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May 2024
44m 46s

Oa Metzner Part 1/3 - social tango, impr...

The Curious Tanguero
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Part 1, interview with Oa Metzner: In this part of the interview we discussed what the term ‘social tango’ actually means for social dancers like me and you, what helps tango dancers improve, and then we dived into biomechanics. Finally, and this was a wonderful eye-opening part of the interview for me, we discussed the basis of connection.   Οa Metzner on F ... Show More
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