[Tango] Tango apartment for rent/ tango trances

[Lois Donnay]

I am ready to rent the apartment above me again! Most of you know the layout, since it is the same as my place. 2 BR, 1 bath w/ whirlpool tub, LR (or dancefloor!), DR, front porch. All for only $850/mo.

In addition, you get free admission to the group lessons and parties held here! And the wealth of dance partners who will be knocking at the door of someone with so much dancefloor. Oh, yes, ands a mechanic on the premise.

Let me know if you want to see it, or if you know of anyone who might be looking.

Lois Donnay
www.mndance.com
612.822.8436

I wanted to share this with all of you: this was so well written. This is from Tom Stermitz, an excellent teacher/organizer/dancer from Colorado, and one of my mentors:

"THE MILONGA as a TRANSCENDENT DANCE CONTAINER

How do you create the social dance conditions for people to achieve  
transcendent dance experiences? That is a much more interesting  
question than style or advertising verbiage.

I've been talking with a friend who has experience with ritual dance,  
who believes that concepts of ritual and trance are essential for  
understanding the tango dance experience. Most (many? some?) tango  
dancers have experienced the tango high, that "zen" experience where  
time melts away into intuitive music and movement. It is like you are  
dancing consciously and unconsciously with your partner and the whole  
crowd.

In terms from  ritual dance, the milonga is the ritual container, and  
the DJ is the master of the ceremony or leader of the "drum circle"."

It has come to my attention that there are some dancers in this community (some who have been dancing for some time) who have never had this "transcendent" experience. That is one of the things that separate tango from the other dances, so if you haven't had one, come and see me and we'll see what can be done.


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.donnay.net/pipermail/tango_donnay.net/attachments/20100108/282cc333/attachment.html>