Tango truths

What is Tango? Is it dance in walk or a walk in dance? It is walking in life, towards life. It is a commitment to being committed to oneness and to being in sync. It is about touch and being in touch. It is about empathy, spirituality and austerity. Tango is about being in love. The only difference is that Tango love is unknown and hidden from non Tango dancers. It is a dance of truth. In Tango, there is a invisible, timeless bond between the two people that interlinks and intertwines them. They share an energy in the embrace, which is subtle yet very powerful. The moments they share are irrevocable. In Tango 1+1 has to be 1. Both the leader and the follower have to do 100% and 100% to make 100%. The leading and following in Tango should be interpreted as letting and flowing. 
Your partner feels it instantly. More than being sexual, Tango is human. Because here you embrace another person and never want to leave. You merge together in complete union.

So many people tell me. I have two left feet. I can never dance. Well, if you can walk, you can Tango too. Tango is essentially a walking dance.
Then people ask me- In how much time can I learn Tango?
My answer is- I have been dancing for years now and I am still learning. Enjoy the journey. Do not set time boundaries for yourself. Tango takes a lifetime to master. And it needs constant practice or else you become rusted. It needs constant love, care and attention.
Initially, people do not like "that old fashioned music". They find it very "sad and slow". Some newbies have even compared it to "mourning songs". Well familiarity play a major part in what you enjoy and prefer listening to. Exposure to a new type, gradually changes your taste buds and your preferences. Slowly you start finding this "sad and slow" music very "soothing, romantic and the one that touches your soul".

Partying together

It is always fun to connect with people you are so fond of. 

Leia is not just my friend anymore. She is also my music teacher who teaches me Tango songs (Tango canciones en espanol) so painstakingly. If you want to learn singing, do contact her.

And if you want to learn to play piano, the two best teachers in Delhi are both my friends. Unnati and Leia. 

My Tango sketches

My nail art

Cosy dinner in Taj, chambers

Monochrome look is really in. That is what I chose to wear when I went to Taj, Chambers to dine. The food and service there is awesome. Chambers is open only for members. If you want a nice, quite, relaxing evening, this is the place to be.

Lunch outing with friends.

It was a great company of amazing group of girls. Each one of them is just so NICE, really WONDERFUL.

But the restaurant we chose was horrible. Kasbah in GK-1, N Block market. All of us were so dissatisfied with the food, the service, everything. Please do not ever go there. Right now, this place tops my list for "worst restaurant" in Delhi.

Tango Truths

Why do you seek love? Do you seek pleasure in love or pain in love or both? We must be in control of both the pain and the pleasure. Because they make the whole truth. In the meanwhile in pursuit of your search, for real love, you can dance to those real emotions of both pleasure and pain and enjoy Tango. Because that real truth, in real sense is nothing but Tango. In Tango, there is a invisible, timeless bond between the two people that interlinks and intertwines them. They share an energy in the embrace, which is subtle yet very powerful. The moments they share are irrevocable.
The most romantic, sensual, seductive, passionate, emotional, sad, gloomy, mesmerizing, dance in the world, is Tango. It is a dance of love, of mystique. It is profound, meditative, healing, fulfilling, expanding, connecting, exciting, mellowing, giving, taking, encompassing, exhilarating, celebrating and thrilling. These are not just mere words. These actually define Tango. It takes your whole life and whole being and yet it gives you life and your purpose of being.
Cacho Dante, a well known milonguero and great Tango teacher said: “Bailar bien no es igual que saber milonguear” (To dance well isn’t the same as knowing how to dance social). Follow (los codigos de la milonga) codes of the milonga. The “codigos” are:

• Do not step backward
• Keep your line of dance
• Keep your feet on the floor.
• Once you have accepted the Cabaceo, you are obliged to do full tanda with your partner. There should be a very significant reason for you to end your dance before the tanda finishes. If you must do so, do it very discreetly and without making any scene.
• Dancing with someone is not doing a favor to him or her. The proper response after a dance to "Thank You", is "Thank you" and not "You are welcome".

And for laymen. Know the difference between a class, a practica and a milonga.Teaching and learning a new step is done in class. It is practiced under supervision in a guided practica. And milonga is a social where, you should never teach. Here you just do whatever you have learnt and practiced.