Weight Changes

    • Intro
    • Turning
    • Travelling
    • What to Practice
    • Demo

  • Back Ocho

    • Intro
    • Follow Along
    • Variations

  • Front Ochos

    • Intro
    • Follow Along
    • What to Practice
    • Variations - Leader
    • Variations - Follower
    • Dance Technique

  • Pivot

    • Elastic arms & connected structure
    • What to Practice - Direction
    • What to Practice - Elastic Arms
    • What to Practice - Leaders

  • Small Pivot

    • Intro
    • What to Practice - Follower
    • What to Practice - Leader
    • Advanced Subtly
  • Back

Dance Technique

  • Facing

    • Intro
    • How to Practice
    • Ocho and Basic
    • Gancho and Molinete

  • Mapping

    • Extension
    • Collection
    • Symmetry

  • Connection in Body

    • External Cues
    • Internal Awareness
    • Spirit Body

  • Alignment

    • Intro
    • Feel
    • Look

  • Lengthening Off & Through the Hips

    • Intro
    • Internal Mechanics
    • Tango Positions

  • Grab bag :)

    • Saying Something with Body & Self
  • Back

Expanded Vocabulary

  • Basic & Ocho

    • Back Ocho in Cross
    • Front Ocho at the Cross
    • Traveling Back Ochos
    • Overturned Ochos in Basic

  • Freno

    • Intro
    • What to Practice
    • Variations
    • Demo

  • Lunging

    • Intro
    • Leading It
    • What to Practice - Followers - Chasing the Foot
    • Pelvis Position
    • Possibilities
    • What to Practice - Listening

  • Drag

    • Intro
    • Balance
    • Variations around the Circle
    • Tango Technique
    • Variations - Traveling
    • Variations - Follower Dragging
    • Demo - Putting Things Together
    • Advanced Combo with Back Sacada

  • Gancho

    • Intro
    • Follow Along
    • What to Practice
    • Dance Technique
    • Variation Principles - Followers
    • Variation Principles - Interrupting Travel
    • Variation Principles - Leaders
    • Variations - Shifting Weight
    • Variations - Side Step

  • Freno Gancho & Drag Together

    • Intro
    • What to Practice - Followers
    • Demo

Gancho - Variations - Side Step

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