Five articles every tango dancer must read
They say being out “in the nature” without understanding it is like being in a museum where all pictures are hanged faced towards the wall. I don’t remember who was the wise person who said that, but I get the point: without understanding we are destined to see just the surface of things. It’s like looking at their shapes and forms without truly having a grasp of their meaning and the content. Many people come to tango without being properly introduced in the meaning of what it’s all about and many feel need to find it (because we are meaning…
Dancing tango in December 2020
Our worldview is often limited by the status of our environment: if people don’t dance in our community, we assume that that is the norm everywhere… But this can’t be any further from the truth! This is why I decided to make a little survey about where people dance and what they do to protect themselves and others during these crazy times. I started in October and since I’ve got great feedback, I decided to repeat it every few months. My little survey have just four questions: I asked the participants about tango classes, practicas, milongas and international events in…
10 surprising lessons I learned in 2020
Everyone has unique experience, but I’m sure that we’ll all remember 2020 for one thing — the pandemic. Some of us lost their job, others lost their dream, and some unfortunately lost their close ones. I’m sure all of us experienced periods when we were trapped at home — with time to do nothing. When those moments come, we all instinctively look inward and reflect on the things of the past and the future, and our place in it… “You should find another hobby”, she said. “Why?” I asked surprised. “I didn’t like it even before, but now, I think…
Pros and cons of learning tango online
Learning tango online is considered a substitution for real workshops this year, but does it work? What is it good for and what are the drawbacks of learning online? What is online learning good for and where it fails to deliver? For years, I’ve been working online with dozens of students and most of the time it worked well, but I’ve always guided my online students that learning online doesn’t work if you don’t have option to dance with someone who knows how it’s done. Pros Online is a great way to learn the milonguero mindsetWatching gives you ideas about…
11 ways watching videos negatively influences your dancing
Watching videos of demo dances and performances can and should be part of the learning process, but we should always be aware that it influences our dancing. It influences us even if we don’t want to: our mirror neurons are helping our brain to sometimes learn just by watching… and they make no difference between good or bad – their job is to just imitate. 11 ways watching videos changes your dancing Changes your choice of stepsInfluences your techniqueYou get ideas on how to interpret the musicIt changes your tasteYou try unnatural postureGets you ideas about your dress codeYou tend…