{"id":85,"date":"2017-10-02T18:21:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T18:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2017-10-16T09:09:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T09:09:05","slug":"can-tango-teach-us-empathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/empathy-compassion\/can-tango-teach-us-empathy","title":{"rendered":"Can Tango Teach Us Empathy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tango as art\u2026 Historically seen, thinking about empathy originates from thinking about experiencing art. Someone looks at a painting and experiences through this something meaningful deep inside.<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The viewer feels deeply, empathically touched \u2018as if from inside the work of art.\u2019 In most cases it\u2019s difficult to express in words really what this is or how it is felt. A so-called explanation of the piece of art \u2013 even by the artist himself \u2013 frequently gets an artificial flavor. Analyzing too much may impede the artistic impression. Only the experience itself can fully convey\u2026 the experience. Well.<\/p>\n

A beautiful tango dance too is a fleeting form of art, crafted by the dancers. Nice\u2026 Even nicer is the idea that the dancers themselves are<\/em> at the same time part of this work of art, again and again.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Through this, the saying \u2018as if from inside the work of art\u2019 gets an additional, beautiful meaning. Typical for a well danced tango is the emphasis upon improvisation. Each time again it unfolds in unpredictable ways. This makes tango a special art form, more than any other kind of dance.<\/p>\n

Within a beautiful tango, both partners are very involved into each other, with improvisation much enhancing this involvement. A lot of good dancers find the connection between the dancing partners most important. The connection lies mainly within the embrace, physically as well as psychologically. This connection can go far. In a good dance, one feels the finer movements of the dancing partner. Putting each step becomes each time again as if the first time<\/em> that this step is being put. Even if it has been put a thousand times. It\u2019s never boring, because always new in the sense of being not constructed but \u2018originally created\u2019. Empathy in general has this characteristic. It is always new, always close to the source of human creation. Spontaneous in a deep way.<\/p>\n

During a tango dance, empathy flows in two directions and through this, as art form, it gets an additional dimension. This probably explains why to many at a certain level, tango is not just a dance, but gradually becomes a way of being.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is being said not only by Argentinians. For empathy at this deep level, people are sensitive all over the world. Happily. It brings out the best in people, even though some support can sometimes be advisable as it is in many cases where inner strength starts to flow more freely, not only in tango. In any case, it is worth it.<\/p>\n

So yes of course tango can teach us empathy<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

in all its complexity. And no that does not mean that all will be rosy and cuddly and comfortable. Things can even get quite UN-comfortable. That is life. Empathy is an aspect of life, of the living. Not of the stony dead. Life itself is a work of art. Sometimes it\u2019s a masterpiece, sometimes at first sight not so much. Sometimes as in tango, there are lots of twists and turns. We are all in it, as creators and performers at the same time. Sources of empathy are everywhere. It\u2019s up to us to craft them into a beautiful dance.<\/p>\n

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