Product Details

• Actors: Alicia Monti, Adam Boucher
• Directors: Carlos Copello
• Format: Color, Dubbed, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005RCUS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,153 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Stephen Brown, Tango Video Critic

Rated (Truly Outstanding!)

Product Description

If you can walk, you can Tango! In TANGO: THE EMBRACE, Carlos and Alicia teach you everything you need to know to master six steps and feel comfortable going to a dance (milonga). You will experience, first hand, the seduction that is the Tango. This is the first tape in a series of four. Stephen Brown, Tango Video Critic

In TANGO: THE EMBRACE, You will experience and learn:
· Códegos de la milonga - Milonga codes
· El Básico - The basic step
· Ocho Hacia Delante - Forward Ochos
· Ocho Hacia Atrás - Reverse Ochos
· Medio Giro, Salida Hacia Atrás con Lápiz - Half circle to the reverse with lapiz footwork
· Hamaca - The rocking step
· Caminada, Cambio de Frente y Combinaciónes de Piernas - A walking sequence, changing direction with a leg combination
· Improvisación de Carlos y Alicia, Un Repaso - A review of all steps in a dance demonstration
Each step is choreographed to "Un Tango y un Abrazo" written and composed especially for this program by Carlos Galvan (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like an amazing private lesson!, November 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Tango the Embrace - Level 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have been a tango lover for years and finally decided to try it myself and these videos were perfect! (There are three videos that follow "The Embrace.") The music is amazing and original, and my husband was able to follow along perfectly because they demonstrate the steps slowly, from both points of view. Best of all, it's like taking a private lesson from Carlos and Alicia. They are truly incredible!

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mas or menos, December 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Tango the Embrace - Level 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Mas or menos. More or less. Production quality is fine. The instruction consists of learning steps - not the best way to learn to tango. Instructor does not speak English, which means that something is likely lost in translation.

14 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too old-fashioned, July 9, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Tango the Embrace - Level 1 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the way tango was maybe 10 to 20 years ago. But we are in the 21st century now. People don't want to look like this, dress like this, or dance like this anymore. Time to move on with the new generation of tango dancers and teachers. Time for nuevo tango.