Fundamentals 1: Feb - Mar 2026

Join us for a Special Afternoon of Tango!

🌟What to Expect

Workshop: Refine your skills and deepen your understanding of tango as we review key techniques and explore the essential etiquette of social Argentine tango dancing.

Practilonga: Enjoy the chance to dance with fellow students and connect with Sydney's tango enthusiasts!

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Both the workshop and Practilonga are included in your course fee. Click here for more details 👉

Fundamentals 1 Course Dates:

7 Mondays: 6.30pm - 7.45pm:  February 2, 9, 16, 23; March 2, 9, 16

plus Workshop / Practilonga 🎉 on Saturday March 21: 2pm - 5pm.

Lesson 2:   February 9 - Preview

In Lesson 2 we introduce the Parallel Cross with Resolution:

We also introduce the Lapiz Walk—an excellent drill to practise between classes to refine your walking technique, balance and musicality.

We recommend practising to Cara Sucia by Carlos Di Sarli, a classic tango ideal for developing control and phrasing.

You can find this track on SoTango's Tango (Trad) Spotify playlist, and it is also available on YouTube: 

Lesson 1: February 2

We covered:

• Musicality - walking to single (1-3) double (all beats: 1-2-3-4) and half time (1-1)

• Synchronising with a partner

• Walking technique (side, forward, back) There are only really 3 steps in tango (a step is defined as a change of weight).

• Leading from the core / torso

• Practice Hold and open embrace

The move introduced was the 'C Step':

Tango Music - for practicing 

Check out Sophia's Spotify lists:

Tango (Trad) Best for practicing musicality - walking to single, double and half time.

Tango (Neo) contemporary songs (good for practicing technique)

Progression

Once you complete Fundamentals 1 you are ready for Fundamentals 2, an 8-lesson course which continues at 6.30pm starting  March 21.

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Good habits for tango dancers

• 'Steel vs spaghetti': Your standing leg is like steel - dynamic, strong and grounded, your free leg is like spaghetti: light and loose without tension.

• Your free leg hip is loose and level (this removes tension from your free leg)

• Never lock your knees: Your standing leg knee is softly flexed (not locked) - this gives you better contact with the floor.

• 'Collection' - Thigh or ankle (as you prefer) connection as you walk

• Push off the floor as you walk - to make your walk more dynamic.

• Look forward as you walk (down diagonal is fine but don't look straight down at your feet as this distorts your posture.