MILONGUERO STYLE
M101-
BASIC STEPS
Week 1 walking
Week 2 back ochos
Week 3 rock turn to the left and the embrace
Week 4
rock turn to the right
Week 5
ocho cortado
M102-
SIMPLE COMBINATIONS AND TURNS
Week 1 review
Week 2 salida cruzada and combining rock turns
Week 3 combining rock turns with ochos and rock turn to the left with the cortado
Week 4
back-side-cross turn to the left
Week 5
medialuna turn to the right
M103-
ADVANCED COMBINATIONS AND TURNS
Week 1 walking on the right in cross-system and back-side-cross to the right
Week 2 rock turn to the left and back-side-cross to the left
Week 3 rock turn to the right and back-side-cross turn to the right and the media luna
Week 4
medialuna and ocho cortado
Week 5
milonguero dip
M201-
MILONGA
Week 1 two basic patterns in 4 counts
Week 2 patterns in 5 and 6 counts
Week 3 two patterns in 8 counts
Week 4
two more patterns in 8 counts, with corridas
Week 5
basic traspie
M202-
BASIC MUSICALITY
Week 1 breaks
Week 2 pauses
Week 3 syncopas
Week 4
framed double-times
Week 5
walking on the 2 and isolated half-beats
M203-
VALS CRUZADA
Week 1 basic timing: dancing on the downbeat, the 1 and the 2, continuous turns
Week 2 phrasing and suspension
Week 3 vals dynamic, leaning back in close-embrace
Week 4 single axis turns to the left
Week 5 single axis turns to the right
SALON STYLE
S101- THE FIVE CLASSIC PATTERNS
Week 1 salida basica
Week 2 el ocho
Week 3 parada
Week 4 back ocho
Week 5 basic turn to the right w/ sacadas
S102- Integration with Milonguero Style
Week 1 entrances, exits, walking and resolutions
Week 2 pasadas
Week 3 transitioning between milonguero and salon back ochos plus paradas
Week 4 blending milonguero turns with salon back ochos
Week 5 blending milonguero turns with the basic turn to the right w/ sacadas
S201- Giros (Turns)
Week 1 full turn to the right with sacadas
Week 2 turn to the left with barrida
Week 3 the lapis
Week 4 sharing the center of the turn, the full molinete
Week 5 the woman's planeo
S202- Sacadas (entances, displacements)
Week 1 the man's forward and open sacadas
Week 2 the man's back sacada
Week 3 the woman's forward and open sacadas
Week 4 the woman's back sacada
Week 5 the fourth sacada
S203- Boleos (voleos, kicks in the air)
Week 1 back boleos led in opposition to the rotation of the hips
Week 2 front boleos led in opposition to the rotation of the hips
Week 3 back boleos led in the direction of the rotation of the hips
Week 4 front boleos led in the direction of the rotation of the hips
Week 5 useful combinations
S301- Ganchos (kicks between the legs)
Week 1 ganchos of the open step from the back ocho
Week 2 ganchos of the forward cross from the back ocho
Week 3 ganchos of the forward cross from the open step
Week 4 ganchos of the open step from the open step
Week 5 gancho variations for the man
S302- Salon Combinations I
Week 1 turns, sacadas (back and/or women's)
Week 2 turns, boleos
Week 3 turns, ganchos
Week 4 sacadas (back and/or women's), boleos
Week 5 sacadas (back and/or women's), gancho
S303- Salon Combinations II
Week 1 turns, sacadas (back and/or women's), boleos
Week 2 turns, sacadas (back and/or women's), ganchos
Week 3 turns, boleos, ganchos
Week 4 sacadas, boleos, ganchos
Week 5 turns, sacadas (back and/or women's), boleos, ganchos
S304- Advanced Musicality
Week 1 the bass: sound floor vs. heavy rhythm
Week 2 the piano: rhythm, fills, highlights
Week 3 the bandoneon: drags, fills, variacions
Week 4 the violin: ceiling, texture, melody/harmony
Week 5 the singer: delay, sustain, melody lines
TANGO NUEVO
N101- Connection vs. Dynamic
Week 1 moving together in three different directions
Week 2 forward ochos
Week 3 back ochos
Week 4 the turn
Week 5 leaning back and forward, learning when to engage the arms and when not to engage the arms
N201- Changes of Direction
Week 1 blocking the back ocho
Week 2 sending the back ocho
Week 3 blocking the forward ocho
Week 4 changes of direction in parallel system
Week 5 change of direction for the man
N202- Sacadas
Week 1 forward sacadas
Week 2 open sacadas
Week 3 back sacadas
Week 4 fourth sacadas
Week 5 combinations
N203- Linear Boleos, Circular Boleos, and Rebounds
Week 1 linear boleos
Week 2 "contra" circular boleos
Week 3 "with" circular boleos
Week 4 "contra" rebounds
Week 5 "with" rebounds
N301- Ganchos and Piernazos
Week 1 ganchos from the back cross
Week 2 ganchos from the open step
Week 3 sending the leg and ganchos from the forward cross
Week 4 piernazos
Week 5 3 interesting combinations (1-2, el pulpo, and piernazo/gancho into thigh-surfing)
N302- Colgadas
Week 1 getting comfortable sharing the same axis
Week 2 right-hip colgadas
Week 3 left-hip colgadas
Week 4 plank colgadas, back and forward
Week 5 planeo colgadas, plus ganchos
N303- Volcadas
Week 1 deep leans and elongated walks
Week 2 volcada classic with variations
Week 3 forward volcada with the right leg free, plus combinations
Week 4 backward volcadas
Week 5 volcadas with ganchos
N304- Soltadas
Week 1 intro to breaking the embrace, under-arm-turn technique specific to tango
Week 2 breaking the embrace in a line
Week 3 breaking the embrace in the turn
Week 4 breaking the embrace with check-steps
Week 5 breaking the embrace with colgadas
N401- Nuevo Combinations I
Week 1 boleos, ganchos, colgadas
Week 2 boleos, ganchos, volcadas
Week 3 boleos, ganchos, soltadas
Week 4 boleos/rebounds, colgadas, volcadas
Week 5 boleos/rebounds, colgadas, soltadas
N402- Nuevo Combinations II
Week 1 ganchos/piernazos, colgadas, volcadas
Week 2 ganchos/piernazos, volcadas, soltadas
Week 3 colgadas, volcadas, soltadas
Week 4 boleos/rebounds, ganchos/piernazos, colgadas, soltadas
Week 5 boleos/rebounds, ganchos/piernazos, colgadas, volcadas, soltadas
N403- Musicality for Modern Tango Music
Week 1 riding out the complexities of the golden-age orquestas beyond the golden age.
Week 2 piazzolla part I
Week 3 piazzolla part II
Week 4 modern tango folk/ensembles; hugo diaz, melingo, muchachos de antes, etc.
Week 5 electronic tango
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