Tango Therapy

¿What is it?

Tango is a Rio de la Plata dance that originates between the ports of Argentina and Uruguay. Which has distinctive characteristics of elegance and two defined rolls in leader and follower that allows it to be moved and performed as a couple's dance. It is characterized by 3 types of music: Tango, Milonga and Waltz. These, with their own codes, differ mainly in the type of music that characterizes them.

Tango
Tango Terapia

Tango therapy makes use of the particular characteristics that this dance has, unlike others, such as the walking that is very similar to the everyday one, a rhythm compared to other slow ones that allows the couple to walk in a correct and therapeutic way with its different phases. transition. It has different types of therapeutic components beyond the physical and biomechanical aspects previously mentioned and which we will describe and address.

Improvement:

Position

Coordination

balance

self-esteem

Personal and social proprioception Non-verbal

corporal and useful communication both personally and for couples.

couple dancing
couple dancing
a woman in a white bra top sitting on a tree branch
a woman in a white bra top sitting on a tree branch
a group of people doing yoga in a park
a group of people doing yoga in a park
man hugging woman on top of hill during nighttime
man hugging woman on top of hill during nighttime
a room with exercise mats and exercise balls on the floor
a room with exercise mats and exercise balls on the floor

Both Tango and Pilates have spine strengthening and postural balance exercises in common.

Experience

Tango Therapy Research at Universidad Mayor de Chile, 2011

Presentations, Classes and shows since 2011 (Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador, Poland, Germany, Spain among other countries).

National Dance School Uruguay 2017 Tango

Show at Centro Cultural Florencio Sánchez Uruguay 2018

Tango Salon World Cup 2018

TDJ Warsaw, Poland2019

Classes in Berlin, Frankfurt and Mannheim, Germany 2019-2020

Tango show in Guayaquil, Ecuador 2023

Classes in Danzón, Xinzo de Limia, Spain 2024