ELEMENTS OF ARGENTINA TANGO - Wikipedia

- 1. Embrace - 2. Walking - 3. Figures - 4. Códigos and yeta - 5. Vals and milonga -

Figures of Argentine tango - Wikipedia

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Tango Notes

These notes have been used in the Traverse City Tango Club for basic instruction. There are numerous links to videos which provide useful examples. Tango Notes Update History tells when pages were last updated.

Basic Figures

• The Embrace

• Tango Walking (Caminata) - Style and Parallel vs Cross system.

• Baldosa Box - A simple figure without the Cross.

• Basic Eight - Eight-step basic with the Cross.

• Ochos

  • Front Ocho - Forward Ocho, Ocho Adelante.

  • Back Ocho - Backward Ocho, Ocho Atrás.

• Ocho Cortado

• Turns

  • Rock Step (Cadencia) Turns

  • Molinete / Giro / Media Luna

• Foot play

  • Paradas and Pasadas - Stops and Stepovers.

  • Sandwich / Sanguchito.

  • Barrida (Sweep) / Arrastre (Drag).

  • Sacadas

How to get into and out of a figure

• To and from the Cross

Intermediate Figures

• Molinete: Beyond Basic

• Compilations of figures

Misc

• Terminology - Brief glossary of terms we commonly use.

• Links to other tango websites