Once or twice in a year in Studio22 Dallas, George and Jairelbhi are hosting this 3 milonga (Fri, Sat and Sun)+1 workshop event weekend, calling it Mini milonga marathon.
Musicality workshop was presented by John Turci-Escobar from Austin. Last time they did this mini-marathon with his workshop was March 2020. Right after that everything was shut down. No jinxing.
As OKC tango community is too small after the corona, if I really want to dance Tango, I need to travel. This past weekend agreed with my other things, so I drove four hours to get to Saturday and Sunday milongas.
They assign a theme for each party. For Saturday, it was masquerade. It is not easy to find a mask that works well with eyeglasses. For Sunday, Cowboy. I brought western shirts, jeans, a watch with cobra skin strap, and a bolo tie with Tiffany-blue turquoise.
I did take a break from Tango during corona. But thanks to some recent practice, my skills actually improved. What I practiced was solo dance and showy body usage, and make them smooth. Also, watching good dances/dancers, mostly on video, and picking up some good stuff help greatly.
You show what you practice. On dance floor your body cannot lie. It shows what you got.
I like observing people's dances. It is fun for me to know what they have and don't have. Even just how you are standing can give you away. Something like how you construct your dance and how you show lines of energy flow as a couple interests me.
I can do and enjoy this spectator fun with videos. But it adds more fun with people.
I know it sounds like I am a dance otaku of sort. And I cannot deny that.
Last time I went to Dallas was August 2021. Nine months later, visiting there to dance with new people and friends is still fun.
Some swimming in hotel pool was nice and relaxing (also incredibly tiring and mellowing afterwards). How long ago was it when I swam last time? Probably years, but my body still remembers how to swim. What you practiced indeed resides in your body.
