The Walking One

We all know tango is not about the steps. 땅고가 단지 스텝이 아니라는건 우리 모두 알고 있다. So what is it about? 그럼 땅고는 대체 뭘까? Is it about walking? 걷는걸까? Or is it about the embrace? 아니면 안는걸까? Or is it about the music? 아니면 음악일까? Tango is about trust. 땅고는 믿음이다. Ladies, trust your partner wh..

Hwayi and I just returned from a one-month trip to Buenos Aires. Here are some personal observations about the milongas. 화이와 저는 얼마 전에 한달간의 부에노스 아이레스 여행을 마치고 돌아왔습니다. 그곳의 밀롱가들을 접한 감상을 남깁니다. Comparing to five years ago, which was the last time we were there, the quality of milongas..

Spring is here! There are more people coming to the Monday night practica at Tango O Nada. And people really practice too. There is a lively atmosphere in the air, it makes me want to dance! 봄이다! 오나다의 월요 쁘락띠까에도 사람들이 많아지고 있다. 그리고 열심히 연습한다. 그 생동감 있는 분위기가 나로 하여금 춤을 추고 싶게 만든다. Some ..

Tango is a dream A dream in reality that we cannot wake up from

음악: La Vida Me Engaño por Carlos Di Sarli y Jorge Durán

In the Monday night practica, I like asking people about the problems they have while learning Tango. 월요일 쁘락띠까에서 나는 사람들이 땅고를 배우면서 겪게 되는 문제점에 대해서 물어보곤 했다. Last Monday I got this answer from a lady. 지난 월요일에는 한 여성분으로부터 이런 대답을 들었다. "It is very hard for me to trust the men." "..

A couple more stories from the Monday O Nada practica: 월요일 오나다 쁘락띠까에 대한 몇가지 이야기가 더 있다. I danced with a woman for a couple songs. She hasn't been dancing for too long, but she is eager to learn. 한 여자분과 몇곡의 춤을 추었다. 그녀는 춤을 춘지 그리 오래 되지 않았지만 열성적으로 배우고 있는 중이었다. She ask..

We have been running the Monday practica at O Nada for a few weeks now. 우리는 요즘 월요일마다 오나다에서 쁘락띠까를 열고 있다. In the practica sometimes women ask me to dance. 쁘락띠까에서 가끔 여자분들이 나에게 춤을 청하곤 한다. Often the way they ask is this: they put up their index finger and say, "Can you dance one song with me?" 그들은 자..

I have been curious about the Tango music scene in Japan for quite a while. Finally this past weekend I got the chance to go to Tokyo to see 2 orchestras play. The occasion was the 2009 Asian Tango Championship in Tokyo. For the final gala event, they invited 2 tango orchestras to perform. The first one was the Orquesta Tango Waseda, which is the tango orchestra of Waseda University. If I remem..

Friends have asked me about the Tango scene in South Korea often, so I have decided to write down a few of my impressions here. For your information, I have lived in Seoul for two and half years and I plan to continue to live there for the foreseeable future. I work full-time as a Tango teacher and organizer, and I visit the local milongas often. Tango in Korea started around 2000 and it has gro..