Embodying Difference: Issues in Dance and Cultural Studies

TLDR

A couple performs a synchronized tango routine, moving in unison across the floor. The study aims to depict the tango dance. The woman sharply jabs her feet into the floor while swiveling hips, and the man guides her motion with a light hand on her back.

Abstract

Aman and a woman embrace. Each stands poised, contained. They look past each other, eyes focused on distant points in the space. Like mirror images, their legs strike out, first forward, then back. As one, they glide across the floor, bodies melded at the hips, timing perfectly in unison. They stop expectantly. The woman jabs the balls of her feet sharply into the floor, each time swivelling her hips toward the leading foot. The man holds her lightly, steering her motion with the palm of this hand at her back. This is tango ...