Workshops in Tucson for 2010

Saddle Brooke – Folding Like a Bandoneon – Stealing The Cross

Here are the highlights for the workshop: Moving all the way the the actual weight change (off axis moment) of the cruzada (cross) Leaders: Taking your partners with you and not rushing off ahead Followers: Taking the time to move with your partner and not rushing into the cruzada without your partner. . . . → Read More: Saddle Brooke – Folding Like a Bandoneon – Stealing The Cross

Saddle Brooke Workshop Oct. 18th

Sun, October 18, 12:00pm 2:30pm Mountain View Community Center 38759 S Mountain View Blvd Tucson Folding Like a Bandoneon Building the cruzada one vertebra at a time – and then dismantling it into something magical. . . . → Read More: Saddle Brooke Workshop Oct. 18th

From Buenos Aires: Susana Miller Workshop

DECEMBER 5-6, 2009, TUCSON, AZ Susana Miller is a world renowned tango instructor who took the time and patience to define the difference between how tango is actually danced by the locals at local milongas in Buenos Aires, Argentina and how it is taught – which is all too often a stage dance that is not milonga friendly. . . . → Read More: From Buenos Aires: Susana Miller Workshop

Why Do We Still Dance to These Old Tango Songs?

It is no accident that the mood of an entire tanda is the same even to the point of having the same orchestra from the same year with the same sound and rhythms to the songs (for instance Rodolfo Biagi used to play piano for Anibal Troilo, when Biagi formed his own orchestra the sound of Troilos music changed radically, so you wouldnt want to mix songs with and without Biagis famous rhythms in a Troilo tanda because it would disrupt the flow and connection developed by the milonguero) tango is a complicated dance and there are nights and partners where it takes all 4 similar songs to create a good connection a milonguero depends on this structure to create confidence in his partner. . . . → Read More: Why Do We Still Dance to These Old Tango Songs?

Milonguero Many Rhythms of Ocho Cortado

The milonguero style gives you a tighter connection for better improvisation and rhythms that can occur without a lot of thought or planning: Thanks for watching… Love & Light Rusty . . . → Read More: Milonguero Many Rhythms of Ocho Cortado