What happens when you've been studying tango - but you're still not sure you're ready to actually enter the milonga?
My guest Sevada has only been dancing for about five months. When we first spoke, he was fascinated by tango, deeply invested in learning it…and terrified of the social dance floor.
Then he went.
In this episode, we debrief what actually happened: the fears that disappeared, the things he wasn't prepared for at all, unsolicited feedback, navigating the ronda versus navigating the room, and the social codes you don't necessarily learn in class.
But what interested me most was what happened afterward.
Dancing with different people exposed Sevada to parts of his own dancing he hadn't encountered yet - and changed the way he showed up at his next práctica.
A conversation about being a beginner, taking the leap before you feel completely ready, and everything the milonga teaches us simply by being there.
Find Sevada on IG @tango.theartofsolace and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@tango-theartofsolace
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