It's funny how I often think of topics to write at moments where I have nothing to write them on, which results in me typing a one-liner in my sms column as a trigger which later when I go back to refer to tends to make absolutely no sense to me!
But yes anyway, Tango stages!
1) You have entirely NO idea what the hell the dance is about and walking seems like the most impossible thing to do. You jump up and down inside when you finally manage 5 meters w/o crashing into each other and are elated when the instructor comes over and leads you in a way that you actually feel like you know what you doing. You go away completely and utterly motivated to want to know more.
2) Basics are handed to you, ochos! impossible things! Molinete's! wtf, my legs can do that....omg leader why are you a beginner too!
3)Sacadas and ganchos and all the other good stuff. Now we're talking.
4)After getting to know the community and everyone around (obviously Tango isn't just a dance, it is a whole elaborate social event!), you start getting a little bit pickier with what you're dancing to and who you're dancing with and you obviously sort out whose styles you like by now. Been reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and it's true that everything we do is manifested with some unique chop of our own, definitely so in Tango.
5) And repeat.
I've been having difficulty getting over the speed bump of dancing for the sake of dancing instead of trying to 'show off' to some extent.I miss sitting in a milonga praying that no one would ask me to dance rather than critically eye-ing every dancer on the floor in some bid to figure out whether they will challenge me or not. I miss the naivety of the beginning and that essence, man, to find it again. I think I need a break for awhile.
But yes anyway, Tango stages!
1) You have entirely NO idea what the hell the dance is about and walking seems like the most impossible thing to do. You jump up and down inside when you finally manage 5 meters w/o crashing into each other and are elated when the instructor comes over and leads you in a way that you actually feel like you know what you doing. You go away completely and utterly motivated to want to know more.
2) Basics are handed to you, ochos! impossible things! Molinete's! wtf, my legs can do that....omg leader why are you a beginner too!
3)Sacadas and ganchos and all the other good stuff. Now we're talking.
4)After getting to know the community and everyone around (obviously Tango isn't just a dance, it is a whole elaborate social event!), you start getting a little bit pickier with what you're dancing to and who you're dancing with and you obviously sort out whose styles you like by now. Been reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and it's true that everything we do is manifested with some unique chop of our own, definitely so in Tango.
5) And repeat.
I've been having difficulty getting over the speed bump of dancing for the sake of dancing instead of trying to 'show off' to some extent.I miss sitting in a milonga praying that no one would ask me to dance rather than critically eye-ing every dancer on the floor in some bid to figure out whether they will challenge me or not. I miss the naivety of the beginning and that essence, man, to find it again. I think I need a break for awhile.
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