Syllabus for Argentine Tango(complied by Charles Smith)
Note: This falls under the beginning/intermediate social
level of Argentine tango.
Bronze
6-count basic caminadas (walks)
8-count basic caminadas (walks)
Entrada
Retroceso (back basic)
Resolución (tango close)
Resolución (tango close) w/ 1/4 turn to L
Resolución al revés (back tango close)
Resolución al revés (back tango close) with 1/4 turn to L
Cuadro (box step)
Side promenade
Side sway
Preparation steps
Preparation balances
Balance steps forward
Balance steps backward
Lady's Ocho (figure eight)
Note: It would still be at bronze level if all of other
movements above (without resolución) curved 1/4 to the L
instead of moving on the floor in a straight line.
Silver
This falls into the advanced social level.
Llevada (lift of the lady's leg over the man's lower leg)
Sacada (a back displacement of man's foot)
Arrastre (drag)
Lady's Gancho (hook step)
Giro (carousel)
Patada (tap)
Parada (kick)
Mordita (sandwich)
Boleo (a swivel-twist with one bent leg in the air)
Ocho doble (man and lady doing the ochos)
Cruzado (lady crossing the front foot over back foot)
Cunita (cradle; rocking steps forward and back)
Syncopated caminada variations
Syncopated cunita variations
Swivels on both feet
Torceos (Twists)
Gold
I often call this level 'competition and demonstration
level'
This includes, of course the lifts and drops and other
flashy moves that you often see in cabaret Argentine
tango and show Argentine tango.
Lady's grands écartes en terre (splits on ground)
Shadow lift
Flying debbie
Dulaine lift
Dulaine lift variations
Death drop
Hip lift
Angel lift
Floor sweep
Amagué (the threatening gesture)
Lady's attitude fold of leg around the midsection of man
Floor line variations
Lady's jété (thrown jump)
Giro with advanced flicks
Challenge position combinations
Flamenco lines
Spanish lines
Boleo triple
Boleo doble
Advanced gancho combinations
Sacada al revés (back displacement)
Lady's arabesque in back-to-front position
Lady's attitude in back-to-front position
Intimate R shadow variations
Continous R spin in closed (progressing forward)
Continous R spin in closed (progressing backward)
Continous L spin in closed (progressing forward)
Continous L spin in closed (progressing forward)
R to R side variations
L to L side variations
R to R side fallaway variations
L to L side fallaway variations
X-line oversway
Throwaway oversway
Modified reverse fleckerl
Modified natural fleckerl
Quick contra checks