Three Primary Steps of Argentine Tango

Video Transcript

"On behalf of Expert Village my name is Evan Griffiths and I'm Rebecca Shulman. We're at Dance Manhattan in New York City and we're going to teach you a little something about the Argentine Tango. The tango is built up of primarily 3 steps; front steps, side steps, and back steps. There's no prescribed order; there's no necessary first step to do. As we start, I'm going to slowly change my weight in place. I'm asking her to change from one foot to the other. When I'm sure that she has the same foot. For example, here she's got her left leg matching mine. I can move to the side and she's going to accompany me, or I can go back and she's accompanies. There's no necessary orders. I'm just choosing each step. "