The Inspiring Tango Method, created by Corina de la Rosa, is a training proposal aimed at tango dancers and instructors who wish to deepen their art from a holistic, reflective, and contemporary perspective.
The training integrates the language of tango, milonga, and vals with deep physical preparation enriched by different somatic disciplines and pedagogical reflection. Inspiring Tango invites participants to follow a path of comprehensive learning, where feeling guides movement and experience becomes knowledge.
The training format is online – on demand, with bi-weekly synchronous Zoom consultation sessions. There are two levels, which you can complete consecutively (in two years) or simultaneously (in just one year).
The complete training in the Inspiring Tango Method meets the hourly requirements of CID-UNESCO for you to obtain an international certification. Once both levels are completed, and all required practical assignments have been submitted and evaluated, Inspiring Tango grants you the endorsement before the Council so that you can obtain the certificate.
Anatomy of conscious movement for tango dance is the fundamental axis of this training, these contributions will be what enhance your dance and your way of teaching. The videos are dedicated to training our body with exercises specially created for tango and that have been inspired by different techniques and somatic disciplines to understand movement and biomechanics of the body. We will track each personal process, respecting individual times and exploring other modes of perception.. Guest teachers will provide us with tools from other disciplines and there will be a bibliographic corpus available to enrich learning.
Through deep and exhaustive work on the elements that make up the language of tango, we will analyze the intentional movement, structures, sequences, and dynamics of the dance. We will dedicate specific classes to the axis, the walk, intention, the embrace, disassociation, the basic, crosses, ochos, lateral steps, turns, lápiz, enrosques, entradas y sacadas, ganchos, giros, colgadas, dynamics and improvisation
We will work on all the knowledge acquired and the way to transmit it in teaching. As a final project, each participant will teach an open class with a specific topic. The objectives are:
Together with specialized musicians, we will learn basic music theory for dancers. Through sensory perception and rhythmic exercises we will also work on the different rhythms (tango-milonga and waltz) and the differences in orchestral styles.
Milonga is the mother of tango; its 2×4 rhythmic structure is still attributed to the tango rhythm. The speed of its cadence and tempo often generates fear in dancers. Training and understanding milonga opens up the possibilities of rhythmic play when dancing orchestral styles such as D’Arienzo, Biaggi, or Troilo. How do we teach milonga? How do we teach dancers to incorporate this rhythm into the body? This will be the fundamental goal of this module.
Vals is a dance style that, although danced using tango figures, possesses a unique cadence and essence that sets it apart. Fluidity and rhythmic mobility are fundamental in vals, distinguishing it from tango in terms of expression and dynamics.
Incorporating the teaching of vals alongside tango can be very beneficial for dancers, as it allows them to:
Current tango is the result of a collective learning process in which the milonga and its protagonists kept this dance alive. Getting to know the first masters and dancers—their era and the way they developed their dance—will provide us with historical grounding and an evolutionary perspective. Through questionnaires and guides, we will analyze videos of the dancers and milongueros who have been part of the evolution of tango and who have inspired contemporary tango.
Learning to observe, to connect, to search for stylistic influences, and to discover their perspectives through our own eyes and bodies will be the great challenge.
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Inspiring Tango I
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Anatomy of Conscious Movement
and the Language of Tango Dance |
April – June
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Every 15 days, consultation Zoom on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. (Argentina time)
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Musicality
Orchestral Styles Feldenkrais Gyrokinesis Tango |
July – August
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Special classes – Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. (Argentina time)
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Teaching Methods and Tools for teaching
la Enseñanza |
September – November
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Every 15 days, consultation Zoom on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. (Argentina time)
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Inspiring Tango II
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Milonga and History of Tango Dance
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April – June
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Every 15 days, consultation Zoom on Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. (Argentina time)
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Vals and History of Tango Dance
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September – November
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Every 15 days, consultation Zoom on Thursdays at 2:30 p.m. (Argentina time)
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