About the school
Strictly Tango NYC is a premier authentic Argentine Tango school, directed by Sergio Segura. Conveniently located adjacent to Penn Station (35th St. and 8th Ave), the school is strictly dedicated to authentic Argentine Tango with renowned teachers like Sergio Segura; show producer, choreographer, dance researcher and creator of the “Learn Argentine Tango System.”
Reputed for its high level of instruction, the school emphasizes individualized attention to each student without compromising fun or excitement. Social dancing as well as Stage Tango are taught. Additionally, the school has a performance company that performs in shows, events and competitions.
With one of the warmest and friendliest environments in the NYC Tango community, the young soul of tango lives in our school. We welcome everyone who want to learn this beautiful dance. Strictly Tango NYC works in conjuntion with NYC Parks and recreations since 2015 teaching Tango for free at the parks and indoor facilities. Since 2007 Strictly Tango NYC has taught more of 40.000 people, who meet Tango for the first time.
Our classes are the perfect place to meet new friends and to network with new groups of people. Singles find the opportunity to meet other singles and couples rediscover their relationship.
Learn Argentine Tango Dance System
Our system is the basis for everything we teach. It is a simple method of dancing pure and authentic Argentine Tango in a natural way, using technique according to each body type and age.
Tango was developed by social dancers, reaching its best level in the 1940’s and 1950’s at the same time that the music did. There were no other dance influences then, except examples from real life from those times placed into tango with a lot of creativity.
Traditional tango was a dance with plenty of playfulness and happiness. It brought up skilled dancers from all ages and body types without losing elegance. We want to bring back again the dance that conquered the world in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Sergio Segura, has created a very easy and effective approach to understand and dance tango, based on other teaching methods including salsa, hustle, swing, flamenco, ballet, modern dance and jazz, and also sport disciplines such as Volleyball, swimming, pole dancing among others.
COMPONENTS AND STRUCTURE OF THE SYSTEM
Tango is a multidimensional system, with many layers of information and it has a strong and precise structure that needs to be very well respected. For your better understanding, we have divided the dance into these important components which the student should study and explore to have an efficient and elegant dance.
- The walking systems
- The Tango Fundamentals
- Elements and components of the dance
- Body conditioning for tango
- Basic common figures used all over the world
- Musicality, Change of dynamics and speed
- The emotional dimension
- Culture, etiquette and history of Tango
By understanding the structure of tango, you will have the chance to express your feelings in their highest level.
Levels
At our school we work with one basic level, where you will learn the basics and fundamentals. The most common tango figures, used at all dance places (milongas), will be taught.
After this level, you will be integrated in the big group, where you will continue learning more elements, figures and rhythms (Tango, Milonga and Vals) and continue developing your skills. Our goal is that you will be intermediately integrated in the group and pwith students who have more dance experience. You will be part of our community to make new friends and establish a dance network.