SoTango - Sep 2025 Fundamentals 1

Fundamentals 1 Sep - Nov 2025

2pm: Workshop reviewing all the moves you learnt plus the etiquette of Argentine dancing tango socially.

2.45pm - 5pm: Practilonga - an opportunity to dance with your fellow students and Sydney's tango aficionados!

Save this date! The workshop and Practilonga are included in your course rate.

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Practilonga

We introduce the Parallel Cross:

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 (if 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':

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)

Once you complete Fundamentals 1 you are ready for Fundamentals 2, an 8-lesson course which continues at 6.30pm starting November 3

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'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.

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