Hope you enjoy ❤️

In the remote lakes of Patagonia, the Hooded Grebe performs one of the most mesmerizing and rare courtship dances in the natural world. Ritual en la Brisa is a tango that captures the passion, rhythm, and urgency of this breathtaking ritual—an ode to a species on the brink of extinction.

With fewer than 800 Hooded Grebes remaining, their survival is uncertain. Through music, movement, and film, we hope to bring awareness to their plight and celebrate the beauty of their unique dance.

🎥 Special thanks to Michael & Paula Webster for their dedication to capturing the magic of the Hooded Grebe. Explore their incredible wildlife photography and videography

I’d like to carry my shoes in something like a satchel or cross body bag but haven’t found anything that I really liked. I have several things I’d like to put in there aside from my shoes, like a fan, handkerchiefs, food, etc. anyone found a bag that they liked?

In classes one has to necessarily not picky about partners (at least that is what I learned in my original community, so this has been my attitude).

As a result of a romantically eventful period, I have developed resentment and anxiety against certain behavioural profile (the classification of which is obviously subjective). This includes, for example, somebody that occasionally checks for your expressions...

I can't make myself dance without anxiety with this profile that describe let alone communicating in a healthy manner. So I am in the process of slowly becoming this weird person in my new community.

Here I am asking for advice on how to focus on improving your dance in these situations rather than the obvious "go get a therapy and don't dance until you feel any better" kind of answer. I have never found therapy helpful in any stage of my life.

Most tango classes focus on movements eg. sacada, gancho... I have not seen a class on expressing emotions and music. Musicality classes are still mostly based on technique eg. small steps for fast songs, more suspension for slow songs, beat counting etc. These are part of the music but not linked to the emotion I think.

Are you unhappy with this approach to tango dance?

Do you have any tips for more self and emotion expression in your dance?

There are so many totally non- tango songs I enjoy dancibg tango to by myself. It is so refreshing and fun. Yet I don't see enough appreciation or events on nuevo tango. Even if there are, its badly organised (bad music, bad structure of night etc) at where i am

I feel like people are less interested in making friends in tango compared to other dance communities. I wonder what are the factors that lead to this and does it have any benefits/purpose?

I had a long era where i went to milonga only to dance without even small talk. Im more of a social butterfly now. I think you need a fine balance.

Overall, friendships are weird in tango unless its your practice partner. Idk its a complex topic

Somehow, someone must have posted some influential advice about how to enter the tango floor, and now people in our community are waiting for the couple in the ronda to stop completely in order to provide them space to enter. Recently, when I entered by merging into a very adequate space, catching the leader's eye who was on the floor, my follower said "you didn't wait for the other guy to let you in". Now she doesn't lead, so I'm not sure why she is worried, but when I'm on the floor I am unhappy with leaders who make me stop dancing to let them in. Is merging a bad thing nowadays?

I'm a beginner. I've been taking lessons for a couple of months. Each lesson teaches a new pattern. I've learned a number of patterns now. However, I'm struggling to figure out how to make the transition to milongas. How do I go from knowing a bunch of discrete steps to putting a whole dance together? How many steps or patterns do most people use in a song at a milonga?

It's been a while since I last posted here, and while I know this group is mostly made up of dancers, I have faith that non-musicians will know how to share this material with their musician friends!
I explained what this project was about several months ago, but for anyone who wants to read in detail, I’m sharing the original description here.

This is the list of tangos transcribed into sheet music and available to everyone.

TANDA DI SARLI

29-04-24 El Amanecer

06-05-24 Don Juan

13-05-24 Tormenta

20-05-24 Soñemos

25-05-24 EP1 - Orquesta Típica Di Sarli - Introducción (Tutorial para las categorías Aguará Nocturno en adelante)

25-05-24 EP2 - Orquesta Típica Di Sarli - Los Rítmicos (Tutorial para las categorías Aguará Nocturno en adelante)

TANDA CALÓ

27-05-24 Porteñísimo

03-06-24 Si yo pudiera comprender

10-06-24 Garras (versión con Raúl Ledesma / version featuring Raúl Ledesma)

17-06-24 Qué te importa que te llore

02-07-24 Como sobrevivir a los slashes siendo violinista / How to survive slashes as violinist (Tutorial para todas las categorías)

TANDA FRESEDO

08-07-24 Buscándote

15-07-24 Tigre Viejo

22-07-24 Vida mía

29-07-24 Uno

TANDA BIAGI

05-08-24 El Yaguarón

12-08-24 El recodo

19-08-24 El entrerriano

26-08-24 Pura clase

TANDA LAURENZ

09-09-24 Quejas de Bandoneón

16-09-24 Orgullo Criollo

23-09-24 Arrabal

30-09-24 Amurado

TANDA TANTURI

07-10-24 Una emoción

14-10-24 Remembranza

21-10-24 Cuatro compases

28-10-24 Oigo tu voz

TANDA DE CARO

04-11-24 Mala Junta

11-11-24 Copacabana

18-11-24 Recuerdo

25-11-24 Todo corazón

TANDA LAURENZ (PARTE II)

02-12-24 Trenzas

09-12-24 Abandono

16-12-24 Como dos extraños

23-12-24 Garúa

TANDA VICTOR

06-01-25 Coqueta

13-01-25 Pancho's Bar

20-01-25 Viento Norte (Bronca negra)

27-01-25 Retintin

Let me repeat, all the material is free, but if you become a paid supporter (for a very small amount), you’ll help me keep this project going over time and get access to extra materials as well.

Hello community, I will take care for the music at a (more or less) traditional milonga and I'm searching for a little bit of Inspiration. I would like to ask you about your favourite tango/vals/milonga and your least favourite or most overplayed. For example: My favourite is a Media luz (Donato) and most overplayed/least favourite: Poema (Canaro). Hope you can help me out with that. 😊

When the follower is on one foot, and the leader walks around the follower, keeping her on that foot?

I have seen people do it and I have unsuccessfully attempted it. I end up pulling or pushing my followers off balance. Does anyone have tips for how to do it in close embrace and crowded spaces? may be video tutorial or something? ¡gracias!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE-P-y-xOY5/?igsh=bGoxaTE0Zm9nNTll

"The embrace contains all of Tango." or perhaps "All of Tango is contained in the embrace." It's a quote I heard many years ago but now I can't remember who said it. I have searched for the author on various search engines as well as AI services such as Perplexity, but came up empty. Does anyone know who to attribute this to? Many thanks!

Hi everybody, I began dancing tango a few months ago and now I'm starting to attend some milongas. I always see a lot of people dancing with great beautiful advanced figures that I haven't studied yet. This makes me question if is it necessary to do these kind of figures or not when dancing. Second, if I propose a few basic figures, does the dancer with me get bored? Thanks everyone for the answers!

Do you have the following problem:

The step is clear, you can lead various followers, including both less and more skilled. And yet, when you film yourself with a camera, something visually is not there in your step.

I am talking about the basic step as well as some combinations.

Similar question applies to followers.

Did you manage to improve the visual look, if yes, how did you identify the problem?

Hello everyone! I've decided to write this post as motivation for beginners and some tango dancers who thought of giving up. I am still a beginner, I dance tango for three months, and I am a follower so yeah, I guess I am in a somewhat priviledged position comparing to beginner leaders. I am no expert, but I really think this is the best hobby I could ever choose, and believe me I tried a bunch and nothing hooked me up as this. Though previous dance experience helped me a bunch, I still CONSTANTLY make mistakes. Especially when I first started to attend practicas, it was both extremely discouraging and encouraging at the same time. Sometimes I would sit for quite a while until I got a dance. But I decided to continue showing up and throw my ego behind. So what if I make a mistake? I am here to learn. There are tandas which suck, and some leaders really just shit on you. But there are also tandas which were a beautiful, unforgettable experience and those tandas are really worth it. Maybe I am lucky enough, because my tango community is extremely supportive. There are many leaders who really have the patience, and followers who kindly supported me and befriended me. But yeah, the hardest part is to stay after making a mistake during a tanda and continue dancing, and stay on a practica after a bad tanda. But in the end, it is always worth it. There indeed is ALWAYS something to correct, something to improve. And yeah sometimes I have to remind myself that I am here only for three months while I'm looking at people who are dancing for two, five, and even 10+ years. But really, tango is beautiful, and it helps so much when you dare. I believe many get discouraged and scared when they start attending practicas and milongas, which is understandable, but when you actually try your best to meet people there, talk to people from the lessons and attend so many practicas that everyone knows you, suddenly it becomes way more comfortable. I respect the process of learning, and I accept the fact that someone who dances for a long time probably won't give a cabeceo to a beginner like me, but I try to look at it as some kind of a motivation to practice more. In the end, when I see people hug each other after a great tanda, I cannot hide a smile.

Hello everyone,

I'm thinking of planning a trip to Chengdu, China, in March. I tried to look for tango events there, but was quite unsuccessful.

Does anyone know where I can find info about milongas in this city?

Thanks in adance!

Hey, I am mostly leading, but especially since I am teaching I also follow a lot to learn more about that side.

Yesterday I danced with a dancer who leads from his arms and with a lot of force, essentially pushing and pulling me arount. At first it was only very uncomfortable. But at one point he turned me into a pivot and at the point where my hip was already dissociated he yanked my upper body in the opposite direction with his arms. I have quite some back pain since that happened. I also feel nauseaus and I have some headache.

I am worried that he damaged my spine, but I hope its just the muscles. Did anyone have something similar happen to them? Does anyone know of a case where someone got seriously injured? Does anyone know whats up with the nausea? And does anyone know how to prevent that? I probably shouldve ended the tanda already when I felt that he was pushing and pulling me around, but I usually dont do that.

I feel very frustrated and like I want to cry and angry at the person. Like.. what is he expecting to happen?

Edit: I was at the doctor and apparently it is a blocked vertebra. I got a pain killer/muscle relexant and physical therapy in case I still need it, since sometimes the painkiller is enough that people can relax the muscles and just coincidentally do the right movement to undo the blockage. Overall nothing serious, just very painful.

Are there any performances of individual or couple dancers that inspired you in terms of musicality? It can be a social dance or stage tango. Pls drop the link.

I am open to other inspiring videos as well!

I’m an arts educator with a passion for Argentine Tango, currently based in Boston. I’d love to connect with more people through dance. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced dancer, you’re welcome to join the activities I organize!

What to Expect: Tango basics classes and social dance gatherings

Who It’s For: Beginners and experienced dancers

Location: Boston / Cambridge / Harvard university

Goal: To promote tango culture, find long-term dance partners, and enjoy the elegance and passion of tango together

If you’re interested in learning tango or looking for a dance partner, feel free to reach out! Let’s discover the joy of dance together!

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I follow them on social media, I saw they launched a new factory. Is the quality and shipping the same?

I have seen a lot of older women just sitting around, being ignored, and waiting to be asked to dance at milongas. While if you are a young and attractive woman in 20's, you'll get asked even if it's your first day of taking a tango lesson. I go out of my way to ask older women to dance, but still can't help feeling bad for them. (I'm not here to pat my own back though). I see a somewhat similar pattern towards women on the heavier side being ignored.

The problem seems less so for older men. In some cases they are more confident than younger men and end up being just fine.

I came here just to express my concern and ask Reddit community if you think this problem exists and we should be doing something about it. Opinions welcome.