Thanks to my recent certification in Whole Body Alignment I can share this picture with you. See the woman on the far left, she is standing perfectly aligned. All of her alignment markers in their proper places. She is standing perfectly vertical. Her human machine should function perfectly! (if she indeed were not a picture […]
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Ok – so we didn’t get first place and that’s disappointing but what is even more disappointing is that we didn’t even place in the top 3. What an upset and a total shock and surprise. And I am not speaking out of turn – there were so many people rooting for us. We were
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Rommel and I have made it through the semi – finals. We are now 1 of 8 couples who will be dancing tomorrow night. We are feeling relaxed and ready for it. This year the number of couples who clearly have trained for this salon competition appears to be much higher than in the last
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The End of Day 2. Rommel and I advance to the Semi-Finals, along with 13 other lovely dancers. We are very excited. Out of 4 couples from Arizona, 2 have made it another day!
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About a year ago I found myself at a festival, being introduced to another dancer from somewhere down south (and to protect his identity we’ll keep it like that!). And this introduction had the implication that we would dance at some point that evening. The pressure was on then… This always makes me a little
The Most Exciting, Sexy, Hottest Moment in Argentine Tango! Read More »
With all the time we spend in our high heels and investing in beautiful shoes for our tango journey, I think the time we spend out of them is just as important. Here is a short list of things I do when I am not in my heels to take care of my feet: remember
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My students will often ask me when we start working with the embrace, “where do I put my head?” And this is such a great question. In our desire to have the cuddly tango feel inside the embrace we often sacrifice our posture beginning specifically with the head. I see it in followers who reach
Necking? or are you a chin jutter? Read More »
Don’t fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it. (Amy Cuddy) Last week one of my newest students to Argentine Tango said that he would just like a magic pill to learn tango. And then I received a link to an inspiring Ted Talk video by Amy Cuddy entitled: Your Body
It was about 1 year ago that Belinda from the community approached Rommel to start doing Tango with ABIL – Arizona Bridge to Independent Living at SPOFIT (the Virginia G. Piper Sports and Fitness Center for Persons with Disabilities). What a wonderful journey it has been and it continues to be. Adaptive Tango Rommel and
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I have always been a bit obsessed with the desire to be clear and to be understood. Maybe it was my upbringing in a bilingual household with an emphasis on reading and writing skills that imbued me with this desire. Whatever the origins, it is funny that now I teach, and am always seeking more
About Leading and Following Read More »
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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Sick as a dog on the eve of the Finals. The smell of menthol is on everyone’s breath at the milongas. Everyone seems to be sick or with some scratchy throat. Rommel had the opportunity to speak informally and interpret for a teacher and a judge who was at the house coaching. Some highlights of
Informal with a judge Read More »
It really has been inspiring and a delight to take classes with these old milongueros. They are so funny and sweet, they share from their heart. They definitely have seen changes in tango. We took a class with Manolo y Marta Anton and again it was more than just a step that we learned. We
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We had heard last night from those who were at the announcement of those passing that we had not. But we chose not to share until we had seen it in writing. Rommel and I did not make it to the semifinals. We are a bit disappointed and unsure why. We also know that we
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