When your partner expresses a strong feeling, either you act defensively or you make a choice to open up as well and consciously create a container of listening and empathy.
Author: Sergio Acosta
At heart, I am a story-teller. As a creative writer and designer, I tell stories on the web, on paper, and sometimes I scribble random lines on the dance floor.
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“I laid my face on my beloved”
Love exists in a concealed nook of myself, a 16th-century Carmelite friar teaches me today
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The power of imperfect teams
There is only one rule I would say it is essential to be an effective team: always speak the truth.…
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It is a vast space
Between one meeting and the next, between two people dancing tango, between now and our encounter again, between a done…
Cabeceos and miradas are a beautiful tango tradition that requires some practice…
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What keeps me going
Why I do what I do, what keeps me moving… philosophical questions of an early morning walk by the Thames.…
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Lessons of tango: leading
Yesterday I led. Yesterday I experienced the wondrous feeling of being fully read. Someone got me, understood me, someone trusted…
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Lessons of tango: arriving
It’s certainly possible to move forward and never arrive yourself. It’s that kind of movement you do when you are…
During my years working for the BBC, we received training about interviewing techniques and one advice that stuck with me…
I’ve been touched by Ieva’s abilities as a community leader. She has also been the most trustful partner I could ever have in Dance in Conversation. Honouring International Women’s Day.