…for coming, enjoying, dancing and smiling.
Here's to 2010 and much much more Tango….
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a taste of tango
connect create communicate
…for coming, enjoying, dancing and smiling.
Here's to 2010 and much much more Tango….
If you have video and or pictures please post here
Floating, floating, you’ve never been apart.
Fused and floating, you never will be…
The feet aren’t stepping, aren’t moving.
They’re gliding, skimming, drawing, talking.
A different conversation for each song
A new subject for each tanda…
A silence in the music inside,
All that matters is the dialogue,
You look in on yourself
And the volume is on mute
But you know exactly what’s being said.
A flourish, a breath, a tear, a smile
All around is chaos,
Shouting, animation
The couple, you….
quietly making their way,
They look so quiet
in this noisy world
You almost don’t notice
nearly missing their poetry
You almost don’t notice
How together you are
Unti the tanda is over
And that piece of you is gone.
Usually D'Arienzo or Biagi instrumentals provokes a feeling of happy feet in me. Animated and full of energy, they start pumping like bandoneons…
However it is a particular combination of careful attention from the leader and the music that brings out my happy feet. Not the number of figures but attention to the space where I am. It is boring and at times painful to dance with someone who doesn't care about my feet and I have the scars to show for it.
…a brisk tanda of milonga.
He holds you in an embrace that is present & tender.
He uses the open side not to plough through the crowds,
Bringing it in to leave the connection between yourselves and the floor undisturbed…
Opening out like a new season of bloom.
here's my wish list, hope you can help me out…
1. Dancers who can embrace each other. 2. Respect for each couple on the floor, regardless of their level. 3. A melifluous flow of movement and energy. 4. Honouring the codes of the milonga, especially the cabeceo. 5. Wonderful music in a beautiful place.
Do you think we could start in January?
Thanks for listening.
Jenney
New Love is a short film released in 2007, and is in it’s own words an exploration of love and relationships in the future. There was something about it that made me think about Tango. Wouldn’t it be terrible if milongas were like this?
You can watch this film (if you’re in the UK) on the Channel 4 website.
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