Tango, called the dance of freedom and passion.
This book is a friendly guide for beginners and an encyclopedia of tango that experts can consult frequently to gain creative ideas. It is based on the wisdom and rich experience of the masters they learned from in Buenos Aires, the birthplace of tango, by Professors Yang Young-ah and Kim Dong-jun, who have been active as tango masters in Korea and abroad for 20 years.

Each chapter is filled with diverse topics such as the essence of tango, including basics, practice, manners, genre, music, DJing, band, history, curriculum, physical, and therapy, so that readers can understand and feel the world of tango more deeply and actually enjoy dancing it.

As the enthusiastic praise and recommendations from world-renowned tango masters demonstrate, "Tango Master" offers insight and depth unmatched in other dance books.
Thanks to the two authors' extensive experience in Buenos Aires, where they have honed their skills through in-depth lessons under legendary maestros, their stories soon become established tango canon, and the realistic episodes interspersed throughout the story make learning about tango even more enjoyable.

Tango is called 'a dance with one heart and four legs'.
The upper body feels passion through the chest, and the legs, created from below the chest, perform a dynamic dance.

A good tango satisfies two criteria:
Lindo y Comodo
One is beauty and the other is comfort.
When a couple dances the tango, it should look beautiful from the outside and be comfortable for both of them.

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When you dance the tango, it's insulting to hear things like, "You dance like so-and-so," or "You're similar to so-and-so."
Tango masters, in particular, have put in a tremendous amount of effort to create their own unique style, so hearing such things feels like an insult to their unique world.
This unique tango style and unique world are the result of long-term communication with a partner, mutually influencing each other.
The key to developing your own unique style while dancing with the same partner for a long time is patience.
Many tango masters say this:
Tango is about patience and perseverance.
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There was a boy in Kalitos' class.
The boy first saw the tango dance during an elementary school class.
Although it was a video, the tango displayed on the screen was enough to captivate the boy.
Among the captivating dances of many masters representing the time, the master that the boy was particularly captivated by was Kalitos.
The boy immediately pestered his parents to take him to Kalitos' tango lessons.
The boy was 12 years old at the time and said he wanted to become a tango dancer when he grew up.
Every Monday and Wednesday evening, his parents drove an hour away to drop him off at Kalitos and Rosa's classes.
So six years later, when the boy was 18, he became the world tango champion.
He is Sebastian Jimenez, the youngest World Tango Champion in the Tango Salon category in 2010.
At one time I found it strange and surprising that he had learned only from Callitos, but now I know that he was right in making that choice.
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When dancing the tango, the request or rejection of a dance between a man and a woman is made through eye contact and head gestures called 'cabeceo'.
Porteno men, who are proud, find it quite humiliating to be rejected when they ask for a dance.
So, if there is a woman I like, I try to build intimacy through conversation before asking her to dance.
Approach her, offer her a compliment and wait for an opportunity, and when the chances of success increase, send her the final confirmation, the 'cabeseo'.
Cabese is a gesture in which a man and a woman who are willing to dance nod their heads to show their consent when their eyes meet.

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Both partners should be comfortable while dancing the tango.
If one of the two people sacrifices and endures discomfort, it is difficult to sustain a beautiful dance or a good relationship.
Abraso is imprinted with the face of a couple and a unique image.
When talking about a couple at a milonga and not knowing their name, you can say something like, "Oh, there's a couple that does this abraso," and imitate their movements.
In this way, Abraso reveals his attitude towards others and his own nature.
Positive aspects such as being passionate, gentle, kind, strong, warm, and loving are sometimes highlighted, while negative aspects such as being cold, sentimental, arrogant, and narrow-minded are also shown.
That's why they say 'Abraso is everything in tango'.

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Mario Orlando is one of the three leading DJs from Buenos Aires.
He is famous for never stepping on the floor at any milonga he DJs.
I believed the floor was filled with all the bad energy from the people who danced that day.
So, even if you go back a little, you should never walk across the floor, but rather walk outside.
Meanwhile, he was proud that it was all thanks to him that people were able to vent their bad energy onto the floor.
He emphasized that the DJ's important role is to play music that is good for dancing and has energy so that people who come to the milonga can fully release energy and go home with a light step.

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