Tango can be many things. For me it has been a dance, happiness, an excuse to meet friends, a meditation, means to explore new places and meet new people, a place to belong and a way of life. Tango can give as much as one can receive in the body and in the soul. The body can be explored with studying technique, which can open doors for the soul. (Although there may be no rules for the soul.)
Just like no two people are alike, no two Tangos can be alike. So the question is how to find your "own Tango"? In my opinion, the answer is: by dancing with as many people as you can, and by learning from as many people as you can!
There is no one way of dancing Tango. Every person who starts learning will have challenges offered by their individual body and mind (which is probably why the innovation in Tango begins in its social form). If this were not the case, we would all be robots and Tango would not be an art! People are constantly trying overcome such challenges using a variety of different tools and means available to them, and creating new ones in the process. These new and old tools/means are what are taught as the Tango technique. These techniques are useful in assisting a dancer to tune her body, and her mind and soul, with the music and her partner for a beautiful Tango conversation.
When you dance and take classes with multiple people, you gather all their perspective. There will be some ideas put across during dancing, conversations and classes, that would especially resonate with you. When you can identify such ideas, you begin to define "your Tango". The key is to keep exploring for these new ideas and revisiting the old ones as long as you keep dancing. That is how "your Tango" can keep evolving for as long as you want it to.
Just like no two people are alike, no two Tangos can be alike. So the question is how to find your "own Tango"? In my opinion, the answer is: by dancing with as many people as you can, and by learning from as many people as you can!
There is no one way of dancing Tango. Every person who starts learning will have challenges offered by their individual body and mind (which is probably why the innovation in Tango begins in its social form). If this were not the case, we would all be robots and Tango would not be an art! People are constantly trying overcome such challenges using a variety of different tools and means available to them, and creating new ones in the process. These new and old tools/means are what are taught as the Tango technique. These techniques are useful in assisting a dancer to tune her body, and her mind and soul, with the music and her partner for a beautiful Tango conversation.
When you dance and take classes with multiple people, you gather all their perspective. There will be some ideas put across during dancing, conversations and classes, that would especially resonate with you. When you can identify such ideas, you begin to define "your Tango". The key is to keep exploring for these new ideas and revisiting the old ones as long as you keep dancing. That is how "your Tango" can keep evolving for as long as you want it to.
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