An improved Milonga Experience you say? Ok, to be fair this blog will not be about my opinions on lighting or table seating arrangements, although I am sure I have opinions on that too, this is about YOU and how YOU can improve your own experience, or at least attempt to. I hear so often […]
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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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As you can imagine, I have a lot to say on this topic of the core almost as much as I have to say about your feet! I have to thank Anne from TangoSpace for her blog on The Tango Dancers Guide to Core Muscles for inspiring About your and Core and Tango! It is
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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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Traveling for Tango [v_icon color=”#dd0000″ size=”18px” target=”_self” name=”moon-airplane”] I recently received a message from a young colleague who was asking for some advice on becoming a traveling teacher and expectations on traveling for Tango. I know some of you are experienced in traveling for tango and some are just starting out on the great adventure. Those
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Here is a performance playlist to 3 songs that Daniela Feilcke-Wolff and I performed to at Milonga Popular Berlin. We started the performance with the milonga, “La Vida es Una Milonga”, followed by the tango “Remembranza” and then into a short performance to “Oblivion” – as a shout to my contemporary dance days. The crowd
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Are you dumping? Are you dumping your pelvis? You have probably heard me say this in class. What am I talking about? Why your pelvic tip, of course! One of 2 things happens with the pelvis when you come to tango class – you are either tipping it or tucking it! If you are like most
Below are 2 videos with Irfan from Istanbul. They are improvised performances. So fun to see Irfan and me dance and compare it to our video from 2008. He chose the music and we did not rehearse to them prior. We did learn a lot about each other through teaching together, putting together the classes with
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I have been in Istanbul for one week. I have read about the magic of Istanbul and I was here before but something about this place begins to intoxicate! When I first arrived I was overwhelmed by the amount of people on the streets (but there are no tourists, they tell me), and the amounts
On the road again from Geneva to Istanbul. I attended a marathon in Geneva and stopped in Zurich and have one day in Berlin. I most recently learned that if you approach a leader and tell them that you would like to dance with them it is assumed that you are at a lower level!
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I grew up and have spent most of my life thinking that Cardiovascular exercise was super important – How many of us have grown up thinking – if you run and sweat and raise your heart rate you burn calories and you’re doing yourself a favor? Until recently I thought this and believed it as
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Still in Torino, I have had an amazing week filled with Art, Architecture, Cinema, Music, Dance! A Creatively Full Week! I had the luxury of going to see the Matisse (and some of his contemporaries) exhibit here in Torino “Matisse e il suo tempo”, at the Palazzo Chiablese. I was so inspired afterwards. I am
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Is Tango a Pain in the Neck? I have not known how to broach this subject of tango being a pain in the neck, and it seems to be a common recurring theme as of late. After returning from another 3-day tango dancing event, several people shared with me their “pain in the neck” or their “pain
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And yes I am on the road again! Bye bye Budapest! Hello Switzerland! 5 weeks have passed in Budapest. And this post is probably the least about tango! I had quite some adventures in the end! Like: Having tea in a very eclectic TeaHaz called Zold Teknós (something about turtles!)– decorated with actual teepees and
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Accessing your Axis: the W’s and an H! Where is it? What is it? How do I use it ? maintain it? Who has an axis? When do I need to use it? Why do I need to know about it? In a class recently a student was having a hard time with a “barrida” or a “drag”. And after
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