Level 3/4
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:
Week 4: The first of 3 lessons on Milonga: 20 November
We focused on the Ocho Cortado which works very well in Vals, as it does in Milonga which we covered last week.
Here's another milonga improvisation to conclude our milonga lessons:
Week 3: November 20 - the 3rd lesson of Milonga
We focused on the familiar figure of Ocho Cortado:
Week 2 of 3 weeks of Milonga: 13 November
We introduced the Turning Step to the Right and added to Box Step:
Week 1 of 3 weeks of Milonga: 6 November
Welcome to a new term which focuses on Milonga and Vals.
This term we have 3 lessons of Milonga, 3 of Vals and then final lesson is a review of both.
Remember that Milonga is 2/4 timing.
In Week 1 we introduced the Milonga Box Step and Traspié (double time)
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