Tango Therapy (PDF Version)

 “An approach to Tango Therapy” is a concise and practical introduction in order to help the formation of Tango Therapists

There are two versions of this book.

A downloadable version (PDF) that you can buy from our store directly (Here) and paperback ( 89 pages, 15.59 cm x 23.39 cm, perfect binding, white interior paper (55# weight), black and white interior ink, white exterior paper (90# weight), full-colour exterior ink) that you can buy from LULU

Basically, tango therapy is a therapeutic technique that uses the Argentinean tango dance and the candombe, milonga, tango and criollo waltz music integrated with special exercises in order to help people feel happy and to connect with the most healthy aspects of their bodies, their lives.

 TABLE OF CONTENT

PROLOGO
Male and Female polarities in Tango therapy

AN APPROACH TO TANGO THERAPY

WHAT IS TANGO THERAPY

WHY TANGO?
Tango as a dance
The tango embrace
The social and biological utility
Tango as an exercise
The therapeutic force of dance

HISTORY OF TANGO
The Candombe
The Milonga
The Tango
The Criollo Waltz

TANGO STYLES
Argentinean Tango
Canyengue Tango
Plain (Liso) Tango
Lounge / Saloon (Salon) Tango
Milonguero Tango
Tango Show
Ballroom Tango

THE PIONEERS OF THERAPEUTIC DANCE
Isadora Duncan
Martha Graham
Doris Humphreys
Katherine Mary Dunham
Carl Gustav Jung
Laban

PHYSIOLOGY RELATED TO DANCE
Dance
Why exercise, why dance?
The wheels of the body

IDENTITY AND TANGO THERAPY
Jung - Buber
The first years of life .Iden-38
Spitz - Lacan - Gesell
Experience Of Being Alive
Identity and dance
Repression

TANGO, MILONGA, WALTZ…

SESSIONS, CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Rainbow Tango
Together Tango
Emotional Tango

HOW TO DELIVER A TANGO THERAPY CLASS
A Rainbow Tango Therapy session
An Emotional and Together Tango therapy class

HUMAN MOVEMENT
Tango Movement
The movement of the Tango starts with the walk
An existential expression
Dance is the movement of life
Tango Therapy and the elements of movement

INTEGRATION OF MUSIC AND IDENTITY

THE TANGO LESSONS
Embrace
The couple
The signs of the tango dance and their interpretation

GESTURES OF DANCE AND EXERCISES FOR TANGO THERAPY
How do we choose the music
Tango music and attitudes exercises
“Compadrito” attitude
Play roll exercises

TANGO AND OTHER TECHNIQUES

PROFESSIONAL FORMATION
Aims of the AITTT
Objectives

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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