Blogging Tango
So I’ve done another crazy thing: I’ve followed some tango teachers (Michael and Beatrix) to a strange city so that I can pay them an extraordinary amount of money to teach me to dance better. Actually, what I want to learn is how to have a good time, but a large part of that involves dancing better. Dancing better doesn’t always mean that my steps will be perfect; it means that I will spend more time focused on the real, live, human being in front of me, and making adjustments according to their abilities. My job, whether as leader or follower, is to take care of myself and to get in to the music; if the leader has to take care of both of us, we never have any time for dancing.
So I’ve been learning a great deal about tango. New things, like how to walk again, and really new things, like a cross that becomes a sacada that becomes a turn around the follower. Crazy stuff, good stuff, and really interesting and well-explained.
I’ve started blogging a little bit about my journey, so here it is. Enjoy!
So I’ve been learning a great deal about tango. New things, like how to walk again, and really new things, like a cross that becomes a sacada that becomes a turn around the follower. Crazy stuff, good stuff, and really interesting and well-explained.
I’ve started blogging a little bit about my journey, so here it is. Enjoy!