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First translation of the site

Hi there!

I’ve been working a lot these past few days in having the first English version of the site. Luckily, I had already set up all the infrastructure «behind the scenes» as to make this an easy process, and I had already taken care of the more structural aspects of the translation, so from now on it’s pretty simple to just integrate new content in new languages. Of course you are reading the English version, which has its own homepage or you can click on the language menu that’s on the top bar, sidebar, footer, or on the link inside each post that has a translation, just before the comment area. The rest of the site will be ready in a few days, expect some more tweaks all around…

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Tango, connection, roles and the illusion of control

These days I’m working on revising, correcting and translating my book (in case you didn’t know, yes, I’ve written a book and I’m hoping to publish the Spanish edition soon, the English edition is a little behind). In the middle of that I found a video that’s not about tango, but since I was «on topic» I thought it was a great excuse to talk about tango and its complexities. Stick around to watch the video and to find out how it can help you in your tango dancing.

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Why you should NOT study tango technique

[UPDATE] There’s a follow-up over here, inspired by one of your comments on social networks about this article.

Today we’ll talk a litlle about why the traditional way of explaining tango technique is broken, and how we can fix it. In order to do that, we’ll review how technique is studied in a traditional context, what premises it’s based on, and what other alternatives there can be. Lastly, we’ll discuss a series of advantages that come with rethinking technique a bit. This does not mean that it’s impossible to dance properly following the classic ideas, it’s just much harder than it should.

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