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Perpetual beginners and useless teachers
In one of my previous posts about the lost beginners, a reader of the blog shared it with a phrase he remembers his teacher telling him. “This is a perpetual beginner…” he said. The discussion that followed was a very interesting and enlightening one and it went in the direction of whose fault and responsibility…
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Tango addicts and dealers
If we, as dancers, are addicts, this makes the event organizers our “drug” dealers… our Tango-drug dealers. Especially the ones in our local community. They organize events where we can get our dose of Tandas. When there is a market opportunity, for example, an area or a time slot where there is no event some…
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Men, sex and Tango
A common misconception as already mentioned is that people who dance Tango, do so because they are trying to find a love partner. Even worse some men might think it’s a nice opportunity to hook up with lots of women and spice up their sex life. I already wrote that these misconceptions often lead to…
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Finding your own Tango
Dancers who really stay memorable when you dance with them, do so because they manage to express and evoke emotions. The easy part is to be happy, express joy, love, and affection. But is this our whole self? The hard part is to be able to express pain, hurt, sadness, despair, anger, and all those…
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Self taught Tango toddlers
How about you? Do you have more practicas or classes in your community? Have you ever encountered a teacher that managed to excite your imagination and curiosity? Do you think that practicas are as important (or even more so) than classes or not? Let me know in a comment or with a personal message (email…
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Do the organizers play a role when you choose which event to participate?![]()
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How the skin in the game principle can help you pick the right event for you.
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Is knowing a lot of tango vocabulary important for your Tango? ![]()
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Is the tango vocabulary really a vocabulary? Wha tis the key difference with a normal language vocabulary?
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Drama exists, but the exit matters.![]()
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Goodnight Tango: What can Pugliese’s music teach you about life
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In the case of the dialog and fight communities, the dialog communities have found the tool to find the way out of it. They discovered their “god from the machine” but they did not let …
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Technique and emotions are often viewed as opposite… are they?![]()
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The relationship between technique and expressing emotion in tango dancing and why these two concepts often seem contradictory and not complementary.
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Professional hobbyist (snob?) teachers
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What happens when hobbyist Tango dancer decides to make it a profession? Is it possible that the hobby stops being a hobby and you find it difficult to have fun? A post about teacher who hade a profes…Explore
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