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"I had the pleasure of participating in some of Arona's Tango-Kinetics workshops. She has
developed a novel way to apply this body of knowledge in the context of dancing tango... I found Arona very effective in helping
dancers expand their awareness in the pursuit of effortless and liberated movements. Not to mention, her workshops are fun!"
- AK, workshop participant.
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Embodying Self
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Tango-Kinetics
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Arona draws from her 20+
years of movement practices -- including dance
(Argentine Tango, Contact Improvisation), yoga,
martial arts, acrobatics, and theater -- and her study of functional anatomy, biomechanics and neurology. Arona strives
to render a "felt-sense" of a movement that is personalized and integrated, rather than memorized and copied.
Group classes are thought-provoking, fun, active, and experientially-focused. Class Topics
- The
Natural Gait
- Qualities of Movement - Shape, Timing, Flow, Weight
- Trajectories of the Hips
- Surprising Ride through your Senses
- Body Language of Tango
- Dancing from the Inside Out
- Embracing your Tango Wings
- Release &
Rebound
- On the Edge
& FurtherThe Eyes Have It
- Body
Tracking
Tango-Kinetics is a multidisciplinary approach to learning and teaching Tango. This approach brings together the biomechanics and functional and experiental anatomy with an empirical knowledge
of the structure and dynamics of Tango (and various movement forms including martial arts, dance and yoga.) Students in
her classes trains at a level below steps and patterns;
and even below the technique of the step/pattern. Instead, students develops a sensory receptivity of themselves and
of their partners in relation to gravity and space (anti-gravity). Students begin to tap into levels of their kinesthetic awareness that make reading bodies, perceiving shapes and
sensing weight a pleasurable play and an expressive dance tool. Exercises and games in class encourage individual
creativity, sensitivity and awareness, all essential assets in the dance of two in Tango. Tango elements and sequences
are suggested as a template to exercise movement principles. Read more.
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Patients embrace Argentine tango as new therapy - On the fourth floor of Buenos Aires' largest psychiatric hospital, patients dance the tango with doctors and nurses. Its
intricate steps helped to improve the memory of Alzheimer's patients in Britain. In Italy the trust needed for the tango's
tight embrace and its backward walk are used in couple's counseling.
Tango Therapy. Psychologists and physical
therapists believe learning to tango can help people suffering from Alzheimers, Parkinson’s Disease, and depression.
Richard Reynolds finds out more at the first International Conference on Tango Therapy.
Doing the tango keeps the brain in step, too. The hot moves of the Argentine Tango not only keep the aging body in shape, they also may help sharpen the aging brain,
according to a study out Tuesday. That study, presented here at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, adds to
a growing body of evidence ...
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Want to know
more about this brain body stuff, like how your hands came from fish, or a do-it-home experiments?
Body and Earth, An Experiential Guide, Andrea Olsen
BodyStories, A Guide to Experiential Anatomy,
Andrea Olsen Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin Awareness through Movement, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais The Body Has a
Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better, Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee The Thinking Body, Mabel Todd Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, Eric N. Franklin Dynamic
Imagery for Technique and Performance, Eric N. Franklin
A User's Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention,
and the Four Theaters of the Brain, John J. Ratey The Elusive Obvious, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais Body and Mature
Behavior: A Study of Anxiety, Sex, Gravitation, and Learning,
Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais
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