The Tango Banter

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? H...

12 Heinä 202348min

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 ne...

5 Heinä 202355min

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 pressur...

28 Kesä 202338min

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 ...

21 Kesä 202344min

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 ...

14 Kesä 202342min

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 lear...

7 Kesä 202345min

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 t...

31 Touko 202333min

Do you find that certain clothes make you dance better than others? Sometimes it’s about the way the outfit feels on your body as you move with your partner. Other times it’s how it looks to you as yo...

24 Touko 202338min