Level 3/4: Sep - Nov 2025

SoTango Practilongas

Our Practilongas are especially designed to help you build up skills and confidence for dancing tango socially (at milongas). They're not to be missed if you want to take your tango to the next level and it's included in your course rate.   Click below for more details:

Milonga SoFeliz

You're warmly invited to the next Milonga SoFeliz on 27 September 2025!   Click below for more details:

Course Dates:  7 Mondays 7.30pm - 8.45pm: September 8, 15, 22, 29 October 13, 20, 27 (no class on Oct 6) and Practilonga on Saturday November 1, 2pm - 5pm.

Guided Practica: Every Monday 8.45pm - 9.30pm - included with course

Theme: Moving between Cross and Parallel Systems, and Adornos

Lesson 3: September 22

We focused on:

• Closed-Side Cross System - Follower back to Open-side - finish with Sanguchito to Leader's Left and Change of Direction.

• Parallel System Cross with Backward Ocho and Sanguchito to the Left and Right:

Lesson 2: September 15

We focused on:

• Parallel Cross - Backward Ocho - Sandwich (video coming) 

• Backward Ochos to Cross System Cross to Parada to Left (see Week 1)

Lesson 1: September 8

We focused on:

• Cross System Cross and Parada to Left - Paradas are a great place for followers to adorn.

• Completing Ochos with Cross System Cross:

Note: the 2nd video shows travelling ochos which are narrow angled ochos. We can also resolve the wide angled ochos from Parallel Cross (covered in Level 1, as per video below) with a Cross System Cross:

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)

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: 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.