Category: Social

Posts dealing with social aspects fo Tango


  • The elephant in the room

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    The elephant in the room

    A few weeks ago, a video went viral in the Greek Tango community. Two women, both dancers, were repeating phrases they’ve heard over the years. Comments full of gender stereotypes, casual misogyny, and the kind of phrases that, when unpacked, reveal more than just ignorance. They reveal a culture that sometimes looks the other way.…

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  • Kindness, Rituals and Values

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    Kindness, Rituals and Values

    Some weeks ago, we had a meaningful conversation in the community about the custom of walking your partner back to their seat after a tanda. One member challenged the gesture, suggesting it might symbolise outdated gender roles. Others, including myself, offered a different view. I don’t see this as a “ladies first” gesture. I see…

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  • Frodo, Sam and the power of Tango
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    Frodo, Sam and the power of Tango

    In the last post, I described how the Ring from The Lord of the Rings can symbolise Tango’s power and how it amplifies what’s already inside us. I used the relationship between Gollum and the Ring to show how Tango (The Ring) can twist us when we dance to escape ourselves (like Gollum used the…

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  • But they dance…

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    But they dance…

    I was in a milonga the other night, which wasn’t very full. The mood was flat. Adnd then came the first song of a Tanda—Cascabelito by Pugliese, with Maciel on vocals. Under different circumstances, my head would be spinning like a cartoon scanning the room to find a partner. This time, though, I wasn’t quite…

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  • Caveman mode ON!

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    Caveman mode ON!

    “I feel that if I will ever dance with her, I need to be at my best.” A friend of mine told me in a milonga some time ago. I’ve heard that thought before. Actually, I used to think that way too. In my first couple of years, whenever I was dancing with a better…

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