Joaquín Amenábar

Dancer’s Musicality Workshops

Saturday April 5th , 2025

studio will open at 10:30am with coffee and tea!

Workshop 1: Tango Rhythm

11:00am to 12:30pm

Rhythmic units of Tango music. Simple, double and half-time step: Using these units while dancing tango.

Workshop 2: Dancing the melody in Tango:

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Melodic phrases, accentuation system. What is the “melodic rhythm” and how to dance to it?

BREAK: bring your own lunch! Enjoy a tea or coffee we will provide. Live music will be played during the break!

Workshop 3: The Tango Style:

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Elements of the "Tango style": “Cadencia”, "Arrastre", different types of phrasing, the contrast system. Era’s style and Orchestra’s style.

Sunday April 6th, 2025

studio will open at 10:30am with coffee and tea!

Workshop 4: Functional aspects of dancing the melody.

11:00am to 12:30pm

Dancing the melody or dancing the basic Rhythm: Predictability of the leader’s movements by the follower. Specificity of the dance. Changes in the roll of the leader depending if he is following the rhythm or the melody. Importance of the orchestra style if we dance the rhythm or if we dance the melody.

Workshop 5: 5 elements matrix for improvising to the melody.

1:00pm to 2:30pm

Improvisation base that will allow you to improvise to any melody in all directions and also, will allow you to include in it your already known figures.

BREAK: bring your own lunch! Enjoy a tea or coffee we will provide. Live music will be played during the break!

Workshop 6: Milonga rhythmic units:

3:30pm to 5:00pm

Simple time, double time, traspié , lisa , corrida.

5pm to 8pm will be our monthly 1st Sunday Afternoon Milonga Domingo Suelto!

April 8 &10th 2025

Guided Prácticas

~ Tools for Honing Skills ~

with Joaquín Amenábar

6:30pm to 8:30pm at Las Puertas both Tuesday & Thursday!