Absolute Tango Basics WS @ TU Darmstadt

Unlike most – if not all – other dances, Tango is not about steps. Its about communication. Learning Tango is like learning another language. Just without speaking. Both partners communicate – through their body – position, axis, intention and musicallity.

Topics:

  • How to start and continue walking
  • How to stop walking
  • How to change axis
  • How to pivot
  • How to do the two ways of turning
  • How to walk around your partner (giro / moulinette)
  • How to cross and un-cross (slowly)

This 2,5 h workshop will explore how to use and understand this very simple movements of Tango. The workshop will be an opportunity to learn them, or to repeat, reinforce and improve them. It will show how to have fun with them and how to variy them and that they are (if properly done) all thats needed to have a great dancing experience.

This Workshop is for

  • Everyone who wants to learn Tango
  • Everyone who missed some basic classes in an ongoing Tango class
  • Everyone who want to catch up with an existing ongoing Tango class
  • Everyone who considers learning Tango or other dancing, but fears dancing might not be something for him/her
  • Everyone who wants to work on their axis
  • Everyone who once learned Tango, but stopped, because it seemed too hard to learn.
  • Everyone who learns Tango but is missing the fun in it.
  • Everyone who learns Tango but feels lost, inappropriate or not up to it.
  • Everyone who already dances Tango (more or less successful) but wants to improve by getting better at the basics of communication and musicality
  • Everyone who wants to learn or explore „the other role“ in Tango

This workshop is open to participants of all Tango experience levels.

You don’t need to bring a partner; we’ll rotate partners regularly during the exercises and will permanently change roles.

Please bring:

  • Comfortable Tango / dance shoes or thick socks
  • Ample refreshments and a simple snack to sustain energy throughout the 4-hour duration.

Date: Saturday, December 7th, 2024
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: TU Darmstadt
Instructor: Carsten from the TU Tango Team
Language: English

Registration-Form (TU externals must buy a guest card first here). To get into the building, you might need to show your TU student ID or class registation.

Registration / guest card enables you (without any extra costs) to take part in all our workshops this semester:

and to paticipate (without any extra costs) in our weekly tango classes:

https://online-anmeldung.usz.tu-darmstadt.de/sportarten/aktueller_zeitraum/_Tango_Argentino.html