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The original goal of ALMA DE TANGO, ARGENTINE TANGO CULTURAL CENTER was the diffusion of the tango culture in Australia and New Zealand.

Hugo Fernández and a group of enthusiasts founded our Center in 1997 and since then have dedicated their energies to make the "TANGO ARGENTINO" known in this corner of the world in all its facets : its music, its poetry and its dance.

Alma de Tango was the first tango-only school of Argentine tango in Australia and it became the center of propagation of the Argentine culture and art in Australasia.

We offer in Brisbane, Australia, access to our cultural resources (that is music, biographies, lyrics, graphic art, visual material, literature and learning means), thus sharing our quite comprehensive understanding and knowledge of the cultural richness of the tango art.

Thereby, interested people themselves will unveil and experience the fascinating mysteries of the interpretation of the tango music through its dance (Quoted from various authors):

Contrast: through the interplay of opposites, freedom and discipline.

Creativeness:
through the instruction of techniques to allow the individual's creativeness to manifest itself, every tango is a new tango, each new pair of partners creates it from the beginning.

Sensivity:
to the music and his/her partner, the inner feeling, the state of heart recreates the history of tango every time the dancers take to the floor.

Beauty:
allowing the individual to appreciate and make active use of his/her corporal embellishment

Expressiveness:
through a popular dance, rhythm, nerve, strength and character.

Form:
he creates the form, and she fills it with perceptivity and beauty...

Responsiveness:
in a state of heightened awareness, both, man and woman are watchful to the nuance of tempo and rhythm.

Clearly Differentiated Roles:
It may take two for tango, but only one is in control the man is in pursuit, the woman defiant and elusive, yet there is an inviolable contract between the partners ... The tango can express a wider range of the feminine than any other dance...

Certainty:
when a man leads a figure in tango, he must place the woman's body accurately...

Alma de Tango holds classes for all levels. From classes designed to suit the complete beginner to classes for the advanced Tango student.

In a mixed skills lesson each session starts with general drills leading technique with the participation of the whole class. The second part of this day's session requires a division of the class into levels of skills. Then, each level develops a dance pattern or figure and puts it into action.

Located in Brisbane we have many regular Classes, Courses and specialised Workshops to choose from.