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At Tango Lab, we will deepen your connection to tango by cultivating each dancer’s personal musicality and expressive movement, whether you’re a leader or follower. Instead of focusing on specific patterns and steps, we help you develop confidence and clarity in expressing the music through your dance.

• Master the 6 Classic Rhythms, clearly hearing and responding to tango’s foundational pulse. All these can be found in movement you already know.
• Integrate Parallel and Cross Systems with Baldosa and Rotational movements, enriching your dance vocabulary and creativity.
• Develop fluidity and freedom by building a more diverse movement repertoire, allowing authentic self-expression on the dance floor.
• Confidently dance, inspired by iconic orchestras such as Di Sarli, D’Arienzo, and Pugliese.

Weekly Progression:

Week 1 The Core Rhythms in Tango.

Exploring the six classic tango rhythms and finding beauty in fewer patterns with deeper musicality. We’ll master the Long and None rhythms and map patterns on selected songs.

Focus: Single, Doubles, and Zero rhythms – understanding their distinct character and how they form the backbone of tango musical expression.

Featured Music: Di Sarli’s “El Amanecer” / “El Flete” and D’Arienzo’s “Dime Mi Amor”

We’ll discover how these iconic pieces showcase the fundamental tango rhythms and create a foundation for musical expression.

Week 2 is Music with Systems and Rotations
Building on our rhythm work, we’ll integrate these patterns with two movement systems and the two rotation types.

Focus: Moving fluidly between different systems while maintaining rhythmic clarity. Exploring how rotational movements can express the music’s character.

We’ll continue working with the same songs as Week 1, deepening our understanding of how movement systems enhance our musical interpretation.

Week 3 communication and togetherness
This week focuses on exploring communication and togetherness in the dance partnership.

We’ll work on how partners can maintain connection while executing complex rhythmic patterns, and develop a shared sense of musical interpretation.

The emphasis will be on collaborative expression and developing mutual “Cadencia” – the flowing quality that makes tango partnerships magical.

Week 4 attempt to put it all together.

The culmination of our month’s work: discovering orchestral magic by combining rhythms, systems, rotations, and partnership skills.

Focus: Identifying and responding to orchestral voices, understanding the layered complexity of tango music, and developing a personal approach to musicality.

We’ll explore how different orchestras present unique opportunities for expression, and how to adapt your dancing to showcase the character of each piece.

Progressive Monthly Classes:
• Cycle 1: Tango Essentials (4 weeks)
• Cycle 2: Vals (4 weeks)
• Cycle 3: Milonga (4 weeks)

Join us at Tango Lab. Partners are not needed.