Comments on: Embracing the person http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:16:32 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tina http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-2333 Tina Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:34:06 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2333 Hi Mark, I don't have any subscriptions set up and I cannot add you... sorry. But you can always sign up for google reader or netvibes... add my blog address and it should subscribe to a feed for you. Hope that helps! Hi Mark, I don’t have any subscriptions set up and I cannot add you… sorry. But you can always sign up for google reader or netvibes… add my blog address and it should subscribe to a feed for you. Hope that helps!

]]> By: Mark Word http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-2332 Mark Word Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:16:44 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2332 Tina -- I didn't see how to subscribe to you blog. Can you add me? Ciáo, Mark Tina — I didn’t see how to subscribe to you blog. Can you add me?

Ciáo,
Mark

]]> By: TangoRico http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-2068 TangoRico Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:18:31 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2068 Tina, too me the embrace defines the dance. The followers who possess a dynamic and passionate embrace are the followers that I seek out. Unfortunately for Norte Americanos (like me) the embrace is foreign and the willingness to truly embrace must be actively taught and encouraged. Tina, too me the embrace defines the dance. The followers who possess a dynamic and passionate embrace are the followers that I seek out. Unfortunately for Norte Americanos (like me) the embrace is foreign and the willingness to truly embrace must be actively taught and encouraged.

]]> By: 放開，懷抱 | 看不開 http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-2051 放開，懷抱 | 看不開 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:40:47 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-2051 [...] Embrace the person, Tina Tango [...] [...] Embrace the person, Tina Tango [...]

]]> By: Randy F http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Randy F Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:56:27 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1167 I can easily see how Argentines and many other Spanish speaking nationalities would find Americans embrace cold. It's a societal difference. Individuality is valued here, and as a result, the love that one senses in a physical, kinesthetic way is absent most of the time. This is probably one reason tango is so popular. After being in Cuba and experiencing the love radiating off the people, N.America seems very loveless. Personally, perhaps because of health, it is hard to radiate love on a consistent basis. We are too tired to do so, because we work so much. If I was truly able to give all the love I feel for those I dance with, it might overwhelm them. I've experimented with it, before reading this, and while I can't sustain it (because of a lack of energy), my experience mirrors yours, it makes the dance a magical exerience rather than just ordinary. I can easily see how Argentines and many other Spanish speaking nationalities would find Americans embrace cold. It’s a societal difference. Individuality is valued here, and as a result, the love that one senses in a physical, kinesthetic way is absent most of the time. This is probably one reason tango is so popular. After being in Cuba and experiencing the love radiating off the people, N.America seems very loveless. Personally, perhaps because of health, it is hard to radiate love on a consistent basis. We are too tired to do so, because we work so much. If I was truly able to give all the love I feel for those I dance with, it might overwhelm them. I’ve experimented with it, before reading this, and while I can’t sustain it (because of a lack of energy), my experience mirrors yours, it makes the dance a magical exerience rather than just ordinary.

]]> By: Georgios http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Georgios Tue, 20 May 2008 22:01:49 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1105 Hey Tina, Thanks for sharing this interesting piece of advice and your experience thereafter with the tango world! Speaking of Javier and transformation in a few words, you might like to read my latest post at http://www.tangogasms.com/making-leaps-and-bounds/movement-repertoire-and-starting-from-what-works/ Make sure you visit the other side of the Atlantic as well as the other side of the equator :) Georgios Hey Tina,

Thanks for sharing this interesting piece of advice and your experience thereafter with the tango world!

Speaking of Javier and transformation in a few words, you might like to read my latest post at http://www.tangogasms.com/making-leaps-and-bounds/movement-repertoire-and-starting-from-what-works/

Make sure you visit the other side of the Atlantic as well as the other side of the equator :)

Georgios

]]> By: Dubravko Kakarigi http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Dubravko Kakarigi Mon, 12 May 2008 15:32:22 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1086 How nice to read your post, Tina (I was directed to your posts via Tango-L web site). Yes, mutual surrender is really required to feel all the depths of possiblities that this beautiful dance offers to people who are open to it. This last Saturday I danced with a woman whom I had never seen before and I felt something very, very special, very different. I did feel her complete giving herself to the dance and to us in the dance. It was really magical and very beautiful for me. And it almost demanded my full attention to her as well. I found out later that she had recently returned from a year spent in Buenos Aires. In spite of the fact that she was not the greatest dancer technically speaking, that one factor made dancing with her heaven. BTW, I intend to come to the Seattle festival in July -- looking forward to it. How nice to read your post, Tina (I was directed to your posts via Tango-L web site). Yes, mutual surrender is really required to feel all the depths of possiblities that this beautiful dance offers to people who are open to it.

This last Saturday I danced with a woman whom I had never seen before and I felt something very, very special, very different. I did feel her complete giving herself to the dance and to us in the dance. It was really magical and very beautiful for me. And it almost demanded my full attention to her as well.

I found out later that she had recently returned from a year spent in Buenos Aires. In spite of the fact that she was not the greatest dancer technically speaking, that one factor made dancing with her heaven.

BTW, I intend to come to the Seattle festival in July — looking forward to it.

]]> By: tango padawan http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1076 tango padawan Wed, 07 May 2008 05:25:20 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1076 A woman that opens her heart during the embrace creates the opportunity for a magical dance. if you don't, it will be just another dance... A woman that opens her heart during the embrace creates the opportunity for a magical dance. if you don’t, it will be just another dance…

]]> By: Bill http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Bill Tue, 06 May 2008 05:40:06 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1073 Eso, Bill Eso,
Bill

]]> By: Irene Ho http://tinatangos.com/blog/seattle/embracing-the-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Irene Ho Thu, 01 May 2008 02:42:37 +0000 http://tinatangos.com/blog/?p=287#comment-1063 Dear Tina, What you have described in your post is exactly what I have been experiencing since I came back from Buenos Aires this year! It is so important to create that connection by loving the person you are dancing with with your embrace. I think you can feel it if the leader you are dancing with is doing it too - the best dances I have had are with those leaders whose lives are full of love. It could be love of life, love of tango, love for a person or all of the above, but it is amazing because you feel it. I have been enjoying your blog for a while now, I love its new home and all your great graphics! Wishing you many more great dances in Seattle, Irene Dear Tina,

What you have described in your post is exactly what I have been experiencing since I came back from Buenos Aires this year! It is so important to create that connection by loving the person you are dancing with with your embrace. I think you can feel it if the leader you are dancing with is doing it too – the best dances I have had are with those leaders whose lives are full of love. It could be love of life, love of tango, love for a person or all of the above, but it is amazing because you feel it.
I have been enjoying your blog for a while now, I love its new home and all your great graphics! Wishing you many more great dances in Seattle,

Irene

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