Tag: Beginner 28 videos
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The Basic
A beg video which teaches the first step most people learn in tango. You make a rectangular box while the follower crosses. -
Front Ochos
A beg video where the follower makes figure eights on the floor while stepping forward. It is one of the distinguishing movements in Argentine Tango. -
Back Ochos
A beg video where the follower steps backwards to make figure eights on the floor. -
Weight Changes and Walking
A beg video which shows the core of tango - do this well, and many other things become easy. Simple, but profound. -
Putting it Together
A beg video which puts the combinations we've taught in this series together to enable people to dance their first dance. -
Rocks
A very common element, great for navigation as well. Harder to do well than it seems. -
Media Vuelta
One of Nancy's favorite steps - the connection in the pivot can be very cool. -
Six Count Basic
A very useful step - easy to remember, and a great place to learn other great technique. -
In line walking freno combo
A combination about walking, subtle angles and a freno. -
Interrupting the Basic With Front Ochos
A beg video which introduces the idea that you don't have to complete one combination to go into the next. -
Interrupting the Basic With Front Ochos - More Practice
A beg video which further explores the idea that you don't have to complete one combination to go into the next. -
Interrupting Media Vuelta With the Basic and Front Ochos
A beg/int video which gives a more complex example of the way you can interrupt beginning steps and put them together to make something that's reasonably complicated. -
Free For All Demo
A video which shows a demo dance of basic steps sometimes interrupted by other basic steps. -
The Embrace
Video which teaches the leader and follower how to hold each other for Argentine Tango. This video focuses on a slight open embrace. There are many different distances. -
Musicality
A video which discusses when to step and how to interpret the music relating to tango. There's a lot of freedom. As long as you make a choice, it's hard to go wrong. -
Line of Dance
A beginning video to introduce dancers to the skills they need to navigate the social floor. -
Honoring Axis
A key technique especially important when the follower is pivoting. A skill important to both leaders and followers. -
Creating Chemistry Through Distance
Special topic. Discusses how you use intention to create chemistry and dispels 2 myths about chemistry. -
Easily Moving Together
A beg/int video which teaches not overdoing the lead and the fact that, as long as the movement is in the right direction, it can feel good. -
Making It Tango Steps
A beg/int video which teaches how to make arbitrary movement look more tango. -
Structure For Easy Social Tango
A beg video which talks about how to put steps together to make a dance. -
Metronome or Music?
All levels video about dancing to the music rather than just dancing to the beat. -
About The Cross - Not Crossing
An intermediate concept crossing the follower without a weight change and then exiting. -
Right Side Basic
An intermediate combination which turns to the leader's right (to the dark side) and is a quirky winding variation ispired by the basic. -
Basic With Delayed Weight Change
A beg/int combination which is another turning variation on the basic. It replaces the leader's weight change with a step and then turns, smoothing out the edges. -
Pivoting From Front Ocho To Back Ocho
A beg/int video which shows how to use a pivot as a transition between front and back ochos. -
Walking From Front Ocho To Back Ocho
A beg/int video which shows how to use a step as a transition from front ochos to back ochos. -
Front Ocho Around To Back Ocho
A int video which shows how to interrupt an ocho with a step and then go back into ochos where the follower goes around the leader.