Having good posture
Was discussing with a friend the merits of having a good Tango posture for followers – essential for balance and dissociation, looks elegant, prevents injury and all that – when it suddenly occurred to me that there may be an additional benefit. In my opinion, by maintaining a good posture in addition to a strong frame, a follower can easily prevent herself from being ‘thrown around” by a rough leader. That is, good posture is also the key to slow down the pace when rushed by an inexperienced leader. Give it a try next time?
*By the way, I am kind of interchanging the meanings of posture/frame here because I think they are very much intertwined.
Music catalog
Over the past few months, I have been slowly digitising my Tango music collection. By the way, this is about my fourth – and hopefully the final – attempt at converting my Tango music collection into a digital format. Those of you who had experience in conscientiously converting and organizing any sizable music collection can surely appreciate that this can be quite a major undertaking, eg. the need to verify the tags, etc.
Secret(?) to community growth
It seems to me that three essential ingredients are needed for sustained growth in a Tango community. By the way, what I list below are only what I consider as the direct means of introducing the mystery of Tango and maintaining these people’s interest – there is still a need for various ways to generate community awareness in the first place. Not in any particular order:
- Quality instructions from both visiting maestros and local teachers;
- Regularly held and guided practice sessions for polishing of techniques;
- Regular and well-run Milongas (with good music and appreciation of social etiquettes on the dance floor).
Days to Taipei Tango Festival
Just for the hell of it, decided to use a WordPress countdown plugin to show the number of days to departure for Taipei Tango Festival.
Time remaining (plugin no longer working 22/10/2008):
*The remaining time is updated each time you refresh the page.