9-Week Beginner Tango Course

Argentine Tango is an urban dance based on connection. Learn the tango connection and gain the tools you need to succeed and feel great in our tango classes and the social dances (milongas) around the city. This program, designed by Sergio Segura, Director of Strictly Tango NYC, focuses on a different concept each week, where you will learn the language and vocabulary used in our school.

Class structure:

• 15 minutes of biomechanics technique
• 1 hour subject of the week
• 15 minutes practica at the end

Program:

• Fundamentals: posture, embrace, feet positions, basic musicality
• The Five Connections Approach
• Basic elements of Tango
• Tango Dance philosophy
• Dance composition strategies: Free, sequential, and positional improvisations
• Navigation strategies
• The basics of leading and following and their strategies
• The walking systems
• Paso Basico as a positional system and dance composition strategy
• International templates: ocho cortado and ocho atras, parada sandwich and resolution
• Adding boleos, ganchos, sacadas arrastres, and batidos on the templates
• Basic Styling
• Dance etiquette
• How to be creative and improvise spontaneously

Notes:

• Classes are intense. A decent body conditioning with no injuries is necessary.
• No partner necessary but encouraged to ensure leaders and followers are equally balanced.
• Everyone leads and everyone follows. Gender is not attached to the dance role.
• Bring comfortable clothes and shoes. Not sure about shoes, bring socks.
• Classes start punctually
• No make-up classes

Inclusion and Diversity policy:

Strictly Tango NYC welcomes and includes everyone who wants to learn Tango. Gender (or gender identity) is not attached to the dance role (leader vs. follower). Diversity and sexual orientation are respected at our school.

Bonus:

• A $50 certificate towards a private class when you buy the 12-week course
• You can sign up for the first 6 weeks or the last 6 weeks