Difficulty with rejection and my biggest tango deal breakers
We all want to say no to a dance sometimes, but frequently we don’t because we feel guilty. We don’t want to hurt the other person’s feelings and maybe we are afraid that if we say no to one person, t...
15 Aug 202240min
How social anxiety can mess with your tango and what I do to succeed anyway
You’ve got the moves but you’re still not getting the dances you want? Succeeding at social tango doesn’t just require technical proficiency, but each dancer also has to learn how to navigate the some...
9 Aug 202238min
How to be a "popular" dancer at the milonga?
"What's your goal with tango?" I ask this question of all of my students, expecting them to share with me their ambitions to become stage performers or teach or become a DJ. Many of them shy away from...
2 Aug 202240min
Ushering the new Golden Age of Tango with Rodolfo Roballos
They say the Golden Age of tango roughly covers 1935-1952 but what made it so... golden?🤔 Was it the quality and the amount of highly innovative music?🤔 Was it the high numbers of social dancers dan...
26 Jul 202240min
Dancing with self-doubt
Self-doubt is one of the hallmark experiences in life and in tango it can be a particularly gnarly beast. It can break your spirit, paralyze you and sabotage you getting what you actually want.So what...
12 Jul 202239min
The discomfort of being a beginner and how I survived my first night at La Viruta
The first night I went to La Viruta in Buenos Aires I was terrified. Now, years later is the fear gone? Was I successful at eliminating that feeling of awkwardness and discomfort that plagues us at th...
5 Jul 202236min
Post-covid tango around the world and creating new music with Horacio Godoy
Horacio Godoy is one of the most influential and renowned figures in social tango today. He’s filled every tango role possible: from performing in multiple tango companies, to his role as an internati...
28 Jun 202238min
My thoughts about turning 40 and what I think I have figured out by now
Tomorrow is my birthday and it's a BIG one. So I reflect on the the way my life has been going and how I got to where I am at. Questions/comments? Reach out to meWeb: imsotango.comEmail: connect@...
21 Jun 202243min
