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The Embrace of Teachers

Teacher's in a tango community are always going to be your guru. Not surprising that the world 'guru' is used in Malay and other iterations of religion and activities to mean someone of great knowledge and wisdom. You're always going to imprint on the first person who told you to close your eyes, lay your hands on their chest and walk backward, or the one that first shows you an ocho. Ah, to go back into a beginner class. One thing that I've realized I've missed is the excitement of opening someone's eyes to tango, which Mtango practica provided exactly the conducive environment to do. As I've continued on and (hopefully) gotten a better understanding of what is out there, I've forgotten to seek out the beginner-treating them more as a nuisance and a barrier to my advancement to the dance- than anything else. But what I've forgotten is what they teach me in return, challenging the very core and basic knowledge that I have on how to walk, how to

Music fussiness

Been getting fussy with music choices, still all out for classic songs but with the heavier orchestral backing and more sweeping lush violins and sudden rubrato's and crescendo's, mmm, so much more fun and dynamic to dance to then the really staid one tones that SOME of the songs descend into. Good DJ last night, also great dancer, pushes the boundaries of what I can do and reminds me a lot of the talent that exists external to our little community here (much like going back to AA reminded me how beautiful some of the girls danced and how far more this journey is going to take). mmm, forgot how to do traspie's, heh, miss Dennis! Also miss the naivety of just following, embrace is getting messy, have to stop thinking, really do! Musicality FTW!