Dance Conmigo students spend an evening at the circus

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It was the beginning of May, when Dance Conmigo received a phone call from the promoters of a TV series called, La Vie est un cirque, televised by TV5.

Our conversation went more or less like this.

Promoters: Hey, we are televising a circus show performed by Cirque Eloize with the theme "The evolution of tango" would you like to attend to the filming and get some free tickets?

Dance Conmigo: sure, how many tickets do you have.

Promoter: we can give you 10.

Dance Conmigo: Can we have 20? some of our student would feel left out if they are not invited.

Promoter: Well, we had 10 for you, but we will make it 20.

Dance Conmigo: Thank you so much.

An so it happened. About 20 Dance Conmigo students went to the Cirque Eloize head-quarters and played the role of public during this fantastic presentation.

The presentation was aired this week and we wanted to share it with every one else. Click on the image to see the video.

Dance Conmigo will also be organizing adance party on September 1st at studio Metronome from 8:00pm to midnight. The party will start with a Bachata class in on Dance floor and a Tango class in another dance floor. The cost will only be $6.

Dance Conmigo invites its tango students to dance next to Mont Royal Metro

Elias from the Tango School "Comme Il Faut" has organised an event to dance tango in front of Metro Mont Royal Thursdays 16 and 23 of August from 7 to 9 pm.

Dance Conmigo would like to cooperate by inviting its students to come to dance tango in an urban environment.

Come Dance Argentine Tango with us at the heart of the Plateau Mont Royal  on Thursdays 16 and 23 of August from 7 to 9 pm.

Dance Conmigo will also be organizing a dance party on September 1st at studio Metronome from 8:00pm to midnight. The party will start with a Bachata class in on Dance floor and a Tango class in another dance floor. The cost will only be $6.

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Jeudi les 16 et 23 aout, entre 19h et 21h Tango Comme Il Faut organise une pratique d'ete en milieu urbain, devant le metro Mont Royal. Venez danser en plein coeur du Plateau Mont Royal.

Danse Conmigo organise une soirée dansante le 1er Septembre au studio métronome  à partir de 20h00 à minuit. La soirée débutera avec un cours de Bachata dans une salle de danse et un cours de Tango dans une autre salle de danse. Le coût  sera $6.

Boleos

In this video we worked on Boleos.

 Boleo could be done either high or low.  Trying to keep the knees together, with one leg back, swivel and return on the supporting leg with a whipping action of the free leg.

Ganchos (Tango Class at Dance Conmigo)

In this class we started covering Ganchos.

Ganchos are easily done in combination with other movements such as Giros or Back Ochos.

 If we start guiding our partner for a back ocho and then, insert our leg as she is trying to collect her feet, then a beautiful gancho might turn out from the maneuver.

Turn to the left in Tango

I love this step for it simplicity, how it feels and how practical it is.
At any time during the tango walk, the leader can step outside partner with his right foot and by having a firm connection on the follower's back, he can stop her back momentum and redirect it to the left.

The follower would step around the leader's right foot, take a step forward and then spiral by leaving her weight on her left foot.

From this half turn position, the leader can create a circular cadencia creating about 180 degree turn and coming back to the line of dance.

One of the things that I love about this step is how easy it is to execute in a crowded room and how easy it is to execute in close embrace. It also an easy step to pull out of your pocket in case of a need to do  a sudden change of direction or to kill some time while there is an opening on the dance floor.

Ochos in Tango for the leader

Usually, when we learn about Ochos, we always think about them as a move that the follower does. But When the leader does Ochos as well, it creates an element of surprise and it is a very easy step to guide and follow.  Give it a try and try switching from back to to front Ochos several times.

Two men Dancing Milonga

I have never seen such perfect tango danced by two men.

Dance Conmigo teaches private and group classes in Montreal http://www.danceconmigo.com/tango