The aim of this workshop is to learn, explore and understand how we connect and communicate with and through our bodies in Argentine tango. Argentine tango is characterized by the improvised structure based on connecting with the dance partner, the cadence of the tango music and the other couples on the dance floor, while moving together counterclockwise in a close embrace. Tango is often associated with leading and following. Instead of focusing on leading and following as opposites, we are focusing on the idea of tuning in with each other and moving as one.
The idea starts with a quotation from Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score, “Being in tune with other members of our species […] is enormously rewarding. What begins as the attuned play of mother and child continues with the rhythmicity of a good basketball game, the synchrony of tango dancing, and the harmony of choral singing or playing a piece of jazz or chamber music — all of which foster a deep sense of pleasure and connection.”
