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by Rodolfo Dinzel (Author), Gloria Dinzel (Author) "In the dance of tango, the choreographic game is between two persons, but in the unity of the couple..." (more)
Key Phrases: dance compass, equilibrium axis, articulatory tension, Buenos Aires (more...)
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For the first time a literary work on tango dynamics attempts to dialogue about the technical and theoretical aspects of this dance, that is ¨porteña¨, and shows us to the world.

Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel have investigated for years in an endeavour to contain the driving ideas of tango, and have come up with this synthesis. If the reader happens to be a tango dancer, he or she will be able to corroborate and raise awareness as to the internal processes that take part during his dancing performances. If the reader is not a tango dancer, this book will help understand why it has been said that tango is the deepest dance in the history of human kind.

It is far from the authors intention to teach any figures, sequences, or “choreographic” secrets through this book, but to fathom the depths of this wonderful dance, its history, and its expressive capacity, penetrating the anatomic attitudes and psychological postures of the individual dancer as well as of the couple, dealing in detail each topic in each different chapter.

The authors disclose the techniques that, as Rodolfo Dinzel states, make the amateur and the professional dancer observant of posture, gesture, air, attitude, character... of the overall manner that constitute tango-dance as opposed to simply moving to the rhythm of tango.

This new turn of the century sees tango widespread throughout the world; its figures and names, sequences and choreography are what we first and faster catch on. This is only tango’s form. But Argentineans and not-Argentineans alike know, as we step into the pleasure of this dance, how arduous to reach the appropriate manner is; as we also know that only through manner can we dance tango and inspiringly transmit its essence, each time the music plays and two dancers embrace into a tango couple.

Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel travelled all the world around dancing tango as members of the company “Tango Argentino”, putting up performances as dancers and choreographers, one of such made Mikhail Baryshnikov say that tango “is a dance of indescribable beauty, with the finesse of ballet and the fire of flamenco.”

Tango, an anxious quest for freedom, first published Argentina in 1994, was translated to German and published in 1999. Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzel are also authors of The Dinzel System of Choreographic Notation, a work that covers over 3,600 tango figures, and they are presently devoted to teaching and to the study of improvisation, mechanics technique, and a theory to practice, all of these issues that await publication soon.

About the Author
GLORIA DINZEL Y RODOLFO DINZEL (Biography in spanish)

Bailarines de extracción clásica y folklórica respectivamente; conforman la pareja de Tango Danza “Los Dinzel” en el año 1972, desarrollando así toda su carrera artística, docente e investigativa.

Gloria a los 8 años ingresa al Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, teniendo como maestros a Michel Borovsky, Tamara Grigorieva, Renate Schottelius, Jorge Tomín, Aída Mastrazzi y Eda Aisembreg entre otros: egresando en 1967 poseyendo el número 47 del Centro de Egresados de dicha institución, siendo una de las socias fundadoras en 1982.

Inmediatamente después de recibirse viaja a Europa, donde incursiona por primera vez en la danza del Tango con el coreógrafo y bailarín Ángel Eleta en España, llegando a ser su primera bailarina.

De regreso a Bs. As. decide dedicarse únicamente a la danza del Tango.

Rodolfo ingresa como oyente, a los 4 años, en las dependencias de la Escuela Nacional de Danzas Folklóricas, participando dos años más tarde del concurso infantil de dicha institución.

A los 14 años comienza su carrera profesional como bailarín folklórico, desempeñándose como tal con los principales coreógrafos del género en la República Argentina.

A los 16 años crea junto a su hermano el grupo “Coreoimaginación Argentino”, en 1968 se recibe como docente, egresando de la Escuela Normal Mariano Acosta de Buenos Aires y en ese mismo año decide dedicarse al Tango, abandonando la danza folklórica y comienza su investigación sobre el tema del Tango Danza.

Actividades artísticas desarrolladas en el exterior:
1972 Embajada Argentina (los Ángeles, EE.UU.)/ Congreso Internacional de Turismo (Maui, EE.UU.)/ Palacio de Convenciones (Madrid, España).
1973 Hotel Crillón (Lima. Perú)/ Teatro de Miraflores (Lima, Perú).
1974 Hotel Intercontinental (Quito, Ecuador)/ Casa de Cultura (Guayaquil, Ecuador)/ Teatro Libertador (Cuenca, Ecuador).
1975 Feria Internacional de la Industria (Cochabamba, Bolivia).
1976 Televisión Chilena (Santiago de Chile, Chile)/ Teatro Municipal (punta Arenas, Chile)/ Diez espectaculares para el programa Tai Mu Ch 2 (China)/ Película “El Tango”, TV (Finlandia).
1977 Teatro Municipal (Porto Alegre, Brasil)/ Teatro Guaíra (Curitiba, Brasil)/ Restaurant Show Vivará (Río de Janeiro, Brasil)/ Televisao “O Globo” (Río de Janeiro, Brasil)/ Grabación TV (Austria).
1978 Hotel Ocean Palace (Montevideo, Uruguay)/ Televisión Canal 2 (Montevideo, Uruguay) Tanguería La Cumparsita (Montevideo, Uruguay).
1979 Televisión Japonesa (Japón).
1980 Canal 13 (México, DF México)/ Sheraton Hotel (México, DF México).
1984 Con “Tango Argentino”: Chatelet Teatro- Festival de Otoño ( París. Francia)/ Teatro de Nimes (Nimes, Francia)/ Teatro Municipal Grenoble (Grenoble, Francia)/ Teatro Petrozzelli (Bari, Italia).
1985 Quebec - Montreal - Ottawa (Canadá)/ San Antonio. Texas (EE.UU.)/ New York Teatro City Center (EE.UU.)/ Mark Hellinger Theatre, Broadway (New York, EE.UU.)/ Kenedy Center Honor (Washington DC, EE.UU.)/ White House (Washington DC, EE.UU.- invitados por Sr. Presidente Ronald Reagan).
1986 Washington Golde Gate (EE.UU.)/ The Performance Art Theatre (Miami, EE.UU.)/ Dallas, Texas (EE.UU.) / Pantaje Theatre ( los Ángeles, EE.UU.)/ The Performance Art (San Francisco, EE.UU.)/ Plate des Arts (Vancouver, Canadá)/ San Diego (EE.UU.)/ Washington Kennedy Center (EE.UU.)/ Boston (EE.UU.).
1987 The performance Arts (Miami, EE.UU.)/ Philadelphia (EE.UU.)/ Toronto- Montreal (Canadá)/ San City- Phoenix- Los Ángeles- San Francisco- Sarasota- Clean Water- Atlanta- Denver- New Orleans- Houston- Dallas (EE.UU.)/ Tokio- Osaka (Japón)/ Washington (EE.UU.)
1988 Hamilton -Quebec -Ottawa (Canadá)/ Atlantic City- Tampa- Jacksonville- Orlando (EE.UU.)/ Caracas (Venezuela)/ München (Alemania)/ Baltimore- Fort Loderler- Sunrise- Detroit (EE.UU.).
1989 Dirección y Coreografía de “Le Tango” Festival de Lutece (París, Francia)/ largometraje “En un Viejo Almacén”. TV (


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  • Paperback: 115 pages
  • Publisher: Abrazos (July 3, 2000)
  • ISBN-10: 3000061193
  • ISBN-13: 978-3000061196
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fast success, January 9, 2003
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I'm a tango teacher. I've being teaching tango for 15 years and all my tango students are very happy with this book. From beginners first class to my most advance students.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For Tango Physics, February 24, 2003
This book is excellent for those who wish to really understand the physics involved in the dance - the relationship between the leader and the follower. It doesn't waste space trying to teach you figures, nor does it cover music. It is focused and precise on teaching you exactly how to hold yourself and your partner when you dance tango. I highly recommend it for intermediate and advanced dancers.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Amaze, August 16, 2001
The inconsistency of this book is amazing. It opposes any serious book written about the Argentine tango that I have encounter. I have found that in the introduction tango is presented as a free dance, and after that it comes chapter after chapter with non sense phrases, about how you should feel and all that...
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1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing
Each chapter is more promise, but no delivery. The book reads like a first draft that was phoned in to the publisher. Is full of mistakes about the history of tango.
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I started to read andI thought that it was something professionally written. I've been dancing for 15 years and I found tons of mistakes on this poorly written book
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