A Passion For Tango - the Book Cover

An engrossing new book now AVAILABLE!

This web site is here to show you tango in motion, danced by social tango dancers - you should be able to tell that they are enjoying themselves! If you have already bought the "A Passion for Tango" book then enjoy this supplement to what you have been reading. If you have not bought the book then you may wish to because.... it is full of tango ideas, tango story and tango history.

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Chapter Excerpts and Movies

  1. The History of Tango
  2. The Different Schools of Tango Teaching
  3. Leading and Following
  4. The Walk including Parallel and Cross System
  5. The Embrace, the Close Embrace and Variations
  6. Connecting with the Partner
  7. The Ocho
  8. The Giro
  9. Ganchos, Paradas and Barridas
  10. Sacadas
  11. El sandwich and the planeo
  12. Boleo
  13. Some concepts of the mechanics of movement including the pivot and linear and circular movements
  14. Milonga and Vals
  15. The Music
  16. Navigation
  17. Adornments and Variations

Purchase this Book

Written by David Turner with massive help from Mike Rose, this book is based very strongly on the ideas and teaching of Argentinian, Rodolfo "el Chino" Aguerrodi. It is written in a very easy to follow style and is now available in paperback at £14.99 from Amazon and all major bookshops.

You may order a copy by sending a cheque (payable to "Dingley Press") for £14.99 to this address

DINGLEY PRESS
16, Church Lane,
Dingley,
Market Harborough,
Leicestershire,
LE16 8PG
UK.

Please remember to add your name and address,including postcode and add a further £3.00 if the book must be posted overseas. Postage and packing is free within the UK

For International buyers there are always generously discounted books for sale at Amazon and eBay both of whom take care of the currency problems. Shipping is on the very day of payment, by airmail

Further details about this book may be gained from the author, David at:

Dcturner2 (adding the "@aol.com" to the end of this to get the full email address)

This site shows tango people enjoying themselves and doing what they like to do - thanks for all of the contributions folks.