At 7:30 pm, we teach TANGO CLASICO for intermediate/advanced milongueros, $25
tango is our passion
At 7:30 pm, we teach TANGO CLASICO for intermediate/advanced milongueros, $25
Fabio Robles and Michelle Di Monte are offering a FREE 30-minute introductory session for newcomers, young and old, every Friday at 7.00 pm
WS 1 TANGUEDAD – 3 to 4.30 pm | WS 2 ARRASTRE Y CADENCIA 4.30 – 6pm
Discover how to feel at home in your body while dancing tango. This workshop focuses on refining movement quality, improving body awareness, and mastering transitions with ease. Through guided exercises, youโll develop a deeper connection between your body and the music, allowing you to move with greater confidence, adaptability, and expression on the dance floor. Weโll explore how posture, grounding, and breath influence your movement, helping you achieve a more natural and effortless dance. By integrating body mechanics with musicality, youโll enhance your ability to navigate the dance floor fluidly and with assurance.
To deepen our understanding of tangoโs expressive language, we will explore two fundamental concepts: arrastre (drag) and cadencia (cadence). These elements shape the texture and musicality of the dance, influencing both movement quality and connection. Weโll work on how to incorporate arrastre and cadencia with precision and sensitivity, adapting them to different orchestras and rhythmic structures. Through focused exercises, weโll refine the ability to play with weight, suspension, and groundedness, enhancing both musical interpretation and the fluidity of movement on the dance floor.
WS 3 CONEXIรN 3 – 4.30 pm| WS 4 BREAKING PARADIGMS 4.30 – 6 pm
Delve into the exploration of utilizing each other’s space, exchanging spatial positions, and generating and invading space organically. We’ll focus on understanding the dynamics of movement and how to interact with our partner’s space in creative and unexpected ways. Using tangueroโs elements like sacadas, enganches or voleos we are going to break paradigms about the execution of them according to traditional roles.ย
Generating Movement from Stillness: The Art of Surprise in Tango. Tango is not just about continuous motionโitโs also about the power of stillness and how movement emerges from it. In this workshop, we will explore how to generate fluid and dynamic movements from stationary positions, developing precision, control, and expressiveness. A special focus will be on voleo sorpresivoโunexpected, yet organic kicks that add texture and playfulness to the dance. Weโll work on how to prepare, execute, and seamlessly integrate these movements while maintaining balance, connection, and musicality. By mastering the contrast between stillness and sudden action, youโll bring a new level of depth and excitement to your dance
โข TANGUEDAD |ย 1ย ws
AUS55.00
LIGHTBULB MOMENTS โ with Fabio Robles
Maestro of maestros Fabio Robles will guide you through some of the lightbulb moments that changed his own dancing forever:
1: The micro-movements that you cannot see are the movements that make the dance flow. You can learn what they are.
2: Leaders; stop leading and start dancing. Followers: stop following and start dancing.
3: A complete guide to understanding the biomechanics of sacadas
Topic:ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Lightbulb Moments
Date:ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Saturday 1st March 2025
Time:ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 7.00-8.30pmย (Please arrive 15 minutes prior)
Venue:ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Robles Dance, 277 โ 283 Queensberry St, Carlton 3004
Cost:ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย FREEย for MST Members ($40 value)
Recommended for intermediate to advanced dancers.
Please note, this Intensivo topic will require changing partners during the session.
There are Limited places available.
You may book as an individual or a couple but please note, numbers will be managed to maintain Leader:Follower balance.
Only one Leader and one Follower can be booked in the one transaction.
Robles First Saturday of the Month Milongaย will follow the Intensivo in the same venue.
ALL Melbourne Maestro Intensivos are FREE for Members of Melbourne Social Tango.
Please ensure your membership status is Active before booking
If you are not yet a Member,ย Join MSTย here
$30 annually/$25 concession or Interstate member
For more information, email:ย events@melbournesocialtango.com
BOOK NOW โ LEADER Registration โ MST MEMBERS ONLY
BOOK NOW โ FOLLOWER Registration โ MST MEMBERS ONLY
BOOK NOW โ COUPLE Registration โ MST MEMBERS ONLY
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP โ IN THE MAESTROโS OWN WORDS!
Tango from the beginning of its existence has been through a lot of aesthetic changes, from fashion to style of music, different people, different idiosyncrasies, different continents, from Cangengue to Neo, from Di Sarli to Piazzolla, every change has left some standards that are danced in the Tango of today. These standards remain because with time, dancers realised that they work!! They work on the dance floor that you share with others, they work with your flow and movement of your partner, they work because collectively maestros confirmed that they do.
There have been a lot of attempts that have failed to survive, why? Because it didnโt FEEL like Tango. Tango is a unique feeling of electricity running through the embrace that connects both to the earth, a perfect harmony is created when we can balance this amazing structure of two people walking the dance floor to the sound that became the universal phenomenon that Tango Music has become.
In the same way that Tango itself has its endless journey, we as pupils of the artform should embrace it in the same way, by allowing personal evolution, personal development, by understanding that not every movement has to be explained in detail by your teacher but that you can find Tango inside yourself if you know what it feels like.
Understanding where the styles came from and why the standards remained is a very important part of this process.
This year I will be sharing with you 10 of the standards that dramatically improved my dancing, letโs call them LIGHTBULB ๐ก MOMENTS.
10 of the magic moments that I still resonate with.
10 of the techniques that I learnt from the maestros of the world including, Miguel Angel Zotto, Jhonny Carvajal, Sergio Cortazzo, Gachi Fernandes, Los Totis, Facundo Piรฑero, Gustavo Naveira, Vanina Bilous, Gaspar Godoy, Gisela Galeasi, Fabian Salas, Rodrigo Fonti, Rodrigo Palacios, Federico Naveira, Ruben Veliz, Zabrina Veliz, Gavito, Carlos Rivarola, Julio Balmaceda.
See you on the dance floor!
A perfect way to start the new year with energy, motivation, and good technique!ย
Perfect for dancers at all levels to work in deeper and with more detail into the body. Bookings required.
1-2 pm Followers Technique
Creating a dancers body through strengthening and lengthening exercises, posture, balance and footwork.
2-3 pm Partners Technique & Partnering Drills
Understanding partnering technique that is needed to work together in a partnership and practical drills to work on for improved connection with your partner.
3-4 pm Embrace and Connection in the Tango Walk
How to have a better connection with your partner in the Walk. Various ways of walking with clean technique and articulation of foot waits for a transformative experience in walking!
$25 per class
$45 for two
$60 for all three classes
Step into another era at our special Supper Club – a moody night of tango with live music, drinks, decadent deliciousness.
Robles Dance, 277 Queensberry St, North Melbourne
Milonga 7.30 pm til late
$35 incl, supper snacks & live music
Drinks at the bar
Surprise TDJ
Cortinas by Mimรญ
Live entertainment
Dress: Suave & Sophisticated
Expect the unexpectedโฆ
Hosts: Fabio Robles & Mimรญ Crisante
Step into another era at our special Supper Club – a moody night of tango with live music, drinks, decadent deliciousnessโฆplus a little slow dancing at midnight.
Sunday 22nd December
Robles Dance, 277 Queensberry St, North Melbourne
Milonga 7.30 pm til late
$35 incl, supper snacks & live music
Drinks at the bar
Surprise TDJ
Cortinas by Mimรญ
Live entertainment
Dress: Suave & Sophisticated
Expect the unexpectedโฆ
Hosts: Fabio Robles & Mimรญ Crisante
We’re thrilled to welcome Sam and Josh to our teaching team! Together, they offer something rather specialโJosh’s beautifully structured approach paired with Sam’s deep musical knowledge. You will want to take advantage of this!
Starting this Thursday 5th of Dec.
Where: I.AM.DANCE Studio Level 1, 393 Smith Street, Fitzroy (enter via Kerr Street)
6 PM – Level 1
7 PM – Level 1.5
8 PM – Level 2
Free Entry
Time: 7 pm till 11 pm
Bring a plate and / or drink to share.