North America
Tango with Judy
Living and breathing tango is how Judy y Jon describe their lives. They are
dedicated to promoting Argentine Tango, Milonga and Vals as they are danced in
the clubs of Buenos Aires. Also offers a Tango boutique and tours of BA.
Dance Spots Network
Locate Dance Spots & Teachers throughout the U.S. & Canada. Over 4,000 dance
spots and teachers listed. All styles.
Alaska
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California
Blues and Tango, San Francisco
The purpose of Tangoed Up In Blues is to bring the blues and tango communities
together; to compare and contrast the two dance styles; to explore the tension
between new and old in both dances; and to have a fun time dancing.
Caroline Peattie and Christopher
Nassopoulos, Bay Area
Caroline and Christopher have over twenty years of tango dancing and sixteen
years teaching experience between them. They gained practice dancing on the
crowded milongas of their home in San Francisco, as well as Buenos Aires,
Germany and Holland. Their forte is teaching tango dancers how to improvise in a
social setting without breaking the connection of the close embrace.
Christy Coté Instruction, Performance, Choreography, California
Dancing, choreographing and teaching professionally for more than 20 years,
Christy Coté began her career as a Ballroom and Latin dance instructor for
Arthur Murray Dance Studios. For the past years she has devoted her love of
dance to Argentine Tango becoming one of San Francisco's most respected dancers
and teachers.
DN Dance, Belmont
Lessons and Milonga.
El Studio Tango, San Diego
Provides information about Argentine Tango and Tango Nuevo
workshops by Ross and Camille. Also hosts a regular Milonga.
George Nicol, Palo Alto
Dancing Argentine Tango since 1993, he has also danced Salsa, Ballroom, and
Jazz. He teaches, choreographs, performs, write/records music, and makes
independent films. Since 1999 he has focused on teaching Argentine Tango, Salsa,
and Swing. He conducts classes and private dance lessons in Palo Alto,
California and leads dance tours to Buenos Aires, BVI, and Italy.
Gustavo and Jessica, Santa
Rosa, California
"The Passion, Elegance and Seduction of Argentine Tango"
Hung-Yut Chen
Has been teaching and DJing regularly in San Francisco since 2003. He has also
given workshops in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Currently he
is giving classes at Barrio Tango.
Organic Tango and Tango Gravitas, Los Angeles
Dedicated to the union of traditional and next generation Argentine Tango
dancing.
Tangobay, Monterey
Tango Escape on the Beautiful Monterey Peninsula! Gorgeous scenery, temperate
weather, lots to see and do; and Tango.
Tango by the River, Old Sacramento, California
Northern California's Premier Center for Authentic Argentine Tango.
Tango Caminito, North County, San Diego
[* Also see bottom of the page "Rules for Followers" sent in by Elena Pankey of Tango Caminito]
The Main Teaching: Tango is a Relationship-Therapist, Authentic Energy in the Tango Embrace.
The courses are designed to improve relationships through the dance, develop better balance and life enjoyment. Tango CaminitoDance School is legally registered as non-profit.
Colorado
Dance of the Heart, Boulder
Building a Better World, One Tango at a Time.
Eterna Milonga Tango, Tom Stermitz, Denver
My classes are designed to have you up and dancing social-style Argentine Tango
as quickly as possible. I'm effective at helping the men to feel confident, to
hear the beat, and to acheive mastery with the intricate steps. My
approach is built in layers beginning with fundamentals,
emphasizing improvisation, rhythm, music, heart & soul, and especially the
connection between the leader and follower.
Florida
Tampa Tango, Tampa Bay
Victor Crichton is a teacher, performer, and organizer of Tango events. He has
been involved with our Tango community since its beginning and has been teaching
and organizing events continually since 1997.
Georgia
Tango Bohemia, Atlanta
Group Classes, Private Lessons, and a monthly Milonga in Atlanta. Focus on quality of movement, connection, musicality...
Tango-Rio, Atlanta
Dedicated to promoting Argentine Tango as a social dance and art form. You'll
find us in Atlanta, teaching, performing and hosting special events.
Illinois
Hi we are Somer and Agape, instructors and performers based in Chicago.
We finally have our website up now that we are back from teaching in the Portland Tango Festival.
www.tangoreaction.com
Iowa
Maryland
Tango Duos
Offers a series of group classes for both beginner and intermediate level
dancers. Also organizes social dances.
Massachusetts
Blue Tango, Boston
Argentine Tango with
Hsueh-tze Lee.
MorenoTango, Boston
The Morenos started dancing tango together in late 1997 in Seattle, WA, a hotbed
of tango learning and experimentation. They became professional tango
instructors in Baltimore, where they established a tango community that
continues to grow and thrive. Students express gratitude for T & C's fresh,
funny, clear and well-structured teaching.
Shahrukh Merchant, Boston
Shahrukh Merchant teaches Tango classes in the Boston area once or twice a year.
He has learned Tango from dozens of the top masters from Buenos Aires. He is a
Tango DJ for major Tango events (Patagonia Tango Festival in Argentina, various
Milongas in Buenos Aires, Miami Tango Congress, Las Vegas Tango Congress, Boston
Tango Festival). As a performer, Shahrukh dances in exhibitions with Daniela De
Farias (Boston), and has also performed with Carina Losano and Mariana Fresno
(both of Buenos Aires) and Yvonne Meissner (Netherlands).
Ana Linda, TangoEmbrace.com -
Massachusetts
I teach and dance the genuine Argentine Tango social dance as it is danced in
Buenos Aires and the Milongas (a social dance) around the world. The way that I
teach integrates the beginning dancer into their breath and their balance,
connects them to their imagination through the music and builds a strong and
independent relationship with their dance partner of the moment. I teach new
dancers to be comfortable with many styles of the social dance: Milonguero or
Club Style often called “Close embrace” whether through the shared axis or the
independent axis, as well as the open figure style of dancing with a fluid
embrace.
Minnesota
Lois Donnay, MNDance, Minneapolis
My classes stress musicality and connection. We start right away with close
embrace, as the dance is done in BsAs, so you learn the right way from the
beginning. Every step that is taught is also fit to the music as well as the
social dance floor.
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Carolina y Diego
Carolina Zokalski and Diego Di Falco have more than 7 years of experience as
professional dancers, they joined the cast of the original Broadway production
of FOREVER TANGO. At the age of 20 they became the youngest tango dancers in the
history of American Musical Theater. They also have a Tango
store and instructional videos.
New Mexico
New York
Celebrate Tango
Gayatri Martin lives in New York, gives classes internationally. We organize
classes, workshops and exciting social events for the community to learn,
explore and move to the rhythms of the passionate culture that is ARGENTINE
TANGO.
Carina Moeller's Studio, NYC
Triangulo is the only studio in New York City dedicated solely to Argentine
tango.
Dance Manhattan
Dance Manhattan, the ideal Social Ballroom, Swing, Latin and Tango studio, is
located in the heart of Chelsea, New York City. We offer a full range of private
lessons, group classes at all levels, one-day crash courses and workshops, and
introductory packages. Our most popular dance events include Tango Mondays.
DanceSport, Manhattan
Dance Studio
Various styles including AT.
Dario da Silva, East Coast
Dario Da Silva is an Argentine born and trained tango dancer. He has been
teaching and performing throughout the East coast for the past four years. He
has performed in New York at many dance events such as the International
Encounter of Nations in Albany, the Dance Flurry in Saratoga Springs, the
Merking Concert Hall and Joe's Pub in Manhattan.
Valeria Solomonoff, Valetango, New York
Based in New York City, Argentine-born Valeria Solomonoff has performed
internationally and at some of the world's most prestigious venues. She has
performed with the world's top Tango dancers and was recently selected to
perform for Argentine President Nestor Kirchner in New York which would mark the
second time Valeria has performed for an Argentine head of state.
Ney Melo, NYC
Ney Melo is among the best of the new generation of Argentine Tango
dancers. His "close-embrace" tango style evolved from his experiences in the
milongas of Buenos Aires and his extensive studies with masters of the Villa
Urquiza and nuevo styles of tango; Jorge Dispari y La Turca, Chicho Frumboli ,
and Julio Balmaceda & Corina de La Rosa. Ney is currently living in Buenos Aires
and is running a tour for those wishing to train intensively in Buenos Aires.
Tangocompany, Carlos Yannacañedo, New York
Carlos Yannacañedo began performing professionally at age 14 and has performed
throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the United States, both as a dancer and
as a musician. As a member of TANGO A MEDIA LUZ, Carlos was dance captain and
assistant under Tango great, Pampa Cortes.
Tango with Carlos
Argentinean Tango with Carlos de Chey. For Private Sessions, Small Groups and
Shows.
Westchester Tango
Elegant and passionate, haunting and melancholy, tango involves not only the
body but also the soul.
Ohio
Oregon
Tango Berretin, Portland
Alex Krebs.
TangoMoments
Jay and Jodi give private lessons and group classes, Portland, OR.
DanceMode Dance Studios,
Portland
Various styles including AT.
Philadelphia
Kelly Ray &
Lesley Mitchell, DancePhiladelphia
Various styles including AT. Regular Milonga.
South Carolina
TangoRojo
Charleston and Mount Pleasant: Classes, private lessons and milongas.
Learn the beauty of this captivating dance of passion.
Texas
TangoEssence, La Mesa
Linda is originally from Mexico and is now living permanently in San Diego. She
has been dancing and studying Tango since 1998.
Vermont
Tango in Vermont
Gerd Hirschmann.
Virginia
Washington D.C.
TangoZen, Washington D.C.
Tangozen is walking dance meditation, combining Zen principles with Tango
dancing.
Wisconsin
Argentine Tango in Wisconsin
Julia and Todd, International performers, choregraphers, playwriters, lecturers,
and instructors. All levels of instruction. Hosts to Stewart Park outdoor
milongas during our summer season every Wednesday night.
CANADA
Air de Tango
Argentinean tango school and dance troupe.
David Gurr, Canada
Let me welcome you to the Machismo Academy whose title is deliberately ironic
because, while we need to seek perfection - like Machismo's pocket handkerchief
- we must also know that we won't ever attain it, and therefore approach the
learning of tango with a sense of fun, not dread.
Susana Domingues, Vancouver
Welcome to my Tango & Salsa website! I
offer lessons in Salsa and Argentine Tango in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Information about Tango and Salsa events in Vancouver, dance instructors,
history of the dances, music, instructional Salsa video and group course
schedules which include Merengue, Milonga, Tango-Vals.
Tango Nova
Founded by dance instructor Margaret Spore, Tangonova is dedicated to
establishing an authentic tango presence in Nova Scotia. Intimate,
improvisational and challenging. Argentine tango is truly the dance of fearless
passion. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Europe
Austria
TribuTango, Feldkirch, Austria
Belgium
De Smet-Camby
Various styles, including AT.
Marisa y Oliver
Various courses.
Bulgaria
France
Academia del Tango
Argentina, Marseilles, France
Née de la rencontre entre Marion Ouazana (Directrice Artistique du Gym Jazz
Garden) et de Christine Versé (Université de Buenos Aires), elle devient une
association Loi 1901 a Orléans en Février 1994, s'exporte a Milton Keynes
(Angleterre) de 1999 a 2001 et s'établit aujourd'hui définitivement à Marseille.
Germany
Almatango, Hamburg, Germany
Michael Rubach und Elfriede Bley. Geprägt haben uns hauptsächlich die
Tangolehrer der alten Tangogarde Antonio Todaro, Eduardo Arquimbau, Pepito
Avellaneda, Luis Gordona und Carlos Copes und nicht zuletzt, deren großartiger
Nachfolger Gustavo Naveira.
Britta Winkler, Berlin, Germany
Brigitta Winkler lebt in Berlin und New York. Sie
studierte in Berlin Ballet and Modern Dance. 1980 entdeckte sie Tango Argentino.
1985 Aufenthalt in Paris. Auftritte im Troittior de Buenos Aires, Paris.
Anschliessend Tour und Auftritte in Montreal und Toronto. Regelmässige
Studienaufenthalte in Buenos Aires. Unterricht bei Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio
Todaro, Pepito, Gustave Naveiro und Eduardo Arquimbau.
City Tanzschule, Moers
Für die bewegenden Momente im Leben.
CondeTango, Heidelberg
Jürgen und Andrea Graf. Tango und Salsa sowie Standard/Latein.
Dante Perassi
Aus Argentinien, hauptberuflicher Tanzlehrer in Deutschland seit 1992. Tango und
Salsa Workshops, Kurse und Einzelstunden. Tanzpartnerbörse.
EgoTango, Berlin
Gaiai, Yannick, Leandro.
Elcantado del Tango, Darmstadt, Germany
Seit 1996 unterrichtet Andrés Tango Argentino. 2001 eröffnete er sein eigenes
Studio "Encantado del Tango". Inzwischen entwickelt er individuelle
Unterrichtskonzepte im Rahmen einer Aus- und Weiterbildung für Tangolehrer und
Assistenten. Sein Tango zeichnet sich durch extreme Musikalität aus; schnelle,
leichtfüßige Verzierungen spiegeln kleinste Modulationen in der Melodie wider.
Andreas Tango ist ruhig und elegant. Er beruht auf mehrjähriger Fortbildung
sowohl in den verschiedenen Stilen das Tango de Salón (unter anderem Canyengue
und Tango Orillero) als auch als Bühnentänzerin.
Enrique Grahl Junior y Judita Zapatero, Stuttgart
They enjoyed a solid tango education in Buenos Aires with the great masters of
the Tango and gave their debut in the Sunderland Club in Buenos Aires. Tango led
them from Buenos Aires to Europe, where they successfully give shows and teach
all over the continent.
Fabian Carbone, Köln
Diplom-Sozialpädagoge, Bandoneonist, Tangolehrer. Geboren 1963 in San Juan/
Argentinien.
Fabiana, Germany
Fabiana ist in Córdoba geboren und unterrichtet seit mehr als achtzehn Jahren
Tango in Deutschland. In Frankfurt hat sie die Tango-Szene maßgeblich aufgebaut.
Im Januar 1999 gründete sie ihre eigene 'Academia de Tango Argentino', und seit
drei Jahren arbeitet sie mit Julio zusammen.
IBP-Tango, Germany
Verschiedene Kurse.
Inspiracion Tango, Germany
Emile und Hülya sind erfahrene Lehrer, die sich sowohl im Salontango als auch im
Bühnentango sehr gut auskennen. Emile unterrichtet den Tango seit 1992 und
arbeitet seit 1994 mit Hülya zusammen. Beide wirken hauptsächlich im
süddeutschen Raum, sind jedoch auch auf internationalen Festivals in Europa, den
USA und in Israel bekannt. Nazan hat als Tangolehrerin den Tango hier in
Heidelberg über die letzten Jahre aufblühen lassen. Teilweise wurde sie dabei
von Emile tatkräftig und künstlerisch unterstützt. In ihrem Kursprogramm finden
sich Einfachheit, Eleganz, Spontanität und höchste künstlerische Fähigkeit
zusammen.
Irmel Weber, Berlin, Germany
Irmel Weber's Tanzstil ist durch ihre Ausbildung bei Eduardo Arquimbau, Antonio
Todaro und Gustavo Naveira geprägt. Zusammen mit Michael Rühl arbeitete sie in
Tangoshows und Tangokonzerten ebenso wie in Varietés, Theatern und
Tangofestivals im In- und Ausland. Sie unterrichtet Tango Argentino seit 1988.
In ihrem Unterricht legt sie besonderen Wert auf die Gleichwertigkeit der Rollen
"Führen und Folgen", das "wie" der Bewegung, die Freude am gemeinsamen Tanzen.
"Tango - das ist für mich ein gemeinsamer Spaziergang".
Karsten Waniorek, Berlin, Germany
Nach dem Unterricht bei bekannten Lehrer/innen in Berlin nahm er Unterricht bei
den alten Meistern des Argentinischen Tangos, um sie mit ihren Tanzstilen kennen
zu lernen. Bei der den alten Meistern folgenden Generation internationaler Stars
des Tangos setzte er seine tänzerische Entwicklung fort und integrierte alles zu
einem eigenen Stil.
Kenneth & Sieglinde, Stuttgart, Germany
Tango Argentino in Stuttgart lernen und genießen.
La Caminada
Dance studio, Berlin. Various styles, including AT.
Melina Sedó & Detlef Engel -Tango de Salón
They interpret the traditional tango de salón in a personal and modern way. At the core of their lessons, which are always geared towards improvisational capability, are intensive body work and analysis of
tango's structures. But technical understanding is just a means to concentrate better on the essential: developing
one's own style.
Melina and Detlef mainly work in Germany and in France and also teach on tango holidays and give workshops.
Ocho - Stuttgart, Germany
Die Tango Argentino Tanzschule in Stuttgart.
Petra and Michael, Munich, Germany
Que tango - Marina Jablonski, Munich, Germany
Unterricht im Tango Argentino in Buenos Aires und bei Argentinischen
Grossmeistern in Europa.
Siempre Tango, Karlsruhe
Carlo Sansour, Brigitte Albert, Emile Sansour, Gabriela Radtke, Ralf
Schulmeister und Mostafa El Omari unterrichten. In unserem Unterricht behandeln
wir alle Stile des Argentinischen Tangos. Angefangen beim innigen Tango de Salon
mit der engen Umarmung, die offene Variante und der Tango Nuevo Stil sind fester
Bestandteil unseres Unterrichts. Einfühlsam gehen wir auf jeden einzelnen in
unseren Kursen ein, wobei Technik, Gefühl im Einklang mit der Musik
ausbalanciert sind. Wir sind bemüht für jeden eine Tangotür zu öffnen, egal ob
mit oder ohne Tanzerfahrung. Es ist uns wichtig, Spaß und Freude am Tangotanzen
zu erwecken und zu vermitteln.
Susanne Opitz, Berlin, Germany
Körperorientierte Basisarbeit für Aufrichtung, Haltung, Balance und mehr Genuss
beim Tanzen. Ihr lernt Figuren (Ochos, Drehungen, Sacadas und Boleos) zu
improvisieren und Musik (Rhythmus oder Melodie) zu interpretieren.
Tango-Master, Hannover, Germany
Germán Cassano & Liliana Espinosa aus Buenos Aires. Tänzer, Choreographen und
Lehrer des Tango Argentino.
Tangorios, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Tangotanzen, Ines and Ulrich, Berlin, Germany
Wir unterrichten mit grosser Begeisterung Tango argentino. Wichtig ist uns, von
Beginn an die Improvisationsfähigkeit zu schulen, um Tango frei von festgelegten
Schrittmustern geniessen zu können. Ziel unseres Unterrichts ist Harmonie mit
der Musik und dem Partner durch präzise und sensible Führung, Eleganz und
“aktives” Folgen. Wir nehmen seit vielen Jahren Unterricht bei verschiedenen
argentinischen Maestros und unternehmen Reisen nach Buenos Aires. Das gibt uns
neue Impulse und Anregungen zur Weiterentwicklung. Wir mögen sowohl den eng
getanzten „Milonguero Stil“, als auch die vielfältigen Tanzvariationen die in
offener Haltung möglich sind.
Tango-Werkstatt, Regensburg, Germany
Im Unterricht legen sie sehr viel Wert auf Tanzqualität, sodaß von Beginn an ein
gemeinsames Tanzgefühl entsteht, das durch Lust, Spannung und Spaß des
Tanzpaares am Tanz und Einswerden mit der Musik geprägt ist. Der Unterricht
umfaßt sowohl den Tango im Salon, als auch den Bühnentango, die Milonga und den
Vals Cruzado.
Greece
Hungary
Társastánc
Teaching in Budapest.
Ireland
Italy
Barrio de Tango
Argentino a Reggio Emilia
Il corso propedeutico si indirizza a coloro che si avvicinano al Tango argentino
per la prima volta. Verranno introdotti i concetti guida sulla musica e la sua
interpretazione, la “marca” dell’uomo e la decodificazione da parte della donna,
la postura, camminate e figure semplici che permettono ai ballerini di muoversi
in pista.
Christina e Claudio, Italy - sogniditango
Cristina e Claudio, dopo una formazione legata alla danza agonistica, si
avvicinano al tango nel 1995. In seguito approfondiscono i loro studi con
importanti professionisti di Buenos Aires e, nel mettere a confronto i diversi
stili di tango, hanno soddisfatto quel che forse per loro natura li rappresenta
di più, quel bisogno di ricerca che conduce alle profondità del tango, alle sue
molteplici verità e innumerevoli espressioni.
"El Firulete", Torino,
Italy
La Scuola Permanente di Tango Argentino "El Firulete" è un progetto che i
maestri Sarita Goyas e Ricardo Labriola portano avanti ormai da sei anni nella
città di Torino. La Scuola "El Firulete" (in spagnolo significa finta o
abbellimento del passo) si propone, con i Maestri Labriola, non solo di
impartire lezioni di Tango, ma di diffondere la cultura tanguera argentina.
FerraraTango
Tango Argentino Ferrara.
Gato y Andrea Tango
Tango, Milonga & Vals, Ladies Technique. Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced
levels. Group classes and private lessons.
Susana y Pablo, Parma
We design our classes to be fun, informative, interactive, and developmental.
Each student will develop a knowledge of their body and an understanding of the
body's normal and healthy functional movement.
Tamotango
Corsi, pratica e serate di tango argentino ; Incontri culturali , proiezioni di
video; Laboratorio di teatro-tango; Spettacoli e Concerti.
TangoinProgress, Rome
Tango-nuevo school in Rome, organizing workshops with famous teachers of the "tango-nuevo style".
Regular weekly Milonga called "Querer, Retroelectromilongon".
Netherlands
Academia de Tango, Amsterdam
Courses, salons, practice events. Classes are given in Dutch, however our
teachers speak English Español Deutsch Italiano Frances.
Amor de Tango, Utrecht
Franc Duking is docent aan de Internationale School. Persoonlijke groei en
bewustwording is een belangrijk thema voor hem. Vijf jaar geleden is hij
begonnen zijn passie voor de Argentijnse tango met anderen te delen. Magda
Franckaert werkt als kunstzinnig therapeut in het speciaal onderwijs. Haar grote
liefde voor dans en dansexpressie leeft ze uit in experimentele dans en
Argentijnse tango. Naast de lessen organiseert ze tangosalons en vrije
dansavonden in haar zaal op de Vleutenseweg.
Anna Rosa
Oliver Kruse and Carla Somer, Utrecht.
Cheek 2 Cheek
School voor Argentijnse Tango in Amersfoort.
Cuartito Azul,
Rotterdam
Een van de grootste scholen van Nederland waar je de
Argentijnse tango in al zijn veelzijdigheid kunt leren, waar je workshops van
Nederlandse en Argentijnse maestro’s kunt volgen, kijken en luisteren naar
spetterende optredens en fraaie live muziek, waar je elkaar kunt ontmoeten, kunt
dansen en genieten in een open, bruisende en ontspannen sfeer.
Dos Bailadores, Amsterdam, Leiden, The
Haugue
Classes of original Argentinean Tango were started in 2000. The specialties of
dance school 'Claudio Gomes' were the Brazilian dances like Axé Bahia, Forró,
Samba and Zouk, but they also give Salsa lessons.
El Corzon, Nijmegen
Wij leren onze cursisten de "letters" van het "tango-alfabet". Leren hen daarmee
"woorden" te maken. Maar... uiteindelijk dansen zij hun eigen "verhaal".
Flor de Fango, Arnhem
Sinds 1989 bestaat er ook in Arnhem de mogelijkheid om de Argentijnse tango in
al zijn vormen te leren dansen. Tijdens de vele salóns de tango (dansfeesten) en
andere gelegenheden wordt in de bijzondere en ongedwongen sfeer van Flor de
Fango in de Wezenstraat gedanst. Ook elders in Nederland kan steeds vaker
gedanst worden op speciale tango feesten. Stichting Flor de Fango bestaat al 15
jaar en mag inmiddels rekenen op een vaste aanhang van haar eigen (oud)
leerlingen en vele gelegenheidsdansers van elders.
Fuego Lento
School for Argentine Tango in Amersfoort and Utrecht. Also demonstrations,
workshops and presentations in and outside the Netherlands.
Tango El Corte, Netherlands
The best way of learning tango is to dance it. Therefore el corte organizes
-next to a lot of teaching- salons, practice nights, workshops, concerts, films
and lectures.
Tango El Voleo, Netherlands
Leni en Enrique, Hengelo.
Tango la Zapada, Utrecht and Eindhoven, Netherlands
School for Argentine Tango in Utrecht and Eindhoven by Birkit and Muzaffer. Also
for demonstrations, workshops and guest classes in and outside the Netherlands.
Norway
Tangokurs, Jarle Sandodden, Norway
Various courses.
Eero Olli's Homepage
Drop-In Tango lessons, photographs. Norway, in Norwegian.
Spain
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Sweden
Tango conTacto Lund
Uppvisning och undervisning i argentinsk tango i Stångby, Lund och Malmö. Sajten
innehåller mängder av tips och fakta om tango. Tango teaching in the south of
Sweden. Site mainly in Swedish, with lots of basic facts and tips on the
Argentine Tango.
Switzerland
Arte Danza
Ariel and Elisa Gutrierez, Zurich.
Elisa blieb über 2 Jahre in der Hauptstadt des Tangos und nahm Unterricht bei
verschiedenen TanzlehrerInnen.
Ariel zog mit 17 Jahren aus der argentinischen Provinz nach Buenos Aires, wo
er den Wurzeln des Tangos noch näher kam. Sein grosses Talent veranlasste
seine Tanzlehrer schon nach kurzer Zeit, ihn als ihren Protegé zu fördern und
ihm ein Stipendium zu ermöglichen.
Almatango.com, Geneva, Switzerland
Toute l'année, AlmaTango organise cours, stages et pratiques. Nous faisons venir
régulièrement des professeurs chevronnés, internationalement reconnus pour la
plupart, et leurs cours sont ensuite revus en commun pendant les pratiques
hebdomadaires.
Eric and Jeusa, Switzerland
Jeusa Vasconcelos and Eric Müller have made a name for themselves
internationally as dancers and teachers of the tango in their 16 years of
partnership. After having founded the earliest tango salons in Rio de Janeiro,
they came to Switzerland. They have developed their own style based on the tango
of the ‘30s and ‘40s. They dance a tango that is authentic and highly
interpretive, and their teaching meets the highest, most exacting standards.
Plan-T Basel
Eine Plattform zur Förderung des Tango Argentino im Raume Basel.
Tangobasel, Switzerland
Cécile Sidler und Romeo Orsini unterrichten zusammen mit Claudia und Markus
Böhmer, Joachim Dietiker und Miriam Kündig sowohl Anfängerinnen und Anfänger wie
auch Fortgeschrittene. Ihnen allen ist die lockere, fliessende Bewegung, die
Vermittlung einer subtilen Technik, das Entdecken der Musikalität und die
Harmonie innerhalb des Paares wichtig. Zum regelmässigen Kursangebot am Abend
gehören auch Intensiv-Workshops an Wochenenden.
UK
Tango Malvern, Worcestershire, West Midlands
Dedicated to Pure Argentine Tango - nothing less! Classes and Milongas.
Taste of Tango, London
Jenney Surelia is very passionate
about bringing Argentine Tango to a wider audience. She learned to dance in
Paris 6 years ago and has danced in many countries including France,
Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Her classes are fun, relaxed and informal,
carrying with them all the essential elements that take the absolute beginner
to distinguish Argentine Tango from any other dance form. The main objective
of Jenney's beginners classes is to have enough fun learning to want to go on
learning and dancing forever.
Academia del Tango
Argentina, Milton Keynes, UK
Established in the Milton Keynes, UK, in February 2000 by Marion Ouazana, it was
carried on by Guillaume de Keating-Hart and Karin Huettl when Marion decided to
further the pursuite and promotion of the Tango heritage by founding the
"Conservatoire Tango" in Marseille, France.
Pablo Alonso, London, UK
Dancer, choreographer and teacher of authentic Argentine Tango.
Brighton Dancing
Various styles, including AT.
Latin America
ARGENTINA
Also see the Dancers and Performers Section on Argentina. A number of dancers teach.
Carlos Copello
International School of Dance and Art located in "Al Abasto" historical
neighbourhood.
Cosmotango Fabián Salsa
and Carolina del Rivero
Teaching, Videos, Music and the CITA festival in Buenos
Aires.
Elisabeth Guerrero
Elizabeth se ha formado con los principales maestros de tango de la Argentina:
Ricardo Barrios, Tete y Silvia, Coca y José Abregú, Maximiliano Ávila, Graciela
González, Mingo Pugliese, Carlos Rivarola, Juan Carlos Copes y Rodolfo Dinzel.
Estudio Calas Tango
Tango, Singing and Guitar lessons. Also shows.
Gato y Andrea
Gato and Andrea started dancing together in 1998. They dance "Tango Salón" with
refinement and distinction, which is the most attractive style of Tango to be
shown on stage. Together they have formed a well-known reputation not only for
their elegance, technique and musicality, but also for their “caminar a tierra”.
Gustavo y Giselle
Maestros, bailarines y coreógrafos del Tango Argentino.
Hector Falcon
Dancer choreographer and teacher of Tango and Milonga who has performed his art
all round the world.
Sandra Gatti & Eduardo Arce Saborido
Dancers, Teachers and Choreographers of Argentine Tango.
Tango Dance Training
Mauricio Castro.
Brazil
Asia
Hong Kong
Trio Spin Studio
Trio Spin Studio organize monthly Milonga (usually on the last Saturday of each
months), weekly practicas, Tango classes and Overseas Masters' Tango Workshops.
It also offers the studio for Tango practice and to take private lessons. It is
a space for meeting tango friends in Hong Kong, dancing and enjoy the tango
music.
Israel
Japan
Turkey
Baila Tango
BailaTango is the world's premier international tango school, with instructors
in 12 cities and 4 countries. We're dedicated to the proposition that Argentine
Tango is a dance of the people and can be enjoyed by everybody.
AFRICA
South Africa
El Cacha
Tango group & private classes, Tango shows and choreography.
Tango Cape Town
For us, Tango is an improvised experience for two people in a Close Embrace
within a group. Our hallmark is natural, elegant and musical dancing. We offer
Classes and workshops for students from Absolute Beginners to Advanced dancers
and professionals.
Tango Speakeasy
Classes and Milonga.
AUSTRALIA
L'Affaire de Tango
Promotes professional tuition and offers private lessons and group dancing
classes. Enjoy a Milonga in Melbourne on a Saturday evening among the
friends and family of Melbourne's tango community.
PATIO de TANGO - Sydney, Australia
Now follow a series of articles by Elena Pankey of Tango Caminito, www.tangocaminito.com, who has had a good many articles published over the years in La Vida tango, Dance Note and others. [Thank you Elena for permission to publish your articles here!]
Enjoy your Tango-challenge! Don’t give up!
All Rights Reserved (c) Elena Pankey
Rules for the Followers
by Elena Pankey
In this present world of strong women, who lead their lives and control all emotional and business movements, it is a very challenging task left for men: to be a leader. Everybody said they should be stronger, smarter, faster, more energetic, and just more. But from their childhood men mostly were raised by mothers, taught by women-teachers, and accustomed to be obediently polite to their wives (not to upset them). Now in such situations some men are leaders, and some others are giving up! Most of them could get very good leading techniques from the tango lessons, but only IF women would learn HOW to be good followers.
The good answer for a happy tango relationship or for a happy marriage is in traditional role of the Tango leader. But, Ladies, let your partner be a MAN. Learn how to be a follower on the dance floor, and during the tango lessons.
Most women consciously or authentically feel that they need leaders in their lives. They feel it, but still try to take too much burden on their shoulders, even in the dance. They are so accustomed to teach, to help, to talk, that they cannot stop doing it even during the perfectly good dance lessons with a good teacher, who also talks.
First: most women need to train themselves NOT TO TALK to a man during the lesson or practice. Learn how to listen. Make an effort to listen silently to the energy that he is trying to project in the frame of the embrace. If men give up tango would never happen.
Tango asks for "mucho macho." It is a man's dance, but it is always about the woman.
However, it was and is about leading by men.
FOLLOWERS: try to give your partner a chance to express himself. Give him a moment on the dance floor to do something on his own, let him make an initiative! It would please him tremendously! THEN, he would feel joy! And THEN he would make you happy!
RULES:
1. Listen to your partner intently
2. Don't teach him anything even though you might think you know more
3. Don't talk to him during the lesson or during your practice with him
4. Don't try to help him by saying HOW he needs to do the step
5. Try to please him with everything during the practice, and support his effort to learn with you
6. Follow his lead even though it might be "wrong" or just his experiments
7. Be willing to go with your man where he leads you on the dance floor
8. Close your eyes, and read the energy inside the frame
9. Learn the correct tango techniques (it is equal for both)
10. Listen to the music while moving with your partner
11. Don't assume what is next
12. Learn patterns and be ready should the leader break them for his own interpretation
13. Don't follow some "fashion" without thinking, and without adjusting the tango style to your own body/mind, and without understanding what each style means!
Every woman can dance only on the Leader's skills.
Comfort of your partner is a key to your joy
by Elena Pankey
The biggest challenged for some competitive dancers is to get a distinctive style (dance, dress, talk, accessory, hair), and create a special image which everybody would remember. For the social purpose of the dancing it is not a goal. The most important to have fun with whatever you do. But all of us usually look to see if people have style or not. Good Tango dancers usually have some style. YOUR OWN style in tango is created from very few elements so that you dance differently than others. You dance it according to the leader's personality and tempo.
Many men come to Milonga because of their desire to find a partner.
But most women want to create and investigate the Tango music. They want to know what they could do with a man and such music. If a leader cannot dance well yet, he can just remain seated during a Milonga, watch and enjoy it.
However, if you want to enjoy dancing, if you want to give the great leading pleasure - study tango well. Then any woman will come to the Milonga to dance with you!
Most women are very fast learners. They "read" the 3-4 combinations that men dance in his first dance with them. If the DJ has put his heart in his music collection and understands what people like to dance, the music might often also be good. But any good music cannot compensate for the uncertainty and the confusion of men, stumbling with the steps, not understanding the space arrangement, and trying to move somewhere without leading skills.
Eventually, with some persistence, everybody can learn Tango steps. But to attain good skills and the freedom of improvisation, people need to make a big investment of time and money in the learning process.
Some private lessons might bring men a better understanding of the clear and precise leading techniques.
The main idea of a talented dancer is to experiment and find some special, only for you, movements from the inside out, rather than trying to imitate somebody else…
Try all that. Then you and your dance might shine during your routine.
MY TANGO STORY
Tango is just a walk with love in your heart
By Elena Pankey
All who love Tango have their own Tango stories. I came into this world because of Tango. My mother met her only love (a Greek man) on the dance floor of a small town on the Black Sea, South of Russia. My parents enjoyed dancing Tango. Tango gave them passion and love, and it gave life to me.
Argentine Tango music deeply talks from heart to heart about different sides of life and love. It is constantly changing, and has difficulties, like in real life. My parents did not stay together for a long time, and my mother did not live a long life.
Tango later came to me in several different periods of my life. Only now, looking back, can I connect all these small, separate pieces into a whole picture and see why and how I came to Tango or why Tango chose me.
First, we had a bandoneon at home.
My grandfather Mina brought this strange (accordion like) musical instrument from Germany after World War II. He even tried to teach me to play it.
You need to open it widely and take the air.
It would play the music, if you know which buttons to push. The same button plays one sound when you open it and another when you close it. Also, you need to memorize the sounds and all buttons. It is an instrument for very smart people - he would say. Later I learned how to play the big, real accordion.
Once when I was ten years old, I attended a Young Pioneers summer camp. In the evenings on the dance floor people gathered for dance and talk, and on some days children were allowed to come. Tango was very fashionable at that time.
One night the crowd was especially large and noisy, reacting very strongly to what was happening on the dance floor. I also tried to come closer, but saw just crazy and strange leg movements, doing different tricks under the influence of the exciting and passionate music.
Finally, I could look up and was shocked by the intimate and very close positions a man and a woman.
This couple looked disgustingly sexy.
The contract between the stillness of their upper bodies and energetic leg movements was so strong, that it shocked me. They aroused my interest.
Their heads were slightly turned to the side like they were watching someone inside their embrace. Someone was between them, someone whom they tried to impress, compete with, or seduce. At the end of the dance a man put a woman on his leg and a little lower and posed... And at this last moment with the last chord of music, he suddenly looked directly in her eyes.
They posed and posed. Silence, dream and love mesmerized everybody. Then the whole crowd exploded and yelled.
A man and a woman walked, faded away and disappeared.
The next evening the orchestra started with a Tango. I was invited to the dance floor by a boy and forgot the whole world. He gave me his hand and Tango came to my soul for the first time....
However, I did not dance Tango again for a long time.
My second tango sensation I experienced in California while watching a performance of the Tango Passion, a well-known professional tango company from Argentina. In the intermission, we found an invitation for dance lessons. It was the beginning of my new and strong Tango passion.
Later I tried to watch every show they would bring to California. Then, for several years I persistently trained with some of the great Tango Masters of the world.
I found everything that I did not have in my life there in the most exciting and complicated music of Authentic Tango. In the movements of this dance lies all feelings, all twists and plots of real life. My mother's first love lived forever there.
Tango is about love. My husband's love and generosity brought tango to my real life while we were cruising to Alaska. One evening we enjoyed a show by Las Pampas Devils. The next day we asked Pablo Juan Vino and Hugo Daniel to teach me some stage choreography to dance with them.
Then we fallowed this professional tango - gauchos group for many cruises, and I performed with them on several cruise ships.
Later, in San Diego once again, destiny intervened, and my search brought me back to Tango.
In 2004 was invited to give my Tango lesson before the show Tango Passion at Escondido Center of the Arts. People say: What goes around - comes around. Life made its circle again. I finally got again a chance to learn and dance with Los Ocampo...
Then I opened my own Tango CAMINITO Dance School and began to teach Communications, Energy and Connections in the Embrace of Tango. During my lessons I use some metaphors that precisely talk about the hidden sense of steps. For some special students, tango might open its very special, mysterious world to them.
I feel that tango is a dance with the invisible third person, who is inside our frame, and who we are constantly looking at... –The music is our main partner. How many new discoveries tango hides? Come to learn and dance with me!
Some Hints On Tango
by Elena Pankey
The real Tango occurs when a man and a woman are in harmony with each other, and they dance to the same musical instrument. They need to listen to each other, and to the music, which is their conductor during the dance. But every leader has a different perception and interpretation of the specific Tango music. That is why tango hooks artistic people for a lifetime.
I usually start my new class with a joke: "Gentlemen! I have some news: You have to be leaders in Tango!"
Learning Tango is an endless process, and there is always some challenge in it. The more advanced the man is, the more attention and concentration it takes for the woman to follow him.
In order to be a great leader, to please a partner and give her some joy, a man should learn this incredible dance very intensely, with determination and dedication.
During our lessons we give the historical explanation of some movements. Also, we use many different images to help people to understand the steps. It brings great fun to our lessons. For example, "a big boleo" (leg makes a circle behind the standing leg) might have come from men's fights, when they tried to clean some space behind them without looking back. A special Tango walk with torque, for example, came from the 19th century, when this dance was born in Buenos Aires. Men "danced" or walked with the music ready to fight or protect a woman from others.
Some hints on tango techniques: A strong frame and good posture by the leader is 90% of the dance.
A leader should not ever move his left arm!
He should not lean forward or backward, but should keep the upper body straight up, without breaking the waistline.
Whatever we do in Tango, our knees are flexed a little but never locked!
Don't keep your weight on the heels; walk with your toes forward, carefully placing the feet on the floor, and all the time face your woman. This is your main lead, gentleman!! Your walk forward should look like somebody holds you behind and tries to pull you back, while you are trying to escape from that person. For example, to walk inside the woman straight forward, you would first put her weight on her left leg. At the beginning, for the first walking step, you will give her impulse, then raise your knee and touch her knee. She moves her leg and gives you some space. Then you stretch your right leg forward with your toes first, in a position of "parada" or "promenade position." At the same time, you still keep the other leg bent slightly. Your weight is, at that point, on your bending leg. Be sure that one knee is behind the other one. So, you should have a shape of a triangle between the legs. You are slightly in a position like you want to sit down, with your spine vertical to the floor.
This is what keeps good balance for many advanced movements.
You then move your body to the middle, with your weight equally on both feet. Then you move your weight onto your leading leg, which you then relax as your other leg stretches forward in a new position of "parada" or "promenade position."
Most of us watch men's footwork: how smoothly the feet caress the floor, how skillful are the pivots, how precise are the steps, leads, or technique. Women want to choose a partner with whom it would be interesting to investigate new challenges and attain some joy of Tango.
A good dancer makes any woman look good.
A woman cannot make up the dance for a man, because he is a leader and the first creator of the Tango design. Leaders need to improve their ability to make fast decisions during the two minutes of Tango. When a leader has a vast active Tango vocabulary, he will be able to improvise and build his own Tango.
This is why it is so interesting to watch dancing couples; they are all different creators.
Enjoy your Tango. It is the "powerful NOW"!
Communication in Tango
by Elena Pankey
Tango was born at the end of 19th century in Buenos Aires and Montevideo from combinations of many dance elements from different cultures. At that time many men from all over the world came to Argentina looking for work and new opportunities. They were strong, adventurous and courageous people; some of them were criminals escaping from justice in their homelands.
In the beginning Tango was communication for people experiencing the lonely life of immigrants. It still is a way of silent dance communication.
Men (porteños) would work hard at the docks on the Rio de la Plata, save some money, and then go to a dance hall or brothel to buy some time or a dance with a woman. For some men at that time two minutes of a dance could cost a fortune. This dance was around a woman and for her. It was expensive, and it was a challenge. Competition between the men often led to fights. While dancing, they held their woman tight with the right arm, protecting her. The left arm was always available for handling a knife. This left arm was not important for the dance, and a woman never relied on it.
Since women danced with many different men without set patterns (like we have now) they were led by watching the chest of their partner. Women would look over the man's left shoulder giving him a signal if somebody was approaching from behind. This still is the etiquette of Milonga!
All men were looking for consolation, comfort, and excitement… for a woman. There were not enough available women; some were pricey and spoiled. Men practiced with each other the moves from their national dances in order to improve their skills. For example, Europeans brought from fencing the most common movements in tango: "corte" and "parada." These two positions every Tanguero still needs to recognize in many steps because they are crucial for authentic expression.
Much later the dance took a specific form and became more elegant. Tango became more acceptable to the middle class, and men could take their own wives to dance on Wednesdays at a dance hall.
At the beginning of this new dance, a little orchestra tried to accommodate, please and help people to move with the music. Two or three musicians would be very skilled and fast to improvise, and their improvisation was dictated by what a dancer did with the legs. This is why tango music is changing all the time. It is a life story in sounds. Unfortunately, this first "Tango music" was not written down, but there might have been some masterpieces. Later the record companies brought some echoes of the original versions of that music to our days.
Tango never ends, nor does the process of learning it. It does not matter whether you are a teacher or an advanced dancer; you just go from one level to another. We think that private lessons are the most effective approach to fast progress in Tango-life, because we use a very particular way of teaching communication. Also, we feel that some special people with fire in their hearts, with dreams in their eyes, with love for this life, will always learn tango faster.
Tango is like traveling: the more you know about it, the more it tells you that you are at the beginning of your road. Moreover, dancing tango is like writing a book: nobody can hide his or her personality while doing it. When we read something, we see the vocabulary and usage of the words, the style and structure of the paragraphs. We see the author behind the description of the subject. The same happens in tango. There are many different styles in tango, different teaching techniques. When a teacher has good knowledge and a clear understanding of tango history, development, and tango techniques, that teacher should have very pleasant and clearly structured lessons. As someone once said in ancient times, "With clear thinking comes clear teaching."
Dancing and learning tango has different meanings and purposes for different people. Recently, a lady wrote to me and said, "Hi Elena! We are Chinese. But I've loved to listen and dance Tango since I was 10. You again re - open for me a new world of tango. How could we become the members of Tango Caminito Company? Alan and I like how you are teaching. Your instructions are very clear and easy for us to learn! We appreciate you. Thanks for your excellent teaching technique." Alice and Alan Chau, Orange County, California
Whatever we do in our lessons or shows is for the joy and pleasure of all. Sometimes, with apologies to Shakespeare, I say, "Tango is life; life is a theater. Tango is a theater of your life." We like to tell jokes during our lessons and watch people laughing and enjoying themselves. That is the best reward for a good teacher.
Since tango is a relationship therapist, we like to teach couples with established communication, and help them to improve it. When couples are learning, practicing and dancing tango together they have a way to a better, longer, and more beautiful life! We say to them, "Tango is just a walk with LOVE in your heart. It means that a leader, at all times during the dance, needs to think about the comfort of his lady. But it is a two-sided coin; the lady needs to listen to the energy impulse that he sends, as a part of his lead, to her. Tango is like making love; a man is never in a hurry! He leads, then waits for a woman to finish her move, and then he leads her to other things again." If people listen to each other during the dance, they will learn more about each other.
Ladies, even some who like to control, are looking for a confident man-a leader. They don't like men who doubt, either in life or in tango. If the gentleman understands where he is going, if he is not confused with his own decisions, ladies will enjoy dancing with him.
My student at San Diego Champion Ballroom Academy, Edy Lange, from La Jolla, who began to learn to dance in Vienna in the forties wrote to me: "Elena, you are teaching with such joy and enthusiasm! It is a joy to be in your class. I am telling you that because I see also that you both are tremendous business people. I love your way of teaching that is why I come. Thank you." People come to learn tango for many different reasons. Most of them are motivated by the incredible images from tango movies, by the beauty of the music, or by an atmosphere of romance and nostalgia… we think that the passion for Tango is the hidden, unconscious desire for eternity. And once again, we are teaching these special people who feel the music, and deeply understand the powerful present moment of our life!
Position and Meaning of Ladies Head in the Closed/Open Position
by Elena Pankey
The closed or open position has nothing to do with the position of the follower’s head in most cases. For some who learned the history of Ttango movements, it is obvious that everything that we dance has historical, psychological or sociological meaning. When you dance with a man, choose what to dance with him, think about the meaning of the steps.
1. Lady’s head is looking over the man's RIGHT shoulder. (Use ONLY when you both have almost the same height). This position is NOT a characteristic of the close embrace. It is NOT useable for short ladies with a TALL partner!
MEANING: a girl does not care about her partner, does not want to face him, have anything in common with him, does not want to be involved emotionally with this specific man; and might be looking for somebody else behind him.
2. Ladies head is looking over the man's LEFT shoulder ("a window of the dreams").
Her chin is up, and parallel to the floor (but not DOWN; she should NOT look to the floor). This position is used for ANY partner's heights.
MEANING: friendly, polite welcome to communicate; I don't care about other men right now; I am with you to investigate three minutes of this music. This position says: we could go together in one and the same direction, as a union.
However, the position of the head is the personal choice of the woman. The close or open embrace historically was and still is HER personal choice. Tango is a very intimate dance, besides just a “fun” dance. It is NOT exercise with the music. If a woman does not want to be intimate with a partner (during these 3 min), she chooses the open embrace; she chooses the distance between her and the leader.
The man should not force her, he should not insist on a close embrace with every unknown female. Tango was born not in a family business, but in the brothels.
Women who wanted to be hugged danced in a close embrace.
Others, who wanted to just experiment with the movements, or were waiting for somebody else, danced in the open embrace.
Moreover, for some skilled dancers, the open - close embrace would be changed all the time during the different movements. Some movements demand a closer embrace and others should be danced in open embrace (when right arm and hand of the leader slides to the left side of the woman).
In any case, it is a very technical question which should be well taught - or at least historically explained.
Often some students come to our lessons from other places. Recently, I asked one lady to explain to me why she keeps her head over her husband's right shoulder. She said that in such position her "neck is less tired".
Tango Leading Technique
by Elena Pankey
Leading technique has different levels and stages. They are all good to know and use for the understanding of the language of tango and the comfort of dancing it. There are several leadings techniques exists during the dance, but not only one for one style. However, in any style the most important to develop and focus on a strong frame, which has main leading strength.
First, men turn his upper body or his torso to the direction where he wants a follower would go. The followers, who studded the tango techniques, know the first rule of it: follow the upper body of a leader. However, turning the upper body of the leader gives only a pivot to a follower. But it does not have an indication for a step yet.
Second lead is a lead for a movement: leader changes his body weight from one leg to the other on the spot or during the progressive movements. That weight changing makes followers change the body weight as well with a leader together.
A next leading technique is to use right arm, which should be always parallel to the dance floor. That right arm of a leader moves from the right side of a follower (close embrace) to the left side of the follower (open embrace), depending on the steps.
When a follower feels the fingers of a leader right arm on the back (shoulder blades), she take it as a strong leading techniques and one type of a connection.
For some specific movements men use the palm of his right hand for leading her to one direction and his fingers for leading her back to the opposite direction (as in an ocho, for example).
In any style of tango it is important to have a strong frame (space where a leader controls follower’s movements). Leaders could achieve it by NOT moving the left bend elbow (and hand holding women’s right hand) back or behind the left side.
Second, leader’s whist should not be very close to the chest, to the heart. The wrist should be in the middle of two bodies, between two bodies. The left arm bending in the elbow creates equal triangles between the shoulder and the wrists and from the wrist to the chest. When one of the equal sides of those triangles changing the space, the frame is suffering, as well as balance and followers comfort.
As a result of a weak frame you all lose the pleasure of dancing together as one.