A transformational pivot technique private with Emma Lucia Reyes

One of the things that keeps tango so engaging is that you never run out of opportunities to develop the fundamentals. When Gavito was asked what he was working on toward the end of his life, he replied ‘the walk.’

I haven’t spent quite as long on that as he did, but anyone who has ever danced with me will know that it remains my first love, and I’ve put a lot of work into it over the years. The other most fundamental element is of course the pivot, and that’s what I wanted to work on with Emma …

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Taster video: The splendid Cheltenham Tango Festathon is another of my festival fixtures

I’m known for never writing 100 words when 10,000 will do, so my typical festival blog posts take almost as long to read as the event does to unfold. However, with my regular festival features – the Feast, Etonathons and the Sheffield festival – I eventually reached the point of feeling like I’d said it all before.

For these, I switched instead to creating ‘taster videos‘: enough collated video from various editions to give a sense of them for anyone who’s never been, and to provide some memories for those who have. This year, it’s the turn of the Cheltenham Tango Festathon …

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