Tango Is for Life

Tango Argentino
Written By Raffaele Rufo

Tango is a journey.

Every time you dance it is for the first time.

You are never knowledgeable enough

when what you need to know is how to be right there.

Tango is nostalgic,

it is about leaving the past behind with the tears in your eyes.

But it is also a movement forward towards a better future.

We are all migrants when we tango,

moving through a gap,

reaching out to the unexplored land

where a body meets another body in the embrace,

and it is the beginning of a life changing experience.  

Tango is not where the journey ends but where it begins,

it takes you through with your weaknesses

and you have a chance to see more clearly

what your strengths are if you don’t refuse the offer.

 

R U F O

 

Raffaele Rufo

Raffaele Rufo (PhD) is a dance artist, a facilitator of artistic and cultural processes, and an independent scholar committed to community and land regeneration. His artistic background is entwined with the Australian ensemble ‘Liminal Theatre and Performance’ and with the Argentine Tango dance, which he later combined with Contact Improvisation, Body Weather and somatic movement. After focusing his performance practice on Melbourne’s public urban spaces, Raffaele has explored the questions of roots and exile in Milan and Rome through the ecosomatic relation with the nonhuman and matter. His ongoing and recent creative projects include ‘Rituali di Pa(e)ssaggio’, ‘Danced by the Tree’, ‘Return of the Centaurs’, ‘Ecokinetics’ and ‘Ecosomatic Persephone’. He is co-founder of the International Forum for Eco-Embodied Arts (IFEEA) and collaborates with Teatro del Lido di Ostia as artistic director of ‘La Selva’ Residency. Raffaele holds a Phd in dance and performance from Deakin University and his research has been published in academic journals and book collections.

www.raffaelerufo.com
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