“I change because I can.”

German tango pioneer Brigitta Winkler shares what she's most passionate about 40 years into her tango journey and why she believes in tango's ability to unite.

Producer/Host: Liz Sabatiuk | Music: “Margo,” by Armando Pontier with lyrics by Homero Expósito | Image Credit: Unknown

SHOW NOTES

• Visit Brigitta's website or watch her dance with Rebecca Shulman, Tomás Howlin, and Astrid Weiske.
• Two tango humans previously featured on this podcast consider Brigitta a mentor: Aja Fenn and Mitra Martin.
• Read an interview with Brigitta that includes the iconic black and white photo described in the episode.
• Watch a video of Brigitta's and Angelika's teachers, Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau.
• Learn more about Eric Jorisson via interviews for Joe's Tango Podcast and DonAgucho.
• Watch clips from Tango Mujer performances featuring Brigitta.
• Learn more about movement systems Brigitta has studied: Body-Mind Centering; Release, Alexander, Feldenkrais, and Klein techniques; contact improvisation; Authentic Movement; Axis Syllabus; the Franklin Method; and Fighting Monkey.
• Read the lyrics of "Margo" in English thanks to the Tango Poetry Project.
• Visit the Queer Tango Project website and read Birthe Havmoeller's "10 Dogme Rules For The Dance Style of 'Queer Tango.'"
• Follow Manu Sanz on Facebook or through her collaboration, "Poetry, Tango y Otras Hierbas." (Bonus points if you nerd out in Spanish about her inspiration for the term "emirecs"!)
• Listen to Brigitta's interview for Joe's Tango Podcast.

Read a transcript of Brigitta's episode here.

Almost 4 years after making the case for why we should all be dancing tango, Simona Ciampi is back to share her experiences with healing through art and how she's using skills learned through tango to improve her everyday life.

Producer/Host: Liz Sabatiuk | Music: "El Carillon de la Merced" by Enrique S. Discepolo, performed by Carlos Molina y Su Orquesta | Image Credit: Alejandra Rúa Álvarez

Show Notes

• Listen to the original episode, "Why we should all be dancing tango, with Simona Ciampi," and follow Simona on Instagram.
• Learn more about Simona’s somatic coach, Chen Lizra.
• View the painting Simona created inspired by her family history.
• Watch examples of the Italian folk dances Simona mentions: Tarantella, Tammurriata, and Pizzica.

"...through, just, love and committing to your own journey within a culture and within a craft and within a practice, you can embody whatever you want to. And there's nobody to tell you that it's not authentic or real or enough."

Co-founder of Oxygen Tango School and Awaken Tango Mitra Martin talks about her Persian heritage and the value of research, innovation, acceptance, and attention in tango.

Producer/Host: Liz Sabatiuk | Music: “Zorzal”, arranged and recorded by Orquesta Típica Misteriosa Buenos Aires with music and lyrics by Dorita Zárate | Image Credit: Glenn Campbell

Show Notes

• Learn more about Mitra's perspectives and work on her website. (Bonus points if you learn more about “The Romance of the Rose” and gardens in Persian poetry or even read Mitra's thesis!)
• Read some background about Iran’s history and government, then read Mitra’s reflections on Iran's 2022 protests.
• TriANGulO changed locations but is still going strong as a studio and community under the leadership of its founder, Carina Moeller.
• Listen to “Instinct Tango, with Aníbal Dominguez” for another perspective on how contact improv relates to tango.
• Read why Mitra recommends learning tango one-on-one rather than in conventional group classes.
• Listen to different versions of the same song, “El Choclo,” to get a sense of the different styles of Carlos Di Sarli and Juan D’Arienzo.
• Learn more about Marshall Rosenberg’s framework of nonviolent communication and read a post by the student Mitra mentioned, Andrei Andreev, applying Rosenberg's framework to tango.
• Listen to “Flowing together, with Avik Basu” and visit Awaken Tango to read the Inner Experience of Tango report.
• Mitra shouted out the following folks as key sources of inspiration and support in her tango journey: Avik Basu, Stefan Fabry, Jaimes Friedgen, Korey Ireland, Dave Lampson, Carina Moeller, Rebecca Shulman, Daniel Trenner, and Brigitta Winkler.

Read a transcript of Mitra's episode here.