Category Archives: tango
Tango, frustation and the male ego
All I want to do is dance. The more I dance, the better I get. The better I get, the more fluttery my belly gets. All good stuff… But I am very frustrated of late. I am very unmotivated to go to practica at the tango studio. The last few evenings that I attended there [...]
Tango, progress
Just because I’ve been neglecting the blog – that doesn’t mean that I’ve stopped tango lessons. In fact, I have finally graduated to Intermediate 1 - and we’re halfway through the session already. Now that the steps are more-or-less understood, the challenge at this stage is refinement. That is, making the movements seem fluid, adding [...]
Tango – changing partners
At Tango Fabrika, the instructors always encourage us to change partners every few songs so that we can develop better dancing skills. Not only does it hone my ability to recognize cues, but it’s also a real pleasure to feel how each partner has been improving over the last six weeks. The students are pretty [...]
Tango, propulsion and confidence
One of the aspects that I’m enjoying this time around is learning about propulsion – or more precisely, the way that the energy emanating from my partner propels me into the dance. We did an exercise this week in which my partner kept his arms open and I held on to his arms just below [...]
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Taking a break from tango lessons