El Choclo – for Improver tango class on 5 February 2025
This week’s class will focus on musicality, in other words, finding different ways to dance to music depending on the character of the performance. We have put together a playlist of different versions of the famous tango El Choclo. Listen and notice how they are all different from each other. Bring your thoughts to class.
How does each one make you feel?
What kind of feeling of movement do they suggest? (not what steps, but the character… soft, energetic, grand, playful, curvy, straight etc.)
Do you have a favourite?
Do you think some would be easier to dance to than others?
Listen or download individual songs from this dropbox folder – you don’t need a dropbox account or any special software.
01. Roberto Firpo 2’46 (1940)
02. Alfredo de Angelis (1952)
03. Carlos di Sarli (1954)
04. El Desbande (1995)
05. Anibal Troilo (1952)
06. Horacio Salgan (1963)
07. Quinteto Angel (2009)
08. Juan D’Arienzo (1963)
09. Roxana Fontan (1999)
10. Florindo Sassone (1973)
11. Esteban Morgado (2002)
12. Sudestada Tango (2006)
13. Los Gobbi (1907)
How do the movements of the dancers in these videos seem to fit the feel of the music?