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Yes, we all thought tango increases our stress levels* – at least during lessons – but in fact science shows that the opposite is true. Tango could be just what the doctor ordered.

An invitation:

Let’s play the tango improve game next milonga by responding to whatever dance step our partner makes with a “yes, and.” If it is not the response we were expecting or desiring, we can chose to welcome it as an invitation to be creative. 

In holding space, we allow our partner to experiment and take risks without judgement or censorship, while at the same time providing containment and structure so that the dance energy is channelled safely and creatively.

The core of connection is the quality of our attention – to our body, to our partner and to the music.

Tango clearly represents the dynamic tension between masculine and feminine energies and provides, at the same time, an exquisite social exercise for shared leadership and co-creative expression.

Can tango be celebrated in conjunction with International Women’s Day?

The notion would have had my mother rolling over in her grave. The impression often given by stage, performance tango belies everything she believed in as an ardent feminist: scantily clad women draped over men in suits, flung about by their partners at will.

What does bullying have to do with tango?

A fair bit.

Because of its subtle complexities, the tango is the ideal medium for exploring and exposing many relational dynamics, including bullying.

“The secret of tango is in this impossible moment of improvisation that happens between step and step.  It is to make the impossible thing possible, to dance silence..” Carlos Gavito