Tango Liso Dancing Style

Tango Liso (sometimes called Tango Sin Cortes - tango without cortes) is the term used for a restrained and simplistic type of tango dancing. Liso in Spanish means smooth, though in this context it means simple. It is characterized by slowness, lack of abruptness and restricted repertoire.

Tango Liso has the following attributes:

Fluid motion: no staccato or corte.
Slow dancing, in which a single step may take more than one beat.
Simple, restricted repertoire: no embellishments, boleos, ganchos, sacadas. Liso utilizes the basic tango steps such as the caminada and ocho.
Danced in close embrace.
Posture is upright.
Feet are low down on the floor.

The videos below are various examples of Liso as danced by Facundo Posadas, who is acknowledged to be the maestro of Liso.

Tango Liso - Facundo Posadas and Cing Ping Peng

Tango Liso - Facundo Posadas and Christy Cote

Tango Liso - Facundo Posadas and Maria Jose Sosa

Quote of the Day

Tango can be danced in a thousand different ways, but lets step on the ground first, because that is where the energy comes from. Therefore this is where we ought to dance to the music. Without the music there is no dance, no tango, no teacher, no student. A true teacher can only transmit the teaching the music has left him. -Pedro Rusconi

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Tango Liso Dancing Style

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