Your best tango will happen when you connect the basic “three”
I have always thought I have good musicality. For years, I’ve been dancing in international high-level events and always got compliments on my musicality and playfulness. As a kid, I studied music, composition and spent years playing an instrument. I attended some musicality classes but never connected to them, I always thought they were too basic. Phrase, melody, beat… Dancing to different orchestras. I often didn’t see the point in studying that. It didn’t change my dance f
On tango happiness and belonging, or why and how to connect
We all come into tango for different reasons. But many, if not most of us remain because of connection. Connection is a powerful and truly beautiful thing, and it’s also the driving force for belonging. Many scientific studies have determined that human’s most basic need is a sense of community. We simply can’t be happy or even function on our own. People who have been deprived of communication for too long experience actual physical suffering, on top of facing complex psycho
Buenos Aires Milongas: Dance Till You Drop or On the Difficulties of Having to Choose
You know you're in Buenos Aires when you need an app simply to give you the list of all milongas. Every day I opened the app to see dozens of milongas listed. On average, there are about 30 a day, and it was almost Christmas, mind you, so many Argentinians were already gone and some milongas closed. The choice is overwhelming, and while I know that some are better than others, it is still hard to choose. Many people (including me) end up going from one to another in one night
In Search of New Inspirations
Tango is my life. Sounds pompous but it's true. I've quit my architecture career to dance, teach, and live tango, because I love it and I believe I can share something wonderful with other people through my tango. I am completely happy and in love with this dance, this experience and grateful I am able to live my dream (since I was a baby, my dream was to be a dancer. Many years later, after a detour through sports and architecture, I am actually a dancer, finally!) But of co
Let's Make it Personal - Interview with Maja and Marko
Why do Maja and Marko pay special attention to their clothing? How did Marko start dancing tango (and it wasn't the usual way!), what's the most incredible thing they've tried in their travels, and what is the difference between tango in Europe and tango in Asia?
Surprise! When they were in London in May '18, we arranged a nice relaxed interview with them to get to know them a bit better, and to introduce their less known sides to all of you! Interview was really interestin
Tango. A partner dance. Right?
I had an interesting discussion with a local London tanguero. It was based on one of the videos I posted, where I was practising forward ochos by myself. I will by the way soon post a Let's Make It Personal video about solo practice and what value it has in a partner dance like tango, in my point of view. This tanguero respectfully argued that practising ochos by myself is pointless since being able to do it alone does not give an indication whether I can also do it in a coup
Dancers of movement, music and feeling. Who are you?
Have you ever noticed that with some people we dance “moves”, with others - “music”, and then also now and then we encounter people who dance “emotions”? What does it all mean? We are all very different in tango. One of my most favourite things ever about tango is how diverse we are. I know surgeons, artificial intelligence researchers, air traffic controllers, opera singers and recently met a historical precious stones expert, among countless other occupations. The beauty of
Follower and Leader discuss their views on Connection. Let's Make It Personal - Episode 6
We had a chat with Olga and Vicente to get two people's views on what's important for a good connection in a couple. The chat was productive and we will have more videos coming! Wonderfully filmed and edited by Michael Nikolai (thank you!!!) #Dancing #TangoBody #Partner #Technique #Tango #Socialtango #Improvement
From Beginner to Advanced. Some thoughts about “levels” in tango
You like tango. You have been dancing for 3 years. You attended many many classes, you dance socially once or twice a week, you participate in many international events. You can do complex figures, colgadas and your boleo is high. You dance a lot and successfully and generally enjoy your tango life. Are you advanced? Or you like cooking. You have been cooking for yourself once or twice a week. You can do omelette, boiled potatoes and even tasty fried chicken. You invite frien
Tango and sex
"...And finally to stand up, perhaps, with a completely unfamiliar partner, stop thinking about your legs and open yourself to another person and discover him/her for yourself..." This article is written by Iri Strelkova, a wonderful tanguera living in Moscow. Originally written in Russian, later translated into English. Original post here. Opinions of guest writers might not necessarily correspond with our own, but this is tango! There is no one and only correct way! Have a
