Monthly Archives: December 2008

Tango is

…danced for an audience of one.

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Movement is thought

Mr Fry in his essay Don’t mind your language raised the question: Is language the father of thought?1 No it’s not. Language is with what we frame our thoughts. Our thoughts are not words but as they bubble up through … Continue reading

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More on Boleos

My last post on boleos acquired some attention (here, here, here and here). So I thought, rather than just make sweeping statements, I’d share some of the tips and techniques that led me to that conclusion. The boleo is a … Continue reading

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Enrique y Marion

Two photos of Enrique Ringa and Marion Krauthaker (of Caminos de Tango) preforming at the December 2008 Mamuska night in Limerick. More pictures can be seen in the LimerickTango Flickr pool.

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Risk

While watching the Insurance episode of Niall Ferguson’s The Ascent of Money it struck me how much there is an element of risk in dancing tango. You have no idea of your partners qualities or abilities, what steps they do … Continue reading

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Signature adornments

Adornments are a popular topic to write about. Recently Johanna wrote the following: Adornos were “earned”, through an organic process of self-discovery over the course of time. A LOT of time. They emerged by learning how our bodies move, and … Continue reading

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Walking on ice

The “Tango walk” is similar to walking on frozen ground in boots with steel tipped heels. You have to keep your centre of baclance from shifting back onto those slippy heels and you have to find grip with your metatarsals.

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