Category Archives: My Tango lessons

One of the reasons I like tango is that I associate it with a certain feeling for style. Conjuring up a time that was not better but certainly more elegant. More elegant certainly not everywhere where people danced in the … Continue reading →

Professional tango ladies are not easy to impress, especially when they have traveled extensively in the tango world. Sometimes the dancing skills of the other milonga visitors and the up-and-coming stars are ridiculed. However, one dancer who can be found … Continue reading →

In my last article I wrote about how important it is for women to have a relaxed free leg. If the free leg is not relaxed and loose, it cannot “perform” all the beautiful, sometimes spectacular movements in which the … Continue reading →

In my courses I see again and again that the women believe that they have to work actively with their free leg. But this is almost never necessary and makes tango dancing less smooth and unnecessarily difficult. Let’s look at … Continue reading →

No, now it doesn’t get esoteric, although I am asked that again and again, somewhat mockingly, when I bring the pendulum motion into play. But many movements in tango can be perfectly explained with the pendulum movement. So, let’s take … Continue reading →

I keep telling the gentlemen among my tango students and everyone else who wants to hear it that they shouldn’t hold their left hand higher than the shoulder height of the lady with whom they are currently dancing (apart from … Continue reading →

I know sometimes it’s hard to stay calm when there’s a crowd on the dance floor. Somebody is always in your way, obstructing your dance flow, pushing you from behind … It goes without saying that you are not one … Continue reading →

No, here I don’t want to provide special guidance on inviting at queer tango  : – )       Actually this is by no means necessary because inviting with mirada and cabeceo works exactly the same way between men … Continue reading →

At every milonga you can find him, everyone knows him, at least everyone who visits the respective milonga regularly. Who usually knows him best are the female dancers. Outside of the dance floor he can be quite nice. However, he … Continue reading →

One of the biggest (and most unpleasant) mistakes small men make when dancing with larger women. Women of average size or very large women often do not like to dance with smaller dancers. Not because of the height itself (which … Continue reading →