Embracing Social Dance is a blog, both for you who might be new to encuentros and want to dive into the abyss of encuentros. And for you who are into the world of encuentros.
The blogs represent our understandings of the encuentro world.
This weekend I attended the encuentro Noches de Inverno in Austria, surrounded by mountains in Reichenau an der Rax, and shared with many wonderful people. Over roughly three and a half days, I probably spent around 27 hours dancing. That is a lot of time on the floor.
Maybe you've been to milongas where you find yourself repeating endless ochos and giros, limited by the space around you, and feeling that the steps and figures you know don't quite fit.
For Trine and me, there is no such thing as a "right" or "wrong" way to dance tango. That said, some ways of dancing are simply more suited to the milonga setting than others.
Sydfyn Embrace is an "encuentro," and an encuentro is a series of milongas, typically held over a weekend, where dancers from across Europe and, to some extent, the world gather to dance tango. Unlike an Argentine tradition, where the focus is primarily on the social aspect and then the dancing, encuentros represent a more European culture...
This article was published on Facebook on my personal profile in 2024. It reflects on my tango journey and how I see tango. It also expresses Trines look at tango.
