Category Archives: The Memes of Movement

My body sings. The feet are vocal cords. My chest and arms; tongue and lips.

The other week, because of a large conference at the hotel, our class got shuffled into the aerobics studio1. Which, as most aerobic studios do, has a wall of mirrors. Did I make use of them? Did I mention them … Continue reading →

Face it, you don’t know what I’m going to write next. That is the beauty of language and communication, you only need to recognise the words to understand the sentence. You don’t even need to know all the words, context … Continue reading →

I have long enjoyed the comedy of Ben Miller who once attempted a Ph.D. in quantum physics. The following is a transcript of him chatting to Brian Cox on BBC Radio 4s irreverent science programme ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage‘ (transcript … Continue reading →

“There is just so much to remember”. This is quite a common reaction from tango initiates. Maintaining posture, keeping intention, the hold, the embrace… the list can go on. But far too often the last, overlooked, item on the list … Continue reading →

It goes: Left Left Left Change the weight onto the left, left Open left Close left In all seriousness the words right and left are not words that I’m able to work with. There is the weightbearing-leg and the free-leg. … Continue reading →

As every student of exploration knows, the prize goes not to the explorer who first sets foot upon the virgin soil but to the one who gets that foot home first. If it is still attached to his leg, this … Continue reading →

“The bandoneon told me to do it, your honour.”

You’re tired. It’s been a long day spent hunched over your desk but still you make it to your tango class. You reach out your arms for the tango embrace with your palms facing the ground causing your shoulders to … Continue reading →

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 →