Auckland Tango – Cecilia Trini and others with Sebastian Arrua
Cecilia Trini and others with Sebastian Arrua in Auckland Scene 2 from the short film Psychology of Tango by Christian Choi
Jorge (Horhe) Amparado
I come from a varied background of dance forms including Classical Ballet, Flamenco, Contemporary Dance and Jazz. In 2010 I discovered and fell in love with Argentine Tango. My Tango career has developed to include tango performances, competition and teaching … Read More
Book review: The Meaning of Tango: The Story of the Argentinian Dance
Originally published on the Tango Club (Auckland) website on 4 January 2010 Review by Stephan Resch, 4 January 2010 Writing about a dance is a difficult task. You have physical expression on the one side, verbal expression on the other. … Read More
The revenge of the tango—a woman’s narrative
Originally published in the Tango Club (Auckland) website by Era Soukhin, 21 February 2008 I fell in love with Argentine tango on my twentieth birthday. I distinctly remember the moment: sitting in an armchair, snuggled in my mother’s Scottish rug, … Read More
Vals Musicality Workshop
Summary video from an August 2019 Auckland vals musicality workshop demonstrating a structure for leaders and followers to practice dancing musically to the compas and rhythms of tango music within even length musical phrases. This demonstration covers the timing of … Read More