My tango teacher, Ale—you’ve seen me dancing with him in other videos—has a dance partner called Sara. They do exhibitions together and also give group classes. Here’s a link to a short video of them on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1KAyy_2GMpQ How lucky am I to be learning from these two?

While I think my dancing is quite good, there are aspects of it I want to improve, and one of those is footwork. Ale is good about showing me foot positions but it’s usually in the context of another lesson and only for a few minutes.

But when you want to improve your “feminine technique” in tango, it’s really best to learn from a woman. So I asked Ale to introduce me to Sara, and today I had my first lesson with her. Boy, did she work me hard!

We worked solely on my posture and footwork—and she helped me understand how they are linked. Towards the end of the hour, I asked to video her basic instructions so that I could use the video to practice. I thought you might find it interesting, so I’m giving you the video here. Of course she is speaking in Spanish, but I even if you don’t understand what she is saying I think you will still understand her message.

I’m excited to see how this improves my tango, as I incorporate what I’m learning from Sara into my lessons with Ale, and also the partners I dance with at the milonga.