“Take your time. Tango is too precious not to enjoy learning.
First learn the technique, then forget about it. The body will have it, but only your spirit does the tango.
As my friend Gavito used to say “clean doesn’t work.” Gotta get it dirty, (… ) your personality has to dictate the dance, that’s what the European lacks” – clean, correct is not good, you have to do it Dirty, let your own personality design the dance, this is what Europeans miss.
Posture, technique can be taught, even some music, but subtlety and improvisation are within you or not, you must be born with them.
It’s good that so many people started to tango now, but look what they dance too. They dance movements, instead of feeling (‘dance movement, and not feeling’), they look at the ground, they don’t care about the woman in their arms. Many look like clones. This is sad for me, I learned tango is respect, maybe I’m old-fashioned, but then why do so many young people come to my classes?
Nothing is really new, everything had been invented already, if you see Todaro dancing in 1953 you know I’m right.
Tango is about subtlety. I’m afraid you have it or you don’t – it says so much about you, the way you embrace the woman, the way you take breaks.
Tango happens step by step literally, the less you do, the more tango it is. ” (Skinny Dany)