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THIS TUESDAY WE ARE BRINGING BACK MILONGA 💃🕺🏻🎉

TUESDAY 01/09: BEGINNERS at 7pm + at 8pm, MILONGA FUNDAMENTALS & 2 PRACTICAS

This Tuesday, we bring back Milonga Fundamentals after a lot of you asked for more 💃🕺

At 7pm, our Beginners class continues building the essential foundations of Argentine tango — developing confidence, connection, musicality and a growing vocabulary for the dance floor.

Then at 8pm, it’s time for the MILONGA FUNDAMENTALS, fun fun fun!

WAIT! What is Milonga? And what does it makes feel so different from tango — and why is it so much fun to dance?

Milonga has its own distinctive musical character. While tango is generally felt in a strong, measured 4/4 pulse, traditional milonga is often written and felt in 2/4, giving it a quicker, bouncier and more continuous feeling. At its roots is the characteristic habanera rhythm — that unmistakable long–short–long–long rhythmic pattern that gives milonga much of its playful swing.

In this lesson, we’ll explore how to hear and feel that difference in the body, rather than simply trying to dance tango faster. We’ll discover the basic milonga pulse, the habanera influence, and how the music naturally leads us towards smaller, lighter and more rhythmic steps.

More:
https://tanguito.co.uk/tuesday/

KOREANGO 2026 is sold out. But don't be too disappointed, we just opened our 2027 registrations! Sept 19 - Oct 1st, 2027. Come dance in what is known as 'the Buenos Aires of Asia'!

More info: https://tangoholiday.co.uk/koreango-tango-adventures-in-south-korea/

Sunday 30/08: Special CALESITA primer + Los Angelitos milonga!
☀️💃 WHO LIKES THE CALESITA? 🕺☀️

CALESITAS – The Tango Carousel
Elegant, romantic and one of the prettiest movements in Argentine tango, the calesita takes its name from the Spanish word for a carousel.

And that is exactly the feeling: one dancer becomes the centre of the carousel, beautifully balanced on their axis, while their partner walks around them, creating a smooth, continuous rotation.

This Sunday we’ll explore calesitas from different positions and in different directions, discovering how a very simple idea can create many possibilities. We’ll work on the secret that makes them feel effortless: axis, connection and control, allowing the rotation to happen smoothly without pulling or pushing your partner.

And followers, this one is especially for you too! 💃

The calesita creates one of those wonderful moments in tango where the free leg has time to play. We’ll explore beautiful adornos (embellishments) – circles, brushes and little drawings on the floor – and how to use them naturally without disturbing your balance or the connection.

That is perhaps what makes calesitas so special: the leader creates the movement, but leaves space for the follower to decorate it and make it her own.

A simple movement that can become incredibly elegant, musical and expressive – and one of those figures that just looks beautiful on the dance floor.
📅 Sunday 30 August
📍 Unity, 277A Upper Street, London N1 2TZ
🎉 4.30pm Milonga with TDJ Rocks
Come, dance & celebrate with us! 🥂💃🕺

TUESDAY 25/08: BEGINNERS at 7pm + at 8pm, OCHO CORTADO special & 2 PRACTICAS

This Tuesday, we bring the Cortado and its many variants to new levels of creativity 💃🕺

At 7pm, our Beginners class continues building the essential foundations of Argentine tango — developing confidence, connection, musicality and a growing vocabulary for the dance floor.

Then at 8pm, it’s time for the CORTADO intensive.

WAIT! What is the Ocho Cortado?

The Ocho Cortado is one of tango’s most useful and characteristic figures — compact, elegant and perfectly suited to a busy social dance floor. Its name means “cut ocho”, because the usual turning action of the ocho is interrupted or “cut”, creating a distinctive change of direction and a wonderful opportunity to play with the music. We’ll start by understanding the classic Ocho Cortado, its lead, embrace and technique, before exploring variations, different entries and exits, rhythmic possibilities and fabulous combinations that you can take straight onto the milonga.

Part of our subscriptions and packages. Note: you can now purchase heavily discounted SUBCRIPTIONS for TANGUITO only classes – check here.

🎵 And as usual your Beginners class is at 7pm, and from 8pm (in the small hall) we will run MILONGUITA, the Beginners’ milonga. And in the main hall, your 8pm class will be until 9.30pm, and we will follow with our practica, LA YUMBA!, for students and whomever wants to join. Join us for lovely embraces and a friendly and welcoming practica.