I can dance in a state of Tango spiritually and with the music without a partner. But I don't believe I'm dancing tango. Throughout history, most humans and primates danced singularly, connected to their spirituality and the rhythmic beat. Many Eastern and Folk dances are still danced without the technical association of a partner. Dancing, it would seem, can be everything from singular to multiple partner, incrementally accommodating very distant to very close connections between the dancers. The tango dance thrust itself upon the world unambiguously as the closest connection dance of all. I doubt if it had been loosely danced 18 inches or 2 feet apart that tango the dance would have raised an eyebrow and now we'd all probably need to consult a dictionary to discover what is meant by Tango. Would it be wrong to suggest that the closer we connect with our partner, the more we are dancing tango? Oh dear, what is meant by close connection?
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