A complete, self-guided tango education — in sequence, from first step to advanced dancer
This is not a scattered collection of tango tips. It is a structured, 160-lesson curriculum — built the same way Adam teaches in person — where every video follows logically from the last. Video 1 is the very first thing a new dancer should learn. Video 160 represents over a year of dedicated study.
Watch at your own pace, return to earlier lessons anytime, and when you're ready for personalized guidance, private lessons are available in the studio or in your home.
Lessons 1–20 · Start here, no experience needed
Before a single step is taken, tango begins with connection. In Phase 1 you'll learn how two bodies communicate through touch, weight, and intention. You'll learn to walk — in tango, walking is everything — and you'll build the fundamental skills that every single future lesson depends on. Do not skip ahead. This is the foundation.
Lesson 1 — Friction Connection · The very first thing to learn
Lessons 21–55 · The core vocabulary of tango
This is where tango's essential vocabulary takes shape. Pivots, forward and backward ochos, the giro, and the cross — these are the movements that appear in virtually every tanda you will ever dance. Phase 2 builds them from the ground up, teaching leaders and followers separately and then together, so both roles truly understand what the other is doing.
+ 25 more lessons through video 55
Start Phase 2 on YouTubeLesson 21 — Leaders Non-Pivoting Ochos · Where movement begins
Lessons 56–80 · Texture, surprise, and social floor fluency
With your foundational vocabulary in place, Phase 3 introduces the movements that add texture and surprise to your dancing. Sacadas (one partner's step displaces the other), medio giros, the elegant lapiz, barridas (sweeping your partner's foot), and the ocho cortado — a classic social floor move. This is where your dancing starts to feel genuinely musical.
+ 15 more lessons through video 80
Start Phase 3 on YouTubeLesson 56 — What is a Sacada? · The dance gets interesting
Lessons 81–106 · The heart of the milonga
Close embrace is where Argentine Tango lives. It is more intimate, more musical, and more technically demanding than open embrace — and it is what you will find at every serious milonga in the world. Phase 4 teaches the corrida, the calesita, and the full mechanics of dancing in close embrace: pivots, ochos, giros, the cruzada, and sacadas — all within the intimacy of chest-to-chest connection.
+ 16 more lessons through video 106
Start Phase 4 on YouTubeLesson 81 — Corrida Explained · Entering close embrace
Lessons 107–127 · The dramatic vocabulary
Phase 5 introduces the movements that make audiences watch — and require real trust between partners. Boleos (the follower's free leg sweeps through the air or along the floor), back sacadas, and ganchos (leg hooks). Each is taught with thorough technique for both roles — not as a show-off move, but as a natural extension of the conversation between two dancers.
+ 11 more lessons through video 127
Start Phase 5 on YouTubeLesson 107 — Ground Back Boleo · The air vocabulary begins
Lessons 128–160 · A full year and beyond
The final phase covers the movements that take years to master — colgadas (off-axis shared balance), the enroque (leader's pivot that re-routes the follower), volcadas (forward off-axis movements), and advanced barrida combinations. If you have worked through Phases 1–5 systematically, you are ready. These are the movements of experienced social dancers and performers.
+ 23 more lessons through video 160
Start Phase 6 on YouTubeLesson 128 — Colgada Trust Exercise · Off-axis, advanced territory
Ready to Go Deeper?
The curriculum is free and always will be. But there is no substitute for a teacher's eye on your specific body, your specific habits, and your specific goals. Private lessons with Adam are available in the studio or in your home — and they accelerate your progress dramatically.