On my travels to Buenos Aires I meet many tango tourists. I realized that they spend their whole tango time in the modern Milongas/Practicas, which do not very much alter from those milogas in their home town. No dress code, no sitting order. No codigos apply. Easy peasy. They feel totally comfortable in the milonga as […]
art of cabeceo
How to dance like a queen? – 10 hints for your success.
Watching your favorite tango couple performing and you’re asking yourself, oh gosh, I wish I could dance like her. Due to the fact that she has a professional education in dance as a base, plus a profound carrier as a tango dancer, you realize only a small chance that this dream becomes true. 10 beneficial […]
Respecting cultural backgrounds
Balinese dance has a rich culture underlaid. Every gaze with the eyes, every flick with the head, every position of the fingers, these all have a meaning. Argentine Tango etiquette contains a range of behavior patterns. Do we need to know and respect these cultural backgrounds when we teach Balinese dance or Argentine tango? living […]
Climb Up The Social Ladder in an Argentine Tango Community
Every woman might have passed this experience. You sit in a milonga , you don’t know anybody , you have just started with tango and don’t know how this all works . In the end you go home, not dancing at all or maybe 1 tanda, that was all. You are quite frustrated and therefore […]
Inviting someone to dance, the art of cabeceo.
In western countries, dancers have almost lost the sophisticated attribute to invite a partner with style and respect. Only this gesture garantees him to know if the person is delighted to dance or not. The common procedure in Buenos Aires inviting someone to dance is with mirada/cabeceo. The art of cabeceo has been seen in the western […]