Level 3/4: March - May 2024
Events
You are warmly invited to Milonga SoFeliz in Surry Hills which is hosted by Sophia every 4th Saturday of the month. Please let Sophia know if you'd like to reserve a place on the SoTango table. Click below for more details...
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. Your next Practilonga is on Saturday May 18, 2024, 2 - 5pm in North Sydney.
The entry is included in the Level 3/4 course for March - May 2024. Click below for more details...
Lessons
Welcome to a new term of tango! This term we focus on musicality, decorations and floor craft.
Lesson 4: Monday 22 April 2024
In Lesson 4 we focused on Ochos - in their wide angled form, as taught in our Fundamentals 2 course (entered from Parallel Cross or Side Step), and the elongated form, i.e. Travelling Back Ochos. The latter is suited to both melodic but / and particularly rhythmic songs. Wide angled Ochos are not suited to rhythmic songs.
The combination introduced was: Travelling Back Ochos to Cross System Cross - resolved with the 'Forward - Side - Back Step' . The 'Forward - Side - Back Step' was taught in Week 3.
For rhythmic songs refer Lesson 3. For melodic songs refer to Lessons 1 and 2.
Here's the above combination broken down into smaller chuncks:
Lesson 3: Monday 15 April 2024
In Lesson 3 we switched the focus to dancing to rhythmic songs. The songs we danced to were by Juan D'Arienzo: ''Pensalo Bien", . "Hotel Victoria" "Jueves" and "Paciencia." These songs are in the Tango Trad Spotify playlists. Otherwise, search for these songs on Youtube.
We introduced the 'Ocho Cortado with Forward - Side - Back - Step to resolve which works beautifully for this type of music:
Lesson 2: Monday 8 April 2024
In Lesson 2 we continued to focus on dancing to melodic songs. The songs we danced to were by Carlos Di Sarli: ''Sonatina", "Verdemar" and "Nuestra Noche". These songs are in the Tango Trad Spotify playlists. Otherwise search for these songs on Youtube.
We introduced the 'Barrida to the Cross from Side Step' which works beautifully for this type of music:
Lesson 1: Monday 25 March 2024
In Lesson 1 we focused on pausing and dancing half time to melodic songs. The songs we danced to were by Carlos Di Sarli: 'Bailemos' and 'Tormenta'. Both songs are in the Tango Trad Spotify playlists. Otherwise search for these songs on Youtube.
We introduced the 'Two Step Cross' which works beautifully for this type of music. We ended this move with a Parada to the left. The video below shows this move as an entry to other moves. For now just focus on the Two Step Cross part of the video.
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!
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