CHAMPION BALLROOM ACADEMY. SAN DIEGO
3580 5th Ave. ph. 619. 291 7722
MONDAYS
7pm - begin/Inter- group (45 min = $12)
Steps, Moves, Techniques.
Combinations to dance right away
For any ages, men or women, singles or couples,
TANGO is always the best fun, exercise, and work out
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Some suggestions
Grow your tango roots: send the energy of your body
from the waist line down.
Keep your ribs and upper body up and light, but your
shoulders down, round, relaxed.
With the start, stretch the leg faster, checking the space.
Step with the toes, pressing to the floor, sliding it forward.
Check available space between woman's legs or next to
her in 1/2 of the second before moving your body into it.
Then, arrive with your body almost at the same time, -
trying to do it together with your partner.
Synchronize all movements in harmony.
Start with pressing your foot outside, then rolling and
pressing it inside.
When you walk forward inside, keep your hips toward the
partner.
When you step back - cross your spine behind you.
Before each step, brush the ankles.
Stop any movements - if your partner is not moving.
Feel your partner energy. Care for your partner. Then
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Comfort of your partner is the key to your joy.
The biggest challenged for some competitive dancers is to get distinctive style (dance, dress, talk,
accessory, hair), and create special image that everybody would remember.
However, for the social purpose of the dancing it is not a goal. The most important to have fun with whatever
you do. But all of us usually see if people have style or not. Usually, good Tango dancers have some style.
Your own style in tango creates from very little elements that only you dance differently than others.
You dance it according to the leader's and your personality, character, attitude, tempo, and so on.
Many men come to Milonga because of their desire to find a partner. But most women want to create and
investigate the Tango music. They want to know what they could do with a man and such music. If a leader
cannot dance well yet, he can just sit during Milonga, watch and enjoy it.
However, if you want to enjoy dancing, if you want to give the great leading pleasure - study tango well. Then
any woman will come to Milonga to dance with you!
Most women are very fast learners. They "read" these 3-4 combinations that men dance in his first dance
with her. If DJ put his heart in the collection and understands what people like to dance, the music might
often be also good. But any good music cannot compensate the uncertainty and the confusion of men,
stumbling with the steps, without understanding the space arrangement, and trying to move somewhere
without leading skills.
Eventually, with some persistence, everybody could learn Tango steps. But to get some good skills and the
freedom of improvisation, people need to make a big investment of time and money in the learning process.
Some private lessons might bring men to a better understanding of the clear and precise leading
techniques.
The main idea of a talented dancer is to experiment and find some special, only for you, movements from
the inside out, rather than trying to imitate somebody else…
Come to our lessons. Try all that. Then you and your dance might shine during your routine.
Enjoy your Tango-challenge! Don’t give up!