Learning Argentine Tango

The best way to learn to dance Argentine Tango is to attend classes, lessons or workshops with one or more teachers and to start social dancing at practise dances (practicas) and more formal social dances (milongas). Books, DVDs and the internet can be very helpful too

Tango Bromsgrove offers regular drop-in classes and occasional workshops for complete beginners and improvers, and we also organise regular milongas. The fundamentals of Argentine Tango are not difficult to acquire, and most people can be dancing simple, but authentic, tango in just a few hours. As dancers gain experience and develop their skill, they discover new ways to express themselves through the dance, but tango remains, at its heart, a simple dance.

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Argentine Tango is an improvised partnered social dance in which a man and a woman explore each other’s body language as they move together in response to music.

Neither partner knows how the dance will unfold. The man, as leader, improvises the dance from step to step, inviting the woman, as follower, to move or turn, and then he accompanies her in that movement. Together, they create their dance, in the moment, sharing a common vocabulary of tango movement.

Argentine Tango Classes

Bandoneon First Steps in Argentine Tango (Level 1) - A Six Week Course

When:
- Started on Friday, 20 April 2012 (7:30pm to 8:30pm). Last class: 25 May 2012. (It is no longer practical to join this class unless you have danced tango before).
- Starts on Friday, 15 June 2012 (7:30pm to 8:30pm). Last class: 20 July 2012
Where: Stoke Prior Village Hall, Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4DN ^(Map)
Content: Fundamentals of dancing Argentine Tango:
- Connecting with a partner: the embrace, leading and following.
- Connecting with the music: musicality and developing an improvisatory approach to movement.
- A basic vocabulary for the dance: walking, pausing & weight changes; rock steps & rock turns; the cross; turning with pivots.
Enrolment: These are drop-in classes, so just come along and pay on the day. No partner required.
Cost: £6/person.
Progression: Attend our next Vals/Milonga Workshop, then join the 'Next Steps' class.

Next Steps in Argentine Tango (Level 2)

When: Current series started on Friday, 20 April 2012 (8:30pm - 9:30pm, with free practica until 10:00pm). Last class: 25 May 2012, before resuming on 15 June 2012.
Where: Stoke Prior Village Hall, Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4DN ^(Map)
Content: Next Steps in Argentine Tango:
- Consolidating fundamental skills: doing basics well.
- Extending the range of actions danced in Tango, Milonga and Vals.
- Developing musicality and an improvisatory approach.
Enrolment: These are drop-in classes, so just come along and pay on the day. No partner required.
Cost: £6/person.

Argentine Tango Workshops

We ran a successful 'Argentine Tango Foundations' half-day workshop in August 2011, and will be arranging another one soon. Workshops can be a great way to make a start with tango, particularly if you would find it difficult to attend a regular weekly class.

Some feedback from our last Workshop :

"Thanks for a great Workshop today. We really enjoyed it and can't wait to do more."

"I enjoyed the way you taught the basics in such an relaxed way, and will try to come to the next event!"

Bandoneon Next Workshop: Introduction to Vals & Milonga

When:
- Friday, 1 June 2012 (7:30pm to 9:30pm, with free practica until 10:00pm).
- Friday, 27 July 2012 (7:30pm to 9:30pm, with free practica until 10:00pm).
Where: Stoke Prior Village Hall, Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4DN ^(Map)
Content: Fundamentals of dancing Vals and Milonga.
Enrolment: This is a drop-in workshop so just come along and pay on the day. No partner required.
Cost: £10/person

Venue

Stoke Prior Village Hall, Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, B60 4DN

Stoke Prior Village Hall

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Stoke Prior is just half a mile from the A38, between Bromsgrove and Droitwich, near M5 J5. Turn off the A38 at traffic lights at Hanbury Turn onto B4091. The Village Hall is half a mile on the right. The entrance is just past the sign marking the start of Stoke Prior village and is a sharp right turn through gates into the hall's car park. If you pass the Church on the left, you've gone too far!

Stoke Prior Village Hall