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Aug 2023
30m 31s

Dancing in Your Own Shoes: the True Curr...

IMSO Tango
About this episode

Tango seems so fancy at first, so many moves to learn, so much technique. But you talk to any seasoned dancer and they will tell you it’s really not about the moves… it’s really something else.

What is it that we are after on the dance floor? And what value do we bring to our dance with another person? This is what this banter is all about.

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