Organizing а milonga is much more than playing music and letting them dance. It’s not a rocket science, but every organizer has to know some things in order to enable their guests to enjoy. If you’re starting your first milonga this post is for you. The points explained here are very basic, but they’re important. The more experienced organizers can also use this article as a sort of reminder or a check-list for their already existing milonga. My feet were tired and I decided to skip the milonga tanda. The music that evening was great and I enjoyed a lot.…

“Embrace like a lover, dance like the wind” sounds like reading poetry, but having nice tango embrace is like writing poetry or painting: it comes from the heart and you can’t fake it. It reveals who you are and it takes some work to be able to show what’s inside you. This article is about what can you do to improve your embrace. Some of these things are natural and most of us know them instinctively. On the other hand, many are not, and people have trouble accepting them. I recommend you to try them anyway. Who knows, maybe they…

I know! You want to learn without effort and you want to know right away. Who doesn’t? Unfortunately there is no magic formula that will help you speed up your learning process. But I have good news for you: there are some things you can do to learn faster. These 6 recommendations can help speed up your learning: you may like them or hate them – it’s up to you. Years of teaching experience proved me that if you respect the process your path from beginners classes to milongas will be much shorter. No-shortcuts approach When he decided to take…

One of the most important aspects of every dance is the musicality. A dancer can’t be considered a good dancer if what s/he does is not in some way connected to the music. Dancing is’t just mechanically performing step after step, sequence after sequence – it goes far beyond that. To be honest, I strongly believe it goes even beyond the music itself and touches the core of who the dancers are as human beings… but that’s another topic. Let’s now focus on the four levels in which tango dancers connect to the music. I tried to simplify the language…

Becoming a good tango DJ takes time, energy and a lot of love for what you do; but your first steps don’t have to be that hard. In fact it’s much simpler than many people think it is. Now, there are many ways to begin, but in my own experience these 5 steps are all you need to set yourself up to a great start. I am not promising you instant glory (although it’s not excluded), I just point out what you have to do to build a solid base. In past few years I mentored and gave advice to…