Yichen. When you mentioned Tony.are you refering to Tony Dorkman and his sister.He is demonsrating here in about two weeks time along with Jukka Hoapalainen and Sirpa at our Casino.

TechniqueMan
There is absolutely no question - get a good solid basic technique and don't worry about 'fancy' steps(This applies to all technical skills in my view). In slow waltz, spend a lot of time practising natural turn - link- reverse turn - link -natural turn etc.. with good posture and poise and shape all the time. Do it with a teacher.

What would be the timeline on the learning curve for all this technique mentioned above for an average dancer.
lets say 1 hr class per week and 1-3 hrs practise 5 days a week.

Anonymous. It is debateable about how much practice should be done. The main point being, is the step being correctly executed. If it is not you can see what problems can arise. Definitly the best way is within a short a time as possible after the lesson. It is a fact . leave it till the next day and parts of what has been learnt will start to disappear.

What sort of technique from the original list i posted are we looking at in the english tango (international style). both have a dirrent dancing style

Get a good solid basic technique and don't worry about " fancy " steps.
Very good point. To complement each other.
ylchen

Last night, I practice walking and running spinturn followed by reverse pivots and side cross , contra fallaway from CPP.( waltz ), which I learn from vidoe clip ( Fabio ). My coach came to me ( after his teaching lesson ) and said , let us learn this routine. I feel quite good , except with that , I hope the reverse pivote ( 123& ) move as fas as possible, ( 1/2 turn eac pivot ); keep stable frame on first step of contra fallaway.Tonight , we will work better. He is really a good coach keeping open mind . He never watch this clip before.

Hi all,
Its been 2 months since i posted my original message for jonathan or others. I suppose since jonathan / others has not added more technique to my list above, can i assume that thats all the technique one needs to be awware of in modern style ballroom?

What about footwork and timing? Every aspect that makes a step better is tehnique.

Is there swing in E.Tango?