Getting started with the footwork and hands

• Punta, Tacón, Tacón
• "What shoes do I wear?" + Beginning Hands
• Homework and Exercises - Video
• Lesson 2 Homework

In this lesson you will learn the "Golpe" or "Stomp" and how to do it with correct body posture/

• El Golpe - Video
• El Golpe - Body Posturing, Flooring, and Homework
• El Golpe - Homework Instructions

In this class you will start putting palms and feet together! Coordination!

• Chat with Marta - Video
• Marcaje - Video
• Lesson 4: Homework and Audio of Choreography
• Homework Instructions / Tango Practice Music

Zapateados is a fancy word for footwork, which we will continue to work on in this class, adding arms.

• Lesson 5 Part 1: Zapateados and Arms
• Part 2: Arms
• Part 3: Hands
• Part 4: Pitos (snaps) and Cherie gets a "talkin' to"
• Lessson 5: Homework
• Homework Instructions

We will first review everything we have done up until this point, then we will practice more pitos and more marcajes.

• Lesson 6: Review
• Lesson 6 Part 2: More Pitos!
• Lesson 6 Part 3: More Marcajes!
• Lesson 6: Homework and More Review
• Homework Instructions

Now we're going to start putting it all together! Coordination is key!

• Lesson 7: Adding Arms to the Marcajes
• Lesson 7 Part 2: Adding Arms to the 2nd and 3rd Marcajes
• Lesson 7 Part 3: Just Arms
• Lesson 7: Homework

We continue to put together what we have learned in preparation for the final choreography.

• Lesson 8: Placement, Posturing, and Coordination
• Lesson 8 Part 2: More Coordination
• Lesson 8: Homework and Putting It All Together

We will review everything we have learned that we are going to use in the final choreography.

• Lesson 9: Review of all of "pieces" we will use in the final choreography
• Lesson 9 Part 2: Palmas and Zapateados
• Lesson 9 Part 3: Pitos, Hip Movements
• Lesson 9 Part 4: Footwork
• Lesson 9 Part 5: Hands
• Remate - End or Final
• A Variation for the Final Choreography and Homework

Here it is! The final Choreography for Basic Tangos. Have fun!

• Lesson 10: Final Choreography for Basic Tangos
• Final Choreography in Slow Motion