The opening of our show at the Tangoloft Berlin Spring Festival.
healthy optimism for more joy in dancing
Our credo: first me, then the music, then you. An example.
First comes me: my state, my energy, how I'm doing right now. How does my body feel, how are my emotions?
Then come me and the music: What does the music do to me and to my body? How does my body want to move to this music?
Only when that is clear, and I am connected with myself and with the music, do I turn my focus to my dancing partner, to the you. I listen, and I let my body be inspired by the dynamics of my partner. I rely on my body and trust it to call up the movements that fit the moment.
As in this opening of our show at the Tangoloft Berlin Spring Festival, it can take over three minutes. Or it happens in a few seconds, when the physical connection forms at the start of a dance. But it always happens.
How do I train this? Point 1, first comes me: Every morning I do my movement meditation. It is, on the one hand, a way of exploring where I am right now and, on the other, it keeps my body supple and mobile.
Point 2, me and the music: I regularly dance my tango moves alone with myself, without a partner or with an imaginary one.
