Author Archives: John and Cara Macdonald

WWOWW Day 5 Intro to Tango with MSA

I hope everyone enjoyed their Tango class.  It was a pleasure teaching it.  Here is the video that was shown today during chapel.  Let’ talk soon about building a Tango community at MSA. Continue reading →

WWOWW Intro do the Tango Day 4——-Take the Poll—————–>

Today was jammed packed.  Here is a wrap up video from October about Intention and the Rock Step that applies to what we did today.  Intention and the Rock StepOkay here is another Chicho video for you.  Mariano Chicho Frumboli and Juana… Continue reading →

WWOWW Intro do the Tango Day 3——-Take the Poll—————–>

We introduced the cruzada in class today.  Here is an old video of our instruction that you can watch to review.  Cruzada VideoI would like you to check out two videos and they don’t have dancing.  Instead they are videos of Tango Orches… Continue reading →

WWOWW Week Intro to Tango Day 2——- Take Poll———————>

Today we introduced the concepts of “opposition” and “disassociation”We applied these ideas with the ocho and outside partner left.  I hope you liked the walking with Kung-Fu punches.  I would like you to watch a few more videos for homework … Continue reading →

Tango Intro and Basic Foundation

Today’s class focused on the concepts necessary to build a strong tango foundation.  There are several important elements that make a good social tango dancer:  Posture, Embrace, Step.1.    Posture – chest up, hips back,… Continue reading →

Foundation and Giro to "Ahora No Me Conoces"

Tonight we used “Ahora no me conoces” by Rufino/DiSarli.  It is a song about lost love (not an unusual theme).  Here are the Music Notes below and the Link to the Lyrics and song.Ahora No Me Conoces Music NotesAhora No me Conoces Lyrics and M… Continue reading →

Foundation and Giro to "Ahora No Me Conoces"

Tonight we used “Ahora no me conoces” by Rufino/DiSarli.  It is a song about lost love (not an unusual theme).  Here are the Music Notes below and the Link to the Lyrics and song.Ahora No Me Conoces Music NotesAhora No me Conoces Lyrics and M… Continue reading →

Milonguero Turn with D’Arienzo’s "Infamia"

Tonight we worked on more fundamental techniques of walking and the Milonguero turn to the right.  The song we focused on was “Infamia’ from Juan D’Arienzo.  Here is the link to the musical notes:  Infamia Music NotesHere are the lyrics … Continue reading →

Musicality Fundamental Walking and Milonguero Turns

Tonight’s class focused the walking in parallel and cross system while listening to the pauses using Canaro’s “Ciego”.  We continued to work on tango posture and connection.  The second part of the class focused on the Milonguero Turn.  … Continue reading →

Milonguero Turn