🇭🇷Svijest o položaju tijela u argentinskom tangu 🇬🇧Body Position Awareness in Argentine Tango

🇭🇷Svijest o položaju tijela u argentinskom tangu
🇬🇧Body Position Awareness in Argentine Tango

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🇭🇷Svijest o položaju tijela u argentinskom tangu

Važnost o položaja našeg tijela je iznimno bitna. Biti svjestan dali nas naše tijelo vuče na naprijed, nazad ili stranu u fazi mirovanja je osnova i prva faza prije bilo kojeg pokreta. Svi smo u mogućnosti raditi na našoj vlastitoj osi na ovaj ili onaj način. Postava tijela u argentinskom tangu teži prirodnosti.

Kada osjetimo njegovu relaksiranost i mirnoću te osvijestimo disanje spremni smo za idući korak. To je priprema za kretnju odnosno sam pokret koji nastaje kao reakcija na pokret druge osobe ili je kretnja inicirana od nas samih.

Najjasnija i najugodnija naznaka početka kretnje je osviješteno i povezano disanje s pokretom. Udah kao naznaka početka i izdah kao naznaka kraja određene kretnje te smanjenja opterećenja samog pokreta i opuštanja tijela kao jasnog završetaka ideje.

Pozicija ležanja na tvrđoj podlozi s našim leđima lagano spojenim s podlogom uz ruke blago odvojene od tijela s okrenutim dlanovima prema naprijed otvara naše kukove te će njihovu poziciju popratiti koljena i stopala. Ta pozicija cijelog našeg tijela otvara mogućnost za promjene pozicije i smjerova pri stajaćem te i pri ležećem položaju. Postava u tijela u tangu trebala bi težiti postavi divlje mačke ili indijanca.

Naša glava trebala bi slijediti poziciju tijela, lagano izvučena na gore. Njenu poziciju prate kralješci koji tako oslobađaju sakralni dio dodatne težine tijela i oslobađaju rameni sklop koji se pritom lagano otvara i oslobađa. Ramena i lopatice spušteni su na dolje u otvorenom položaju povezani s našim centrom kretnji. Kukovi su blago otvoreni te njihovu poziciju slijede koljena i stopala.

Naš centar, izvor pokreta koji uz dobru statiku (uzemljenje) s dobro osviještenim položajem tijela može dati punu slobodu pri kretnjama s kojima kreiramo i komuniciramo.

"Sama ideja komunikacije argentinskog tanga polazi optimalizacije kretnji." Jelena Somogyi

🇬🇧Body Position Awareness in Argentine Tango

The importance of our body position is extremely crucial. Being aware of whether our body pulls us forward, backward, or to the side in a state of rest is the foundation and the first phase before any movement. We are all capable of working on our own axis in one way or another. The posture of the body in Argentine tango strives for naturalness.

When we feel its relaxation and calmness, and become aware of our breathing, we are ready for the next step. This is the preparation for movement, that is, the movement itself, which arises as a reaction to the movement of another person or is initiated by ourselves.

The clearest and most pleasant indication of the beginning of a movement is aware and connected breathing with that movement. Inhale as an indication of the beginning, and exhale as an indication of the end of a specific movement, as well as reducing the strain of the movement itself and relaxing the body as a clear completion of an idea.

Our head should follow the position of the body, gently elongated upward. Its position is followed by the vertebrae, which thereby relieve the sacral area of the body's additional weight and release the shoulder complex, which simultaneously opens and relaxes. The shoulders and shoulder blades are lowered downward in an open position, connected to our center of movement. The hips are slightly open, and their position is followed by the knees and feet.

The position of lying on a firmer surface with our back gently connected to the floor, along with arms slightly separated from the body and palms facing forward, opens our hips, and their position will be followed by the knees and feet. This position of our entire body opens up the possibility for changes in position and directions in both standing and lying postures. The body alignment in tango should strive for the posture of a wild cat or an indigenous warrior.

The head should follow the body's alignment, gently extended upwards. The vertebrae align with this position, thereby relieving the sacral area of ​​the body's extra weight and freeing the shoulder girdle, which opens up and releases tension. The shoulders and shoulder blades are held down in an open position, connected to our center of movement. The hips are slightly open, with the knees and feet following their alignment.

Our center, the source of movement, which along with good statics (grounding) and a well-aware body position, can grant full freedom during the movements with which we create and communicate.

“The very idea of Argentine tango communication stems from the optimization of movements.” — Jelena Somogyi

— Jelena Somogyi

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The Universal Tango Embrace

People are connected by movement and stories.   

Creating and sharing.   

Movement and stories.   

  

A familiar movement and story,  

can be experienced in a different way.  

Like a child being read,   

the same... bedtime story.   

The familiar calms it down.   

  

It opens its eyes...   

Experiencing again the movement, the story ….  

In a different way …, noticing new details.  

  

Walking, tactile surfaces, stories...   

Dormant senses awoken by tango.   

Tango argentino.   

The one embracing cultures and habits.  

  

Embraces.   

Does not hug. Does not hold tight.   

The one that does not ask where are you from and who you are.   

The one that is not a search.   

  

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Representing a search to us.  

The search we think keeps us alive.   

Revives?   

Him - Tango - and exactly that tango argentino is inner and outer balance.  

  

The coexistence of being. Without anticipation in expectation. A mirror …  

  

✍ Jelena Somogyi

Translation by Vlatka Mitrović

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🇭🇷Snažan slušatelj i osloboditelj energije u argentinskom tangu 🇬🇧A Powerful Listener and Energy Liberator in Argentine Tango

🇭🇷Snažan slušatelj i osloboditelj energije u argentinskom tangu

🇬🇧A Powerful Listener and Energy Liberator in Argentine Tango

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Snažan slušatelj i osloboditelj energije u argentinskom tangu

Snažan slušatelj  u argentinskom tangu je netko tko se može usredotočiti na ono što druga osoba govori, pokazuje, prenosi i stvara te da ne ometa protok ideje i informacije, već je pravom trenutku može nadograditi. Kao takav ima snažan fokus. Fokus je iznimno važan se sve plesače u samom tangu.

U prenesenom smislu fokusirati znači staviti što u žarište, žižu zanimanja, u samo središte pažnje, usmjeriti pažnju na nešto bitno, učiniti da nešto bude u fokusu. Pojam dolazi od latinske riječi focus, a znači ognjište, žarište. Fokus (žarište, žiža) je točka u optičkom sustavu u kojem zrake konvergiraju ili divergiraju. Fokus je također i razlikovanje i jasnoća kojima neki optički sustav daje sliku. U matematici fokusi su istaknute točke neke krivulje, kao što je elipsa, a u medicini je žarište upalnog procesa. U običnom govoru fokus ili pažnja je središte interesa ili neke aktivnosti.

Snažan slušatelj je prisutan u trenutku razgovora, ne samo tjelesno i percepcijski. Ova vještina čini se zaista lakom za postići, ali u praksi nije baš tako.

Zahtijeva stavljanje vlastitih potreba po strani za slušanja drugoga. No mogli bismo pridodati i razvijanje dodatnog osluškivanja te stvaranje među prostora koja krasi snažnog slušatelja kojeg često u samom argentinskom tangu nazivaju follower.

Slušatelj nije taj u argentinskom tangu koji na slijepo prihvaća date mogućnosti informacije pokreta već je jednako tako važan sudjelovatelj u govoru uz prihvaćanje te nadogradnju informacije.

Sudjelovatelj uočava pravi značaj informacije koju prenosi govornik ili inicijator, tj. začetnik informacije pokreta ako je jasna. Što ne znači da ona između ostaloga ne bi trebala ostaviti slobodni među prostor.

Snažan slušatelj je podrška govorniku, incijatoru u argentinskom tangu pri stvaranju, prihvaćanju nadogradnji, oslobađanju energije. Aktivni sudjelovatelj koji

moguće prepreke na taj način ublažava ili pretvara u pozitivni ishod – optimalizaciju pokreta.

Kako bi slušatelj mogao ćuti i osluškivati treba razviti osjećaj za vlastitu poziciju tijela te upoznati njezin odnos naspram druge osobe te okoline uz dodirne površine. Svjesnost o njegovim dodirnim površinama dodatno olakšava osjet jasnog zamjećivanja. Uz centar pokreta i os koji su povezani uz podlogu po kojoj se kreće.

Naši partneri s kojima aktivno sudjelujemo u argentinskom tangu kao plesu su mi sami, podloga, osoba s kojom dijelimo i stvaramo pokret, okolina te glazba.

Argentinski tango nije ples jedne osobe kojoj je «dodijeljena određena uloga», već svih mogućih osjeta povezanih komunikacijom i  kontaktnih površina koje predstavljaju našu tjelesnu svjesnost.

🇬🇧A Powerful Listener and Energy Liberator in Argentine Tango

A powerful listener in Argentine tango is someone who can focus on what the other person is saying, showing, transmitting, and creating, without disrupting the flow of ideas and information, but rather enhancing it at the right moment. As such, they possess a strong focus. Focus is extremely important for all dancers in tango itself.

In a figurative sense, to focus means to place something into the spotlight, the center of interest, the very core of attention, to direct attention toward something essential, to bring something into focus. The term comes from the Latin word focus, which means hearth, focal point. A focus (focal point) is a point in an optical system where rays converge or diverge. Focus is also the distinction and clarity with which an optical system produces an image. In mathematics, foci are the prominent points of a curve, such as an ellipse, while in medicine, it is the focal point of an inflammatory process. In ordinary speech, focus or attention is the center of interest or of some activity.

A powerful listener is present in the moment of conversation, not only physically and perceptually. This skill seems truly easy to achieve, but in practice, it is not quite so.

It requires putting one's own needs aside for the listening of another. Yet, we could also add the development of additional attunement and the creation of intermediate space that graces a powerful listener, who is often called a follower in Argentine tango itself.

The listener in Argentine tango is not the one who blindly accepts the given options of movement information, but is equally an important participant in the speech, along with the acceptance and enhancement of that information.

The participant perceives the true significance of the information transmitted by the speaker or initiator, i.e., the originator of the movement information, if it is clear. Which does not mean that it should not, among other things, leave a free intermediate space.

A powerful listener is a support to the speaker, the initiator in Argentine tango, during creation, acceptance of enhancements, and the liberation of energy. An active participant who, in this way, softens possible obstacles or transforms them into a positive outcome – the optimization of movement.

In order for the listener to hear and listen closely, they need to develop a sense of their own body position and get to know its relationship toward the other person and the environment, along with the contact surfaces. Awareness of their contact surfaces further facilitates the sensation of clear perception. Along with the center of movement and the axis, which are connected to the surface upon which they move.

Our partners with whom we actively participate in Argentine tango as a dance are we ourselves, the floor, the person with whom we share and create movement, the environment, and the music.

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Jelena Somogyi

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