Some beautiful dancing. I liked all of the couples, but the couple with the woman with the white top and the couple with the woman in the green dress are very good.

For some of my students, take a look at the posture and embrace. The women are facing the men, they don't have their heads turned to the left. They have their noses over the spines, this creates better balance. They are also not leaning on the men, no contact in the stomach. Their left arms are not up and over the mans shoulder making them tilt their upper bodies, thus throwing off their balance. If they are as tall or taller than the man then they can go up and over the shoulder. But for shorter women, don't compromise your balance for some made up idea about a proper tango embrace.

This weeks alternative tanda focuses on 3 electronic milongas. "Leonel, El Feo" is a really funky milonga by Bajofondo Tango Club with Daniel Melingo singing. "El Lloron" is a very famous milonga and this electronic cover is a lot of fun by Electrocutango. The final song is "Pequeño Paria (Roy Dubb ReRadio Mix)" by Daniel Melingo. I love listening to Melingo, check out all of his albums.

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This weeks tanda is a romantic collection of tangos by Lucio Demare with Juan Carlos Miranda singing.

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This weeks alternative tanda focuses on 3 trip-hop songs. I have edited "Glory Box" and "2 Wicky" to shorten them. Portishead's "Glory Box" is one of my absolutely favorite non-tango songs to dance to. It is very tango in feeling and subject matter. The second one is the french version of "Only You," whcih I think makes it even better than the english version. Hooverphonic's "2 Wicky" is a little less well known, but great for dancing and fits well with the first two.

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This weeks tanda is a collection of tangos by Francisco Lomuto. Francisco Lomuto career lasted from 1922 to 1950 and he created more than 950 recordings.

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This weeks tanda is a collection of electronic tangos by Bajofondo Tango Club. Bajofondo is one of the most consistently good electronic tango groups. This is a downtempo set of very beautiful songs. The first song, "Centroja," has been shortened to make it better for dancing. We recently did a class demo to "Forma" which can be viewed below.

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This weeks tanda is a collection of milongas by Francisco Canaro. These three milongas are very spirited. Somtimes you might start with a slower tempo milonga and then build, but in this set I start out right away with a fast milonga. So, if people don't like fast milongas, they will know not to dance this tanda.

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This weeks alternative tanda is a collection of modern classical pieces excellent for dancing tango. The first is a band called Apocalyptica, who covers lots of Metallica songs. This version of "Nothing Else Matters" has been popular for years as an alternative tango. The second song is from an Italian movie soundtrack called "Cuore Sacro." It is a beautiful song and I love dancing to it. The third song is from the Mr. and Mrs. Smith Soundtrack and is very bold and a great way to end this tanda. One thing that ties all of these songs together is that they all start soft and slow and then build and build to really wonderful crescendos.

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After workshop demo, by Shelley and I to Cuore Sacro:

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Here is a collection of Ricardo Tanturi tandas. My favorite tandas are highlighted.

This is a fun and playful tanda by Ricardo Tanturi with Alberto Castillo singing.

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