What on earth does ‘Dancing The Pauses‘ mean ? It means that instead of dancing to the phrases, every time that you hear a musical pause, you’re going to do 3 things.

First, you reset the couple and reset the embrace.

Second, you’re going to change your vocabulary choice (as a lead or as a follow).

And lastly, you’re attempting to create structure.

That last one takes a bit of forethought and does require foreknowledge of the song. But ideally you’re trying to create a 1 to 1 visual relationship with what you’re hearing in the music to what you’re doing. EG, the dancing SHOULD represent the MUSIC.

So what does it look like when you’re dancing the pauses ? If you’re a regular viewer of this site, then you KNOW I come with receipts! Watch the video below.

If you want more information on what the pauses are ? And what to listen for ? You can visit the tango topics primer on the 5 Pause Types Methodology and then visit the Pause Type Repository.

If you’d like to register for my workshops on dancing the pauses:
https://tangotopics.com/musical-interpretation-registration/