Instinct Tango, with Aníbal Dominguez

"The tango dancing is going to happen, and you don't need to push that hard."

Aníbal Dominguez was on the verge of quitting tango when he discovered contact improv. Since then, dancing has only gotten better...

Producer/Host: Liz Sabatiuk | Music: “En un Bondi Color Humo” performed by Daniel Melingo with lyrics by Luis Alposta | Image Credit: Alejandro Persichetti

Show Notes

• Listen to the radio station Aníbal grew up with, Radio Clarín.
• Learn more about Montevideo’s carnaval.
• Learn more about Colectivo Periférico in this video that includes Aníbal and one of the teachers he mentions, Eduardo Ferrer (who was also one of my teachers when I lived in Montevideo).
• Watch an improvised solo by the founder of contact improv, Steve Paxton.
• Watch Daniel Melingo perform "En un Bondi Color Humo" live and read how he created the song, then check out the original poem in Spanish or German on the blog of its author, Luis Alposta.

Read a transcript of Aníbal's episode here.