About the Levels
"Beginners want to dance like intermediates; intermediates want to dance like advanced dancers; advanced dancers want to dance like the greats; but the greats always go back to basics."
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You can continue learning tango into your next lifetime, but here is where you start..
Primeros pasos: An Introductory Course
Primeros pasos course is for those that have seen some movies with super handsome actors and actresses having a great dance. You recognize two tango music pieces, and perhaps you have heard of Gotan Project.
Or you have been dragged by your hair to attend a tango class… or… or…
Primeros pasos course is to see whether you actually like tango that is not a movie thing and does not always end in a fairytale.
You will learn very basic stuff. But very important essential building block with which you will be able to dance by the end of the course.
If you decide that you like it, it would be good to repeat it to steady your feet and perfect it before you proceed…
Principiantes: Beginners
You've had a taste, liked it, had another taste and you are curious for more. You can somehow walk in a straight line without crashing into others, you do not loose your partner behind your back anymore and can do something called an ocho with much less sweating then the first round...
You are now ready for the beginners course and have progressed into being a real tango student.
In Principiantes, you will be doing the same elements, cut up and put in interesting combinations.
Unless you are a reincarnation of Einstein it is highly unlikely that you will remember all the sequences. My suggestion - do not even try.
The hold, the posture, the upper body torsion, the contact, giving presence to your partner and foot work is what we would be indirectly working on.
The idea is to create a tango dance body.
This should take approximately 10 months of regular classes plus minimum of two hours of dance practice per week (at the Milonga).
For those that take all classes, come to all practicas, all milongas and practice everyday with somebody or excercise alone at home, the time frame given might be shorter..
Once crosses, giros, ocho cortados, cadenas, some simple saccadas, are a piece of cake to lead and follow without hanging for dear life, you are ready to move up. Hurray!!...prosit!!
Intermedios 1 - Intermediate level 1
more info coming soon
Intermedios 2 - Intermediate level 2
classes at this level are not offered at the moment
Intermedios 3 - Intermediate level 3
classes at this level are not offered at the moment
Tecnica - Technique classes
more info coming soon
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