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The Intangibles

Much like any other discipline, once you get past the nitty-gritty of technical details and get to expand beyond worrying whether you're going to step on the other persons foot, you get into the real meat of it. Musicality, feeling, sense, intuition.

The essence of Tango, the intent, these things are told to us over and over again from the start, disassociate, strenghten your core, stretch! All these are not steps, but they are way more important than a dictionary of moves, because all this, creates the most magical feeling even within the simple walk. The angle of your foot, the power and precise distance of a side step, the weight change and landing in time to the music. Sends shivers up my spine when done well.

It's an art, in the manner of a canvas, paint and a painter. Only thing is that the brush strokes are invisible and so is the paint for that matter, oh and there's more than 1 painter-you, your partner, the music, the floor-. Beautiful mess.

 
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