The Ochos Atras and Giros taught by maestro Elina Ruiz is a must-take class for all followers. This class covers technique, adornos, and musicality of ochos, backwards, and giros (turns in English)—a fundamental part of a follower’s technique vocabulary.

In the Ocho Cortado class, Elina demonstrates the technique, adornos, and musicality of the cutting step. A sharp addition to the tango vocabulary, the ocho cortado step will add a new dynamic to a student’s repertoire.

In this class, Elina Ruiz covers technique, adornos, and musicality of giros for the follower. Giros—which means “turn” in English—is a very important step that is used all the time in tango. A student needs many hours of practice to…