We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango.
I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent.
The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina.
I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie.
Tango is about feeling and sensitivity, otherwise you are just doing gymnastics. You can do all the steps but it has to have the feeling and sensitivity of authentic tango.
A good dancer is one who listens to the musicWe dance the music not the steps. Anyone who aspires to dance never thinks about what he is going to do. What he cares about is that he follows the music. You see, we are painters. We paint the music with our feet.
Simplification is one of the most difficult things to do.
When you dance with a partner you are close and the dance is very suggestive, but it is not personal … “Close is what the music inspire you to become. The embrace looks personal, but what we are actually embracing is the music.
The secret of tango is in this moment of improvisation that happens between step and step. It is to make the impossible thing possible: to dance silence.
I think those who say that you can't tango if you are not Argentine are mistaken. Tango was an immigrant music... so it does not have a nationality. It's only passport is feeling.
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
The tango is a direct expression of something that poets have often tried to state in words: the belief that a fight may be a celebration.
My goal now is to dance all the dances as long as I can, and then to sit down contented after the last elegant tango some sweet night and pass on because there wasn't another dance left in me.
I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.
The beginning and the end of the tango is the walk.
Will.i.am and I performed at Wango Tango. That's when my daughter said that I had made it in music.
The Argentine tango is very special to me because it's full of sensuality. The chemistry between the man and woman is absolutely stunning.
I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young.
I started buying records in the 80s. I listened to everything new wave, disco, funk synth-pop, rock, but in my house we were listening to bossa nova, tango, and folk.
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