The essence of Tango is in the embrace and the walk. And walking is not just transferring your weight, or getting from A to B. It is feeling your partners weight, shaping movement together, breathing together and pausing together. It is gliding across the floor, elegantly, or marking the beat, playfully. It is cadencia and phrasing. It is quality of movement. It is all of this and more. It is the first thing you learn, but it takes a lifetime to master, and it can be more enjoyable than all the combinations and tricks you can think of.
"El tango está entre paso y paso, allí donde se escuchan los silencios y cantan las musas."
- Carlos Gavito
What will you learn?
In this 3 hour masterclass we will use a variety of different walking patterns and sequences to highlight the endless possibilities of just walking in tango, with different structures, geometries and techniques, and how they relate to the music. With solo and couple exercises we strengthen the technique, train our muscular control and refine our kinaesthetic sense. And we practice improvising with different structures and musical expressions.
Location
Dancify
Eikenga 11
0579 Oslo
3rd floor, Studio 2
Prices
Walking Masterclass: 600kr
Walking + Turning Masterclass: 1100kr
