What is argentine tango? What makes it different form other dances? The core factors that define tango as a personal dance are examined in this film by american filmmaker Johnny Robinson
A film by my friend and student Johnny Robinson, starring my friend Richard Council, filmed in part at my dance studio in Rochester NY, starring many of my students, and narrated by my husband Alden Stevens. It was such an honor to be a part of this project.
I saw this video for the first time when I was a beginner in 2010. It cemented my desire to continue to learn and envelope tango into my life. Later, I attended workshops with RichardCouncil. When I want to encourage beginners to continue...I ask them to watch this video.
😂ess necesario aprender de lo sque ve y escucha y lo mas importante no repetirlo como sí fjdrsnos papĜJos o loros,sino también con reflexión de squello qje nos gusta..
I am a no talent dancer but that does not prevent me from watching. This video got a hold of me about 5 minutes into it. I must say I have never heard it described so perfectly as to what the Tango is. This video explained it so eloquently. This was the first time I heard an explanation and it was perfect! This couple obviously have spent many hours together practicing and it showed. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing and wonderful no complaints commercials to ruin it! Thank you for sharing! 👏🏼👏🏼🕊
This captures the magic of tango truthfully. I am super shy and close embrace Argentine tango is the only physically intimate couple dance I can ever do, as the honest intimacy of the moment this dance celebrates is able to break through my guard.
I first saw this dance on a silent film with Rudolph Valentino. A 1920s film. It was done with passion by him. He took those long strides. Back and forth. Nothing extraordinary. George Raft was another actor, I had seen dancing the Tango, more than once.. He added flair and made it sexy. Didn't know he was a dancer. I only knew him as a gangster in movies.
Beautiful film! Beautiful dancers! Tango can also be danced bright and playful. With a spirit of fun. I'd love to see more of that type of tango. The type I enjoy dancing.
I did not expect this at all, but it's such a great video, I do tango and it just defines tango so well, while showing basically everything but inssting on what's the most important, I think it's very helpfull, and very beautiful to watch.
Stunning and beautifully filmed. I loved the comments on posture lead and connection. It is dancing in the moment -without a doubt. I love the music and the dancing is stunning to watch as well. Great film.
This is a really fantastic decription of what is tango. In many other videos they apply western moral judgements about the role of Tango. That is all bullshit. There is a natural role for a man to lead and woman to follow. When you learn tango as a man you will sometimes have to dance the womans part, when you do that and close your eyes you realise its just a magic feeling, submitting to the movement of someone else with the music. Its soo beautiful.
Congratulations! It's the best video I have seem ever of tango dance. The scenes are very beautifully chosen. It's a delicious to see the video every time. Thanks to both dancers and to the people that made possible this work for us.
The heart of tango is deeply connected with music from the golden age. This movie is a commercial for tango, non-tango music, sexy dresses, fancy moves,speedy ganchos ,boleos, lift in the air...that's not tango. That's a show. Tango you cannot see from outside, tango magic happens between the two and not for the outside recognition or applause.
Sure! This is only demo , to attract people to dance and give them the idea what is up in the dance.I do not blame the author for making it "comercial" .Presentation is fine and nothing to nag :)
Over a quarter of the film is dedicated to a Milonga in a well-established tango community. The filmmaker felt it was important to show real tango. As for the music, the accompanying score was composed especially for the film by a well-known tango musician. And Vuelvo al Sur is a lovely piece as well. The filmmaker is a longtime and passionate tanguero. His goal was to share his love of the dance.
Latin American yoga -- union, sacred, yoking the yin & yang in the here & now; time/space merging in one; two hearts collapsing into one soul; purpose & passion, the deepest grief & purest joy mixed in bittersweet bliss; freedom, abandon, forgetting, connecting, reconnecting, returning, remembering whom and what we really are, where we really came from, why we truly exist... passion without solitude, meditation without the remote himalayan cave, lovemaking with clothes on, art as spirituality, dance as transcendance, emotion as perfection... latin american yoga...
Well, to be fair The Tango's origin was in the zone of "El Río de la Plata" this means that it also includes part of Uruguay .. By the way I'm from Buenos Aires.
In 1920s, tango got a major buff from haute coutre when women's skirt hemlines got shorter and Hollywood introduced Rudolph Valentino on the silver screen with his dancing.
Everyone who can walk is able to dance the Argentine tango. Forget all those UA-cam demo videos! The most important things are not visible: the subtle body movements, the thoughts and the emotions. Find a teacher who suits your needs and (learn to) dance tango.
Yes you can. It is even more gracious and stylish at half or 1/4 the speed of this video. Think 1 step every 4 beats or so. Then flexibility is only a matter of patience, waiting for the woman to come the center of the embrace after each slow lead step.
You don't need to be. Once a Argentinian tango dancer and teacher told me the most important thing in tango is embrace. Just do simple steps and keep a right comfortable and warm embrace for woman. She will just melt in your arms and secretly would wish not to get away from the embrace. And that is the real Tango. It's a dance to bring woman close to you then why the hell you want to do something like sacadas where you have to make her away from you. Those were her exact words
World class concepts--excellent, imaginative, stratospheric. But surely much of the extended dark, often-obscure interior group dance should be taken out so that no viewer would give up and thereby miss the stunning pair's dance finale'.
A film by my friend and student Johnny Robinson, starring my friend Richard Council, filmed in part at my dance studio in Rochester NY, starring many of my students, and narrated by my husband Alden Stevens. It was such an honor to be a part of this project.
Thank you Barbara for sending me this video. I love it and I shared it and watched it many times so far.😅
I saw this video for the first time when I was a beginner in 2010. It cemented my desire to continue to learn and envelope tango into my life. Later, I attended workshops with RichardCouncil. When I want to encourage beginners to continue...I ask them to watch this video.
😂ess necesario aprender de lo sque ve y escucha y lo mas importante no repetirlo como sí fjdrsnos papĜJos o loros,sino también con reflexión de squello qje nos gusta..
I am a no talent dancer but that does not prevent me from watching. This video got a hold of me about 5 minutes into it.
I must say I have never heard it described so perfectly as to what the Tango is. This video explained it so eloquently. This was the first time I heard an explanation and it was perfect! This couple obviously have spent many hours together practicing and it showed. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing and wonderful no complaints commercials to ruin it!
Thank you for sharing! 👏🏼👏🏼🕊
This is truly another form of love making. How beautiful.
This description of tango dance is the better I see. My best compliments.
This was just beautiful. It brought me to tears thinking about just how passionate two people could be through dance and life. 😍
Hmmmm... how the heck this getting in my feed.. ? Hmmmm 😑.. nice tho...
As a child who's parents had been great dancers, i can only congradulate you for this presentation and thank you for inspiring me.I SALUTE YOU.
11 years to find this? Flipping wonderful. Best concise depiction yet! Many thanks!
I find this film intensely exciting. As a beginner, it inspires me to keep dancing tango as often as possible...
My Patione is TANGO
This is the most poetic and utterly captivating definition of Tango, visually and vocally.
I agree!
Chris Hall t
My history teacher called it “the sexiest dance ever known.”
Hans Martens..
Chris Hall excellently
This Video is amazing. Tango is Emotion, Love, Pain, Soul and Freedom. The Real Dance Feeling ever.
This captures the magic of tango truthfully. I am super shy and close embrace Argentine tango is the only physically intimate couple dance I can ever do, as the honest intimacy of the moment this dance celebrates is able to break through my guard.
I first saw this dance on a silent film with Rudolph Valentino. A 1920s film. It was done with passion by him. He took those long strides. Back and forth. Nothing extraordinary. George Raft was another actor, I had seen dancing the Tango, more than once.. He added flair and made it sexy. Didn't know he was a dancer. I only knew him as a gangster in movies.
Even After reading the expert comments, I liked the film and inspired me to do tango.
I am an Argentine tango dancer, not a show dancer for foreigners. What you show goes goes on show
best explanation i have ever heard.. of tango and life
😎 The TANGO: arguably the CLASSIEST dance of all time. 💙
"they dance in each other's breath" - this is Tango
J'adore ce vidéo qui dit bien ce qu'est le tango, pas besoin d'être compliqué juste suivre les fillings de la musique et Dieu sait s'il y en a !
This video is the absolute best description of tango dance.
No! Go to BA and see the music milongas play!
Not really!
The most beautiful and complete sentences do describe the technique but also *the invisible force*💞
Beautiful film! Beautiful dancers! Tango can also be danced bright and playful. With a spirit of fun. I'd love to see more of that type of tango. The type I enjoy dancing.
The "milonga" is bright and playful👍💪♥️
I have a confession" I'm In Love With Tango... Bravo" Beautiful Video"...
Congratulations for this beautiful video performing the poetic and essencial experience called Tango!
I did not expect this at all, but it's such a great video, I do tango and it just defines tango so well, while showing basically everything but inssting on what's the most important, I think it's very helpfull, and very beautiful to watch.
Love it
Stunning and beautifully filmed. I loved the comments on posture lead and connection. It is dancing in the moment -without a doubt. I love the music and the dancing is stunning to watch as well. Great film.
I love this video. Beautifully describes the history and the significance to the movements and nuances to such an bitter sweet mode of dance
wow, exiting and learning and so fun of delicateness.
Excellent! the naration and the sensual dance of the couple really touches any tanguero !
Beautiful Tango!!!💃💃💃
such a beautiful story, shoot right into my heart!
The best video I always recommend for Tango! Really a masterpiece!
I love this film and this dance!
LOVED IT! fascinating. thank you for sharing
The music and dance are together very seductive...More pple should dance the Tango..
so well filmed and narrated.... you guys deserve an invitation to our friendly country..... you must even feel the tango the way we do. Congrats!
Watching again for the umpteenth time… and I love it all over again🥰🥰🥰
Excellent presentation of tango core :) I enjoyed it a lot congratulation for the author :) I still re watch it from time to time, numerous times
just perfect .....nothing can be explained better than this .....
I like tango ,very much ,thank you for the nice video
belle définition de ce que représente le tango! vidéo super où l'on défini magnifiquement la technique du tango et ses valeurs!
Prekrasno prezentirano.Hvala.Pozdrav.
The best I’ve seen after 15 years of tango…!
Stunning and beautifully filmed.
This is a really fantastic decription of what is tango. In many other videos they apply western moral judgements about the role of Tango. That is all bullshit. There is a natural role for a man to lead and woman to follow. When you learn tango as a man you will sometimes have to dance the womans part, when you do that and close your eyes you realise its just a magic feeling, submitting to the movement of someone else with the music. Its soo beautiful.
Amazing lessons of tango
Congratulations! It's the best video I have seem ever of tango dance. The scenes are very beautifully chosen. It's a delicious to see the video every time. Thanks to both dancers and to the people that made possible this work for us.
The heart of tango is deeply connected with music from the golden age. This movie is a commercial for tango, non-tango music, sexy dresses, fancy moves,speedy ganchos ,boleos, lift in the air...that's not tango. That's a show. Tango you cannot see from outside, tango magic happens between the two and not for the outside recognition or applause.
Sure! This is only demo , to attract people to dance and give them the idea what is up in the dance.I do not blame the author for making it "comercial" .Presentation is fine and nothing to nag :)
Over a quarter of the film is dedicated to a Milonga in a well-established tango community. The filmmaker felt it was important to show real tango. As for the music, the accompanying score was composed especially for the film by a well-known tango musician. And Vuelvo al Sur is a lovely piece as well. The filmmaker is a longtime and passionate tanguero. His goal was to share his love of the dance.
wow, this is the best. thank you for this sharing!
German speeding movies
I can't wait to learn tango 🙂....
absolutely awesome video. thank you.
Precioso.....! Gracias por compartirlo...!
EXCELLENT! Thanks 😊
Latin American yoga -- union, sacred, yoking the yin & yang in the here & now; time/space merging in one; two hearts collapsing into one soul; purpose & passion, the deepest grief & purest joy mixed in bittersweet bliss; freedom, abandon, forgetting, connecting, reconnecting, returning, remembering whom and what we really are, where we really came from, why we truly exist... passion without solitude, meditation without the remote himalayan cave, lovemaking with clothes on, art as spirituality, dance as transcendance, emotion as perfection... latin american yoga...
Latinoamericano me parece muy genérico, ni me atrevo a decir Argentino (siendo Argentino) mas bien porteño.
Beautiful and educational. Thank you for sharing this. :)
Beautiful video, gives some ideas for practice in my ballroom tango :)
Well, to be fair The Tango's origin was in the zone of "El Río de la Plata" this means that it also includes part of Uruguay ..
By the way I'm from Buenos Aires.
Also another importat port city Rosario in Santa fe too , saludos de Uruguay !
Federico Dominguez , thank you! You are completely right!
Enjoyable to watch. Love in Motion.
Divinos todos!!!!!
So much good music in this video.
Classic video. Thanks.
I Love this ! true Poetry !!!
I am in awe.
My confession... I love tango!
Wow fantástico.
so beautiful it was
Beautifully done!!
Love this!
It's the best video I have seen ever of tango dance.
best tango film i ever seen
Bravi i ballerini! I love tango!!
Great and amazing 💞👏👏
Beautiful & elegance...
Outstanding!
Agreed!!
Beautiful...!!!!!!!
valóban szép izgalmas lépések sorozata tűz és víz összecsapása
ella canadiense el americano´tienen alma de tango 1los felicito desde buenos aires
Bravo! 'love it!
Perfect !!!
Excellent!
Thank you.
Amazing!!!
Wow, i am enchanted 💝
In 1920s, tango got a major buff from haute coutre when women's skirt hemlines got shorter and Hollywood introduced Rudolph Valentino on the silver screen with his dancing.
Excellent!!
Exzellent erklärt!
Fantastic,,
Bravo!!!
ella canadiense el americano.ibamos a la misma milonga en miami.una peareja hermosa.
Inspiring!
Lovely.
very good!
This is something that I could never do. I am not flexible enough. I love the music.
Surely you can! Everybody can dance, just do it
Yes, you can, Mr. Hammer. You can dance the tango at any age. The dance can be adapted to your particular level of agility.
Everyone who can walk is able to dance the Argentine tango. Forget all those UA-cam demo videos! The most important things are not visible: the subtle body movements, the thoughts and the emotions. Find a teacher who suits your needs and (learn to) dance tango.
Yes you can. It is even more gracious and stylish at half or 1/4 the speed of this video. Think 1 step every 4 beats or so. Then flexibility is only a matter of patience, waiting for the woman to come the center of the embrace after each slow lead step.
You don't need to be.
Once a Argentinian tango dancer and teacher told me the most important thing in tango is embrace. Just do simple steps and keep a right comfortable and warm embrace for woman. She will just melt in your arms and secretly would wish not to get away from the embrace. And that is the real Tango. It's a dance to bring woman close to you then why the hell you want to do something like sacadas where you have to make her away from you. Those were her exact words
beautiful video. I know them both.
Hopefully the lighting can be fixed as it is dark. I would like to see the full mechanics of the Argentine tango steps.
beautiful
Bravo!
Wowhe is a good dancer!!! Who is He??? anita-dancer and teacher for 25 years.
Poetry (ty, so much
World class concepts--excellent, imaginative, stratospheric.
But surely much of the extended dark, often-obscure interior group dance should be taken out so that no viewer would give up and thereby miss the stunning pair's dance finale'.
ı love TANGO
Many years ago, in 2003, I visited Istambul and I remember a place called "Buenos Aires" -I guess it was located in Bekistas-.