Friday, April 11, 2014
Third Tango Session
This week we began to start building on the early steps that we learned during the first few weeks of the course and learned more complicated steps. Ann introduced the Milonga during the second half of the class today, which is a faster dance sequence that I greatly enjoyed. Today, I noticed a significant improvement in my dancing, specifically with regards to the intention I was conveying to the follower. By pausing on one foot for about a second during the initial shifting of weight, and then shifting my weight to the front of my toes, I was able to lead more efficiently than I thought was possible for week three. Another aspect of the Tango that we have been talking about a lot over the past few weeks is how vulnerability in dancing brings people together, a key reason that people gravitate to Tango so rapidly. To be honest, I did not really feel that sense of bonding among my classmates until today, when we finally felt comfortable enough with each other to give real feedback and experiment with moves that we did not feel perfectly comfortable with. I felt myself making more mistakes today, because I was pushing myself much harder than I was during the first two sessions, since I was not afraid of looking stupid in front of my classmates due to the newfound comfortability that I felt. I look forward to feeling more comfortable with my dance partners as this class matures, which, based on today, is definitely crucial in improving at the Tango.
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I found today's tango session to be very enriching. So far, I had not been to an actual class meeting. In fact, I had only gone to a tango class down town. So when I arrived to the class I still only knew the most rudimentary of skills for this class. However, I had a lot of fun, probably more than I expected to for waking up at 7:30, as I absorbed the knowledge of the dance that my peers had, and picked it up pretty quickly. It was cool because everyone had a sort of understanding each other. We realized that we didn't know what we were doing, and that made it fun, not stressful. It also made it easier to correctly learn how to do some of the steps, because there was little pressure. It is such a cool experience learning the ideological aspects of the dance, and then getting to do it, and actually feel what we were talking about. I was very scared of Milonga, but in the end it seemed really fun. I am curious though, at which point are you learning the tango, and at which point are you actually dancing it? In the end it seemed like we were actually dancing, but are we able to say we danced tango even though we don't know much about it?
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