More tango, easier, cheaper, better. Below are 6 simple ways to get more of the dance that you love. We’ll explore together how to: Let the local tango dancers help you Reduce accommodation and transportation costs Try classes with the right professionals Dance more with your favorite dancers Dance more during the events Find huge ammount of information to improve your tango Scroll down and let’s find more tango for you! Why should you read this? I have been a social tango dancer for 12 years. During this time I made most of the mistakes and fell into most of the traps that social tango ..read more

Let’s set your New Year’s Tango Resolution? It is very easy to understand yourself, watching how you behave in tango. “What do you want to magnify?” I stopped for a second. Where did that question come from? And why was she asking me that? And… in the middle of a tanda? I shook my head, and whispered: -Let me answer that after this song. We hugged again. Usually, my mind becomes quiet when I dance. I love silence in tango, both inside and outside. But that question fired up my thoughts. I went over the discussion we had before that question. She was telling me a story: A story “A long tim ..read more

by Viviana Laguzzi The perfect tango outfit does more than simply allowing you to dance. If you are looking to understand your wardrobe a bit better, you are at the right place. How to choose a tango dress for stage or gala according to your figure The first part of your tango outfit is your dress. Choosing a gala or stage dress is something personal. There are many factors you might want to consider, such as, but not limited to: your personality, age, type of event, place of celebration, and time of year. In this article we are not going to cover all this. Instead we’ll focus on how to ..read more

by Andrea Martinez After many years of Tango, in which I performed the different roles of a maestra, judge, student, milonguera, professional, amateur, the youngest, the foreigner no one knows, the guest teacher everyone wants to dance with, and many others, I want to share some thoughts to help create a safer tango. Recently I spoke on the topic “How to feel safe at the milonga” with Ieva and Sergio. During this discussion, I arrived at a few concepts that might help or at least make us think about how we create safer tango communities. Andrea Martinez discussing a safer tango Competition ..read more

by Ani Andreani de Herrera Would you like to do more tango embellishments but feel unsure how to do them? Did you ever wonder how profesionales manage to make them look so natural? Are you afraid to disturb your partner or even hurt them or you?  I remember how long I was searching to find the best way to embellish my dance in a natural and authentic way. And finally I came up with a 3-points formula. Ani Andreani de Herrera The three steps formula for better tango embellishments: Practice tango embellishments alone Listen to Tango music, again and again and again… and again Never forg ..read more

The wonderful story of how a young man helped a blind girl discover tango, and how an improbable meeting gave birth to a vision of a better tango world. I had just finished working so I went to a supermarket for some groceries. Everything seemed normal. I noticed a lady standing in front of the soap department smelling each brand on the shelves. She was holding a white stick that blind people use when walking, and a man was assisting her. My phone rang. Vica discovers tango Twenty minutes later, I went back to continue my shopping. The woman was still standing in the same place smelling th ..read more

When it comes to tango musicality, we often compare a dancer with musicality and one without to a normal car and a racing car. The normal car is fine for your daily needs, but the racing car’s components are all of the highest quality. I believe that dancers who investigate tango musicality become special. These are the people that others in the milonga want to dance with. The potential partners think: “The rest of the people are OK, I will have fun with them, and I will probably enjoy the dance, but with that person, I will have an amazing experience. That person is never boring.” Vaggelis ..read more

Without its embrace, Tango wouldn’t be Tango. But creating a comfortable tango embrace and maintaining it during the dance is hard if you don’t know how. We usually get a lot of information in classes about how the embrace should feel – both in terms of technique and emotion. But there are many reasons for us to lose focus during the dance, and our tango embrace migh suffer because of them. Sophia Luisa Paul & Julio César Calderon Preserving the quality of your tango embrace Imagine trying to stay relaxed and enjoy the dance while paying attention to your partner, finding your interpr ..read more

Bend or stretch, point or heel, open or close? Tango is magical. But sometimes, it might feel as if the more tango questions you ask, the more confused you get. Let’s explore how you can create some clarity in your tango. To start dancing, we need some rules to follow, some directions to define our path. But as we spend more time studying all these rules, they start to conflict with each other and don’t seem to make any sense. Should you bend or stretch the knees, point your toes, or use your heels for the forward step, open or close the embrace? And where exactly to put the arm and palm of ..read more

by Ieva Kelpsaite How can you experience more safety in tango? How can you feel safer when being in the embrace of someone you don’t know? To me, the ability to truly be in the same space with the other requires knowing who you are, how you respond, what you need, and what you can give. Our journey to being with the other starts way back in our past, what we see at home as children. Then, hopefully, it develops to allow us to connect more deeply with each other.  Ieva Kelpsaite The significance of your body when it comes to experiencing safety in tango Looking back to how I grew up ..read more