I have been considering building (or having built) a dance studio for my own use - not a commercial studio, but a space in which to dance and...
Not a wholly serious question (and anyway, I can guess the answer), and I certainly don't want to start a political debate about the relative merits...
A well known UK commercial radio station, Classic FM, conducts a poll each year to identify their listeners' favourite pieces of classical music, and...
I was looking through some old Facebook posts this morning, and came across one of our local teachers joking that when he started off new beginners...
The editorial of my teaching society's bi-monthly magazine was concerned, recently, with Health & Safety on the dance floor, and among the issues...
I'm looking for choreography suggestions to incorporate some Charleston elements in a Quickstep routine. In particular for suggestions for preceeds...
Every year, I host a Christmas Dance (International BR & Latin American) and I'm always on the lookout for suitable music with a seasonal theme. I'm...
Here's one for DJs (or anyone). The arrival of a couple of new CDs has led me to reappraise my D'Agostino tandas, and to try and find couplings for...
What do you think is the best way to handle the rotation of class partners when, as there often is, there is an imbalance of leader & follower...
I had this idea for introducing the Giro. Comments welcome, particularly from anyone with teaching experience. I'm sure it's not an original idea,...
Various sources I have consulted attribute 1912 as the start of Tangomania, first in Paris and then throughout Europe. For the first time, tango...
Does anyone know an online discography of Quinteto Real's recordings. I'm specifically looking for dates for the tracks on the Columbia/Sony 'de...
I was watching a nice group of Rumba figures from a conference lecture, last year, and initially thought it looked like an 8-bar group that could...
As a follow-up to the recent discussion about the Cruzada, I wondered whether there would be any similar consensus regarding the Gancho. The two...
It's not uncommon to mark someone's birthday, or perhaps significant anniversary at a dance event. What is the practice where you dance? Do you...
I have been reading Kapka Kassobova's book "Twelve Minutes of Love - A Tango Story" (a Christmas present), and am puzzled that the author, who has...
It was Gotan Project's first CD that aroused my interest in AT, and my modest music collection contains several similar recordings, but they are now...
Does anyone have any knowledge of the DVD produced by Chris Marques & Jaclyn Spencer for DSI called "Superstar Rhythm Vol. 1" containing material for...
I noticed some promotional blurb for someone's tango classes on Facebook today which made the rather bold claim that Mastering the basics is easy...
My own tango music collection is based on a little over 100 CDs. They were chosen, largely based on recommendations from several specialist websites,...
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