Why Teach Tango?
Inspiration and Education in Tango
Tango is more than just a dance; it is a way of life that deserves to be deeply explored.
For those who feel a spark of interest in tango, it is essential to guide this curiosity toward a deeper and more meaningful understanding.
It is not just about learning impressive steps, although that also has its value. It is about going beyond, discovering the magical bond between dancers, a complicity known as "connection," and the mutual respect that fosters infinite freedom of expression in tango.
Meaningful Connections
This complicity and mutual respect do not arise spontaneously, although there is a seed of spontaneity in accepting the challenge of dancing with a partner and the respect demanded by the milonga community. This connection and respect are learned and must be taught by those already part of the tango community. Dancing tango is accepting a challenge, an acceptance that becomes second nature for experienced dancers.
Preserving the Essence of Tango
It is crucial to preserve the accumulated knowledge of those who danced tango not as a profession, but because it was a cornerstone of their existence, their identity, and their way of relating to the world. This knowledge goes beyond mere economic subsistence and leads us to value higher and more authentic aspects of our humanity.
A Unique Perspective
There is a Health, with a capital H, that represents the best of our humanity and cannot be measured by medical instruments. This Health is perceived as integrity, flourishing, and inspiration. It is a broad perspective, like the view from a mountain, that only those who have experienced tango can fully understand.
The Value of the Body
In an era where technology advances exponentially, our bodies seem to become a problem, an excess in a network of interconnected instruments. We have distanced ourselves from our bodies, and therefore, from ourselves. Tango invites us to reconnect with our humanity through something as basic and essential as the embrace.
Reviving the Community
The human community is dissolving into technological networks. Technology can be beneficial if it helps us become more integral, flourish, and find inspiration. The milonga is a space to disconnect from technology and reconnect with our corporeal existence, a space to exercise our humanity.
Tango as a Life Practice
Tango is a practice of existing as human beings, a moment to shed our technological armor. You cannot dance tango with a smartphone in your hand; you need to be present, in body and soul.
The Golden Age of Tango
There was a moment in history when tango reached its most beautiful expressions, most integral individuals, and most inspiring art. The music of the 1940s, the golden age of tango, is not limited to specific dates but to a unique sensitivity that gave rise to diverse manifestations.
That era is the source of great wisdom, the music and poetry that guides us to listen, understand, feel, dance, and, if inspiration calls you, to sing.
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