2646  affordable tango

Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 21:48:54 -0400
From: Neeraj Korde <nkorde@UMICH.EDU>
Subject: affordable tango

OK, lets get down from sublime discussions to more earthy issues. We all
know that tango is a huge part of our lives and so a pretty expensive
affair. I
have always wondered what do these 'masters of tango' charge for private
classes. Not that I am against anybody making money out of it. Who doesn't
want to ? I'd be more happy if good artists like the tango teachers often
mentioned here make good money out of it rather than them starving. Just a
matter of curiosity as to what sums they charge and how do people feel
spending it that way. And shud be handy info for many beginners I guess. I
have taken one with robin thomas and it did
help me immensely and was sort of decently priced($50). what about your
experiences ?

Tango shoes $160
Black clothes $90
Milonga passes $50
Air ticket to argentina- I don't know but i guess its high
Private classes $150
Follower's compliments PRICELESS

Happy milongas to all,
Neeraj Korde
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College of Engineering
University of Michigan
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Sergio Vandekier wrote:

> More Kitsch . I wrote this piece of kitsch some time ago.
>
> It says the same as Michael's with different words .
>
> Dance is one of the most primitive forms of art. It expresses our life
> experiences and our personality in movements of our body.
>
> Tango Argentino facilitates our emotional, social and physical integration.
> It increases self-esteem, improves relationships, broadens the possibilities
> of movement, favors introspection and it is effective in managing stress and
> depression.
>
> Its music is a mixture of melancholy, emotional altitude, transcendental
> expression, anxiety, anger and frustration, it wraps you as it floats in
> the air with a beauty that moves the heart and shakes the soul.
>
> Its lyrics are poems, the brush of a painter leaving on the canvas images of
> the city, the neighborhood, the street where you grew up, played, loved, and
> suffered. Mother, friends, lovers, cafes, cabarets, horse races, triumphs,
> failures, frustrations, peace and turmoil are the matter from which they are
> shaped.
>
> Tango does not require any preconception, you have a different experience
> with each partner, you learn more about yourself through the transient
> association with the other dancers. It refers to two human beings, wrapped
> by a music full of passion. Two entities that are introspected but fused in
> one. One could say that the dancing couple is a creature with two heads,
> four
> arms, four legs and only one heart.
>
> The invitation to dance is an invisible connection , a silent dialog of eyes
> and gestures.
>
> I meet my partner on the dancing floor, stand in front of her. I offer my
> left hand and receive her right with a smile;
> place my right hand around her back, I bend slightly my knees and take a
> deep breath as I stretch my chest upwards.
> I cradle her in my arms for a moment as I feel the changes of weight of her
> body...I concentrate in the beat, let the music invade my body and my heart
> and start dancing my emotions, my joys, my sadness, my hopes and my
> frustrations. I feel free, I feel my life, I float in the air and glide
> away. When the music stops I hold her in my arms for a few extra moments,
> I contemplate her dreamy eyes full with gratitude, I smile and then
> walk her back to her sit.
>
>
>