the fundamentals of tango
All teachers focus on the fundamentals of tango, but have different ideas about what those fundamentals are. For us, the fundamentals are
- connection
- posture
- balance
- disassociation
- moving from the core (another way of talking about leading with the chest)
- musicality
We emphasize these aspects of connected moving which we believe are more fundamental than standard sequences of steps. We believe that it would be wonderful if students had the patience to just walk for one year to fully establish these aspects. However, we understand that is a bit boring, so we do continue with additional moves. We try to avoid sequences that require memorization, and we focus on quality of motion and connection.
