People who are dancing tango, are aware of the power of this dance. The embrace has a healing effect, and tango is able to get you into the \u201eflow\u201d state. Once we are dancing more and become confident at the milongas of our city and country and we start to try out local tango festivals and marathons. and we get to know dancers from all over the world. And we begin to travel to international events in different countries spending more and more time at the airports.<\/p>\n
It isn\u2019t a coincidence that Steve Slavsky was thinking on the same when he created the Facebook Meet-up group \u201eStranded at an Airport\u201d. As \u201estranded\u201d means shipwrecked \/ stalled, his idea was to address people who are waiting at an airport and they would like to dance tango meanwhile. The idea became so popular, that the group has today ca 16.000 members.<\/p>\n
Here is a short description of the group:<\/p>\n
Sitting at Midway Airport during a lightening storm, just sensing there is a Tanguera here with her Comme Il Fauts in her carry on waiting on her flight. And we miss the opportunity to dance.
\nThis group is to make sure that never happens again!<\/p>\nStranded At An Airport, Tango Meet-up
\n\u00a92013 Steve Slavsky (just in case!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nHow does it work?<\/h3>\n
It is very simple. You are waiting at the airport for your departure, and you know that you have to wait for some time. There is a high chance, that at the same airport there is a tango dancer, who would happily join you dancing. You post in the facebook group that you are at xy airport, and would like to tango :)<\/p>\n
For example:<\/p>\n
“Leader at STL (main terminal, gate A8) until about 8:15am. Anyone around? EDIT: my flight is delayed for a couple of hours, I\u2019m probably here until noon or so”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
or:<\/p>\n
“Four tangueras stranded at Brussels airport. Terminal A for the next three hours. Get here quick before we drink too much wine…”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Many times there is a positive response, and the dancing takes place. There are many examples of recorded videos in the mentioned facebook group, where you can watch this happening. Sometimes, there are even cases where two people were at the same milonga-marathon, but due to the high number of participants, they only meet at the airport and dance together<\/p>\n
Interesting cases<\/h3>\n
Th<\/span>ere are\u00a0plenty of this kind of stories in the group. I just want to show you two lovely examples:<\/p>\n
1. Tango DJ at the airport<\/h4>\n
A really great tango DJ never lets his dancers down. For example Goran Nik\u0161i\u0107 from Zagreb, who created something astonishing at the Torino airport. He has 10 years of piano education, and just improvised it by having listened that milonga before.<\/p>\n
After marathon Eroica Tango Marathon 2\u00b0edition… It’s not easy to stop dancing ♥️ Music: Goran Nik\u0161i\u0107 Dancers: Mahdad Eghbaly & Monika Katalin
\nVideo: Natasa Djordjevic-Tadic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n