Here are a few resources to help you along your tango journey! Check them out as much as you can, and by all means bring your questions and moves you’d like to incorporate into your dancing to the practica. Let’s start with some playlists on YouTube:
ASÍ SE BAILA EL TANGO
Here is a playlist with episodes from a TV show from the 1990s (or maybe 1980s? I’m not sure) that aired on the SoloTango tv channel. While some of the techniques employed and the style of the show look a little bit dated by now, the show starts from the most basic concepts and its didactic approach makes it easy to learn and appreciate for beginners. Plus, many of the moves shown are an important part of a dancer´s vocabulary – and those colorful backgrounds are fun!
TANGO ESTILO DEL CENTRO
Another show from the now sadly disappeared SoloTango TV channel, this show focused on moves and techniques for close embrace, “milonguero” style tango. Here you will find lots of good moves that can be performed in very small spaces, especially useful for the crowded milongas of Downtown Buenos Aires or New York City, and great vocabulary for social dancing in general.
HOMER AND CRISTINA LADAS
Homer and Cristina are wonderful dancers from the West Coast, and their approach has always been very didactic, with clear, concise explanations and detailed analysis of movement and technique. They have also always been incredibly generous in sharing their knowledge by publishing videos of their classes. This playlist covers fairly advanced topics, while also emphasizing learning a solid foundation. This is a compilation of lessons but I also recommend checking the YouTube channel “tangostudent” on its own.
TANGO DISCOVERY – MAURICIO CASTRO
Mauricio Castro’s method offers an in-depth analysis of the dance, based on work compiled previously by Maestros like Fabián Salas and Gustavo Naveira. If you don’t mind the dry, analytical style, there really is a lot to be learned from this method, as well as his videos. This is the first volume in the series: