Mastering Tango Argentino

with Pablo Kliksberg


The Complete Program

 



Previous notes:

This is a complete course of Tango Argentino that you can take from your home by internet or in person if we are in the same city.

The program cover the most tango elements and topics for social dancing. There are more ideas, combinations, movements and topics that are not listed in this program but that could be available for online lessons. Also we could work with specialized topics that are demanded by the student and not listed. Just contact us by private.

Correlation of lessons: For each level is recommended to first master the previous level. For some lessons in the same level if required, would be recommended to before take another lesson/s first.

Index of courses per level:

Beginners 1

Beginners 2

Intermediate 1

Intermediate 2

Advanced 1

Advanced 2





Course for Beginners 1

 


The lessons of this level are recommended to be taken in that order

Lessons in couple:

* 3 Basic steps and the walk. Paralel system. Posture. Basic musicality.

* Musicality: walking in different speeds and changing speeds.

* The walk. Crossed system. Changing systems.

* Traditional basic sequence of 8 steps with the cross.

* "Rebotes" Bouncings.

* The pivots (ocho) Backwards.

* The pivots (ocho) forwards.

* The "giro" sequence in linear way.

* Changing directions in the "giro" sequence in linear way.

* The medio giro.

* The complete giro.

* Change of directions.

* Changes of front.

Technique lessons singles (Beginners 1 Level):

* Walking forward, side and backwards.

* Ocho (pivot) forward.

* Ocho (pivot) backward.

* Giro in linear way.

 




Course for Beginners 2

For couples:

* Sacadas from leaders forwards.

* Giro basics

* Giro sequence of 8 steps

* Changing directions in the giro of 8 steps.

Technique lessons for singles (Beginners 2 level):

* Giro.

* Changing directions in the Giro.

* Different degrees of pivots (more and less of 180 degrees)





Course for Intermediates 1



 

 

Lessons for couples for intermediates 1:

* Closed embrace

* Changing from closed to open and open to close

* "Paradas" (stops),

* "Paradas and Sandwich"

* "Lapiz" and "Parada"

* "Gancho" (hook) from backward cross (is recommended to take before the technique lesson of ganchos from this level)

* "Gancho" from side step (is recommended to take before the technique lesson of ganchos from this level)

* Forward circular "boleo" from pivot (is recommended to take before the technique lesson of boleos from this level)

* Forward circular "boleo" from backward cross (is recommended to take before the technique lesson of boleos from this level)

* Backward circular "boleo" (is recommended to take before the technique lesson of boleos from this level)

* Sacadas from follower forwards.

* "8 cortado"

* Planeos follower (3 or more lessons)

* Adornos follower

* Adornos Leader

* Milonga con traspie

* Vals, cadenas

* Combinations of sacadas, boleos and ganchos:

* Sacadas + boleos

* Sacadas + ganchos

* boleos + ganchos

* Sacadas + boleos + ganchos. (offline video) (demo)

Technique lessons for singles Intermediate 1 level:


* Giro
- technique and excercises for singles (offline video with Pablo): tecnique of giro, ways of changing directions (Lesson with Pablo)


* Boleos - technique and excercises for singles (offline video with Pablo): Boleo forwards; Boleo backwards; ways to start and ways to finish; Boleos in giros; Boleos forwards and backwards combined in the giro; musicality.


* Ganchos
- technique and excercises for singles (offline video with Laura): Gancho from Backward cross; Gancho from side step; Ganchos in the giro.

* * More punctual tecnique lessons for singles could be taken

 

 




Course for Intermediates 2

* Combinations of circular boleos and ganchos in the giro (offline video). Required previous lessons from Intermediates 1: +boleos forward and backward, +ganchos from side step and from backward cross and +giros. Watch the Demo.

* "Gancho" from mounted step.

* "Gancho" from behind.

* "Ganchos" from leader

* "Ganchos pulpo" style (octupus)

* "Simultaneous ganchos"

* "Double Ganchos" enlaced.

* Boleos + Ganchos combined

* Sacadas from leaders backwards. (offline video)

* Boleos + ganchos + sacadas combined. (offline video) (demo)

* Elastics and oppositions.

* Elastic "Ochos" oposition

* Dinamic elastic accelerations, linear from pulling

* Dinamic elastic accelerations, linear from pushing

* Dinamic elastic accelerations for giros

* "Corriditas" walking

* "Corriditas" de ochos (small fast ochos)

* Bloqueo de pivot

* Musicality: syncopes


 




Course for Advanced 1


* Sacadas backwards from followers

* Alteraciones

* Volcadas forward

* Volcadas backward

* Colgadas backwards

* Colgadas side

* Circular colgadas

* Soltadas:

* pivots 360,

* in giros,

* changes of embrace from behind,

* debugles (turning walking in line)

* elastics in distance

* Linear boleos forward and backward

* Circular Boleos from the leader

* Linear boleos combined with elements: ganchos, volcadas

* Centrifugas

* Enrosque 1 applied in couple (recommended to see the technique first)

* Enrosque 2 applied in couple (recommended to see the technique first)

* Enrosque 3 applied in couple (recommended to see the technique first)

* Enrosques combinations (recommended to see the technique first)

 

Technique lessons for singles, leaders:


* Enrosque 1


* Enrosque 2


* Enrosque 3


* Enrosques combinations (demo)






Course for Advanced 2

 

(for every topic could be many lessons for more combinations)

Any combination of all the elements mentioned in the previous levels and with different musical interpretation.

Some examples:

2 elements combinations:

* Volcadas with ganchos

* Volcadas with boleos

* Volcadas with soltadas

* Ganchos with soltadas

* ganchos with soltadas

* * .... etc.

3 elements combinations:

* giros with boleos and ganchos

* giros with soltadas, volcadas and ganchos

* volcadas, ganchos and sacadas

* volcadas, colgadas and soltadas

* * .... etc.

* * More than 3 elements combined...

* * Special combinations, special movements.

 

 



 

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