Tango technique 101: “How to embrace”

Yes, you’d be pretty weird to buy a class on this. People do though. Really suspect people do. Or people who are told spurious things like "Tango is a technique driven dance".   And boy does that false idea get touted so much it becomes like one of those empty, faith based notions that the credulous believe in the face of all evidence to the contrary.

To get round that “Woah, weird” issue which is the natural, common-sense reaction to seeing a class on "How to embrace", these things are more often called “How to Connect”, “The Connection” or it’s hidden in part of a “Basics” course, or a "Technique and connection” course or, a real-life example: ‘Posture, connection and the 'tango walk' . It kind of normalises it for people and makes them think actually, it’s OK to pay to get someone to teach you how to embrace someone else. They’ll even provide some people for you to practice with because, um, they don’t necessarily want to teach you how to embrace (I mean connect) by, like, actually doing it with you themselves.  So, provided you’re not too fussy, they give you a bunch of people to practice on. 

 It’s fine, right..? If you're ready to move up a level just sign the form at the front for our advanced interactive course: “Personal DNA exchange: the basics”.  Places are limited so don't delay.  And there's no need to you know, think about it too much.  That's what your teachers are for, they have all the knowledge and experience so you don't need to worry about a thing.  Except when you're actually doing it.  Then you have to think a lot.  Really focus and think about what you're doing, but not, you know, what you're doing...I mean think about it close up, but not like, far away.  You don't want too much perspective.  Perspective is only good if you're in charge. And you're not, cos you're a beginner.