LETS TALK TANGO
TANGO ARGENTINO
I have been dedicated to Argentinean tango for over 20 years. If you fall in love with tango, as I did, then you will become hooked, as I have. Tango is more than a dance. There exists, within the embrace, a heightened awareness, a suspension in time and a mysterious sense of a "secret inside". There is something deep, an almost motionless, fathomless dark ocean of time.
Tango is more than you can say in words it has much to reveal and to give. Social tango is not as hard as it looks, so almost anyone can learn to dance it, although there always seems to be another challenge. It is not possible to learn all of the steps, much as it is not possible to learn all there is to life, and Tango is the great physical metaphor for life in a changing world. How you dance comes from who you are.
In my blog I am going to explore the many elements that makes up Tango as I know it…..I hope you will join me.
The Tangueria-Sidewalk Tango
A key elements of dancing tango is understanding and controlling our axis points. Learning how to create subtle weight changes can make positive improvements to our tango. Focused walking movement to enhance body awareness can bring stability to the core, stabilising the entire body. This exercise is designed to build controlled weight change noticing how your body moves through space, releasing tension and creating freedom.
Read MoreGetting Back on the Bike - a look at life and tango after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. It is going to as simple as hopping back on our bike and off we go, or can we use this period in our life to re-evaluate and become newly inspired….?
Read MoreThe music knows nothing about dance, and as dancers we are inspired to introduce music to dance, expressed through rhythmic and fluid movement reflective of the musical composition being heard.
Read MoreMany artists have contributed to the artistry and growth of tango over the decades and none more so than Gloria Arquimbau. An exceptional artist in her own right, Gloria and her husband Eduardo created tango magic as they expanded tango across Japan, Europe, Russia and America to name only a few of the countries that where dazzled and inspired by their teaching and performances.
Read MoreTango is more than a dance. Resonating with melody, rhythm, artistry, subtlety and touch, the tango encounter is an intoxication of pleasure, humour, respect and poetry. An attraction, a passion, a curiosity, a pastime, a meditation, and extremely stylish good fun. What does tango mean to you?
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