Neotango Dance Association by Tango Experiential in Zagreb is a community-driven organization dedicated to promoting and exploring the contemporary aspects of Argentine tango. They offer workshops, classes, events, and social dances that focus on innovation,creativity, and connection in tango dancing. The association aims to create a welcoming and inclusive space where dancers can learn, grow, and express themselves through tango in a modern and dynamic way.
A journey into the heart of … experience and tango
Tango Experiential focuses on the experiences that each individual holds in his/her verycore, while being in line with the current trend of Tango Nuevo/Neo. It is not anotherstyle or form of tango – it is an approach to each individual which, as a consequence,affects both partners and their movements. It originates from the idea that the dancehappening now is influenced by past experiences, either good or bad ones.
Giving our partner the freedom to move without judgement and expectations, withultimate acceptance and appreciation, and following his/her deepest feelings, creates atransformation possibility in a dancing and personal sense.
At that timeless moment something new can start blooming, something which is not evenin our consciousness, and which can finally be brought out in the open through thedance. This dance happens when energy exchanges between the partners, which causesself-transformation and benefits on both sides. The first condition for that is theacceptance of all positive and negative dancing or personal aspects which can be facedduring the dance. When our partner feels comfortable enough, the quantum jumps andthe self-transformation can occur. Tango Experiential channels all the previousexperiences into the present moment and due to that reason it can be understood only ata deep internal level.
In order to reach the triggering point in which the internal tsunami starts moving, a freeform of music is used. This is the music of our time: it is modern and sensitive, but stillholding a recognizable tango beat.
Tango Experiential helps you express your past experiences in the present moment andtransform them; it helps you to dance your true self. Its main characteristics are 3-dimensional movements in which the couple has only one limitation – respecting othercouples on the dance floor. Predicting the next dancing move is impossible since it isspontaneous, playful and inspired by music. It accepts both open and close embrace;hips, shoulders and head movements; contact improvisation, and various dancing stylesmixed together, all deeply rooted into the ground.
A special attention is paid to the breath which turns out to be the key element of theTango Experiential story told by both partners. Finally, Tango Experiential is a bodymovement to music with eternal impact on our being.
