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Default May 22, 2023 at 04:24 AM
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I have been taking tango classes for quite some time. Last September, I signed up for additional classes in a different school. Part of the course is preparing for a show in which students from all types of dance will participate. I have rehearsed and helped create the choreography but I never had the intention to be on stage. On the other hand, I have always known ...

Yesterday somebody brought the news that they will need some small surgery and he won't be able to attend. That brought the understudies into the picture ... in short: I will be on stage for approximately 300 people.

I'm thrilled and terrified at the same time ... do one thing every day that scares you, I guess.
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I have been taking tango classes for quite some time. Last September, I signed up for additional classes in a different school. Part of the course is preparing for a show in which students from all types of dance will participate. I have rehearsed and helped create the choreography but I never had the intention to be on stage. On the other hand, I have always known ...

Yesterday somebody brought the news that they will need some small surgery and he won't be able to attend. That brought the understudies into the picture ... in short: I will be on stage for approximately 300 people.

I'm thrilled and terrified at the same time ... do one thing every day that scares you, I guess.
I hope you will find the performance rewarding...and fun. I danced in many recitals in the past, including one I mostly choreographed. The audience had well over 100 people. Once I even danced in front of around 100 people in China P.R.C. when on a cultural study experience. The key is to dance for the music, and yourself. The aaudience could be made almost invisible during the performance.

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Default May 22, 2023 at 06:46 AM
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Wow!! How exciting?!! You can do it! Have a blast!


Could you post a YouTube link to your favourite tango song?
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Default May 22, 2023 at 06:59 AM
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That sounds great! Once you are on stage doing your routine, you won’t think about the audience, you’ll be focused on your dancing. Have a blast!

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I hope you will find the performance rewarding...and fun. I danced in many recitals in the past, including one I mostly choreographed. The audience had well over 100 people. Once I even danced in front of around 100 people in China P.R.C. when on a cultural study experience. The key is to dance for the music, and yourself. The aaudience could be made almost invisible during the performance.
When I was travelling India with my ex-wife, we tried to avoid hotels and went into couch surfing. In Ahmedabad, our host took us to the school fair of his daughter. All of a sudden, we were anounced as "two professional tango dancers from Belgium" ... we danced on trekking shoes on a concrete floor . Not my best performance but one of my fondest tango memories.
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Wow!! How exciting?!! You can do it! Have a blast!


Could you post a YouTube link to your favourite tango song?
Songs are usually grouped in blocks of four. These are two of my favourites of late.

Osvaldo Pugliese & Jorge Maciel (singer): Remembranzas, Cascabelito, Y todavía te quiero, Esta noche de luna
I had the luck of dancing to this and having chosen the right dancing partner for this music last Saturday. It was amazing.

Florindo Sassone: Pescadores De Perlas , Orquídeas A La Luz De La Luna, Tango De Las Rosas, Ojos Negros
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Way to go! You've got this!
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Thanks for the music!
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Default May 22, 2023 at 01:35 PM
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This is brilliant!!! Well done!! I hope you manage to have a great time performing!
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Wow well done
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Default May 24, 2023 at 05:37 PM
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How exciting. Glad you have a great partner. Tango is one of my favorite ballroom dances though did it as mostly a beginner, our ballroom dance group put together a performance (10 of us) I had life get in the way of doing the performance.....but enjoyed the practice to that point. Know you will shine in your performance & the audience will be non-existent until your dance is complete. Enjoy

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Counting down ... 22 hours and 35 minutes ...
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Default May 27, 2023 at 07:47 AM
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Awesome! What a wonderful experience. Many applause to you
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Default May 27, 2023 at 07:28 PM
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It was great. Everything went smoothly. I really enjoyed the applause - of course - but the show itself too.

What's more: I have an ICD and haven't stood in front of the mirror without a t-shirt for two years. At some point I started to agonize about the audience noticing nothing but the bump (white shirt, spotlights, you get the picture). After the show when I changed clothes, I decided to watch my upper body in the mirror. It felt OK. This must be an even more important step than the show itself.

For the record: there we're 670 people in the audience plus 120 dancers who we're on stage before the break.
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So glad it all went well & was also an important step in many other ways

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Yay, pliepla!! So glad for you!!
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