Category Archives: Bridget’s Journal

I had a private lesson this last week that really changed my tango experience. I learned something that is making every embrace and every dance better and more meaningful. The instructor said, “Don’t spend a dance simply going through your … Continue reading →

Sexy can be safe! WHAT. Mind blown. It took a long time for me to be comfortable in my own skin and feeling sexy was something that did not feel safe to me. Until I realized that “sexy” does not … Continue reading →

1. If you are new to a milonga, don’t go alone unless you know people going. Dances are hard to get. And merely getting on the dance floor and getting noticed helps. 2. Smile and move….new tango word: “Smove”. Be … Continue reading →

Tango is a cultural good. Tango makes sense of the world by making something of the world. And if culture is the activity of making meaning….then tango is a cultural good. I was reading a book called “Culture Making” by … Continue reading →

In tango, I’ve noticed that the exercise of “just walking” in front of one another suddenly yields some really funky movement. Like, duck walks and minor spasms and quite hilarious overreaching steps or incredibly tiny ones. We walk everyday. Each … Continue reading →

My mom is the best mother in the whole wide world. I do not exaggerate. She’s kind of flippin’ awesome. And  one of the many life lessons she has taught me is that I do not NEED a man to … Continue reading →

This week I learned that tango is riddled with ambivalence. The fear and excitement of improvisation. The terrifying and enticing feelings about doing something new and/or meeting someone new. I think this is why they say that tango is a … Continue reading →

I was taught Molinetes in three separate tango classes this week. Two of the them were  taught by the same instructor but the students in the classes were from different communities (one was solely comprised of college students, the other … Continue reading →

  With a theatre and dance experience background, you’d think I have some stuff down pat already. I don’t. One of the first rules of any dance or theatre performance is to make a committment. You  commit to the movement, … Continue reading →

Strangers. Stranger danger! Isn’t that what we’re taught at a young age? So here we are, at a social dancing event, and it is perfectly ok AND, IN FACT, encouraged to dance with complete strangers. So get over that fact … Continue reading →