Miles Tango Meanderings

The One About Simple Sentences

The One about Simple Tango Sentences. What is a Simple Sentence ? A Simple Sentence refers to a Simple Tango Sentence. These are things we do all the time, without necessarily thinking about it. Only here, it’s deliberate and thought of. Put simply Simple Sentence uses simple tango ideas that we are

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The One About ‘Transcendance’.

(Warning: Use of this word is about as close as I get to ‘waxing’ poetic about Tango. So pay close attention.) Scenario: You’re at your table with friends.You see a couple get together that to your knowledge has never danced together.He’s from out of town. An older ish guy, gray

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The One About ‘Pushing’.

You’ve all heard this phrase used by Tango teachers to get their students to walk: “You must PUSH from the floor!” I’ll spare you here and get straight to it. ALL MUSCLES PULL! Read that again, I’ll wait. Why am I yapping about this ? Mostly because of the fallacy

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A Little Clarity From An Earlier Post

In today’s post I used 2 terms that caused a bit of consternation. To be clear I used the terminology of the video. Let me clarify what *I mean* with the usage of those terms. ‘Frame’. This refers to the structure and posture of EITHER dancer in the co-combined typical

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The One Topic That’s Insanely Nebulous!

Today’s Topic is NOT a simple idea that never gets it’s due, but if I have anything to say about it, it will soon enough. One of the reasons the topic never gets its due is the fact that the topic is insanely nebulous. In 16 years of teaching I

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The Misnomer and Fallacy of ‘Musicality’.

This is a much longer topic that needs to get yapped about. So I will prepare you for that topic by telling you to go watch this video I created nearly 5 years ago that walks you thru the 5 Pause Type Methodology using ‘Que Nunca Me Falte’ by Pedro

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Today’s Word is ‘Musicality’!

Today’s Tango Word is ‘Musicality’. Oh FFS Miles!!!! Again with this word business? Seriously ??? Hear me out, you may glean something today aside from the fact that I have a nasty case of OCD, or if I’m applying my OCD, … CDO! The word ‘Musicality’ by definition means “to

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Is Cabeceo Dead ?

There is a conversation being had in plain sight about cabeceo, there are 2 sides to the argument of late: One side of the discussion that’s come about since the pandemic is that the practice of Cabeceo is dead and needs to stay that way. It’s served its purpose and

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