You will see tango monsters just before the embrace is engaged. It is where the follower reaches up to the embrace of the taller leader. But she doesn’t just lift her arms. For some bizzare reason she lifts her arms by raising her shoulders to her ears and adding for effect splayed reaching fingers. From the leaders perspective it looks like he’s being attacked by a lurching zombie. Hence tango monsters.

To be heavy: The way the majority of Argentine teachers describe having connection with the floor. Where ballroom dancing seeks to glide above the floor tango dancers seek purchase and make the floor their friend. In this way the partners communicate the presence of their feet.

Heavy: Sometimes used to describe someone’s embrace indicating their ability to communicate the heaviness of their lower half through their embrace.

Heavy: Literally being heavy and pulling or leaning down on your partner. Extremely incorrect technique.

Heavy: Being sluggish and unresponsive to the lead. A mistaken interpretation of the notion of resistance in the embrace.