Thinking instead of dancing…
Here is the lastest El Tangauta, with interview of Andrea and Javier, my most influential teachers. (it requires a simple registration) You could read the whole interview from the PDF. I strongly recommend it if you are interested in learning tango, regardless if you like their style or not. Note that, both learned how to dance tango from young age at milongas, then turned into professional later.
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot and dancing much less.
I have been pondering how to not dance, how to erase the last memories of those movements that I had been learning all these years, how to resist the urge to dance to my usual self when the music is very inspiring, how to reduce the movement so that each movement makes sense, how to do less…
Instead of how to do it, Why do it?
Instead of moving to the beats and the notes of the music, I am trying to find the energy in the music and expand and contract accordingly. Breathing through the whole dance and breathe to movement, like in a yoga practice.
Levantarse, abrir los ojos, sentir la tierra, respirar, dar un paso, correr, saltar, caerse, para detenerse y continuar, y volver a parar, soñar, volar, enloquecer, amar, y sólo vibrar… en paz.- Cecilia Garcia.
Each maestro(a) has added something into my understanding of tango, from their own perspective. I am anxious to see what my upcoming trip to BsAs will bring.
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