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About Tango Music
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Online Articles about Tango
Complimentary Disciplines
Yoga & Tango - A brief introduction to the practice of yoga and how it is useful for learning to dance tango. By Michael Autrey
The Stuart Maneuver, or How We Talk About Yoga, Tango and Other Activities We Love - By Michael Autrey
How Pilates Compliments the Study of Tango - A brief introduction to pilates training and how it is useful for learning to dance tango. By Arja Pirinen
Tango Sense & Ability, a Feldenkrais Viewpoint - A brief introduction to Feldenkrais Method and how it is useful for learning to dance tango. By Arona Primalani & Cristian Santesteban
Contemporary Tango Culture
From Learning to Doing: Making the Transition from Class to Milonga - An orientation and etiquette guide for beginners to social tango dancing. By Howard Fox
Essential Tango - Exploring the depth of personal transformation and community building that social tango dancing facilitates. By Sharna Fabiano
Passion Container - On the sensual, but not necessarily sexual, possibilities of dancing tango. By Sharna Fabiano
The Rise of Neotango Music - Contemporary trends in music for social tango dancing. By Sharna Fabiano
Tango History
Tango Dance Styles of the Golden Age - The development of Golden Age dance styles in Buenos Aires, by Christine Denniston
The Traditional Way to Learn to Dance Tango - A historical account of Buenos Aires tango culture in the 1940s, by Christine Denniston
Changing of the Codes - Observing how the roles of leader and follower have been influenced by contemporary changes in gender roles in western culture, by Daniel Trenner
Educational Resources
Ultimate Partnering - An informed piece on improvised partnership in all social dances, by Richard Powers
Vertical vs Lateral Dancing - An(other) informed piece on improvised partnership in all social dances, by Richard Powers
Embellishment Tutorials - A series of short video demonstrations of adornments, beautifully danced by Jennifer Bratt.
Didactic Class Demos - Featuring short videos on a variety of topics by Homer and Christina Ladas and other tango teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area