I have been catching up on my Tango reading. I have a pile of books that are about Argentine Tango journeys and stories and I am slowly paving my way through them. Last night something caught my attention in a footnote, this author used the phrase pushing the floor. I started to ponder this idea […]
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Today’s topic is one that not many people discuss or at least haven’t discussed with me or my partner and that is: why do organizers charge what they charge for visiting teachers? Who decides this? How is it decided? There is no standardization or written rules anywhere for exactly how an organizer brings a traveling
How much for that tango? Read More »
The Head, Heart and Legs, you have to feel the dance in these 3 places according to Maestro Eduardo Pareja (Parejita). You dance what you can and what you feel. As I said in the last blog, I was so moved by all the fantastic information and stories that these Maestros recounted, that I wanted
“Mente Corazon y Pierna” Read More »
MAESTROS de MAESTROS – The Teachers of Teachers, a workshop with those milongueros, who can speak about dancing in their early days with tango in Buenos Aires, and it, the workshops, started out, well, slowly! 4 days, 2 classes per day. Rommel and I and Tyler show up to this famous historic stadium, Atlanta (which
“It’s an Art, not Gymnastics” Read More »
To say that the last week has been a whirlwind would be an understatement. We have been doing private classes, group classes, milongas, trying to stay healthy, dealing with rain and torrential down pours, 1 day of sun, clouds, cold – whoosh! But none-the-less so far, so good! La Maestra has recommended that we take