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Styles serve as reference points rather than boundaries, offering orientation without limitation. They inform our choices, refine our listening, and deepen our awareness, while the dance itself remains open, evolving, and guided by connection rather than definition.
Tango Milonguero​​​
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​Tango milonguero as tango style shaped by close embrace, tight floors, and lived experience rather than display. It is defined by one heart, four feet, moments of shared axis, and minimal displacement, where movement emerges from the chest and from listening rather than from planned figures. The style privileges musical interpretation, weight, and presence, allowing two bodies to move as a single, responsive system.
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We choose milonguero as a base for many reasons; to experience tango as a dialogue from the heart, cultivate deep connection, to prioritise musicality and connection over the move, to develop sensitivity to subtile listening and responsiveness, and to honor the elgance of tango roots.
Tango Apilado​​​
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Tango apilado is characterised by a forward-leaning close embrace, where both partners share a gentle, mutual inclination. The connection is built through collective balance and constant contact, allowing movement to remain compact, and very grounded. We usually dance aplilado because it dance emphasises trust, musical sensitivity, and continuous flow, with steps emerging from shared intention rather than individual independence.
Tango Salon
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Tango salón is a tango style defined by an open or flexible embrace that allows greater freedom of movement while maintaining a clear, grounded connection. It is characterised by an upright posture, and independent axes. Here we are different, Nancy choose to explore tango salon along her carrier, while Andrea's least favourite, he chooses not to for the favour of other styles.
Canyengue.​
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Tango canyengue is an early, Afro-influenced form of tango characterised by bent knees, grounded posture, and a playful, rhythmic quality. It emphasises cadenced walking, syncopation, and a strong relationship to the music’s pulse, expressing tango in its raw, folkloric origins.
Nuevo and New.​
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While other new styles are exploratory approach to tango that analyses movement, structure, and physics to expand the dance vocabulary. It favours open embrace, axis awareness, and dynamic changes in direction. We love them all however we choose to use some elements rather than following the dance dynamics.
Beyond Styles​
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Beyond styles, tango becomes a practice of presence rather than form. When technique recedes, what remains is listening, weight, breath, and shared intention. Styles dissolve into a common language where connection, musical truth, and human exchange guide the dance, allowing each moment to arise uniquely, without labels. We are not big fans of naming styles; however, at times naming and exploring them provides perspective and a shared understanding of the art, allowing us to move freely within and beyond them, and to create our own.
