When I ask someone to dance a tanda with me,. I love
to close my eyes, only opening them occasionally so
we don´t step onan other dancer. I just love to feel the
dance. I feel like a Jedi with a close embrace, walking for-
ward, ganchos over sacadas. When I don´t know a girl, I
ask her to dance because of her looks. Maybe, its a soft
perfume wafting towards me during a giro, or a natural
elegance, the promise of a nice embrace, or a good walk.
I look for these when I ask someone to dance.
The connection between tango in Patagonia and Leon
has widened. This is not anymore about my view or my
experience. It is an experience that happens everywhere
and that may be shared by anyone in the world. It´s about
recognizing that we are always strangers in strange lands.
This tango is for people that sometimes feel like im-
migrants in their own land. Although they atr among
their own families, they crave for a hug, for a walking
connected in a very deep intergalactic flow.
It´s not about who´s the best dancer or who looks bet-
ter doing difficult tricks. It´s about all this inner universe
that is opening through your soul while you dance and
all those emotions you keep with you after a good
milonga experience. It’s being one with the other. It’s to
stop thinking.
That´s tango.
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