Musings on Tango, Sensuality and Spirituality
(a guest blog post by Sharmarie, inspired by our on-going tangosensaciones conversations. Join us.) listening to myself listening so busy in my headthinking…my stepsmy posturemy partnerb r e a t h elet the music flowthroughmovementrhythmexpressionconnection listening to myself listening the energythe space between notes put on la cumparsita. don’t think. just notice what moves. the … Read more
Moments of intimacy: reflections the morning after on the night before …I thoughtfully took time to revisit the previous night’s dancing. What stuck with me, what have I kept, what opened me up emotionally and stretched my my heart, was quite surprising.
Speak to me gently, softly. Caress me. Move with me. Sway with me. Sink into the shape of who you are. Breathe with me into the space between. Inhale the fragrance of connection. Taste the deliciousness of moving together. Every experience opens onto a panorama of joy and beauty, Every encounter an invitation to surrender … Read more
Whether we are dancing, practicing yoga, sitting beside someone we love, or simply moving through an ordinary day, breath is always inviting us back into relationship. With ourselves. With another. With life. Every inhale says: I am here. Every exhale says: I can let go. And somewhere between the two, we meet. The embrace is … Read more
Remember these? Wish you didn’t? Did you ever try to dance with a mask on? It definitely ruined the moment. There was an upside. Apart from supposedly keeping us from catching COVID, they taught us all to notice and value our breathing. It made us acutely aware of the need to breathe deeply and frequently, … Read more
Wait just a minute! I thought that was the mystique of tango: the freedom to hold an absolute stranger in your arms for ten minutes without having to explain yourself. (Thanks Gustavo*) Let me clarify. Absolutely, I dance with people I have never met before, people who often have never danced Tango. In fact, these are … Read more
Of course! the path to heaven doesn’t lie down in flat miles. It’s in the imagination with which you perceive this world, and the gestures with which you honor it. – “The Swan,” Mary Oliver every person is accompanied, at all times, by a procession of angels crying out, “Make way, for an image of … Read more
Pt. 1. The last one to arrive wins.* *English translation of a brilliant Instagram/ FB post by Candela Ramos, “cuerpotango”. Follow her for some wonderful instructional Tango videos. The last one to arrive, wins. The faster you want to get there, the more things you miss. Tango doesn’t appear when you run to complete the movement. … Read more
A little word: pause.
But it encapsulates one of the foundational elements of tango. This is the heart of the dance. This is what gives it its soul; those moments, however fleeting, when the couple creates time and space to join together, connect, to listen to the other, to attune to the press of body against body, feel a heartbeat, share a breath. Some call this the tango high, tango heaven.
In tango as in life.
As we are in our bodies, so we are in the world. This is not just about looking good or dancing correctly; it is about embracing life.