Rodney Daniells’ Tango de Salón Workshops
Lesser Town Hall, 82 Cambridge Street, West Leederville, Perth
After the huge success of the last series of workshops in March 2026, Rodney Daniells will be teaching the 4th series of Tango de Salón Skills Share workshops in June 2026. These workshops will continue to build on essential skills, offering both foundational and advanced techniques for dancers of all levels.
June Workshops (4th series)
Dates:
• Saturday 27th June : 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
The workshops will focus on essential social tango skills.
What you’ll progressively learn over the course of 4 series:
1. Anatomy of Tango Movement
Explore the biomechanics of tango, linking posture, alignment, and body awareness to the movement of the legs, arms, and torso. You will develop a deeper understanding of walking, spiral movement, pivots, ochos, and turns.
2. Embrace & Connection
Study the flexible and variable embrace, including transitions between closed
(cerrado) and open (abierto) positions. The embrace will be approached as a dynamic system, exploring partner communication, balance, breathing control, and role responsibility.
3. The Walk for Leaders & Followers
Develop your walk as an expression of style, technique, and musicality. Learn how to connect to the floor and manage your axis with fluidity, style, and musical expression.
4. Traditional Linear Movements
Master traditional salidas, caminatas, cruzadas, and turns. Learn classic patterns from the 1940s milongueros, including turning caminatas and changes of direction (COTD).
5. Pivots & Ochos
Understand the relationship between spiral movement and pivots. Explore the use ofoverturned ochos for easier navigation, rhythmic versus melodic ochos, and how to integrate pivots into traditional walking patterns.
6. Circular Movements & Turns
Study traditional giros, sacadas, and embellishments in circular movement. Learn how to change direction and explore classic turn patterns such as enrosques, lapiz, and paradas.
7. Linking Linear & Circular Movement
Learn traditional linking elements such as barridas, cruzadas, ganchos, boleos, and calesitas, along with the use of shared axis spirals and independent embellishments.
8. Proprioception, Spatial Awareness & Floorcraft
Improve your navigational skills and spatial awareness, helping you move seamlessly within a social dance setting.
9. Classical Musical Interpretation
Learn the traditional milonguero approach to musicality, focusing on storytelling
through movement. Topics will include Orquesta Típica structure, cadencia, phrasing, and interpreting pauses and dynamic changes.
Who Should Attend?
These workshops are designed for all tango dancers, whether you’re refining your basics or exploring advanced techniques. Rodney’s progressive approach will help you develop your technique, embrace, musicality, and partner connection.
Note for dancers:
- Please wear comfortable clothing and your most comfortable pair tango shoes – no rubber soles or sneakers please!
- Preferably please bring a notepad and a pen for notes, and your mobile to record yourselves as a reference during the workshops.
- Bring along a good pair of socks (without holes), or come prepared as we might do some bare foot exercises.
- A change of roles will be encouraged.
- Preferably come with a partner, however, it’s not mandatory – just come along
- and have some fun learning all the good stuff!