Social
Retention rates and “bad” milongas
In the previous post, I wrote about a friend comparing the vibe from two different milongas. I pointed out the behaviours of organisers that can create a “colder” vibe. Usually, such milongas attract and cater more to advanced dancers, and that is why the organisers have a judgemental mentality that discourages or puts off the…
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Why is your milonga so… “cold”?
“When I am in milonga A I feel like home but in milonga B I feel I need to be careful with each and every step I take… I feel like I am constantly under judgment.” A friend of mine told me that comparing the vibe he gets between two different milongas in the city.…
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Why are you rich?
Bill Gates. You all know him. Right? However, did you know that in 1968 Bill Gates was one of the 300 students who attended the Lakeside School? Out of 18 million high school students who lived in the US (303 million worldwide), he had the luck to attend one of the few high schools that,…
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Self exploration
Are you a diamond or a bottle of water?
Imagine that someone offers to give you for free a diamond or a bottle of water. Which one would you choose? I guess that most people reading this question would answer… “The diamond”. If you compare the prices of the two goods, there is no doubt that diamonds cost more. That is why you would…
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A Tanda away
Let’s do an exercise. Think about some of the strongest memories in your life so far. Just pick a few that come to mind. Done?… Now answer the following questions. Do these moments involve another person or were they moments that you were alone? Is there an emotion attached to those moments?
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Why am I doing this?
“Thank you for doing this for the community” he told me referring to my blog posts. To be honest I didn’t know how to react. All this started like a joke. I started by posting small texts on Facebook for my friends and as the discussions led to new texts and the new texts led…
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Musicality
Struggling with… noise
We had a very interesting conversation last week in the newly founded group about what is musicality. If you haven’t yet joined, do so! I saw so many different responses but amongst them, there was almost always a common pattern. Most people agreed that at some level, musicality means being able to understand the different…
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Do it like kids
I visited a friend’s house the other day. They have two adorable kids and we were playing with them all the time. It is impressive how a couple of game hours with kids can totally change your mood. For better or for worse. I mean you leave the house full of smiles or with a…
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The beauty and the beast
They aim also to make us look nice when we dance. Improve the aesthetics of our dance. You probably admire those dancers on the floor with nice posture and clean, straight lines when they move. So the question that always bothered me is how much of this technique is functionally necessary and how much is…
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Connection
Connection
This… the ability to sense your partner’s body within your chest, your core, your own body and eventually feel it as if it is part of your own body, is maybe the answer to the incompleteness of the previous post which satisfies our deep need for connection.
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Flawed
We are all flawed, incomplete peripherals, and the irony of the dance is exactly that. You need two to dance it but you will never experience it in its entirety. You can never understand the dance in its entirety.
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Incomplete
If you ever really grasp this… you can understand that there is no leading and following in Tango. There was never such a thing… not even from its beginning. There is only cooperation… partnership… like in a family… in a couple… from the age of cavemen till today… where the man hunted and the woman…
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Language
Story telling
Is it really your own story?
Then whose story is this in the end? Is it the story you had in mind to tell in the beginning? Is it the story your partner wanted to listen to? Is it the story they wanted to tell you?
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How do you tell a story?
What can we learn from TTS software, ebook reading apps, and so many other communication experiences? If the voice has its tools to communicate emotions what are the equivalent tools in our dance?
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What story are you telling?
“I now understand how important it is to listen to a lot of music.” A good friend (follower) told me recently. She explained that when she knows the song she feels more confident and natural for her to also contribute to the dance.
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