Every now and then, my now-ex tried to persuade me to do a class which is clearly aimed at a much higher level than my own. It’s not normally as crazy as it seems, as I’ve noticed that advanced classes run by visiting teachers are often wholly or mostly technique focused, so it wouldn’t be … Continue reading Follower’s liberation – and this leader’s too!
Technically where my tango began was in my living-room, since my introduction to the dance was with Mariano in privates at home – followed by some group classes at Tango Garden. It was also at Tango Garden where I technically first danced in a milonga, after all of five lessons! But it was at Tango … Continue reading A nostalgic return to Tango Space at the Shield: Where it all began
One of the challenges in tango is that it’s really hard to be happy where we are. We always want to be at the next level, whatever that may mean to each of us. Even for me, an avowed ‘journey not the destination’ guy, it’s tough. Tango is also never a straight line. It’s the very … Continue reading Feeling like my tango has finally levelled-up – after a very long plateau
Three things to me are clear from my following adventure: I’m really enjoying it; it’s helping my lead too; it’s going to be several months before I get anywhere close to being able to follow competently in a milonga. That being the case, and with my month-long return to Buenos Aires rapidly approaching, I decided … Continue reading Returning to leading lessons as BsAs fast approaches
Felipe Martinez recently talked about the difference between danceable music and music which moves you, literally and figuratively. I think that’s a good way of describing what is, to me, the difference between rhythmic and lyrical tango. I’d expected the work I was doing on double-time to increase my enjoyment of rhythmic music. It has, … Continue reading The only leader is the music: A joyful Feast
I’m a little behind on the blogs now, in part because of working, and in part because I accidentally created another little project for myself while I was here! I really haven’t gotten the hang of holidays. I said before that Diego and Laura have proven the perfect teaching duo, even though they have been … Continue reading Double-time in pivots in a great private with Laura, and an impromptu video interview
Diego and Laura (website to follow) have never met, but their teaching couldn’t be more complementary if they were a team. Each is, in theory, working with me on different aspects of my dance, but it all meshes together so well it’s as if they planned their privates with me together. Today’s private was with … Continue reading My teachers here have never met, but they work in perfect harmony
I kept saying, throughout my extended tango high, that there had to be a crash around the corner. It was a surprisingly long time coming, but when it did, it was an impressive one. Let’s start with the good news …
Everyone says it’s only a matter of time. Take up tango, and at some point you’re going to want to go to Buenos Aires. Diego kindly gave me a literal day-by-day milonga schedule, with a taste of everything from uber-traditional at one end through casual porteño to ‘underground,’ and I’m having a lesson and a … Continue reading Next stop, Buenos Aires!
journey of a trainee tanguero 
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