Tag: social
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Which mountain are you climbing?
We believe that in Tango, as in many other activities, the higher you get, the lonelier it becomes. The better you dance, the fewer people you find to truly enjoy dancing with. So if improving means that fewer and fewer partners satisfy you… if you need those very few at “your level” to enjoy a…
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The excuse gap and the internal quiet
In the last post, I wrote about the two different orientations of growth in Tango and the key differences between them. Especially in how they see the partner in the dance equation. The post finished with the following questions: If your growth orientation and intention are right, why does judgment remain? Why do good dancers…
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Your pleasure is not the goal
If the goal of my dance is my enjoyment, what does this make the other person? Are they reduced to a variable in my pleasure… a means to my end?
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It’s not for the community we have…
I’m not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, but last year I actually made one. I told myself: “Let’s try to start a YouTube channel… something for new or future Tango dancers. Something that connects Tango life with real life.”
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It’s not the steps you teach
A few weeks ago, Dimitris wrote a post about tango teachers complaining that “the level of Tango is declining.” His point was simple: maybe teachers judge the level based on the events they attend. Events that are often poorly curated and therefore not representative of the wider tango community.
