1st lesson belanja
Rusty
- Rate RM204
- Response 1h
RM204/h
Contact
1st lesson belanja
- Dance
- Latin Ballroom Dance
- Ballroom Dance
- Tango
Experienced tutor in Dance in Tucson, Rusty offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- Dance
- Latin Ballroom Dance
- Ballroom Dance
- Tango
Lesson location
About Rusty
The list of master level tango instructors Rusty and Jo have worked and studied with is literally “The Whose Who of Argentine Tango”. Many of the world renowned dancers that have influenced their dancing have stayed in their home where they had the luxury of exploring tango in very intimate settings. This vast and rich exposure has affected their dance and their teaching styles over the past decade. Jo and Rusty make frequent trips yo Buenos Aires to dance and study. Rusty found tango in 2001 and became a full time tango instructor in 2004. Joanne found Rusty teaching tango in 2004 (he was her first teacher in tango) and began studying with him in 2005. They eventually became partners and she began helping him teach in group classes and private lessons.
Rusty & Joanne have been traveling to study tango together ever since. They have danced and studied tango in every major US city and all over the global map; from New York to San Francisco, London to Mumbai, Buenos Aires to Sydney. As such they have worked with over 100 master level world class instructors and have attended, studied and danced at scores of tango festivals. They have been teaching and organizing tango group classes and workshops in Tucson since 2005. They founded the annual Tucson Tango Festival in 2009 and continued to organize one to two festivals per year.
Teaching since 2004 Rusty has taught over 50 Tango Workshops. More than 1200 dancers. Thousands of classes. Tens of thousands of private lessons. 3 Tours in Australia, Perth, Bunbury, Geraldton, Mandurah and Denham.
Tours in US include California, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Workshop weekends in Portland, Astoria, Eugene, Las Cruces, El Paso, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Rockridge, and Burning Tango.
At the 2014 Festival they took their partnership to a new level and were married during the Saturday night milonga. At the conclusion of that festival they handed the reigns over to their student and friend, Jim Baker in order to pursue new adventures in Tango and life. Rusty and Joanne have competed in and repeatedly placed in the top 10 at the only Buenos Aires officially sanctioned Argentine Tango Social Salon US competition in the US held in San Francisco. They have also competed at the Mundial World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2011.
Jennifer Richard Photography
Rusty and Jo’s passion is to share the remarkable magic that is Argentine Tango with the world. Coming from a normal everyday work life background and walking into a ballroom as a beginner, they understand what it takes to become an accomplished Tango dancer. They believe you can dance, too!
About: Rusty Cline
Rusty Cline has danced, competed and attended more than 60 festivals and 4 trips to Buenos Aires, the vast experience of this master teacher is remarkable and varied. He has worked with more than 120 top level tango masters, 15 of which were world champion dancers. In his own right Rusty is a world class dancer and a consummate teacher that is always growing evolving and expanding his teaching abilities.
Rusty has invented a number of teaching tools that expose some of the more evasive components of the tango foundation and form.
Rusty has been a musician and song writer since 1974 year, his tool bag is full of tricks and tools of mastery for any dancer to learn from. He spent his youth as an athlete so his body awareness is sharp and clear. He combines these skills to apply a grounded and balanced approach to the “Walking dance of Tango”. He can help you get inside of your movements so you can develop the form needed for fluid dancing. He will help you discover the elements from the inside out that make a step flow and work with your partner as you build and sharpen your foundation.
Rusty has a concrete and sound approach to his instruction. He is constantly improving his instruction with training with other world class dancer/instructors. Having been certified as an Aerobics and Weight Trainer gives him spot on body mechanics. Rusty’s YouTube Videos have had almost a million plays in total. He knows you won’t be able to get the fine points of tango in a video, but he continues to post them as a review for workshops, classes and lessons. Using video has put an edge on his dancing and teaching because he has to watch his own dancing over and over as he edits the videos – doing so helps learning dancers to improve dramatically – hint hint.
“There is a very fundamental foundation that underlies all of the movements in tango and if it is missing, it is readily apparent. Tango isn’t mysterious you can grasp it, in the end tango is all about mind/body information, discipline, training and repetition. The techniques needed to dance good tango are not at all mysterious, a bit complex perhaps but totally accessible. With a reasonable amount of effort anyone can learn to become a competent social dancer.
My job as an instructor is to teach you to find your own style by providing you the proper tango foundation. Good leading and following in tango gives you room to be yourself. My words can only be a small slice of the alluring scrumptious recipe that makes tango so special and so popular.”
See more
About the lesson
- All levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
Dance lessons offered by Rusty are tailored to each student's needs and level. Lessons can also be held online. Lessons are also available in Tucson. The first lesson is free to define learning goals and methodology.
See more
Rates
Rate
- RM204
Pack rates
- 5h: RM1020
- 10h: RM2040
free lessons
This first lesson is free to allow you to get to know your teacher so that they can best meet your needs.
- 1hr
online
- RM204/h
Similar Dance tutors in Tucson
Archana
Kuala Lumpur & online
- RM50/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Danial
Puchong & online
- RM100/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Caiplin
Kuala Lumpur & online
- RM135/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Vanessa
Puchong & online
- RM90/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Mohd Nuriqram
Kuala Lumpur & online
- RM100/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Vic Qi
Kuala Lumpur & online
- RM70/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Syed Haziq
Kajang & online
- RM100/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Molly
New York, United States & online
- RM489/h
Bidushi
Jamshedpur, India & online
- RM47/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Vi Salsa
Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Belgium & online
- RM187/h
Cindy
Melbourne, Australia & online
- RM203/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Vishwesh
Bengaluru, India & online
- RM107/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Ritika
Wembley, United Kingdom & online
- RM163/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Stella
São Paulo, Brazil & online
- RM143/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Masha
Los Angeles, United States & online
- RM815/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Kayla
New York, United States & online
- RM265/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Samuel
London, United Kingdom & online
- RM272/h
- 1st lesson belanja
Evie
Medellín, Colombia & online
- RM108/h
Patrick
New York, United States & online
- RM204/h
Genesis
Alcorcón, Spain & online
- RM187/h
- 1st lesson belanja
-
See Dance tutors
