Classes
Nasrin & Mark offers regular tango classes at You Can Dance Dallas Studio! You get an extensive one-to-one attention during group classes. You can enjoy a relaxed atmosphere to dance, learn and grow… whether you like to socialize, just enjoy some nice dances, practice and explore or a bit of everything, Come and join us eager to dance with your open heart and warm embrace!
Level 1: Sundays 4:30-5:30
– Absolute Beginner Tago
Fee: $20 drop-ins per student per class. or $60 for a series of 4 consecutive lesson in one month.
Level 2: Sundays 5:30-6:30
Tano
Location: You Can Dance Dallas14833 Inwood Rd. #600 Addison, 75001
Fee: $20 drop-ins per student per class. or $60 for a series of 4 consecutive lesson in one month.
Level 3 & 4: Sundays 6:30-7:30
Tango
Location: You Can Dance Dallas14833 Inwood Rd. #600 Addison, 75001
Fee: $20 drop-ins per student per class. or $60 for a series of 4 consecutive lesson in one month.
Description of Classes by Level
Sundays at You Can Dance Studio
SUNDAYS Absolute Beginner Tango
4:30-5:30 AT YOU CAN DANCE STUDIO!
This Level is recommended for people who have never taken tango before, or for people with little experience in tango. In this class you will learn the general technique for walking and pivots. We teach technique in the context of simple sequences that are common in social dancing. The emphasis will be on connection with partner and hearing the beat of tango music. In this class we will work on:
Posture, balance, and basic techniques
The embrace (open version)
Fundamentals of connection, and leading & following
Walking, weight changes and rock-steps
Parallel versus Cross-system
Front ocho & Back ocho
The basic step
Rock step
Principles of navigation and tango etiquette
Leading and following fundamentals
SUNDAYS 5:30-6:30 AT YOU CAN DANCE STUDIO!
You should have the basic understanding of walking and pivots in tango in order to attend this class. We will work on following (but not limited to) concepts.
Dancing in open and close embrace
Walking variations
Pivots
Ocho cortado
La Cruzada (cross)
Ocho Cortado and rockstep turns
Right & Left Turns
Paradas, Pasadas
Molinete
Development in floor craft
SUNDAYS 6:30-7:30 AT YOU CAN DANCE STUDIO!
Students will develop a better understanding of the structure of tango and work more with combining elements to build improvisational skills for the social dance floor. Rhythmic variation for musicality will also be discussed in this level. In this class we will be working on :
Refined walking technique
Exploring cross and parallel systems
Cross variations
Ocho variations
Getting into/out of the Molinete
Sacadas, Boleos, Ganchos, Barridas
Introduction to Tango Rhythms: Vals, Milonga, Tango.
Thursdays at You Can Dance Dallas !
Thursdays 7:30-8:30
This class is for those who would like to be on the stage . This class is NOT a drop-in. you will have to have instructors permission to attend.
You will learn a choreographed song to dance with group.
$60 for for a series of 4 classes in one month
Thursdays 8:30-9:30
This class is for the ladies who like to perform. You will have to audition to be accepted to the ladies performance team.
