Sometimes I get a feeling that won't go away... to experience something without understanding why. Maybe hearing and loving the music. Maybe it was seeing it danced, not even live mind you, that I developed a fascination for Argentine Tango. The movie, "The Tango Lesson", I know impacted me when it came out in the '90's.
No one was teaching or dancing it here - I wondered if it would ever come, or just remain a tantalizing mystery that just happened somewhere else, where it was 'goin' on'. Passion grew to dance this dance. I felt it deep inside, longed for it. They say you don't dance tango. You feel it. Tango is in the heart & it flows from there. Several things are said of & about Tango. "Tango is Life," they say in Argentina.
Drawn to understand a culture that would think like that, the 3 words themselves speak profound meaning. It is interesting, as someone who loves to dance, to understand the cultures, origins & beginnings of dance.
Argentine Tango is a language. It speaks of a people who have developed very unique dance culture that parallels their life. This is indicative of other Afro-Latino cultures as well - Cuba & Brazil among others also have developed dance-significant cultures.
When watching the dance, listening to the music, I feel the language, more than I can explain it. It tells a story of heart, of a people, of life in the streets of Buenos Aires; of the Portenos survival of difficult life experience, preservation & expression of passion in dance. Another thing they say in Buenos Aires is "Dance until Life Goes Away". Doesn't that simple statement just say a bunch? The dance was/is survival, peace of mind. They are known to dance all night!
Amazing, I hear tango speak in the 'spaces'. You have to find that yourself.
I operated a shop where I supplied dance shoes to dancers in Kelowna & BC. Sometimes customers who danced Tango would tell me of their passion for the dance. (usually because I wouldn't let them go til they did!) One gentleman demonstrated with his partner, then danced me around the floor. I love the way it looks. I loved the way it felt. I longed for it even more as time went on!
Argentine Tango started in Kelowna 2002. Initially I was not able to participate for various reasons.
Sharon Sebo, a local dance instructor with her dance partner, started learning from a dvd. They went on to expand their professional expertise & Sharon has been teaching Tango since.
As I walked across the street to my garden at dusk one evening, I noticed the familiar form of Sharon Sebo unpacking some things from her car. I also became aware of the strains of the tango bandoneon music doing that ... thing ~~~ that it ~ does ~~, through the still evening air. In astonishment, I asked unbelieving, pointing to the church. "Are you teaching here?" Well...
Argentine Tango has come right to my front door!!
Sharon Sebo is dedicated to dance. She is a talented, patient and skilled teacher. For dance information and schedules contact www.tangokelowna.com
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