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Physical and spiritual connection
(From Sergio “Cachafaz” - published in the American E-list in 2002)
People dance for different reasons, some do it for celebration of special
religious or non religious events, some do it as a profession, others for
fun and entertainment.
Tango could be danced for all the above reasons but it is also danced for
feeling and concentration in the music and in each other's partner.
It has a physical connection that is more or less rapidly learned. This
connection requires a solid frame, it could be an open or a closed embrace.
Both arms, hands and the chest are important elements in this contact or
connection between the two bodies. There is an awareness of each-other and where the respective feet and weights are located.
These elements are basic. It is difficult to dance unless they are mastered.
The other aspect of connection is spiritual and it is there where great part of the pleasure this dance produces is located.
This connection commences with the stare and nodding at the time of the invitation to dance, it continues during the walk towards each other to get close enough to be able to establish physical contact. There is some waiting for the other couples to start moving and to start feeling the music. Then the man offers his receptive left hand, the way she deposits hers on his, the type of embrace suggested and accepted.
The intense concentration on each other transmitted through their bodies. He feels the music and proposes some moves, she is attentive to follow. The bodies and souls are communicating, there are no other worries or thoughts. They, the music and the dance. There is awareness of the heart pulse, the respiration, the pleasure, relaxation or tension. The music has its beginning, it mid part, its adagios (slow moments), its fast impetus, then the preparation for the ending and finally the ending. Both navigate the floor as one and in communion with all the other dancers. The music stops, they hold the embrace for a few instants and then separate.
Some people learned to dance but they never developed Spiritual connection either with the music or with their partners.
They acquire great technique, lead and follow intricate steps and figures
but their dance has no feeling or soul.
They dance tango the same way as they dance any other dance. They never learned the difference.(…) They follow any move with ease and precision, tango technique has no secrets for them… but they are spiritually absent. (…)
I think that spiritual connection and musicality are related, we try to
develop both at the same time during the teaching- learning process.
Frequently one is consequence of the other.
