Learning legendary figures born during the golden age of tango is, of course, about learning movements, which is a beautiful action in itself. But it’s also about a piece of important history that any tango dancer should know, even if you decide to not use these figures in the milonga. Tango is culture, and these figures are its pearls. We’ll start with a figure with Ganchos.

Another figure, from another old milonguero - Finito, containing the Tornillo element. In this lesson, you’ll see that Tornillo can add a lot of vitality to your moments of not advancing on the dance floor. It’s not just the figure itself that you’ll be learning, but also get to know some technical secrets that will help you a great deal, in many other tango figures and situations.

Antonio Todaro is considered a tango legend, well-known for his Tango Fantasia performances, and for his really long figures. This lesson is dedicated to a segment of one of his much admired tango sequences. Ladies, there’s a little, beautiful challenge for you in it!

This lesson will bring you a figure from the old milonguero Cacho Pistola who had a specific body posture when dancing. Fabian thinks that this figure might have been born due to this body posture of his. You see? Creativity in tango can be triggered by anything!

What if? A question encouraging our creativity in tango, which can ultimately help us find our unique way of expression. The short, but sweet figure you’re about to explore in this lesson, has probably been born due to this question.

Remember from the previous collection, how the way we start and end our figures, organize our dance narrative? In this lesson, you’ll learn a powerful entrance into the Giro that you can use on dynamic orchestras, or when starting a variation. It can look difficult, but the secret is balancing the energy between partners, and so it becomes thrilling!

A flowing, circular sequence from Carlos Moyano. Full of Giros, including an altered variation of it, this sequence is able to enchant even more due to the Enrosque, Lapiz and Voleos for leaders that it englobes.

One more innovation, one more alteration, and this time it involves a change of roles. The follower becomes the leader, and the leader becomes the follower. Remember Josefina and Fabian were saying that there’s just one technique in tango, and leaders and followers do the same elements? After this lesson, any doubt will be dispelled!