Tuesday Night Tango

Hubs and I went for the first time last night. I think the teacher is amazing. Wonderful personality and sense of humor, and exquisite dancer. Watching her even left me feeling emotional. You really get the sense that you could do that, like the tango is within reach. This first class of the 8-week session was all about understanding lead and follow. Let me just say, You think you know, but you don't. Her demonstration reminded me of Donald O' Conner dancing with a dummy in Singing in the

Leslie is a wonderful teacher. She's good humored and descriptive. The opportunity to both lead and follow each move is very helpful to learning, and that is inherent in her teaching.

The beginner classes are usually less than 20 students in size. The technique of learning the leader's and follower's parts are difficult but inspite of the frustrations, the developed skills will improve your dancing abilities! Leslie gives alot of information and puts energy into giving you attention and gives pointers in your technique(s). After the 1 hour lesson, there is another 1 hour "supervised practice" taught by Rich. He gives it "his all" when teaching, and I think he is excellent