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Engaging Tango Newbies Part 2 Interview

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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New Ways to Engage Newbies in Tango Part I

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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Successful Women’s Weekend Berlin

It was a successful Women’s Weekend in Berlin filled with leading, following, dancing, laughter and great enthusiasm. When Daniela (Feilcke -Wolff) and I spoke about doing A Women’s Weekend there was no hesitation for either one of us. She has been doing Tangueras workshops as I had done the leading ladies evenings in Phoenix. The bigger …

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