photo by Sergio Scandiuzzi © I doubt that there is a tango dancer who do not asks himself how the partners feel him? The next question is usually how to dance more like a man? What is that makes a dance manly? Tango is created in early 20th century Buenos Aires, which had a strong machist culture. Of course, I am not saying that we should recreate the same relations, but part of the magic of tango is in the polarity of the mans and womans role – and we should preserve the best what tango…

The terms ‘leader’ and ‘follower’ are so much part of the tango vocabulary used today that I often see even some Argentinian teachers using them. In fact, most of the time when people use leader/follower, they learned them from their teachers, not because they came out with them because of how they feel them. I avoid using them whenever I can. Although to some might look like logical choices, when you think about it, they are deeply misleading. This article might be a reason for some disagreement, but hey, one shouldn’t I ran away from saying what he thinks is…

Have you ever started a dance and soon discovered that it is quite undanceable tanda? Some dancers in this situation interrupt the dance and ask their partner to dance the next one. To be honest I don’t like this kind of behavior since it’s a sign that dancers didn’t wait for the tanda to start before making the invitation. They gambled and lost. But what the DJ can do to help dancers avoid similar situations? How can (s)he differentiate between danceable from undanceable music? I’ll share my experience on what might be important. I believe there are some undeniable principles…

People often tend to close their eyes to the simple truth that tango is a dance of passion; and there’s a reason for that: they don’t want to see the dark side of tango. There are some facts about the dance we love so much that people try to ignore because they make them uncomfortable. In fact, many of these are not good or bad, they just become such when we decide to see them as good or bad. It’s all about opinion. “Can I ask you something? I need someone to talk to”, a private message came on my…

If one can say that the DJ has superpower, than it’s his ability to control how the milonga unfolds. The mood of the dancers is often influenced by other factors as well, but the music selection can make or break the milonga. How does DJ’s choices actually work? What are the tools in his/her toolbox? What knowledge he/she should have? Well, the short answer is that they have a lot of tools. Some are simple, other require some experience. In this article I will talk about some of the tools I learned during almost 8 years of DJing around different…