Blog.
Tango Hugs
Hugging releases oxytocin and dopamine, meaning that hugs lower stress levels, blood pressure, and heart rate, and they make us happy. They also make us trust and care for each other more, strengthening our relationships and personal connections. In fact, scientists (who are apparently getting around waaaaay more than I thought) recommend hugging for at least twenty seconds, eight times a day.
TangoFit + Practica with John & Yaisuri
Please join us for the 2nd and final TangoFit workshop with special guest instructors John Hernan Raigoza & Yaisuri Salamanca! This week we're doing an in-depth study of dissociation as the foundation of the giro & the sacada. Hope you can make it!!!
Is Tango for you?
If you’re interested in learning how to dance, Argentine Tango should be one of your top choices. Some call it the "dance version of yoga" or the “Tai Chi of dance” but Tango can really be just as athletic as you want it to be – your choice! All that is required to be a great tango dancer is your desire and ability to move as one with a partner, fully present and fully aware.
Happy Feet
An important consequence of wearing high heels is a re-distribution of our body weight over the feet. On high heels, with the centre of gravity shifting forward, almost the entire body weight becomes concentrated on the inner side of the ball of the foot, instead of being spread evenly across the entire foot. As a result, the ball of the first and second toes experiences added pressure.
Tango Thrift Shopping? Yes Please.
Looking to buy or sell anything Tango? Join Thrift Shop Tanguera on Facebook to sell and buy secondhand and new dance clothes and shoes: It's easy!
Caltech 12th Anniversary Tango Weekend!!
Caltech's 12th Anniversary Weekend is happening next Friday - Sunday! Many people are flying in from all over to join in the festivities, so it will be a lot of fun and a great opportunity to dance and meet many awesome people!
Tango Musicality Workshop in OC
The LA Tango Academy’s Musicality Workshop is designed to develop your understanding of Tango Music and explore the most useful tools and techniques for interpreting the music on the dance floor. Emma & Richard’s structured approach to understanding the elements that comprise Tango music will unlock a new sense of freedom and creativity in your dance.
This Happened: Sametband and Barrionuevo featuring Sebastian Arce!
Mariela Sametband and Guille Barrionuevo dance Paciencia, performed live by Solo Tango Orquesta with a very special guest on the vocals: Sebastián Arce! Recorded at Sultans of Istanbul Tango Festival 2016.
The Benefits Of Good Posture!
Has anyone ever told you, "Stand up straight!" or scolded you for slouching at a family dinner? Comments like that might be annoying-but they're not wrong. Your posture is the foundation for every movement your body makes and can determine how well your body adapts to the stresses on it.
The Tango Lexicon
EL ABRAZO: EMBRACE (AS IN DANCE HOLD)
ABRIR: TO OPEN
ADELANTE: FORWARD
ADORNOS: EMBELLISHMENTS
AL COSTADO: TO THE SIDE
Dance Floor Hygiene: Dress to Stay Fresh!
We all sweat when we dance, and some of us sweat more easily — and profusely — than others. There's nothing wrong with that — in fact, sweating is good for you. It opens up pores to release toxins and regulates body temperature.
Johana Copes & Jaimes Friedgen: Paciencia
Johana Copes & Jaimes Friedgen perform "Paciencia" with live music by Seth Asarnow, Adrian Jost & Sascha Jacobsen. Milonga La Cumparsita, San Francisco, 9/7/2015
Our Last Tango
Our Last Tango“ is above all a love story. A story of love between the two most famous dancers in tango’s history and their tremendous love of tango. María Nieves Rego (80) and Juan Carlos Copes (83) met when they were 14 and 17, and they danced together for nearly fifty years. Despite a rocky relationship, the two continued to dance together because of their undeniable chemistry on the dance floor, making tango a worldwide sensation with their "Tango Argentino" Broadway show in the 1980s.
La Confiteria Ideal: The Tango Salon
This documentary examines La Confiteria Ideal, a Buenos Aires dance hall where fervent devotees of tango flock to escape everyday life. Including wonderful interviews with famous milongueros: Gerardo Portalea, Javier Rodriguez & Geraldine Rojas, Mariano Chicho Frumboli and Puppy Castello.
Siempre Es Carnaval
I started thinking about tango lyrics when one of my teachers told me about one of his performances; he explained how his partner (who wasn’t a native Spanish speaker, he emphasized), didn’t listen to the lyrics and ended up smiling hugely through the depressingly sad song they were dancing to. My teacher described this as an example of how we need to understand the lyrics to fully understand the song, because even songs that sound happy and upbeat could be sending a different message entirely.
The Tango Lesson
"Most dances are for people who are falling in love. The tango is a dance for those who have survived it, and are still a little angry about having their hearts so mishandled. The Tango lesson is a movie for people who understand that difference." ~ Roger Ebert
Capturing Grace
This special screening will bring awareness and help raise funds for the free, Healing Movement dance classes offered at the Lineage Performing Arts Center for Dancing with Parkinson’s, Stroke Recovery, Dancing Through Cancer and Dancing with Down Syndrome.
My first Milonga
"I left the first milonga I attended after—maybe, at my most conservative guess—an entire seven minutes. In those seven bewildered and embarrassed minutes, I quit tango, hated all humanity (well, that’s nothing new), and had an existential crisis."
En tus brazos
En tus brazos (In your arms) - short film by Goby, Jouret & Landour - 2005, France