How To Dance The Tango Like They Do In Argentina

It's time to tango! Few dances rival the passion andcommon knowledge that the successful dancers are
showiness of the tango, the dance that everyonethose that book a month of classes and show up to
associates with Argentina. Celebrity dancing shows likeevery one.
Dancing With The Stars and Strictly Come Dancing4) It takes two; find a partner
are popping up all over the world, showing us all thatOnce you've put in the time with your own steps, it's
anyone can have a go, but where do you start? Trytime to get someone else involved. Even though tango
these useful pointers...isn't a subtle way to meet people, make sure you
1) Listen to the music a lot to get the "feel"dance with lots of different partners so that you don't
Familiarity with music gets your body moving nicely toget lazy being accustomed to the way one other
it, and feeling is everything with the tango; experts sayperson dances; everyone is different, and if you are
that you must really learn to listen to the music beforeimprovising you should be ready for that!
you start to dance. Do it whenever and wherever you5) More practice; get out there and enjoy your dancing!
can; in the car, at work, just before you go to sleep. IfHopefully if you've dedicated yourself regularly to the
you find after a few weeks that you can't stopprevious steps, you'll have a group of people with
listening, you may have just found a life-long passion!whom you can go out and dance for fun, as well as
2) Get comfortable with the basic steps to find youknowing some good spots. The free-flowing aspect of
dancing feetthe dance will come easier with time, as moves need
Tango as a dance is very free-form, based into come automatically from "body memory" and not
improvisation. However, before you can let your feetfrom actively thinking about them; this naturally only
do the talking, you need to train yourself in the basiccomes with a lot of practice.
moves and steps. To get helpful pointers and beWhich style to learn?
surrounded by others to keep you motivated, find aTango evolved in Argentina as a melting pot of cultural
local dance school or, even better, dance withinfluences from world-wide immigrants that flooded into
someone who already knows it. Failing either of these,Argentina at the beginning of the 19th century. Lonely
don't let circumstances kill your passion; try findingand looking for company in their new surroundings, the
instructional videos on the Internet, a much easierarrivals developed tango as a means to mix and
alternative to reading a list of foot movements orexpress themselves beyond language. Thus, tango is a
trying to decipher pictures.portrayal of Buenos Aires and its people. Over the last
3) Persevere...100 years many different styles have evolved, including
Like everything in life, only regular practice will get youBallroom, Social and Stage. Many consider the styles
going smoothly, and tango is no exception. Beginnersto be so drastically different that if you have learnt
must devote lots of time to solo practice and it isone, it won't form a basis to help you learn another.
widely acknowledged that big advances can, andTrue or not, the best way to learn Argentinian tango is
must, be made in tango without a partner. As youto follow it to the source. Numerous companies run
"walk your miles", try to move like you are already anentire tours based around exploring Buenos Aires
excellent dancer; the dance is as much about attitudethrough learning to dance the tango. As well as an
and communicating yourself as anything else. You mayunforgettable adventure, you'll be sure of learning a
find yourself more convincing than you think! Also trypure-blooded form of the passionate, dramatic and
and make your practice a regular commitment; it isbeautiful dance that everyone wants to be good at.