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ON INDEPENDENCE
BOOTCAMP I
August 2023
Auroville Tango BootCamps… a little background
The Auroville Tango BootCamps were inspired by a throwback to second half or the year 2011. Until then we had we danced in shorts and socks, and Tango was to us a a gentle and unassuming embrace, a playful meditation in movement. The one person who had Tango music at the time give his ipod to the collective so that music could be played at each session.
Nine months before or very first Auroville Tango Festival, someone new joined the India Tango dancefloors, and workshops began to be organised over weekends in Auroville. In May, we had some 4o dancers from Auroville and Bangalore, in June 70 dancers met from these to cities, and we grew thus as Tango siblings for a while.
It has been over a decade now, and though we meet at larger events across the country, it seemed like we had grown apart.
What if we started these intensives again, would it enrich our communities once more?
If we focused on offering a moment to dancers from South India, – a night bus ride away – an occasion to study together again, with as little financial investment as possible?
So it begins..
The invitation to the very first BootCamp – On Independence – held in August 2023, was formulated thus:
An intensive learning weekend to speed up your tango journey! It aims to provide more exposure for young dancers and an opportunity for all of us to dance with people we don’t meet regularly.
Join us for focused classes, special sessions, and of course a lot of dancing in the lush greens of Auroville during the rainy season!
On Sunday morning each participant wrote down a commitment to Tango. These were compiled into a little booklet.