About Argentine Tango From the Heart (contd..)

So we try to learn the steps.  We learn more and more Argentine tango steps that are very difficult to do. But we never learn how to open our heart.  So in the long run, we never seem to experience the joy we see Argentines experiencing when they dance the tango. 

So we think we need more steps and more interesting steps. This keep us in the intellect rather than the heart so we still can't feel the authentic joy of dancing from our hearts.  We do, however, feel the pride of accomplishment of being able to do more and more difficult steps.  This isn't the same joy we are seeing in the South Americans, but it is the only way we as Americans know how to feel good. It is a somewhat of a consolation prize. 

Along the way, some people lose sight of the essence of Argentine tango, the thing that made it different and special and that attracted them to it in the first place: the pure heartfelt joy of the Argentine’s way of dancing tango.  They start to think that the only joy there is in Argentine tango is the joy of accomplishment, the American way.  They don’t even realize that pure Argentine tango is when you dance with your heart completely open, drinking in the pleasure of the moment and feeling luscious feelings that you don’t feel in any other dance.
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About Teaching Argentine Tango From The Heart to Americans