Tango_Pasion

Dance and learn Tango Argentino
in the

way it is danced in the traditional milongas of
Buenos Aires

with DJ El Porteñito

Fridays @ Hakoah

8.00 - 12.00

Practica

7.00 - 8.00

Hakoah Club

67 Hall St,
Bondi Beach

big screen video clips
entry $15

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1st Saturday of the Month

8.00 - 12.00

Polish Club

73 Norton St
Ashfield

entry $18

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directions

Light Refreshments - Lucky Door Prize

Essential Elements I
(no experience required)

Tuesday : 7.30 - 8.30
Practice: 8.30 - 8.45

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Venue
St Columba Uniting Church
cnr Ocean St & Forth St,
Woollahra

Essential Elements II
(requires Essential Elements I)

Tuesday : 8.45 - 9.45
Practice: 9.45 - 10.00

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Private Classes
Saturday by appointment

Refining Elements
(for experienced dancers)

Wednesday : 7.00 - 8.00
Practice: 8.00 - 8.30

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Venue

Woollahra School
Forth St,
Woollahra

All the activities of Tango Pasión are directed to one end: to offer a dance experience in Sydney as close as possible to the best traditional milongas in Buenos Aires
and Montevideo

* “the infinite tango takes me towards everything” - Jorge Luis Borges

Anna & Martin | Milongas | Teaching

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ANNA's special interest in Tango Argentino dates back to the days of her father's wind-up gramophone.

She began her personal journey of re-discovery of this style of tango with International Ballroom Tango. But she soon realized that this was not at all the way her father had danced.

Although attracted to Latin dancing - she felt that there had to be another dance more in tune with her spirit.

It was only when the opportunity of learning Tango Argentino presented itself in Sydney that she knew she that this was the Tango of her childhood.

Anna & Martin | Milongas | Teaching

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Several years of dedicated study led to annual visits to Buenos Aires to truly learn and experience authentic Tango.

Her style has been developed by many of the well-known teacher-performers such as Juan Carlos Copes, the Zotto brothers, Guillermina Quiroga, Aurora Lubiz, Jorge Dispari, Fabian Salas, and Facundo and Kely Posadas, and many more. But undoubtedly her greatest influence has come from dancing over the years with the most respected dancers in the Buenos Aires milongas.

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For the past decade her extra-curricular interests have centered on the Argentine Tango, its Techniques, History and Philosophical and Sociological implications.

It was her deep interest in love for and the many facets of Tango, which she shares with her husband Martin, that many years ago led to the creation of Tango Pasión.

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MARTIN came to Tango through its music.

Although his background is in Documentary and Feature Film Production and Corporate IT, he has always had a profound involvement with music.

Inspired by Anna's love of the dance, he was quickly drawn to tango’s haunting melodies, delicious harmonies, and its sad, intensely human lyrics, and the sometimes passionate, sometimes earthy, but always deeply musical impulse of the great Tango orchestras.

He sees the activities of Tango Pasión as a chance for he and Anna to share and enjoy this rich treasure with the Tangueros of Sydney.

Anna & Martin | Milongas | Teaching

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All the activities of Tango Pasión are directed to one end: to offer a dance experience in Sydney as close as possible to the best traditional milongas in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.

First, and most important, is the music. Martin (El Porteñito) arranges the music in tandas, sets of pieces similar in style (usually by the same orchestra). The ends of these are marked with cortinas, short contrasting curtain pieces. The order is essentially chronological, from the mid 30s up to the 70s - exactly as the good DJs do it. This system has developed over half a century or so - and it has proved it to be the most satisfying one for the enjoyment of genuine Tango Argentino . . .

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Second, and of equal importance, is our attitude to the dance and to our fellow dancers.

At its core, tango is beautiful and serious. A great deal of joy, but also a great deal of pain has been involved in its evolution. (To learn to dance well is not a trivial undertaking.) We believe that everyone in the milonga has a right to our attention and respect. They are on their own tango journey, and should be allowed and encouraged to travel in their own way at their own pace.

for locations, times and dates click here

Anna & Martin | Milongas | Teaching

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Tango Pasión's classes concentrate on the Essential Elements of Argentine Tango, the skillset necessary for true Lead & Follow.

Our aim is to explain and develop the techniques used by the quality dancers in the milongas of Buenos Aires.

The focus is on Connection, Musicality, Elegance, Balance & Posture.

On completing the course you will be able to dance tango socially with good style, musicality and navigational ability. You will also be familiar with the elements of basic figures so that you will be able to enjoy dancing in improvised sequences . . .

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We run Beginners and Intermediate Courses.

Attendance is limited to
a maximum of 10

No partner is required

Prior booking is necessary

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No other dance draws a man and a woman into such intimate contact; no other music connects so completely body to body, heart to heart,
soul to soul.

* ”Without the streets or the dusks of Buenos Aires
a Tango cannot be written” - Jorge Luis Borges

The Story | The Dance | Glossary | Quotes

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Tango! Argentina's gift to the world, the very word evokes lust and provocation, sensuality and intrigue, raw energy and knife-edge precision.

No other dance draws a man and a woman into such intimate contact; no other music connects so completely body to body, heart to heart, soul to soul.

This most intoxicating of dances was born in Buenos Aires at the turn of the 20th century, to fully flower in the glorious Golden Age of the 40s and 50s.

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Emerging from the red-light districts in the 1880s the Tango solaced and seduced the displaced and lonely flood of (overwhelmingly male) immigrants from Europe with its intoxicating mixture of Spanish harmonies, African rhythms and European dance forms.

In its fullest flowering in the Epoca de Oro (the Golden Age of the 40s) the city was filled with hundreds of Tango ensembles and thousands of fanatical devotees.

In its current world-wide revival it is enjoyed in every major city around the globe.

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Tango has essentially four dance styles:

The punchy, intricate Milonguero style.

The fast, happy, African influenced Milonga

The elegant, romantic Tango-Vals.

And the intense, passionate, classic Tango De Salon.

All of these can be danced in CLOSE or OPEN EMBRACE. However the Milonguero and Milonga styles are usually danced in close embrace, and the Tango-Vals and Tango De Salon in open embrace.

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A B * C * D E F G H I J * L M * O P * Q R S T V Y Z

• Abrazo
• Academic Basic
• Adelante
• Adorno
• Al costado
• Amague
• Apilado Style
• Arrastre
• Atrás
• Bailar
• Bailarin
• Bailongo
• Balanceo
• Baldosa
• Bandoneón
• Barrida
• Barrio
• Boleo

A B * C * D E F G H I J * L M * O P * Q R S T V Y Z

• Cabeceo
• Cadena
• Cadencia
• Caida
• Calesita
• Cambio
• Caminar
• Caminada
• Candombe
• Canyengue
• Caricias
• Codigos
• Colgada
• Corte
• Compadre
• Compadrito
• Compás
• Confiteria Style
• Corrida
• Cortina
• Cruzada
• Cunita

A B * C * D E F G H I J * L M * O P * Q R S T V Y Z

• Derecha
• Derecho
• Desplazamiento
• Dibujo

• Eight-Count Basic
• Enganche
• Enrosque
• Entrada
• Espejo

• Fanfarron
• Firulete

• Gancho
• Giro
• Guapo

• Hamaca

• Izquierda

• Junta

A B * C * D E F G H I J * L M * O P * Q R S T V Y Z

• Lapiz
• Lento
• Liso
• Llevada
• Lustrada

• Marcar (also Marca)
• Media Luna
• Media Vuelta
• Milonga
• Milonguero (Milonguera)
• Milonguero Style
• Mira
• Molinete
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