Going to a Quiet Place- A Little Affirmation

Lately I may have started to lose sight of the quiet intimate attraction of tango and why I first started a love affair with the dance. In 2005 when I saw Juan Carlos Copes in the movie TANGO I said, "I HAVE to do that."- Not "I want to do that" Lately taking the tango inside to a quiet place and keeping it there gets put on hold. Too many plans, flyers, arrangements detract from the essence of what the dance means to me. Watch out I say to myself as I get more and more caught up in organizing, making plans, setting dates for more events and lessons. Now that I can write and think about this I want to quietly go back to less Facebook banter and more intimacy with Mike. Let the party and quipping be over. For me the smaller group, the quiet group surrounds me in a peaceful way. Let me relax and move freely. Let me focus on the lyrical melancholy of the music and dance the dance for my soul. Let someone who has seriously studied in Argentina with the 'best of the best" take over the details so I can DANCE.

Far Out FANTASY

To make the day a little more interesting my far out fantasy might evolve. Just say, some famous person, maybe someone like Jaques D'Ambois, who I saw in the movie "Every Little Step" at the Kirby Center last week with Mike and Cathie, would call me on the phone this afternoon. Someone like Jaques D'Ambois, who I've deeply admired all my life and was an inspiration to my teaching and thinking.
Maybe Mike would answer the phone and say, "Hola" Cup his hand over the phone and say something like, "There's some kind of character on the phone for you."
And so if it really was JD, I would have said, " My husband said that you were some kind of a (ha-ha) character." And he would have said, "Maybe he is the character." From there the conversation might turn to tango, and Charlotte, and life and dance and more tango and the tent. A hint of mutual admiration might creep in, but that would really be stretching the fantasy. With another invitation to join us on a Sunday and a little more talk the call would end and I would go back, with a smile, to the rest of my day with the "character" who really exists. Then again..... if he did take the time to call, Mr. D'Ambois would fill my days with smiles, but, of course, why would he call me- a usually frazzled woman in a little rural town in NE PA who wants to tango.

70+ at the tent and DRAGAN

How I want to describe every detail of this special Sunday evening at our tango tent- from the weather to the eager faces, many from Stroudsburg, Allentown, Binghamton, happily mixing with our 35 locals.
But Dragan says it ALL in a simple but complicated way.
Me to Him: What can I say?
Him to Me: We don't need words. Let other people talk.
And that's that.