It is common and some times good strategy to separate rhythm, beat and embellishments into different classes/ practices on music exploration, in order to dedicate the necessary time to each of them. Sometimes they may come together in a musicality class where choreography is used to explore music textures and qualities or to work on the skill of…[Leggi tutto]

One of the most fascinating exercises I have been taught, was by Mariana Montes and Sebastian Arce in a festival in Kalamata Greece, quite a few years back now. It was around the ocho cortado, and how one can perform the step in different rhythms.
The rhythmical variations we were taught back then were so fascinating to me, not only because they…[Leggi tutto]

Dancing can help us look within, and understand what makes us…us; in the most free, comforting and comfortable way possible. I am not sure if this is just me, but I really need this! And I hope to be sharing this with you tomorrow and every Wednesday at the Tango Movement Lab happening live through Facebook and Youtube at 12:15pm Toronto time. N…[Leggi tutto]

Practicing rhythm therefore will need to allow us to further explore and become more aware of relationships with the world and not only with a specific song.

Rhythm, is in us all!

Dancers are explorers!
It doesn’t matter in what type of dance you are in. If you are in any type of dance, in any type of movement practice you are potentially an explorer!

Dancers are explorers

I am not sure if you have ever felt but I definitely have… this feeling of uncertainty, of something missing even though you have performed a movement “correctly”…?
You would start off correctly, or with what would appear as correct, and end at the right spot but somehow feel like you had missed something in between. A feeling that somethi…[Leggi tutto]

Mindfulness; because it is an invitation to explore and tune into the rhythm that is moving our bodies everyday, when we opening and closing eyes, when we are breathing, when our heart is beating, when we are walking and when we are still. But it is also because it is an invitation to acknowledge our bonds with the…[Leggi tutto]

The mindful embrace

Textures of movement..!

What do you taste like when you dance?

On a strange day, strange time and era here are some thoughts… Hopefully they will keep you dancing!

Improvise to feel

It can be soothing, comforting, enlightening, hopeful to dance even if you are connecting online; to listen to music even if it is not a live concert, to paint even if it the outcome sucks…haha. The experience of getting in touch with what is human is what matters. Releasing the mind from the stress and the fear. And most importantly adding a t…[Leggi tutto]

For years and years we have a debate between body and brain. With different groups having strong opinions over ones power over the other; however more and more studies come to show an intimate connection between the two and bring movement to the stage!

“Movement can change your brain, too!”

I see movement as an ocean where we can’t see the end in length, in width or in depth. We choose one or more movement practices and we start exploring, be it dance, fitness, yoga, martial arts, you decide.
Tango is my chosen way of exploring movement and in understanding my body. Fitness for me comes next and by adding the perspective of s…[Leggi tutto]

Practicing Alone-together!

Practicing alone-together!

Are we going back Tango?
It is not merely a question of whether we will return but also a question on how we will return..!
https://bautanz.com/blog-argentine-tango/

The spiral is not only a shape ensuring efficiency, its our DNA and therefore its experience. It exists in every move, from our cells to our highest boleos

Spiral–Defining our humanity

The Essence of Movement
You probably have experienced this in those sublime moments when you are dancing and you are you, you are the space, you are the music, you are time, you are body and you spirit and soul. Those magical moments that are rare and special… here are my thoughts

Dance: The essence of movement