week seven

This weeks lesson really gave me confidence. Although I am still not dancing the way I want to, I was able to identify what I am doing wrong and can go home and work on  those things. I still find myself struggling with posture, as well as not looking down. However the more I dance the more familiar I feel with the steps and the more I am able to look forward. I also realized how powerful and useful the chest is in the close embrace. You can literally feel your partners chest so it is so easy to tell where one is going with the movements of the chest. I find my tango posture leaking over into my real life posture. I really enjoy this, I feel like overall I have a bad posture so tango is really helping me. The research time was also helpful. It is a real puzzle to navigate through the libraries' data base so it is always nice to have someone who can show you the ropes around. I found some really cool articles and information about tangos African roots as wells the social context of tango during the time when it was primarily danced by blacks.