Tango Dojo
South Meets East In The North

Tango Dojo Schedule - Thursdays at The Crossing

Description:

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Tango Dojo is an all-level, no partner required class. I teach out of the Nuevo Tango, open embrace, vocabulary.If there is enough student interested, I'm also willing to teach close embrace. I emphasize connection, posture, and awareness while teaching Nuevo Tango. I teach to both classic and Nuevo tango music. The goal is to create an environment where people can simultaneously develop their quality of motion and vocabulary.

I have chosen to teach the fundamentals to all-levels because of my experiences in the martial arts. Almost all classes I attended were all-level. As a student and instructor, I have found tremendous value in the all-level classes. As a less experienced student, I have found it tremendously helpful to have more experienced people in the class with me as they demonstrated what was possible and were more able to give quality feedback. As a more experienced student, working with less experienced students forced me to think about and answer questions I hadn't thought of before and helped me to more thoroughly understand my technique.

As an instructor, the all-level class helps less experienced students learn faster and gives more experienced students a chance to share their knowledge and refine their fundamental technique. In my opinion, the all-level class is a total win-win.

If you are a more experienced student, I will do my best to give you variations and feedback to help you expand your vocabulary and improve your quality of motion.

* It's important to understand that the ability to perform more complicated vocabulary is directly proportional to the quality of fundamental technique. Everyone is welcome to participate in the Vocabulary class. However, if there are deficiencies in fundamental technique, those will be addressed within the context of the new vocabulary.