28
Apr
Tango for Beginners with Emma Lucia Reyes - FULL COURSE
course — Salsa and Tango
Monday 28th April - Monday 30th June 2025
18:30 — 19:30
10 lessons of 1 hour (with free social Tango after!)
£150.00
Description
Taught by the amazing Emma Lucia Reyes, this 10-week Argentine Tango CONNECTION Course for Beginners is a fun and simple introduction to the beautiful Argentine Tango.
Your instructor
Emma Lucia Reyes is a UK Argentine Tango Championship finalist 2024 and winner of UK tango ambassadors cup 2023. She is a passionate and experienced teacher with 10 years' teaching tango in schools and festivals in UK and Europe.
Tango is not just a dance form it’s a powerful way to connect with each other. We will take you through your first tango steps in a fun and friendly environment. No special shoes or partner need. Come as you are!
See the full course schedule week by week below:
Week 1:
C -communication - How do we use our embrace to connect subtly to our partners in tango?
Week 2:
O- organisation- body technique, floor work and coordination to form a smooth and balanced dance.
Week 3:
N- new moves, learning some fun new moves to add to our tango vocabulary!
Week 4:
N- next steps, focusing on transitions between steps- how do we smoothly link them?
Week 5:
E- elegance, how do we create a beautiful finish with our steps and decorations in tango?
Week 6:
C- close embrace- introduction to the way we dance in Buenos Aires and all over the world! Close like a hug!
Week 7:
T- time, discovering single and double time in tango and looking at staccato and melodic movements.
Week 8:
I- improvisation, tango is an improvised dance. How do we use the few steps we know in tango to create our own dance?
Week 9:
O- other rhythms, introduction to the two other fun and energetic rhythms we use in tango - ‘valz’ and ‘milonga’.
Week 10:
N- night time! How do we prepare ourselves for social dancing in tango?, followed by our evening ‘milonga’ where you can dance the night away!
Please note:
Once you have registered and the course has been confirmed, we are unable to offer refunds for non-participation or non-attendance, for any reason. However, we require 5 confirmed registrations to launch each class of Tango. Therefore, if we do not reach this minimum number shortly before the scheduled start date, the class will either be postponed (by up to two weeks), or will be cancelled (with a full refund offered).
