The turn is where tango comes alive - Giros, paradas and barridas (level: intermediate)

This is where your tango stops being a sequence of steps and starts to turn.

Giros — turns — are where tango opens up into something that feels endless and alive. But a giro is only as good as how you enter it, and that's exactly what this series builds: clean entries from the forward cross and the back cross, and the sensation of circularity that makes a turn feel effortless for both partners.

From there we add the vocabulary that makes turns interesting — parada, sandwich, mordida, barrida — the embellishments that turn a technical figure into a conversation.

If you've got your walk, ochos, and pivots, this is the series that makes you feel like you're really dancing.

What you'll learn:
Entry & circularity
• Sensation of circularity in the lead and follow
• "Same front" — upper-body torsions
• How to accommodate and accompany your partner
• Opposition in a flat plane — forward step and back step
• Curving the opposition (open/side step, forward/back cross)
• The feel of open versus cross movement

Giros & elements
• Giro in the cross system (4:4, each step accompanied) from back and forward crosses
• Changing the direction of the giro
• Parada (the stop)
• Sandwich
• Mordida / syncopated step
• Basics of barrida and arrastre
• Bicycle and hamaca — control of the axis

✅ Intermediate level — comfortable with ochos, pivots, and the molinete
✅ Singles and couples both welcome
✅ Open to anyone 21 and older

💃🕺 Argentine Tango — Intermediate Series 2: Giros · Fall 2026
8 weeks · 90 minutes each Sunday · In-person · Malden, MA

📍 349 Washington St, Malden, MA 02148
2-min walk from Oak Grove T stop · 50 parking spots on site

🗓 Sundays 2:30–4pm

More info: https://www.ultimatetango.com/intermediate
Register: https://UltimateTango.as.me/Intermediate-Course-Sept-Oct...

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Full 8-week course — $199 · Drop in — $40
Spots are limited — each person registers individually.

• The turn is where tango comes alive - Giros, paradas and barridas (level: intermediate)

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