Six Reasons Why You Should Try Tango

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by Mitra Martin

“There are two secrets to being a great tango dancer. The first is having a hole in yourself that you cannot fill, and the second is the luck to fall upon tango as the thing you try to fill it with.”
- Jaimes Friedgen

We know you've always wanted to try Tango, THE most beautiful and profound dance in the history of the universe. Here are the reasons WHY you've always wanted to try it. Just FYI.

Reason #1. Beautiful People. I guess this is the biggie. The incredible, beautiful, artistic, sweet, caring, hot, glamorous, patient, kindhearted, accomplished, successful, well-connected, cute, intriguing people you get to meet, hold in your arms...AND DANCE WITH -- and in many cases form lifelong friendships with.

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Interview with Joe Leonardo! Creator of Tango Silent Films from Portland!

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by Holly Darling

photo by Isaac Oboka at www.iOboka.comJoe beautifully expresses the connection between Tango and Silent Films, combining the two in a brilliant project.  At the Oxygen Beginners' Milonga, we are so fortunate to have our very own screening of his silent film "Oh, My, What a Night!" based on the harrowing experience of being a beginner at a milonga. We may think these are times we want to forget, but upon watching this film, we also remember the sweetness that comes with our first memorable dance with a stranger, and the connection that can bloom even from the most awkward of cabeceos.

Interview with Joe of Tango Silent Films :

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Tips for Your First Milonga

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by Mitra Martin

STRATEGY FOR YOUR FIRST MILONGA !

photo by Sriram V Eleswarapu

In Tango, the truth is that people mostly dance with their friends. So, that means your FIRST job is make friends. Then, dance. You canʼt skip #1. Based on the fact that you have made it to adulthood in this world, I assume you know how to make friends with people. Please do not forget all these skills just because you are at a milonga.

Making friends, in Tango and elsewhere, involves genuinely caring about people and sharing parts of yourself, consistently and persistingly over time and in a variety of contexts.

TIPS FOR YOUR FIRST MILONGA

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Tango and the Dalai Lama! Interview with Eric Lindgren on the topic of Love and Tango!

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by Holly Darling

Eric Lindgren spent a few days with us in January after teaching workshops at the San Diego Tango Festival and at Caltech, and generously offered his perspective on the topic of Love and Tango.  He compares Tango to the Dalai Lama, and says that just like the Dalai Lama knows how to make everyone around him feel good, we can all learn to do this through Tango.  This is what Tango has taught him about taking responsibility for the good feelings of those around us, and for the physical and emotional balance of ourselves and those we dance with.  Sounds like quite the lesson on love.

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Potential to Expand Our Best Qualities ! An interview with Rebecca Smith on Love and Tango !

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by Holly Darling

Rebecca Smith shared her insights and experiences on the topic of Love and Tango, as she spent some time with us after teaching at the San Diego Tango Festival and at Caltech. She says that Tango teaches us about love because through the experience “we re-examine ourselves with what we have to offer, what we want to create…and through that process we grow a potential to expand our best qualities.” This duality in the dance of offering and creating serves as a beautiful metaphor for the concept of love, as Rebecca explains it.  Her insights are full of wisdom and beauty.

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