How to find the Tango lesson perfectly right for you

How to find the Tango lesson perfectly right for you

 

How to find the Tango lesson perfectly right for you     Looking for a Tango lesson you may ask yourself which is the right level for you. You certainly don´t want the Tango course to be boring, not learning anything new or even worse a class on a level which is so overwhelming you become totally frustrated   Actually for many dancers it´s not so easy to estimate the own level of dancing. Especially in Argentine Tango it is not important how many different sequences of steps you have memorized. Important however is the quality of your movement. A classification by memorized sequences of steps which you can dance more or less well, like in ballroon dancing, is difficult and not even desirable in Argentine Tango.    So we want to give you a little help to estimate your level of Tango dancing. Thus you can choose those Tango classes at La Rogaia which give you the best learning experience and of course the most fun.   Beginners That one is easy. You never danced Tango before? Everything clear, isn´t it? By the way, this applies also if you have been already dancing Ballroom Tango. Ballroom Tango and Argentine Tango are completely different dances.  That means you should consider yourself a complete beginner in Argentine Tango if you have exclusively experience in Ballroom Tango.    Beginners with basic knowledge/ Improvers You should be able to walk right to the rhythm of the music. Right posture, a feeling for your own axis and the contact with your partner in open and close embrace shouldn´t be completely unknown to you. Preferably you have already about six months of dancing experience.   Intermediate  Intermediate level is right for you if you know and can apply the basic concepts for improvers.  Additionally you should have a minimum knowledge of the following elements: The Cross of the Lady, Ochos, Molineta, walking in Parallel system and Cross system.  That doesn´t mean however you have to be able to master all this perfectly…  It shouldn´t be complete news for you that Tango has to do with music and that you can and should move  in harmony with the other couples on the dance floor. For most people it takes about a year to learn this.   Advanced  You should be able to dance well everything described above.   Additionally you should be able to dance Milonga and Vals. Ocho Cortado, Barrida, Saccada, Gancho and Corte for you shouldn´t be words of a foreign language anymore.  You should already have in your repertoire the following:  Walking elegantly to the music, playing whith rhythm and pause, navigating on the dance floor without provoking collisions… Normally you need at least three years of dancing experience for this. If you have a professional dance education, posess a good body awareness and if dancing is part of your daily routine this step can take less time.  Master Class Requirement for this is everything mentioned above.  Additionally you should be able to dance Boleos, Lapiz/ Enrosques, Volcadas, Colgadas, more demanding Ganchos and Sacadas.  You should be aware of the different rhythmical structures in Argentine Tango. Normally this takes at least five years of dancing experience.  One important point: What do we mean with „Dancing experience“ To say it very clearly, you don´t get dancing experience if you enjoy yourself going to a Tango ball merely three or four times a year (Not even if you do this for ten years or longer). You get dancing experience when you attend regularly (at least once a week) a Practica or a Milonga and dance there intensely. Many movements in Tango you learn only if you practice them repeatedly for a longer time.  “To practice” in Argentine Tango in first line means to practice under “real life conditions” on the dance floor. To learn a certain movement or a “figure” in a Tango lesson is only the very first step and quickly forgotten if you don´t practice regularly in a Milonga.  Yet if you do put in some effort you will be richly rewarded by Argentine Tango…  Wer sich zu einem Tangokurs anmeldet, stellt sich oft die Frage, welches Kursniveau passend ist. Es möchte ja keiner, dass der Tangokurs zu langweilig ist, man nichts Neues lernt, oder - womöglich noch schlimmer - einen so überfordert, dass man völlig frustriert ist.  Allerdings ist es gar nicht so leicht, das eigene Tanzniveau richtig einzuschätzen. Gerade beim Argentinischen Tango kommt es ja nicht darauf an, wie viele verschiedene Schrittfolgen man auswendig beherrscht, sondern vielmehr darauf, wie die Qualität der einzelnen Bewegungen ist. Eine Zuordnung anhand von gelernten Schrittfolgen (die man mehr oder minder gut, irgendwie tanzen kann), wie im Standardtanz, ist deswegen schwierig und unserer Meinung nach im Tango auch nicht wünschenswert.  Wir wollen Euch deshalb eine kleine Hilfestellung geben, damit Ihr Euer Tanzniveau besser einschätzen könnt, und Euch bei uns zu den Tangokursen anmelden könnt, von denen Ihr am meisten profitiert.  Anfänger Das ist einfach. Ihr habt noch nie Tango Argentino getanzt? Alles klar, oder? - Ach ja, das gilt natürlich auch für Standard Tangotänzer.  Standard Tango und Tango Argentino sind völlig unterschiedliche Tänze, und darum sollte jeder, der ausschließlich Erfahrung im Standard Tango hat, sich beim argentinischen Tango erst mal als kompletten Anfänger betrachten.  Fortgeschrittene Anfänger Hier solltet Ihr bereits Grundkenntnisse im richtigen Gehen im Takt der Musik haben. Auch richtige Haltung, Gefühl für die eigene Achse  und der Kontakt zum Partner in offener und enger Umarmung sollten Euch nicht völlig unbekannt sein. Ihr solltet bereits ca. 6 Monate Tanzerfahrung haben.  Mittelstufe  Die Mittelstufe ist richtig für all diejenigen unter Euch, welche die Grundlagen für fortgeschrittene Anfänger mitbringen und zusätzlich Basiskenntnisse der folgenden Elemente haben: Kreuz der Dame, Ochos, Molineta, Gehen im parallelen/ gekreuzten System (das heißt nicht, dass Ihr das alles schon perfekt beherrschen müsst...).  Dass der Tango mit Musik zu tun hat und man deshalb zumindest versuchen sollte, mit der Musik zu tanzen, sollte für Euch genau so wenig eine Neuigkeit sein, wie die Tatsache, dass Ihr Euch in Harmonie mit den anderen Tänzern auf der Tanzfläche bewegen könnt. Normalerweise braucht man dazu mindestens 1 Jahr Tanzerfahrung.  Fortgeschrittene  Natürlich solltet Ihr all das oben Beschriebene gut können und darüber hinaus in der  Lage sein Milonga und Vals zu tanzen.  Ocho Cortado, Barrida, Saccada, Gancho und Corte sollten für Euch keine Fremdwörter mehr sein.  Auch elegantes Gehen zur Musik, das Spielen mit dem Rhythmus und der Pause sowie weitgehend unfallfreies Navigieren auf der Tanzfläche solltet Ihr in Eurem Repertoire haben.   Dazu bringt Ihr im Normalfall mindestens 3 Jahre Tanzerfahrung mit. - Wenn Ihr eine professionelle Tanzausbildung habt, über eine gute Körperwahrnehmung verfügt und Tanzen zu Eurer täglichen Beschäftigung gehört, kann das allerdings auch kürzer sein.  Master Class  Voraussetzung ist natürlich alles Vorhergehende, dazu das Tanzen verschiedener Boleos, Lapiz/ Enrosques, Volcadas, Colgadas, anspruchsvollere Ganchos und Sacadas sowie das Wissen um verschiedene rhythmische Strukturen. Wir setzen dafür mindestens 5 Jahre intensive Tanzerfahrung voraus.   Ein wichtiger Punkt:  Was heißt eigentlich Tanzerfahrung? Um es ganz deutlich zu sagen, Tanzerfahrung bekommt Ihr nicht, wenn Ihr  maximal einmal pro Vierteljahr einen Tangoball besucht (auch nicht, wenn Ihr das 10 Jahre oder länger macht), sondern nur, wenn Ihr  regelmäßig, zu einer Practica oder in eine Milonga geht und intensiv tanzt (am besten mindestens einmal in der Woche). Viele Bewegungsabläufe im Tango lernt man nur durch ständiges wiederholtes Üben, vor allem durch das Üben im „wirklichen Leben“ auf der Tanzfläche.  Irgendeinen Bewegungsablauf oder eine „Figur“ im Kurs zu lernen ist nur der erste Schritt, der schnell vergessen ist, wenn Ihr nicht regelmäßig in der Milonga übt.

Looking for the Tango Lesson perfectly right for you? Here my recommendations…

Looking for a Tango lesson you may ask yourself which is the right level for you. You certainly don´t want the Tango course to be boring, not learning anything new or even worse a class on a level which is so overwhelming you become totally frustrated

Actually for many dancers it´s not so easy to estimate their own level of dancing.

Especially in Argentine Tango it is not important how many different sequences of steps you have memorized. Important however is the quality of your movement.

A classification by memorized sequences of steps which you can dance more or less well, like in ballroon dancing, is difficult and not even desirable in Argentine Tango.

So I want to give you a little help to estimate your level of Tango dancing. Thus you can choose those Tango classes at La Rogaia which give you the best learning experience and of course the most fun.

Tango Lesson: Beginners

That one is easy. You never danced Tango before? Everything clear, isn´t it?

By the way, this applies also if you have been already dancing Ballroom Tango.

Ballroom Tango and Argentine Tango are completely different dances.

That means you should consider yourself a complete beginner in Argentine Tango if you have exclusively experience in Ballroom Tango.

 

Tango Lesson: Beginners with basic knowledge/ Improvers

You should be able to walk right to the rhythm of the music.

Right posture, a feeling for your own axis and the contact with your partner in open and close embrace shouldn´t be completely unknown to you.

Preferably you have already about six months of dancing experience.

 

Tango Lesson: Intermediate

Intermediate level is right for you if you know and can apply the basic concepts for improvers.

Additionally you should have a minimum knowledge of the following elements:

The Cross of the Lady, Ochos, Molineta, walking in Parallel system and Cross system.

That doesn´t mean however you have to be able to master all this perfectly…

It shouldn´t be complete news for you that Tango has to do with music and that you can and should move in harmony with the other couples on the dance floor.

For most people it takes about a year to learn this.

 

Tango Lesson: Advanced Level

You should be able to dance well everything described above.

Additionally you should be able to dance Milonga and Vals.

Ocho Cortado, Barrida, Saccada, Gancho and Corte for you shouldn´t be words of a foreign language anymore.

You should already have in your repertoire the following skills:

Walking elegantly to the music, playing whith rhythm and pause, navigating on the dance floor without provoking collisions…

Normally you need at least three years of dancing experience for this.

If you have a professional dance education, posess a good body awareness and if dancing is part of your daily routine this step can take less time.

 

Tango Lesson: Master Class

Requirement for this is everything mentioned above.

Additionally you should be able to dance Boleos, Lapiz/ Enrosques, Volcadas, Colgadas, more demanding Ganchos and Sacadas.

You should be aware of the different rhythmical structures in Argentine Tango.

Normally this takes at least five years of dancing experience.

 

One important point: What do I mean with „Dancing experience“

To say it very clearly, you don´t get dancing experience if you enjoy yourself going to a Tango ball merely three or four times a year (Not even if you do this for ten years or longer).

You get dancing experience when you attend regularly (at least once a week) a Practica or a Milonga and dance there intensely.

Many movements in Tango you learn only if you practice them repeatedly for a longer time.

“To practice” in Argentine Tango in first line means to practice under “real life conditions” on the dance floor.

To learn a certain movement or a “figure” in a Tango lesson is only the very first step and quickly forgotten if you don´t practice regularly in a Milonga.

 

Yet if you do put in some effort you will be richly rewarded by all the beautiful things Argentine Tango will give you…

 

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