A Tango Think/Experience Tank For a More Connected World
Because of COVID, tango teachers and community organizers have begun offering online experiences. We wanted to find out what could be learned about how these were being experienced by participants. This analysis is drawn from data
We asked the tango community worldwide what tools, policies or other ideas they thought should be considered when tango reopened. There was a great diversity of perspective, including some conflicting views. At the time (early
We asked dancers about their hopes and wishes for the future of tango and received a flood of ideas, impassioned pleas, poetic idealism, and thinly veiled grumbling. As an overview, I’ve sorted responses into thematic
We asked members of the world tango community what they have found helpful to increase wellbeing, as of May-June 2020 according to the Tango World COVID survey. Not surprisingly, many favored activities that bring together
Being a tango teacher and organizer is a fragile path even in the best of times. Tango is a tiny niche market that is deeply misunderstood by the larger society; it is an activity that
We hypothesized that tango dancers who were sheltered in place alone might be worse off than those who were with others. Surprisingly, having companions during quarantine did not have any significant effect on negative impact
The nature of the impact of reduced access to tango on wellbeing, caused by COVID, varied a great deal. For some, tango had been all-encompassing: the central focal point of their life; tango met many
Survey participants shared the special role tango played in their lives, and the unique types of experiences and qualities that were missing without access to tango due to COVID. Joy Many participants described tango as
Beginning in March, we (Korey, Mitra and Meredith) started having Zoom conversations to explore how we could support one another and the tango community. Doing a small research project was one of many ideas that
Over two thousand voices of tango lovers from across the world spoke. We’ve spent a good part of the summer donating our time to try to make sense of a tsunami of data — which, we