What is Awaken Tango?
An emerging tango innovation ecosystem
Where might our tango world be ripe for something fresh and new? We are interested in creating, curating, and sharing new approaches to everything from pedagogy to how we gather, habits of thought and attitudes toward the dance, ways of presenting tango, and so on. The goal is to help ignite meaningful tango innovation.
Where we’re going
Our vision
Healthy individuals, partnerships, and communities actively living out the loving and co-creative spirit of tango.
Our mission
To carry out research, foster innovation, and pilot new forms of collaboration, so Argentine Tango can reach its potential to benefit humanity.
What we value
Building a strong foundation with deep roots even over responding to tempting possibilities
Joyful co-creation between friends even over producing fast and efficient results
Committed, devoted collaborators even over scattered attention from individual geniuses and charismatic stars
Long term transformation even over reduction to quick wins
Deep dialogue with high quality listening even over light and loose idea exchange
Who we are
Mitra Martin
Chief of CoherenceMitra Martin is a deeply resourced tango teaching artist and community development partner. She consults leaders, teachers, and community developers who are seeking to develop wise ecologies for learning, and she dances for sheer joy.
Guild Facilitation LEAD Sabine Ibes
Sabine Ibes is a community developer and learning design innovator based in Minneapolis, creator and producer of the North American tango teacher training conference Tango Teacher Co-Op.