Become confident in your tango dancing & dance fluidly
in 60 days
even if you don’t have a partner, tend to lose the connection or stay stuck your head when you are dancing
If you’re a tango dancer - leader or follower - with high expectations for your dancing and looking to dance more in milongas while being in the flow of the music then you probably already know that working on your tango technique should a key part of your training.
And we’re willing to bet that, if available around you, you are already attending classes and workshops when you can, knowing that ease and confidence in tango only come from muscles memory and practice.
HERE'S WHAT YOU
MIGHT NOT KNOW
About what happens when you improve the quality of your dancing
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Finding the flow of the dance organically
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When you improve your tango technique, you start dancing with your whole body instead of ‘repeating sequences’. Your dancing becomes organic. The movements flow from your embrace and feel like an improvisation instead of feeling ‘rehearsed’.
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Stop thinking and focus on the generosity of dancing instead
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Maybe you have high standards when it comes to your dancing. This might mean you are spending too much time thinking when you are dancing. The work you do to improve your technique allows you to be fully present in the dance. And reconnect with the sense of enjoyment that brought you to tango in the first place.
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Express the emotions of the music
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As you know, when you’re thinking about the next sequence, or whether we’re ‘getting it right’, you can’t fully express the music. Improved quality and confidence in your dancing skills helps you go beyond the technique and connect with the orchestra. So that you can decide how you want to express the music.
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Make your partners smile and feel loved
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If you’re wondering why some people are smiling dreamily when dancing and others less so… it has a lot to do with their partner’s skills! So if you are someone who, like us, cares about making their partners feel loved, know that focusing on the quality of your dancing is the surest way to do just that.
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Be seen as someone people want to dance with
- Even though there is probably a group of dancers around you who loves dancing with you, improving the quality of your dancing opens up a world of possibilities in milongas. Partners you haven’t danced with before will seek out your embrace
Even though the reasons for improving the quality of your dancing are obvious, the path to actually doing it is anything but
BECOMING A GREAT TANGO DANCER?
AWESOME!
But how do I actually get there?
Perhaps, when you looked at people dancing tango before you joined your first class you thought: “This looks easy”
You’ve joined classes, met other dancers, discovered what ‘milongas’ were...
If you’ve been at this for a few years, you’ve probably met wonderful people in your local tango scene.
But even with the most enthusiastic start, most tango dancers hit a plateau.
Maybe you can’t seem to improvise without thinking, or spend the whole dance worried you’re 'letting your partner down'.
Perhaps you also don’t dance as much as you’d like to. Maybe there are dancers you’d love to dance with… but they don’t seem to have noticed you.
Here’s why it is so challenging to feel confident when dancing tango:
First, because Tango is often perceived as “steps”, while it is actually a “technique”.
Therefore, most students get lost in the steps and miss the opportunity to understand how the different elements of tango technique work together.
They fall victim to the unexpectedly challenging aspects of tango technique (the professionals always make it look so easy
A second sticking point is lack of clarity about what they can do to improve on their own. Having to find a partner or wait for the next practica slows down their ability to practice, and thus improve.
Here’s why this is irreversibly crippling.
The dancer within us needs care, commitment and a good knowledge of technique to blossom.
With the seemingly unachievable task that is becoming good at tango, too many waste years feeling insecure as a dancer.
And the moment you feel that you can’t master the dance, it’s almost impossible to reconnect with the joy of tango dancing.
Therefore, gaining clarity on what you can do easily to improve your technique and the quality of your dancing is one of the few things you need to get right.
The 4 Reasons Why You Don't Feel Confident in Your Dancing Yet
(And how to change that)
Reason 1
You have learned steps instead of tools
Look, we are not saying your teacher is doing a bad job (at all). But we know that most tango teachers spend more time teaching steps than technique. At your level, though, you don’t need to learn more steps.
What you need are the tools that will make the movements come from an organic part in your body: the technique, the connection, the musicality.
Once these tools are part of your body’s vocabulary, you are easily able to improvise without thinking – without needing us (or anyone) to teach you more sequences.
Reason 2
You don't know yet how the elements of technique fit together
Tango technique isn’t particularly hard or complicated, but it does require you to understand how the different elements fit together.
Because of time between the lessons, or the desire to learn from many teachers, dancers often learn a step here and a technique tip there. Thus they can’t understand how to bring it all together and make their dancing come from an organic place in their body.
When you understand how the embrace impacts the free leg, and how it in turns plays out in your favourite movements like boleos, sacadas or a simple parada, you are not relying on the steps anymore.
You can decide, as a dancer, which tool you will use and when.
Reason 3
You don't know how to work at home to improve
Tango students are often stopped in their tracks because they can’t practice in-between lessons. If you don’t have a partner, you are stuck waiting for the next class or practica to improve, and that slows down your success.
When you know exactly what to do to practice at home individually, and how it will impact your dancing, you can then easily take responsibility for your own training.
And speed up your tango journey.
Reason 4
Thinking it will be too hard
There is an unfortunate myth in the dance word, which is this:
"If you didn’t start dancing at 5, you are doomed to be a second (or third) rate dancer all your life".
If there’s one dance where this is not true it’s tango dancing. And we have countless examples of this us included!
We are not saying you can become a good dancer with your hands in your pocket.
Noone ever did.
But if, like so many, you think that it’s too late for you to become a good dancer, please… we beg you to reconsider!
When you practice correctly, your body builds muscle memory and becoming a good dancer becomes inevitable.
Shh...We're going to tell you a little tango secret
Too many dancers start up tango with their hopes high... only to get frustrated when they reach the oh-so-common plateau of tango dancing.
They feel that they are not dancing as much, as elegantly, or as fluidly as they would like to.
The temptation then is to give up tango all together.
What they don’t understand is that confidence comes easily once they have improved the quality of their dancing.
Focusing on technique and connection and understanding how those elements fit together… will be what makes you improvise without thinking.
Contrarily to popular belief, this is easier than most people think.
It starts with understanding the technique, deconstructing the steps and practicing it with individual exercises... so you can improvise and have fun when you are dancing with a partner.
And, with our permission, we'd LOVE to show you how to get there.
Hi, we're Pablo & Anne
Combined, we have over 27 years of tango teaching experience
And during that time we have helped thousands of students all over the world.
We have found the fastest way to help our students feel confident and creative dancing tango.
Our focus is on simplifying the complexity of tango technique, and sharing them into simple, easily understandable bites.
This webinar teaches everything you need to know about how to approach tango learning.
And if you've decided that 2021 would be the year you are finally feeling free to improvise and confident on the dancefloor, well... we can't wait to share all out tips with you during this webinar.
Introducing
Tango Confidence Online Course
The step-by-step PROGRAMME to improve the quality of your dancing, fast-track your tango journey and feel confident in milongas
We have channelled everything we have learned during our 27 years of experience teaching tango, running one of the most successful tango schools in the UK, and teaching and performing across Europe into a step-by-step programme designed to help you improve the quality of your dancing.
We simplify the complexity of tango dancing into easily manageable bites, and not only teach you the theory but also give you simple exercises to do at home to practice.
The TANGO CONFIDENCE ONLINE COURSE is the ONLY program of its kind that…
1. Focuses on teaching technique and connection rather than steps
2. Explains how the different elements of tango technique fit together, how to use them and when
3. Provides individual technique exercises that you can easily do at home to practice in-between lessons
4. Shows you how you can easily be seen as a partner people want to dance with.
So, if you’re ready to finally feel confident in your tango dancing, whether you are a leader or a follower, while avoiding the confusion that comes with tango learning, here is how we will get you there
Here's how we'll help you get here:
Module 1
Keeping a beautiful posture and comfortable embrace throughout the dance
A step-by-step plan to help you find your balance and have a comfortable close embrace throughout the dance. This is key to help you dance the more sophisticated movements beautifully.
Module Highlights:
- What alignment is, and tips to keep it when the dancing gets more sophisticated
- How to add the ‘tango intention’ without falling
- How to keep a comfortable embrace throughout the dance
- Common embrace mistakes that make you lose your balance and how to avoid them
- How your posture and embrace should feel
- BONUS VIDEO: Individual exercises to practice at home for leaders and followers
Module 2
Developing your ability to connect with any partner
Helping you develop your connection skills so you are always communicating clearly in the dance - and understand your partner. This will help you feel more secure and never wonder if you're ‘getting it right’.
Module Highlights:
- What the intention of embracing is and how to use it
- The three linear points of connection in the embrace, how they align with the center and why they matter
- The two external points of connection in the embrace and how to use them in the dance
- The connection secret, and how to use it to keep the intention of embracing
- How to avoid losing the connection in close embrace
- How your connection should feel
- BONUS VIDEO: Individual exercises to practice at home for leaders and followers
Module 3
Adding power and elegance to your tango walk
How to be powerful yet controlled in your walking, so you can reconnect with the ‘flying feeling’ of tango. We work on the forward and backward walk for both roles so that develop your precision in the dance.
Module Highlights:
- 5 tips to bring your forward tango walk to the next level (for leaders and followers)
- 5 keys to use to improve the quality of your back step (for leaders and followers)
- Everything you need to know about projection
- Active vs. passive walk (and how to be active in the dance, even when doing small steps)
- The tango walk secret: adding a suspension to your walk
- How your walk should feel
- BONUS VIDEO: Individual exercises to practice at home for leaders and followers
Module 4
Mastering beautiful dissociation for elegant and playful ochos
The lowdown on dissociation, all the different types of ochos, and how to recognise and use them in the dance without feeling uncomfortable. We'll show you mistakes to avoid and how to practice so you are able to always keep your balance when you are dancing.
Module Highlights:
- What is dissociation and how to actually use it in the dance without losing your balance
- Common ocho mistakes for followers, how to avoid them and advanced tips for more elegant ochos
- Common ocho mistakes for leaders, how to avoid them and advanced tips for more controlled ochos
- Using small and big ochos to change directions easily
- Ocho Milonguero vs. Ocho Salon and how to use and recognise both style
- How your ochos should feel, whether you are a leader or a follower
- BONUS VIDEO: Individual exercises to practice at home for leaders and followers
Module 5
Adding sophistication and shaking up your dancing with the cross-system
Master the cross-system technique so you can easily take things up a notch in your dancing. With the foundations we've laid out in the different modules, you'll use it to improvise beautifully without having to worry about steps.
Module Highlights:
- What is cross-system exactly and how it differs from parallel system
- The cross-system technique and how we switch to cross system from the open side of the embrace
- Mastering cross system in the close side of the embrace
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Common cross-system mistakes and how to avoid them so you stay elegant when you use it
- More possibilities in your dancing: the 2 ways to switch from one side of the embrace to the other in cross-system
- Cross-system practice: 2 simple ways we include cross-system seamlessly in our dancing
- How your cross-system should feel, whether you are a leader or a follower
- BONUS VIDEO: Individual exercises to practice at home for leaders and followers
Module 6
Easily opening up the possibilities in your dancing with a fluid flexible embrace
Bring more possibilities into your tango dancing by mastering the flexible embrace, so you can do more sophisticated movements without losing your balance.
Module Highlights:
- Why and when we open the embrace in the dance (and when we don’t)
- How we open the embrace (individual practice)
- How we open and close the embrace elegantly in the dance: practicing it with the Medio Giro with parada
- How we open the embrace with a parada to allow for decorations
- How we open the embrace with a sacada (for balance and more complex movements)
- How the flexible embrace should feel
- BONUS VIDEO: Individual exercises to practice at home for leaders and followers
Module 7
Connecting the free leg to the lead to create new shapes in your dancing
Learn how the embrace controls our free legs, so we can create new shapes in the dance without losing the connection
Module Highlights:
- What is free leg work, why it is important and the link with decorations
- How to relax the free leg (practical individual training)
- How to be connected from head to toes and avoid the most common tango: using the free leg to pivot
- Mastering the free leg training with low boleos for social dancing 1: boleos with contraposition
- Mastering the free leg training with low boleos for social dancing 2: boleos a favor (more advanced)
- How the free leg movements such as boleos should feel
- BONUS VIDEO: Individual exercises to practice at home for leaders and followers
Module 8
Adding sophistication to your dancing easily with the pause
A step-by-step way to look at how pausing helps you connect more, be more musical and add decorations (or not) in your dancing – so your dancing is with the music and not always the same.
Module Highlights:
- What is the pause and why it is the most challenging part of the dance
- How to use the pause to be more with the music
- What to do when you pause so you can connect better
- How we pause from the side step to look more elegant and be more musical easily
- How to pause in the cross and unwrap the free leg with the spiral of the upper body
- How the pause should feel
- BONUS VIDEO: Individual exercises to practice at home for leaders and followers
The “My tango partners love dancing with me" Money Back Guarantee
Tango Confidence Online Course has everything you need to know to help you become confident in your tango dancing – all broken own into easily manageable bite.
It’s designed to help you become the social dancer you want to be. One that is in the flow of the music, improvises without thinking and knows they communicate clearly.
Now here’s what we offer:
By the end of the first 14 days, you’ll have received access to the first two modules.
Enrol right now, go through the modules with us, start getting clarity on your posture & embrace, and developing your ability to connect with all of your partners.
If you don’t feel that you’re on your way to becoming so much more confident in your dancing, simply reach out to us in that timeframe at [email protected].
Tell us you’ve practiced the teaching and if it not a good fit for you, we’ll gladly refund your investment.
Here’s what you’re getting when you enroll today:
TANGO CONFIDENCE ONLINE COURSE - 8 Modules - £376 Value
- Bonus #1: individual technique exercises with each module – for easy and focused at home practice (Value: £97)
- Bonus #2: Master The Most Common Tango Movements Training (Value: £127)
- Bonus #3: 8 Weekly live lessons (Value: £208)
When you add it all up, that’s a value of £808
But when you enroll today, you’ll get access to everything for just:
Pay in Two Months
2 Monthly Payments of
£150
OR
Pay Upfront
1 Investment of
£297
Success Stories
Rachel Ursina Ender
Before, I remember moments where things clicked into place, in turns with feeling lost and unable to grasp the tango technique.
Now, there is so much I can explore on my own – and it all pays off, whenever I have a chance to dance with a partner.
I am able to truly listen to my partner (instead of being highly dependant on him) and play, because I gained precision and confidence in the essentials.
David Bulger
I was confused about several of the important fundamentals and foundation techniques for Tango.
I wasn’t sure how effective an online course would be for that dance.
I have been very impressed with the quality of instruction from Pablo and Anne.
Many times they covered topics that I had been wondering about for a long time, but had previously not been explained fully to me.
Now I am much more confident in my dancing.
Sven Olle Larsson
I have been dancing Tango Argentino/Salon for 13 years, sometimes several times a week.
I decided to restart/refresh my dancing.
My dance happiness has come back, and I feel back home again in World of Tango.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions other dancers have asked before joining us in the Tango Confidence Online Course
Absolutely! In fact, we’ve designed this course with you in mind.
We know many dancers don’t have partners and aren’t sure how to practice on their own.
What’s more, one little-known tango secret is that the leading and the following technique are just the same thing…. Just used differently!
In the Tango Confidence Online Course, we break down the tango technique into easily understandable bites, and give you individual exercises to practice at home.
That way, you can practice on your own, without having to wait until the next time you can go to class.
Such a great question.
We agree with you, that feeling how your movement are received by your partner is key in tango.
However, this doesn’t mean that muscle memory and individual practice don’t play a role, far from it.
Our philosophy is this:
Ask yourself:
“How can I dance a movement beautifully with a partner, if I can’t dance it on my own?”
As such, and though we’d never suggest to stop practicing with other dancers, we believe that individual and partner practice go hand in hand.
By clearly breaking down the complexity of tango for you, and showing you how the different elements of technique go together, we give you the tools to practice correctly and “feel” the movement on your own – so you are able to dance it beautifully when you are with a partner
Ok, great question.
Let’s start by clarifying that even though we will be working together across the course of 8 weeks, you will still have access to all the training afterwards.
So if you can’t follow through with us, don’t worry. You can catch-up when you have the time, or go back to the videos to practice them.
Now, when it comes to the course itself:
- The content of each module lasts between 30 and 60 minutes, and is broken down into small videos (10 minutes max), so you can watch at your own pace and practice in between videos
- With each module we teach you one to three bonus exercises so you can practice the teaching (on you own). Star students tend to do practice the exercises every day, while others prefer to do a session here or there depending on their needs.
(We recommend regularity but let you decide)
Ooooh, you.
You’re one of us, someone who is always eager to improve!
Look, this is **not** a course for beginners (though someone just starting out would benefit greatly from it too – as you’ll understand from the below).
With the Tango Confidence Online Course, we are looking at improving the quality of your dancing.
That is usually what people at intermediate or advanced level are looking for.
If you are someone who dances in milongas and has fun but wants to truly stand out for your technique, elegance, precision and connection (rather than just steps), you’ll benefit greatly from the course.
We are going deep into tango technique so you can make the movements come from an organic place within your body and feel free to express yourself when you are out dancing the night away.
Here’s what you’re getting when you enroll today:
TANGO CONFIDENCE ONLINE COURSE - 8 Modules - £376 Value
- Bonus #1: individual technique exercises with each module – for easy and focused at home practice (Value: £97)
- Bonus #2: Master The Most Common Tango Movements Training (Value: £127)
- Bonus #3: 8 Weekly live lessons (Value: £208)
When you add it all up, that’s a value of £808
But when you enroll today, you’ll get access to everything for just:
Pay in Two Months
2 Monthly Payments of
£150
OR
Pay Upfront
1 Investment of
£297
The Tango Confidence Online Course is perfect for you if
- You are just getting started with your tango and want to get it right.
- You want to fast-track your learning to feel confident in your dancing faster. You also know that the tango technique is precise, and you want to avoid taking bad habits.
- You’ve been dancing for a while and are now eager to go beyond the plateau and dramatically boost your technique.
- If you have a lot of tango questions, you’re in the right place! We'll help you get clarity and know how to practice once and for all.
- You’re someone who is passionate about tango and really wants to become good.
- In the tango world, there are two types of dancers: some simply want to have fun, and some also care about becoming great dancers. If you’re the latter, then your next step is improving the quality of your dancing, and that’s what we will be doing in the Tango Confidence Online Course.
- You have burning questions and want to get clarity: can someone please answer them clearly?
- If you’re committed to showing up, practicing, and asking questions, then you’re our type of people. What’s more, you’ll love the community of dancers in this programme. Please join us and ask away. We’ll be so happy to help.
- You have taken your faire share of classes and still feel that tango is frustratingly complicated – especially with all the different & sometimes conflicting information you are receiving.
- Most people look at tango and think it’s easy… but you and us know that it’s surprisingly challenging. Our special sauce as teachers is that we break down the technique into simple, easily understandable bites. Our approach is to take you by the hand and give you clarity
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You’re excited about tango connection and learning how you can connect with anyone.
You’re feeling a wave of renewed optimism knowing that in a couple of weeks you’ll have improved your ability to connect with all of your tango partners. Because isn’t it what matters most at the end of the day?
If you said “yes” to at least 4 of the above, we can’t wait to meet you inside the Tango Confidence Online Course
Here’s what you’re getting when you enroll today:
TANGO CONFIDENCE ONLINE COURSE - 8 Modules - £376 Value
- Bonus #1: individual technique exercises with each module – for easy and focused at home practice (Value: £97)
- Bonus #2: Master The Most Common Tango Movements Training (Value: £127)
- Bonus #3: 8 Weekly live lessons (Value: £208)
When you add it all up, that’s a value of £808
But when you enroll today, you’ll get access to everything for just:
Pay in Two Months
2 Monthly Payments of
£150
OR
Pay Upfront
1 Investment of
