And it is the season for hugging! (If you haven’t been getting your daily doses!) And those who have been dancing awhile know that hugging, “El Abrazo”, is what makes Argentine Tango so wonderful! Hugs have been proven to help lower our blood pressure, release the feel good hormone oxytocin, and make us feel better […]
The Popular Practilonga! Practice + Milonga = Practilonga! Since my interview and time spent chatting with Mitra, I have found that the topic of growing tango and teaching beginners to really be a hot topic (again or still). I spoke recently to my colleague Karen Jaffe of Tangogypsies in Asheville, North Carolina and she spoke
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In part 1 of New Ways to Engage Tango Newbies I discussed how I thought Peer to Peer Learning really added an extra dimension to ASU Tango students’ learning. In this blog I interviewed colleague Mitra Martin, Co-Founder of Oxygen Tango, in Los Angeles for her ideas and explorations into peer to peer learning at Oxygen. What
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Are there New(er) Ways to Engage Newbies in Tango? (This is a 2 part blog.) As most of you know, who have been reading my blogs over the years, I had the privilege of teaching Argentine Tango at ASU for 10 years. My students were beginners, first time dancers, first time tangueras/as. The setup was (a
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Alignment and Posture and your Tango What is the difference between these 2 words? When I hear alignment I think of my car: when it is aligned it functions properly. Posture makes me think of someone “posturing” a presentation to the world that may or may not be alignment. We talk about our tango posture –
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