TANGO ARGENTINO
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ARGENTINE TANGO STEPS - THE STEPS OF TANGO

In the tango steps there are many Argentine tango figures, but not a good tango is not necessarily characterized by many Argentine tango figures

A good tango can also be danced with just an elegant walk, alternating with pauses that make it much more dense and intense, without the need to take many tango steps.

Tango Argentino Steps: The tango dance has never been codified, as it is a popular dance.
So we began to call the different tango steps and each of them was given a name if not to be able to remember them.

TANGO STEPS:

Among the tango steps you will find:

• The Walk - is the basis of Argentine tango. It is so simple but so complicated to do well at the same time that it is considered one more Argentine Tango figure.
• The Baldosa - is one of the very didactic Argentine tango figures of six tango steps that draws a rectangle.
• Salida Basica - is the basis of everything. a very didactic sequence of 8 steps.
• Cadence - is knowing how to keep the rhythm on the spot without necessarily making tango steps
• Ocho - this Argentine tango figure is one of the most characteristic of all Argentine tango steps. the man guides the woman one step and one pivot consecutively, thus causing the woman to draw an eight with her feet. Depending on the direction of the step you will get an ocho forward (ocho adelante) or backward (ocho atras).
• The Giro - one of the most difficult Argentine tango figures to perform well in the Tango Salon, in which the man is the center of gravity and the woman turns walking around the axis of the couple.
• El Molinete - basic Argentine tango figures, the man guides the woman in a turn around her axis. The woman is like the wheel of a mill whose axis is the man.
• The Sacada - One of the 2 elements of the couple invades the partner's space by taking a step towards the partner's leg on which there is no weight, causing an optical lifting effect. If the invasion takes place with a step forward we speak of sacada forward, if instead it occurs by taking a step back, we speak of sacada backwards

• La Barrida - One of the 2 dancers moves the foot of the other dancer, on which there is no weight, with his own foot. In reality, the barrida is also an optical effect, that is, the man does not move the woman's foot with his foot, but guides her a step and takes it with her, maintaining contact between her feet.
• La Parada - the man interrupts the woman's step with his foot. In reality, the man guides the woman to a stop at the same time as the interposition of her foot on the trajectory of her step. The parada is therefore an optical effect and not a "violent" interruption.
• El Boleo - Fundamental Argentine tango figures, to be avoided due to the danger in crowded tracks, in which the woman, due to a sudden change of direction of a pivot, lifts the heel backwards making it spin.
• La Colgada - figure characterized by an open embrace in which the couple is very close with the feet and far away with the shoulders.

El Gancio - Figura no apta for the tango salon, to be avoided due to the danger on the slopes, in which a dancer kicks backwards by lifting the heel, passing the foot under the leg of the other dancer

• La Volcada - Argentine tango figure characterized by a very close embrace in which the couple is very close with the shoulders and far away with the feet.
• Los Saltos or The lifts - show figures in which the Tango dancer performs spectacular aerial figures with the support of her partner