“I am still thinking about the steps and technique, and can’t learn about musicality” We hear this all the time, whenever we ask our tango students why they don’t feel musical in their dancing yet. But here’s the truth - Musicality is not for advanced dancers only. In fact, it should be part of your tango journey from the very beginnings! When we first started learning about tango musicality we regretted not starting earlier… and realized it made our dancing so much more enjoyable for us and our

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Don’t wait until you “know enough tango steps” before you start exploring tango musicality. Why? Because musicality has nothing to do with WHAT you do, but with HOW you dance. You can be an experienced dancer with a wide vocabulary… if you don’t know how to connect your steps to the music, your partners won’t enjoy dancing with you! Whereas if a tango beginner dances the simplest steps with great musicality… they’ll be in demand dancers! We see too many tango students who push back studying tang

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Learning about tango musicality took us many years. When we danced, we kept thinking that there was a lot more we could do to express the music, but were never sure what, or how. All while not wanting to become boring tango dancers who are always “dancing in the same way”. Tango musicality became a passion project! Trips to Argentina. Discussions with famous DJs. Hours of learning from old Argentinian milongueros who never studied musicality at school but instead have danced all their lives, inc

In tango, becoming a musical dancer can be a challenging and long journey. But if you love tango dancing, it is absolutely necessary. Indeed, as dancers, the music is what we express! And, this is even more important in tango where all movements are improvised, and the music is the only ‘tangible’ element both partners have to play with. But we can’t know all the tango songs by heart, can we? That’s why we, at Tango Space, love teaching our students about the 3 styles of tango music: Guardia Vie