4th Taipei Tango Festival
Come September, Tango Taiwan will be holding its 4th annual Tango Festival. This is definitely something to look forward to after having attended only the first festival in 2003. It’s also very encouraging to know that with dedication and passion, it is possible to build such a community from scratch as it were.
Since many of the classes seemed to have very interesting topics, ended up signing up for 8 classes! 😉 I hope that I won’t live to regret it and still have some energy left for the three milongas that I will be attending…
Vortex of hell
A couple of years ago, Esteban and Evelyn (visiting teachers from Uruguay whom I personally feel the Tango dancers in Singapore have been very fortunate to have returning to Singapore annually since 2002) taught a series of classes concerning the proper embrace techniques, dancing in crowded spaces as well as various aspects of social etiquettes suitable for milongas. For example, as an exercise, we were made to dance in a (for us at that time) constricted space, using chairs to form artificial boundaries. During these classes, Esteban also highlighted the importance and in fact the necessity of striving, wherever possible, to dance along the outer edge of the dance floor.
Rushing and confidence
Attended our semi-regular milonga last Saturday night.
Over the course of the night, it occurred that I might still be dancing too quickly – especially during my favourite Vals? That is, while I felt the ‘rush’ from the music, my partner might not have been totally comfortable with the pace…
Taipei Tango Festival 2003
Yes, the title is correct, in case you were wondering… 🙂
I originally intended (in fact started writing way back on 29 Sept 2003) to quickly put together some thoughts of the Taipei Tango Festival immediately after the event, but, as usual, things got in the way. And before you know it, one year has passed! In case you are wondering, yes, the next edition of this Tango Festival is going ahead in September (of 2004) again.