Dictionary: All Listings 

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bailar: tanzen

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A professional or very accomplished dancer

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Bailarín/a: Tänzer/in

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A lunfardo word to describe a place where people dance i e a milonga

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A deep check and replace See Cadencia

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A walking box figure named after the black & white checkerboard tile floors which are common in Buenos Aires See Cuadrado

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An accordion like musical instrument originally created to provide missionaries with portable pipe organ music for religious services in remote locales which has been adopted by tango musicians to create the mournful and soulful sound of modern tango musi ...

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A sweep; a sweeping motion: One partner’s foot sweeps the other’s foot and places it without losing contact Barridas are done from either the outside or the inside of the foot of the receiving party The technique is different for the inside and outside ...

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Barrida: „Feger”; fegende Bewegung; der Fuß des Partners wird mit dem eigenen Fuß bewegt

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A district or neighborhood

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Base: Kurzbezeichnung für paso básico (Grundschritt)

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The basic pattern There are several basic patterns the most common of which is the 8-count basic

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Bicycle: A circular movement of the feet led by the man in the vertical plane with the couples feet pressed together as in a barrida

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Well stood (literally) standing straight up Elegantly and gallantly presented See Pinta Postura

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From bolear - To throw: a boleo may be executed either high or low Keeping the knees together with one leg back swivel and return on the supporting leg with a whipping action of the working leg Sometimes spelled Voleo See Latigazo

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Boleo: è il movimento della gamba rilasciata che continua la sua corsa mentre il resto del corpo ne sta prendendo un’altra fino a produrre una contrapposizione. Nel tango salon è inserito negli adorni mentre nel tango nuevo è un movimento dinamico. Il bol ...

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Boleo: >Voleo

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Arms

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(from cabeza; head): Traditional technique for selecting dance partners from a distance at the milongas in Buenos Aires by using eye contact and head movements Also see Codigos

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Cabeceo: piccolo movimento con la testa con il quale l’uomo invita la donna per ballare. Si tratta di un’usanza ormai quasi totalmente persa, che permetteva all’uomo di invitare una dama a distanza, senza quasi farsi notare, dopo essersi assicurato che la ...