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The Tao of Tango |
Author: Johanna Siegmann
Published: 2000-09-19 |
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Repetitive, short, and not very useful
The author repeats herself extensively. The whole book could have been a medium-length blog entry. Trivial stuff any intermediate or even advanced beginner Tango dancer already knows is stated as if it is the ultimate enlightenment.
 know tango, know yourself
A clever and readable book that delves into the nuances of tango and links them to the challenges of relationships. If you are a tango afficianado and think you have heard it all, you will find Johanna Siegmanan's approach refreshing and insightful. If you've never danced tango, but want to understand yourself and your partner's interactions, it's mapped out here. Not written on a "lofy" level, Johanna Seigmann talks about her own journey into the world of tango and love. This book is written by a woman who knows the dance body, heart, and soul. If I'm ever in her area, I want to take a workshop with her!
Tango is so worth the effort of learning and doing.
Tango will change your life and this book tells you how and why.
This is one of the best of many books on the subject of life transformation experienced by a very large number of people outside of Buenos Aires.
Highly recommended.
However, it has even greater meaning when you have attempted the Argentine Tango.
So, hug a partner and dance with your heart.
Abrazos!
Tango dancers will smile with understanding
A quick read, packed with philosophical and insightful concepts. If you're a tango dancer, this book will speak to you as you compare what she is writing with what you already know. The Tao of Tango will have you nodding your head vigorously, agreeing that what she says is in fact true. Johanna Siegmann's
comparison of female/male energy to tango is a thought provoking, but compelling theory filled with accuracy. I couldn't put this book down .
Dance Tango, Be Whole
The Tao of Tango by Johanna Siegmann is a delightful chronicle of her discovery of the inner world of Argentine Tango - plus an insightful look at the application of Taoist philosophy to both Life and Tango.
On the surface, Tango is rooted in the sensuality and seduction that goes on between a man and a woman. But deeper things are going on. As Ms. Seigmann discovered, it is a conversation "in some language of the soul that resided in some part of me I never knew existed."
Drawing on key principles of Taoism, Ms. Siegmann shows how all people, whether men or women, are mixtures of characteristics that are either yang (masculine) or yin (feminine), and in order to be successful, in either Life or in Tango, each person must have these energies in balance within themselves. Yet in our post-Feminism world, this is rarely the case, for either gender. Johanna Siegmann discovered, as have many others, that learning to tango is much more than learning a new dance.
In order to dance tango properly, whether we are a man or a woman, we must be in touch with both our halves, both the confident masculine part, and the sensitive feminine part. Per Ms. Siegmann, "True happiness lies in the mutual embrace of both our [masculine and feminine] energies." Only when we can draw on both these qualities will our tango have the deep character for which it is so justly revered. In a real sense, it is a journey of self-discovery and healing. We find that, whether interacting on the dancefloor or in a Life relationship, having our energies in balance promises nothing less than a resolution of the age-old "battle of the sexes."
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