Tuesday classes (blocks of 4)
@ The Mansion, Totnes 36 Fore St, Totnes TQ9 5RP, UK
No need to book in advance - just turn up on the night
FREE Taster class on September 2nd!
6-7pm - bring your friends with you to experience this luscious dance from Argentina
Regular classes starting from September 10th:
6-8pm Beginners
7-9pm Improvers & Intermediates
This term, I will share the teaching with two of my colleagues, Norbert Staab and Roy Higginbottom.
Block 1: September 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th (with Ruth)
Block 2: October 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th (with Norbert)
Block 3: November 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th (with Roy)
The classes include 1h practica in between the classes.
Details:
*Beginners (6pm):
"An Introduction to the Joys of Tango Argentino"
The Cost: £36 for each block of 4 classes, £90 for all three blocks.
Who can come?
Any adult is welcome! It is not necessary to come with a partner, but if you want to come with a fixed partner to work with, that's fine too.
Anyone who already dances one role and would like to learn the other role from scratch is especially welcome.
No need to book in advance - just turn up on the first night of a block of classes
The Topics:
The classes will loosely follow the curriculum below, taking into account the speed of learning in the respective groups. Three blocks of 4 weeks each constitute a beginners course. The course is run on a Roll-on-Roll-off structure, so you can start at the beginning of any of the blocks and if you miss one, you can catch up with that block in the next term!
Block 1 (Ruth)
Week 1: Line of dance, heart beat, structure of 8, pushing from the standing leg, practice embrace, change of weight, sensing the follower’s weight
Week 2: Recap of week 1, Tango embrace, walking in and outside, side step, pause, rocking step
Week 3: Recap of week 1&2, walking in the cross system, getting in and out of the cross system
Week 4: Recap of week 3, Mixing it with week 1&2
Block 2 (Norbert)
Week 5: Solo Ocho Practice, Basic 8, first in line, then in line of dance, Pauses with the music, weight changes, rocking steps (fully and partially), forward Ocho from side step, recap of block 1 week 1 material
Week 6: Recap of block 1 week 2 material, 4 step pattern, how to lead the ocho, followers technique for ochos, cross system walking
Week 7:, backward ochos solo practice, cross system walking, backward ochos, getting in and out of the cross system
Week 8: Neotango, Vals and Milonga, The cross, Recapping this block of material: Forward, Ochos, Rocking step, 4 step pattern, pauses, the cross system, Backward Ochos, reversing ochos
Block 3 (Roy)
Week 9: Line of dance, structure of 8, Staccato/legato, Pushing off/landing, Follower asking for pauses, Cross system, Practice hold and tango hold
Week 10: Turning, putting turns into the dance, coming out of the turn into the cross
Week 11: Basic 8, Basic 8 with ocho , Putting rocking steps into the basic 8, turns from the cross
Week 12: Double tempo, half tempo, pauses, Quality of touch, Turn to ocho, ocho to turn, Vals and Milonga
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*Improvers & Intermediates (7pm):
"Core Elements"
September - with Ruth:
Week 1 (Sept 9th): tbc
Week 2 (Sept 16th): tbc
Week 3 (Sept 23rd): tbc
Week 4 (Sept. 30th): tbc
October - with Norbert:
Week 1 (Oct.7th): tbc
Week 2 (Oct 14th): tbc
Week 3 (Oct 21st): tbc
Week 4 (Oct 28th): tbc
November - with Roy:
Week 1 (Nov 4th): tbc
Week 2 (Nov 11th): tbc
Week 3 (Nov 18th): tbc
Week 4 (Nov 25th): tbc
The Cost: £10 per class or £36 a block of 4 four classes, £90 for all three blocks
Who can come?
Any adult is welcome! Some previous knowledge of Tango is required for the improvers/intermediates classes. It is not necessary to come with a partner, but if you are a higher level dancer, you may want to arrange to come with a fixed partner to work with.
No need to book in advance - just turn up on the first night of a block of classes
