The important thing is to know why we want to dance. We dance a solitude that we have inside us and cannot occupy with anything. This gap, that emptiness to which we put movement is the TANGO.
Carlos GavitoTango is about feeling and sensitivity, otherwise you are just doing gymnastics. You can do all the steps but it has to have the feeling and sensitivity of authentic tango.
Carlos GavitoWhen you dance with a partner you are close and the dance is very suggestive, but it is not personal โฆ โClose is what the music inspire you to become. The embrace looks personal, but what we are actually embracing is the music.
Carlos GavitoThe secret of tango is in this moment of improvisation that happens between step and step. It is to make the impossible thing possible: to dance silence.
Carlos Gavito