3184  Dancing Tango, what is it like?

Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 13:29:10 -0500
From: "Tango Zen: Dance Here Now" <tangozen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Dancing Tango, what is it like?

Dancing Tango, what is it like?

Did anyone around you ask this question? I believe this is a simple
question, which is frequently asked by others including dancers and
non-dancers alike. I still dont know how to simply respond to this
question.

My mother-in-law once asked me, How come all the Tango dancers dance look
so serious while dancing? when she came along with me and Eugenia to a
local milonga. I know she used to dance all night to Peter Leschenkos
tango songs in her younger days in Soviet Union. That means she grew up with
and understands Tango dancing. To her question, however, I just replied, I
dont know, and smiled at her.

Now that TANGO ZEN: WALKING DANCE MEDICATION is officially published, I am
trying to reflect on how and why I started this book publication project.
One thing I learned is that self-publication is a hard thing to do.

I think this book is expression of the feelings that I have when I dance
tango. The feelings are hard to explain, if not impossible, with a few
words. The more I dance Tango, the closer I get to understanding of my true
nature, moment by moment, as Zen teaches.

Thankfully some readers/dancers validated my feelings by expressing their
feelings about the book like these:

It very much reflects my feelings about tango in a very nicely written way.
-- Loretta, Santa Ana, CA

You put voice to my sentiments of dancing in the moment!
-- Rusty, Tucson, AZ

The photographs are beautiful and speak to my heart.
-- Alex, Langdrop, Belgium

What delight!
-- Carrie, Portland, OR

Others expressed their opinions about the book like these:

Chan Park helps us to feel how tango deepens our experience of ourselves as
individuals and as partners.
-- Daniel Trenner, founder of The Tango Catalogue, Bridge to the Tango
Video, and Dance Traveler Tours.

A masterful job of insight and writing.
--Bill FitzPatrick, Shaolin Master

It is the royal road to Tango bliss!
--Mary Jaksch, Zen Master and tango dancer

The more I read the deeper I relaxed out of my mind and into my
heartfinding the space there that longs to dance.
--Michael F. Broom, Ph.D., Organizational Psychologist

The insights from this book deepen our awareness of the mysteries of the
mind on and off the dance floor.
-- Gibson Batch, Editor, Tango Moments

I welcome your comments and opinions.

Chan Park
https://www.TangoZen.com


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"Tango Zen: Walking Dance Meditation," ISBN 0-9759630-0-7
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