TANGO LYRICS

A M I G O S - QUE- Y O -Q U E R O
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CASTELLANO ENGLISH
En la vida tenemos mil cosas
que son grandes, sublimes y hermosas,
que ennoblecen y alegran el alma
alentándonos el corazón.
Pero hay una sutil y suprema
que nos llega tranquila y serena,
es hombría y lealtad,
sentimiento y bondad,
es sublime... se llama amistad.

Amigos que yo quiero
escuchen este tango,
que lleva entre sus notas
un apretón de manos.
Fue escrito con el alma
pensando en la amistad
con lágrimas lo canto
por los que ya no están.
Alcemos nuestras copas
aquí en el viejo bar
que mientras haya amigos
dan ganas de cantar.

La existencia si es negra condena
con amigos parece verbena,
sin amigos no vale la pena
esta vida llena de dolor.
Los amigos igual que poetas
tienen hondas ternuras secretas,
acerquémonos más a la noble amistad
que nos llena de fe y de bondad.

Amigos que yo quiero
escuchen este tango,
que lleva entre sus notas
un apretón de manos.
Fue escrito con el alma
pensando en la amistad
con lágrimas lo canto
por los que ya no están.
Alcemos nuestras copas
aquí en el viejo bar
que mientras haya amigos
dan ganas de cantar.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:


In our life there are a thousand things
that the're great, the're sublime and beautiful,
things that brighten and cheer our soul
encouraging our heart.
But there is something subtle and supreme
that it reaches us with serenity and calm
it is manliness and loyalty,
it's feelings and kindness,
it is sublime... it's called friendship.

Friends who I love
listen to this tango,
that has between its notes
a hearty handshake.
It was written from the soul
thinking about friendship
I sing it with tears
for those who no longer are here.
Let us raise our glasses
here in the old bar
that while there are friends
I have the desire to sing.

The existence that is a dark sentence
among friends it seems like a fair.
Without friends, it's not worth the trouble
this life with so much pain .
Friends just like poets
have deep secret tendernesses,
let's get closer to the noble friendship
that fills us with faith and kindness.

Friends who I love
listen to this tango,
that has between its notes
a hearty handshake.
It was written from the soul
thinking about friendship
I sing it with tears
for those who no longer are here.
Let us raise our glasses
here in the old bar
that while friends exist
I have the desire to sing.

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LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

A S I- S E - B A I L A - E L T A N G O
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Version en castellano English translation
Que saben los pitucos,
lamidos y sushetas,
que saben lo que es tango,
que saben de compas?
Aqui esta la elegancia,
que pinta, que silueta,
que porte, que arrogancia,
que clase pa'bailar.

Asi se baila el tango,
mientras dibujo el ocho,
para estos filigranas,
yo soy como un pintor.
Ahora una corrida,
una vuelta, una sentada.
Asi se baila el tango,
un tango de mi flor.

Asi se baila el tango,
sintiendo en la cara,
la sangre que sube a cada compas,
mientras el brazo,
como una serpiente,
se enrosca en el talle,
que se va a quebrar.

Asi se baila el tango,
mezclando el aliento,
cerrando los ojos
para oir mejor,
como los violines le dicen al fuelle,
porque desde esa noche,
Malena no canto.
Asi se baila el tango,
mientras dibujo el ocho,
para estos filigranas,
yo soy como un pintor.
Ahora una corrida,
una vuelta, una sentada.
Asi se baila el tango,
un tango de mi flor.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
What do the stuck-ups,
the emaciated and the fops know,
what do they know what is tango,
what do they know about rhythm?
Here it is the elegance,
what a look, what a silhouette,
what an appearance, what an arrogance,
what a class to dance.

This is how one dances the tango,
while I "draw" a figure eight,
for this fancy footwork,
I am like a painter.
Now here is a run,
a turn, a sitting.
This is how one dances the tango,
a tango of my flower.

This is how one dances the tango,
feeling in the face,
the blood raising in every beat,
while the arm,
like a serpent,
coils around the waist,
that it is going to break.

This is how tone dances the tango,
mixing the breath,
closing the eyes
to hear better,
as the violins say to the bellows,
why from that night,
Malena sung no more.
This is how one dances the tango,
while I "draw" a figure eight,
for these fancy footwork,
I am like a painter.
Now here is a run,
a turn, a sitting.
This is how one dances the tango,
a tango of my flower.



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TANGO LYRICS

A B A N D O N A D O
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Version en castellano English translation
Llega el viento del recuerdo aquel
al rincón de mi abandono
y entre el polvo muerto del ayer,
también volvió tu querer.
Yo no sé si vivirás feliz
o si el mundo te ha vencido...
si viviendo sin querer vivir
buscás la paz de morir.

Duda de tu ausencia y de mi culpa,
pena de tener que recordar.
Sueño del pasado que me acusa,
manos que no quieren perdonar.
Dolor amigo de estar con tu sombra,
remordimiento de saberte buena.
Dolor lejano de oír que te nombran
las voces muertas que se obstinan en volver.

Ya no sueño que retornarás
al fracaso de mi vida
ni tampoco que en tu palpitar
tendría un afán para andar.
Sólo quiero que si estás también
en la cruz del abandono,
sepas olvidarme en tu perdón...
Total, mirá lo que soy.

Pena de tu ausencia sin retorno,
pena de saber que no vendrás.
Pena de escuchar en mi abandono,
voces que me acusan al llegar.
Dolor amigo de estar con tu sombra,
remordimiento de saberte buena.
Dolor lejano de oír que te nombran,
las voces muertas del ayer feliz.

Yo no sé si vivirás feliz
o si el mundo te ha vencido...
si viviendo sin querer vivir
buscás la paz de morir.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

The wind of that memory arrives
at the corner of my abandonment
and amid the dead dust of yesterday,
your love also returned.
I don't know if you will live happily
or if the world has defeated you...
If living without wanting to live,
you seek the peace of dying.

Doubt of your absence and of my blame,
sorrow of having to remember.
Dream of the past that accuses me,
hands that don't want to forgive.
Friendly pain of existing with your shadow,
regret of knowing you are good.
Distant pain of hearing the dead voices
that name you again and again.

Now I don't dream that you will return
to the failure of my life,
nor that in your heart beat,
I would have the urge to go.
I only wish that if you are also
on the cross of abandonment,
You'll know how to forget me in your mercy...
So, look at what I am.

Sorrow of your absence without return,
sorrow of knowing that you won't come back,
Sorrow of hearing in my abandonment,
voices that accuse me when they arrive.
Friendly pain of existing with your shadow,
regret of knowing you are good.
Distant pain of hearing the dead voices,
of yesterday's happiness that name you.

I don't know if you will live happily
or if you the world has defeated you...
If living without wanting to live,
you seek the peace of dying.



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PRACTICA AT EL CENTRO DOWN TOWN

El Centro Practica
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$8 drop-in
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TANGO ASPECTS

M I L O N G A TALK
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Tango brings people together, but it could separate them.
It has some mystery and magic in it.
Every night women and men are gathering at Milongas to talk, to
meet someone, to smile and maybe feel happier. Their eyes are sad
or shine, their hearts are hurt or inspired, and their minds need some
challenge or relaxation.
They all come with the different purposes and reasons.
Most of them keep dancing because on the dance floor they can
release their tension and anxiety, enjoy the music, meet some
challenge or create a new dance.
For some it is an exercise which keeps them fit. Also, they can
forget every day problems and just relax by dancing.
Others come with the hope to escape the loneliness, and to feel
somebody next to their heart, somebody who makes them feel good,
at least for a moment.
A few found in Tango community their friends and only family.
Victor & Elena
MC - Ilmar Waldner
(behind)
Rio Rico, Bonsall-03
Many people love Tango because they can grow in it. Tango has many attractive parts
(creativity, beautiful steps, music, and exercise of the mind), which hook people for life.
When some got taste of Tango, they unlikely would ever stop ???

With this in mind, we could better understand what else is there, in the tango embrace,
what kind of psychology was running tango into the life.

VIDEOS ABOUT TANGO TERMS

T A N G O T E R M S

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Please log on WWW.TANGOTERMS.COM to watch these informative videos about Tango.

LA CAMINATA DEL HOMBRE (The Man's Walk)
00:31 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
LA CAMINATA DE LA MUJER (The Woman's Walk)
00:26 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
EL PASO BASICO (The Basic Step)
00:48 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
EL CRUCE or CRUZADA (The Cross)
00:00 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
OCHO ATRAS (Back Eight)
00:00 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
OCHO ADELANTE (Forward Eight)
00:00 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
OCHO CORTADO (Cut Eight)
00:00 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
EL GIRO (The Turn)
00:00 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
EL GIRO (The Turn) [Woman's Role]
00:00 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
EL BOLEO or VOLEO (Volleying)
00:00 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi
LA MORDIDA (The Bite)
00:00 - Video clip supplied by Gaspar Godoy & Gisela Galeassi


MORE TANGO TERMS COMING SOON!


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TANGO TERMINOLOGY

T A N G O D E F I N A T I O N S

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*abrazo: embrace (as in dance hold).
*amague: from amagar. To make a threatening motions. An amague is used as an embellishment either led or done on one's own and may be used before taking a step. An example of an amague may be a beat (frappe) before taking a step.
*barrida: sweep. A sweeping motion. One partner's foot sweeps the other's foot. Also called llevada.
*barrio: a district, neighborhood.
*boleo: from bolear. To throw. A boleo may be executed either high or low. Keeping knees together, with one leg in back, swivel on the supporting leg.
*caminar: to walk. The walk is similar to a natural walking step but the ball of the foot touches before the heel. The body and leg must move as a unit so that the body is in balance. Walks should be practiced for balance and fluidity.
*corte: cut. In tango corte means cutting the music either by syncopating or holding several beats.
*cruzada: cross. A cruzada occurs anytime a foot is crossed in front or in back of the other.
*desplazamiento: displacement. Displacing the partner's foot or leg using one's leg or foot.
*dibujo: drawing, sketch. A dibujo is done by drawing circles or other small movements on the floor with one's toe.
*enganche: hooking, coupling. Occurs when partner wraps leg around the other's leg.
*enrosque: from enroscar. To coil, twist. While woman executes a molinete, man spins on one foot, hooking other foot behind the spinning foot.
*giro: turn. While woman does molinete, man turns on one foot placing the toe of the foot in front and executing a sharp turn.
*llevada: from llevar. To transport (see barrida).
*media vuelta: half turn. Usually done when man's right foot and woman's left foot are free. Man steps forward with his right leading woman to take a back step with her left and then leads he to take two steps while turning a half turn.
*milonga: may refer to music or the dance which preceded the tango, written in 2/4 time; or may refer to the dance salon or event where people go to dance tango (see below).
*milongueros: refers to those frequenting the milongas and considered tango fanatics.
*molinete: fan. Molinetes are forward and back ochos (figure 8's) done in a circle.
*ocho: eight. Figure eights usually executed with feet together (ankles touching) instead of one foot extended.
*ocho atras: ochos backward
*pista: dance floor.
*salida: Exit, or start. It's interesting that the word for the basic step (a place to start) should be a way to get out of a figure as well.
*salida cruzada:the beginning of a pattern with a cross; i.e. side left crossing right foot behind left, or side right crossing left foot behind right.
*sandwichito: One partner's foot is sandwiched between the other partner's feet.
*sentada: a sitting action.
*sacada: see desplazamiento (don't you love glossaries that do that?).
*trabada: fastened. It is a lock step - the step that the woman takes when man steps outside with his right foot and then straight forward left, together right. At this point the woman crosses and this cross is referred to as trabada
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CAPITAL OF TANGO

B U E N O S - A I R E S

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This complex, energetic, and seductive port city, which stretches south-to-north along the Rio de la Plata, has been the gateway to Argentina for centuries. Portenos, as the multinational people of Buenos Aires are known, possess an elaborate and rich cultural identity. They value their European heritage highly--Italian and German names outnumber Spanish, and the lifestyle and architecture are markedly more European than any other in South America. One of the world's finest opera houses, the Teatro Colon, flourishes here on the plains alongside the river. Portenos are intensely involved in the life and culture of their city, and they will gladly share the secrets of Buenos Aires if you lend an ear and relate your own stories in return.

Buenos Aires' physical structure is a mosaic as varied and diverse as its culture. The city has no dominating monument, no natural monolith that serves as its focal point. Instead, Buenos Aires is composed of many small places, intimate details, and tiny events and interactions, each with a slightly different shade, shape, and character. Glass-sheathed skyscrapers cast their slender shadows on 19th century Victorian houses; tango bars hazed with the piquant tang of cigar smoke face dusty, treasure-filled antique shops across the way.

The city's neighbourhoods are small and highly individualized, each with its own characteristic colors and forms. In the San Telmo district, the city's multinational heritage is embodied in a varied and cosmopolitan architecture - Spanish Colonial design couples with Italian detailing and graceful French Classicism. La Boca's pressed tin houses are painted a rainbow of colors, and muralists have turned the district's side-streets into avenues of color.

For all its diversity, the elusive spirit of Argentina as a country is present everywhere in Buenos Aires. The national dance, the tango, is perhaps the best expression of that spirit--practiced in dance halls, parks, open plazas, and ballrooms.

HOMELAND OF TANGO

A R G E N T I N A
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Argentina is located in the southern extreme of South America. With a continental extension of 2.791.810 Km2.(including Malvinas Islands, other South Atlantic Islands and part of Antarctica). Argentina is the second largest country in South America and the eighth in the world.
Including the Antarctic Sector, Argentina claims a total area of 3.761.274 Km2
It is some 1425 Km across at its widest from east to west and stretches 3.800 Km from the north to the south.
it is bounded by Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, Brasil, Uruguay and the Atlantic Ocean on the east, and by the Atlantic Ocean and Chile on the west and south.



Relief


The western part of Argentina is occupied by the Andes mountain range, the great mountain system of the South American continent. Here we find the Aconcagua (6.959 m), the highest peak in the world outside those existing in the Himalaya.
There also exists several parallel ranges to the east of the Andes, such as the Eastern Mountain range and the Sub-Andean sierras to the north ,The Pampean Sierras to the north and centre from the Aconquija up to the Sierras of Córdoba and San Luis, and Buenos Aires sierras systems such as Tandilia and Ventania
The central part and the east of Argentina (except for the parallel groups to the Andes already mentioned) consist almost entirely of a flat or gently undulating plain.




Climate and Regions


Argentina has exceptional natural beauties, for it comprises a diverse territory of mountains, plateaux and plains with all the climatic variations
There are several climatic and landscape regions




1) NORTHWEST
It stands out for its tropical climate, its colourful mountains, the Puna high plateaux, the gorges, the valleys and the characteristic settlement patterns that make up the history of this land.

2) GRAN CHACO
Primarily forestal area with forests of subtropical climate, swampy lands and ponds.

3) MESOPOTAMIA
In the northern part the subtropical climate prevails whereas, in the south the climatic conditions are more temperate . It is rich in flora and fauna. Its territory consists of slopes, ponds and swampy lands cut through by important rivers .

4) CUYO
With its montaneous characteristics (The Aconcagua lies here), it has an arid temperate climate. However, man, through artificial irrigation, has turned it into an ideal land for the viticulture and viniculture.

5) CENTRAL SIERRAS
The central sierras of Córdoba and San Luis offer a quite bening dry temperate climate. They posses numerous rivers and artificial water mirrors.

6)HUMID PAMPA
The Pampa with its temperate climate posseses the most productive lands of the country (and one of the best ones of the world) for the agriculture and cattle breeding. Its plain landscape is just broken by Tandil and Ventania Sierras.
The East is characterised by the vast populated beaches of the Atlantic coast.

7) PATAGONIA
The largest region with the coldest climate (especially in the southern part). The west consists mainly of a montaneous landscape peppered with spectacular woods, lakes and glaciers. The centre offers sterile plateaux and the east vast beaches with spectacular and unique colonies of marine animals for sightseeing. The southern extreme of this region makes up the southermost point of the world.





Population
Argentina has a low demographic density. It consists of around 36 millon people, mainly established in the urban centres. The 85% of the population is descendant of inmigrants from Europe. As opposed to most Latin American countries, in Argentina there are relatively few Indian half castes (people of mixed races: european and indian).

Almost half of the population of the country live in the Federal Capital and the province of Buenos Aires. The urban population makes up the 88% of the whole whereas the rural population represents the 22%.

The figures give us a population density of 13 inhabitants per km2 with an annual growing of 1,5 %.



Main Cities:


BUENOS AIRES
11 millons (Federal Capital and the Conurbation)

CORDOBA
1,2 millons.

ROSARIO
1.15 millons

MENDOZA
851.000

SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN
626.143

LA PLATA
520.647

MAR DEL PLATA
519.707

SALTA
367.099




Language
Spanish is the official language and is spoken by the great majority of Argentinians.
English, French and Italian are, in lesser or greater degree, widespread languages within the country





Culture

Argentina's cultural roots are mainly europeans and that is clearly reflected in its arquitecture, music, literature and lifestyle.

It has an intense cultural activity. It is seen in the festivities, expositions, cinemas, theatres, and concerts that take place in the principal cities.
Buenos Aires has aproximately 100 cinemas and 90 theatres with a great diversity of spectacles that turn it into one of the cities with the major theatrical activity in Latin America
In the Borges, Recoleta y General San Martín cultural centres the cultural dynamics of the country and the world are exposed.
The Colon Theatre, which is among the best three lyrical theatres, stands out for its arquitecture and its perfect acoustics. It is visited by the most outstanding personalities of the classical music, ballet and drama of the world.
Other important theatres are the National Cervantes and the Municipal Gral. San Martín Theatres.
Painting and Sculpture are given great importance. This is reflected in the prestigious art galleries existing in the principal cities of the country.

The characteristic music of the city of Buenos Aires is the world-famous tango. Folklore includes several and varid rythms and styles according to the different regions of the country.
The typical Argentine food is asado (barbecue: meat cooked over live coals), appart from empanadas ( a sort of turnover meat pie or pastry that comes with a variety of other stuffings), tamales ( a dish made of corn meal, chicken or meat wrapped in corn husks), humita (dish made of grated corn, sweet peppers and tomatoes wrapped in the green leaves of corn) and locro ( dish made of meat, potato, pumpkin, corn and sweet pepper).
However, and due to the important migrating current that populated the country , there exists a quite varied international cuisine: Spanish, Italian, French, German, Scandinavian, Greek, English, Sweddish, Hungarian, Dutch, Chilean, Mexican, Basque, Jewish, Russian, Ukranian, Chinese, Japanese, Thailander and Arabian.

Our country characteristic drink is mate (infusion).
The quality of its wines and meats is worldly known and the new Argentine cuisine has reached an international level standing out due to its qualified chefs.

UNDERSTANDING OF TANGO

IMPACT OF TANGO DANCE
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What happens when a dancer wants to look good? He looks in a mirror. A mirror is something which tells you about yourself how good is it what you do. You watch yourself from an outsider's point of visual view.
Are there other means to tell you about yourself? You can direct your internal eye of attention into your own body. What to look at? Move your hand in the air. You hardly can feel what does it do. Now tense your muscles, stretch you joints. Suddenly your arm, leg, foot, the whole body become "visible" to you. Maintain moving with "visibility" feeling tension and stretching. If you lose "vision" for a moment, find that mini-muscle, adjacent or remote joint, move the whole thing a micron, change the angle so that "vision" comes back. Welcome to a world of your own body!
Manipulating with tensions in your muscles and keeping joints and muscles stretched you can create an appropriate "mirror" to "visualize" each of your movements. It may require paying attention to other muscles and joints, not participating as much in a movement as one might think.
Is there something else? Each of your body parts has more than 1 muscle and it has mass. So you can scientifically speaking make that part "oscillate". My favorite example is Brazilian Samba moves. Cuban movement with pelvis is another example. Belly dancing. Corte in Argentine Tango. Oscillating movements can be very complex or very simple, but all of them are incredibly "visible" to your internal eye and deliver great pleasure when you do it right. To do it right you only have to master a synchronization technique of participating elements of the body. Of course, that involves training to obtain the skill or to develop additional muscles. All oscillating movements are done in this way: one component accumulates energy while another releases it, then they change roles, and so on.
As soon as it has been found how to do it right, the oscillating movement becomes very easy. It requires very little energy. This is called "resonance". Each resonance has one most important feature - one or several "resonance frequencies" - how fast you are to do the movement to feel right. A little bit faster, a little bit slower, and ... Boomms, here you are! It happened. Now maintain it. This is a sign of doing it right - it becomes easy. Very easy, as if it happens itself.
If you move the center of oscillation of the oscillating part to another point in space, or change tension in the surrounding muscles, or change the geometry of participating elements, the "resonance frequency" will change too. That is another way to achieve and manipulate it. Not changing the rhythm, but changing mechanical parameters of the involved and surrounding parts of the body. Because variation of the parameters changes the theoretical "resonance frequency", you are able gradually transform one oscillating movement into another one. You can incorporate additional "things" into the movement. Once they are in sync, they variate the movement - it becomes a dance.
Resonance as phenomena has one amazing property. Once you do a rhythmic movement with one part of your body, another part which has the same "resonance frequency" will resonate, vibrate, and start oscillating with large amplitude. So, it is only matter of finding the right rhythm, tension, and geometrical structure ...
Here I have to say about damping. In order for one part to resonate when another oscillates, the propagation path should not damp. The best transmitters are solid, so your arms, legs, abdomen, everything should not be totally relaxed, but as I would say, alert. Make your body a spring! By the way, one of the ways to make it alert is rotation. In a well alert body, a tap with a toe is transmitted well right through the chest to your partner!
What happens if you sharply stop the movement? Any movement including an "oscillating" one? It generates "a rebound" of all muscles, bones, and organs in the involved area. It happens because they have mass and are connected to each other resiliently. Each one of them and all of them together start to vibrate and oscillate and you feel it!
The art of dancing includes an ability to make every part of your body visible to you, vibrating, and responding. You body become an orchestra with bright sounding instruments for one important listener - yourself.
There are 2 ways of dancing Tango. In first, you do not have a strong physical connection with your partner. A female dances herself. She becomes a "Super Oscillator". Man introduces controlling influences to change kinematic and dynamic parameters of the "Super Oscillator", providing extra supply of energy when needed.
Second way is when you create a strong connection with the partner either in open or in close embrace. You establish a "transmission path", and then you are able to listen to the orchestra inside your partner. When I dance, I can "see" absolutely any part of my partner's body which she is willing to show me through her art of "making a body an orchestra". However, establishing the connection, you combine your own orchestra to the orchestra of your partner. In order to have pleasure they should "sound" in unison.
Even more. Establishing strong connection, you establish new pairs for oscillations. You are creating more instruments! And there are many more of them possible than just in a single body.
This is why I love Argentine Tango. This is the only dance known to me in which the main topic is the art of combining two bodies together to listen to intense dance inside a partner and to establish a "combined orchestra".
If you have not mastered dance - you have to have a glass mirror to control what you do. When you mastered dance you are able to "look" inside your own body. When you dance in couple, all what you do is reflected in your partner's body and responds. Your partner becomes your mirror. You are looking at the partner and you are looking at your own reflection. And if it feels right, it is beautiful.