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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
General Dance Technique
Principles for Dance
Zoom Online Class
Core Vocabulary
Dance Technique
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Back
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
Back
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
Back
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
Back
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
Back
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
They are Where They Want to Be
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
Variations
Practice the Cross
Weight Changes
Intro
Turning
Travelling
What to Practice
Demo
Front Ochos
Intro
Follow Along
What to Practice
Variations - Leader
Variations - Follower
Dance Technique
Back Ocho
Intro
Follow Along
Variations
Pivot
Elastic arms & connected structure
What to Practice - Direction
What to Practice - Elastic Arms
What to Practice - Leaders
Move the Elbows
Relax the Arms
Find the ball of the foot
Small Pivot
Intro
What to Practice - Follower
What to Practice - Leader
Back
Dance Technique
Facing
Intro
How to Practice
Ocho and Basic
Gancho and Molinete
Mapping
Extension
Collection
Symmetry
Contra from the SI Joint
Alignment
Intro
Feel
Look
Connection in Body
External Cues
Internal Awareness
Spirit Body
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
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