Ok. I know I left you hanging after these 2 qualifying rounds. Results were announced last night at 7:30pm and posted to the festival website around 10am this morning. And Facebook is buzzing with the expected controversy. Day 2 went much faster than day 1. We arrived at 3pm and were dancing by 4pm. It […]
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What a crazy trip this has been so far! Some of you have been following me on Facebook and know that my flight was cancelled and rescheduled for the following day. And it has been a whirlwind since!!! Classes, milongas, shoe buying, clothes fittings and fixings, non-stop!!!! And today began the qualifying rounds of Tango
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Here is a sample of a possible Beginner’s Playlist. Depending on what we are doing in class, I do tend to play a lot of Carlos Di Sarli and Francisco Canaro, these are the names of orchestra leaders and their orchestras were named after them! Below you have a screenshot of my beginner’s playlist from
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What do you think? As a follower in this dance of Argentine Tango do you think of yourself as submitting or as surrendering? Leaders, do you think of your follower as being submissive or surrendering? These 2 words came up recently in a tango discussion in relation to the follower’s role in tango. And of
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I think I have finally caught up on sleep. And in between have been enjoying the lush green of my environs. I have been so well taken care of here at the Tangovilla by my hosts, Stefan and Ralph. I met Stefan at a tango teacher training session a few years ago. We were paired
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