Watching The Follower's Feet is when the Lead has tilted their head forward into their Follower's space. And as a result the Lead is directly watching their Follower's footwork to...

What is The Over The Shoulder Embrace ? You see it everywhere, and you sometimes wonder if it's 'right' or 'wrong' and no one tells you whether or not you...

Something is missing. By now you've watched the video, and haven't read this text so I'm not telling you anything you haven't already surmised that the thing that's missing is...

The Follower’s Rescue Plan is first and foremost a way for the Follower to extricate themselves from a Lead that is compressive, restrictive, and painful to dance with. Secondarily it’s...

‘Rushing’ The Follower is loosely defined as a state where the Lead goes from one piece of Tango vocabulary (walking, ochos, crosses, molinetes, etc) to the next, leaving the Follower...

What is a ‘Pulled’ Argentine Gancho ? You’ll see this from time to time, where a Lead will use their Right arm to pull the Follower into a 30 to...

Tango gets most of its uniqueness from its embrace format: The very iconic asymmetrical embrace. Few social dances possess such a structure in exactly the same way. Greystone does because...

Today’s Practical Tango Advice deals with three types of dancers: the Heavy Breather, the Talker, and a personal not favorite of the author’s - The Chewer. It is an open...

The ‘Dirty’ Cross. The word ‘Dirty’ refers to a state of unkempt, or unclean state of existence. However, from a Tango perspective it has another connotation. “Dirty” refers to a...

What is The ‘Bobbing’ Bird Error ? From a Tango perspective it is a short, jerky motion forwards with the Torso first and then back as the leg extends. For...