North Sydney Fund. 2

Nov - Dec 2023

Our Practilonga is especially designed for your group to help you build up skills and confidence for dancing tango socially (at milongas). It's not to be missed if you want to take your tango to the next level. Click below for more details:

Practilongas

Week 5: 4 December

We introduced Giro to Right from Parallel Cross:

Week 4: 27 November

We played with and refined the Medialuna and Sandwich and linked it to the Parallel Cross with Ochos combination from Level 1

Week 3: 20 November

We introduced the Medialuna (Half Moon):

Week 4: 27 November

In Week 4 we repeated and refined the Medialuna and Sandwich and linked them to the Parallel Cross.

For extra credits here's a video with variations of the Sandwich which we introduced in Week 1. Variations consist of a standing start entry and Sandwich to the Left...

Weeks 1 and 2: 6 - 13 November

Welcome to Fundamentals 2 where we delve into circular tango movements!

In Week 1 we introduced:

Sanguchito (Spanish for Little Sandwich) - the entry of which is the Backward Ocho from Side Step:
In Week 2 we refined the Sandwich and linked it with the Parallel Cross.

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 (this removes tension from your free leg) and your hips are level.
Never lock your knees: You 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.

Tango Music - for practicing

Spotify

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)

Link to 250 songs

The following link will download a fabulous collection of 250 of the most popular songs (tango, vals and milonga) played in milongas around the world! Focus for now only on the tangos. Also focus on instrumental songs as opposed to vocals as these are easier to find the beat. Di Sarli is one of the better orchestras to start with:

http://www.muraterdemsel.com/250TANGO.zip

This link goes to a zip file (little less than a 1 GB file).

Here's a link to help you better understand tango music for dancing.

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