29/09/2026
❤️🔥 Last week, each of our Intermediate students was asked......
“What does connection mean to you?”
There were many different answers, but as the discussion went on, almost all of them seemed to lead back to the same ideas:
“The synchronicity of movement.”
“Being able to feel my partner with each step.”
“An exchange without words.”
“The music and my partner.”
and so on…….
Many years ago, I used to practise outdoors with a friend at the Auckland Art Gallery Amphitheatre, as we couldn't afford a studio. One afternoon, after practising as usual, we finished and suddenly heard someone clapping. A stranger had been watching us.
She said something I still remember:
“I saw you two dancing from inside the gallery. I don't know what you're dancing, and I can't hear what you're listening to, but I can feel it just watching. That's why I wanted to come out and find out what this is. It’s beautiful.”
Perhaps that is the beauty of Tango. The connection belongs to the dancers, but the feeling can reach far beyond them.
