One of the magical thing about tango in Buenos Aires is the people come from all over world just to embrace and move together to the music from Argentina.
And during the one month that has passed, I danced not only with some very good dancers from Buenos Aires, I've also danced with some extremely good dancers from the rest of the world.
Ladies from Germany, Italy, England, Ireland, France, Yugoslavia (!), Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, USA, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, these are off the top of my head now.
More specifically, the magic is this; for the duration of about 12 minutes (4 songs of about 3 minutes each), both of you, no matter where you are from, reveal to each other a deep deep part of your soul, for the music reaches within the deepest recesses of your heart.
If the dance is good, your souls connects and communicates, transcending language, age, race and other physical limitations.
If the dance is extremely good, you fall in love with the music and the dance you share, even if its just that 3 minutes, till the music fades.
How many times have you shook your head or grooved your body to a particular piece of music that appeals to you? Have you ever cried? Or smiled to a song? Now imagine being able move your body to these music in a meaningful way, and being able to communicate these emotions and musicality to a complete stranger whom you can't even speak 2 words with!!
When I move into an embrace and I dance, I can feel her and she can feel me. If she is tired, nervous, calm, relaxed or not concentrating. When we dance, she can even tell if I am dancing to the violin, if I am moved by the piano or the vocals.
Dreaming (yes thats a girl's name) a TV actress from South Korea, which I enjoy dancing very much, she says, 'I can understand if he is a beginner, if he can only walk, but I can't understand if he is not listening to the music. I feel so bad during the dance that I have to ask him to stop after 1 song!'
We can hardly speak to one another, yet when we dance, she knows exactly how I feel, if I am sad, or happy, at various parts of the music. And I know how she feels exactly too.
Thats the magic of close embrace tango.
