I was born into music. My dad's biggest passion was classical music. He would know every composer, every note, every symphony, he would read books, take notes. He would breath classical music. Every morning we would wake up to some beautiful recording he had started to play immediately after he woke up as the earliest … Continue reading Growing Up While Dancing
Category: Tango
Buenos Aires Querida
I am on my way back from Buenos Aires to Barcelona. It is the third time that I am on this route and it is the first time that I am not heartbroken to say goodbye. Still, secretly in me, I am wishing if only I had one more week... Each time I leave Buenos Aires, … Continue reading Buenos Aires Querida
Fear of Life by Alexander Lowen
"One day I read a book and my whole life changed". This is what Orhan Pamuk writes in his book "The New Life". It is a difficult book, it cost me a lot of time and energy to understand it, if I did at all. But...Recently, I read a book. My whole life changed. Well, … Continue reading Fear of Life by Alexander Lowen
Tango Is a Difficult Thing
This thing called tango is a difficult thing...I don't mean the technicality. That is not easy either, but on that bit you can always improve. With patience, decisiveness and sufficient practice anyone can become a fairly good tango dancer. I claim. What is difficult is the rest.The world of tango gives you a lot but demands equally lot. … Continue reading Tango Is a Difficult Thing
Weekend @ El Corte
I came back from a city called Nijmegen in Holland this evening. I never knew it existed before I moved to Cologne. My ignorance. Now I know that this little Dutch city is famous for two things: its university and the tango. There is a tango salon called El Corte there. I never knew it … Continue reading Weekend @ El Corte