Tango may take a lifetime to master, but what are the most essential building blocks that lead to the most payoff as quickly as possible?

In this episode I banter about the commonly overlooked and forgotten tango skills that, when developed, can totally transform one’s tango experience.

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To develop as a social tango dancer you need to work on 3 things: movement, musicality, mindset. Of these, mindset is the most challenging to master and is the one most responsible for people leaving tango.

In this episode I dive into some surprisingly common feelings and emotions that plague the majority of dancers, regardless of their level and experience.

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What was tango like in Buenos Aires in the 1970? Is it possible to imagine a person who only speaks in tango lyrics? Is tango socialist or capitalist at it’s core?

These are just some of the questions Oliver Kolker and I banter about in this episode.

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We've all been there. You accept a cabeceo, walk across, take the embrace, and realize that the next 12 minutes are going to be hell. Well maybe not hell, but still, very unpleasant. What do you do? How do you survive/endure/thrive in that kind of situation? Is it even possible?

In this episode I ponder the reasons for such unfortunate experiences and how we can make them easier on our bodies and our spirits.

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Tango is a sexy dance. It makes us feel things we had never known are possible. It is euphoric and blissful, it makes us delirious with new kinds of desires, feelings, sensations.

But sometimes this newfound raw power can expose us to painful and even traumatic experiences.

In this episode I banter about my own sensual awakening that transformed my life and the windy path I took to learning how to wield this amazing energy in tango.

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Most people who start tango have to face many emotional obstacles and some don’t succeed. Those who do somehow manage to develop the skills to deal with the intense emotional and psychological pressure that this dance frequently imposes on us.

In this episode we banter about what these major obstacles are and how to develop the necessary skills to overcome them.

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Tango has changed a lot since it first began at the beginning of the 20th century. One of the main shifts revolves about the power dynamics between men and women and women stepping up and learning to lead.

Not everyone is excited about this change because change in general is difficult and uncomfortable. 

In this episode I ponder our relationship to change and my perspective on how tango has been evolving over the past 100+ years.

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So frequently in tango our biggest breakthroughs happen when we are somehow breaking down, when we lose hope, or feel like there is no way we are going to figure it out.

In this episode I banter about my own journey through the ongoing  discomfort of breakdowns and breakthroughs in my tango and how I learned to use them for personal empowerment and growth.

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What limits us social dancers most is no the technical stuff, but rather the psychological and emotional stuff. Tango is notorious for causing conflict and many couples break up after starting to learn this dance, at least that’s what happened for me.

In this episode I banter about the source of most tango conflicts - the question of “whose fault is it?” when something is not working correctly. I dive deep into my own experience of figuring out the answer to that question and how we can learn to transform the emotional charge of that question to something more constructive that ultimately serves to make us better dancers (and better human beings).

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Some people start tango because they fall in love with the music or love the dance, others start it because they have to stop doing Japanese Kendo. This was the case for Toshi Takeuchi, my guest for this episode.

In our banter we touched on a variety of interesting aspects of tango including how different tango is in Japan, the similarities between kendo and tango, and how to cabeceo when you can’t make eye contact.

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