Dance to express
A friend posted this on Facebook. While this is not tango – heck, he’s not even doing a partner dance 🙂 – there are many similarities to what happens in tango. Well, as it says at the end:
“The only way to do it, is to believe in yourself and do it!”
Shoe stretching
Happened to catch this after the Dog and Mother-in-law clip. In theory this should work, and solve those nagging problems from buying ready-made shoes? Perhaps any ladies out there can let me know how it goes? 🙂
Post-championship performance
Over at Simba Tango, there are videos of (within the last week as a matter of fact) performances by the reigning Salon Champions hailing from Japan from the recently concluded Tango Championships. I actually prefer these few dances compared to what they were doing on the big stage. I suppose here they are simply more relaxed and also get to choose music they are most comfortable with? By the way, if one’s personality and character is revealed by the way he/she dances, I’d describe this couple as being “down to earth”.
Interview with Gavito
Thanks to Ray Rudowski from Hong Kong and with his permission, here is part of the transcript (will update once he has translated all) of an interview (in Spanish) of Gavito by Miguel Zotto. Here Gavito shares some of his views on tango, role of women and his “struggles” during his early days of teaching. Sadly he died not long after the interview. For me the central message is:
“I say that any man who dances tango and doesn’t look at the woman as a queen, will never be a king. For me it’s all about respect for the woman.”
