I got it a little at Los Consagrados this past weekend. But I REALLY got it tonight at El Beso!
By "it" I mean that elusive "Argentinean" thing that everyone talks about and swoons over. I had tanda after tanda of it tonight.
Every dance was different, as was every embrace, and yet most of the embraces shared a common quality of Care. Regard. Connection. Each man I danced with made me feel as though I was the only woman they were going to dance with that night so they wanted to make it count. I got this from the 80 year old as well as the 28 year old.
I danced for hours tonight, and everyone I danced with was a porteno. I was not expecting that for some reason, but there you have it. Every one was musical in their own way. Some had a vocabulary I could count on one hand. Others wove together intricacies in a way that meshed with the music that made me smile. Yet every single one I could follow with out hesitation and enjoyed dancing to what they were hearing and enjoying.
I can not really articulate better than that. I may be too close to the dances. Maybe in the light of morning I will have better words. But right now, all I have is...
Happy Feet
Happy Heart
Happy Head
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Great!
That's why a dancer needs to go to
BA...that is it.
So happy for you Debbi.
E
Hah, I told you you should go to El Beso! (among others!)
Great to read you're feeling better and getting some good dances; I hope it only gets better from now on.
Ah, so you have had your true tango spiritual awakening!
:))))))))
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ;-P
And now you also know why EVERYONE whose been there uses it as a yardstick by which to measure tango elsewhere. Just watch; you'll be saying "that's not how it's done in Buenos Aires" in no time at all.
Hooray! And I predict the WOW moments will keep on coming!
See you tomorrow?
Awesome!!! =)
I am sooooooooooo happy for u chica!
Isn't it fab?
SC
I'm thrilled!
Yay! Congrats :D
Sounds terrific!:-)
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