Met with Courtney Brown on campus to discuss the Tango
Project.
Here are my notes from the meeting:
● Argentine Tango moves from the chest
● When doing tango research, always bring your own WiFi router. Don’t use Bluetooth because it gets blocked by the dancers.
● Simplify the project
○ stay in close embrace, for example
○ US tango always starts open, Argentine closed
○ there are many varieties of tango
● Maybe do hand to hand first -- this is an extremely good idea!
● No stilettos on the iStage!
● Do an IRB, just in case.
● The basis of tango is the connection
○ structure of the dance
○ transcendent feeling of being at one with the partner
● Her research is focusing on text analysis right now, based on written/verbal feedback from dancers
● She is using the “speckled” (sp?) system (?)
○ motion tracking is very important
Courtney’s thoughts about places to go in Phoenix for Argentine tango:
● ASU Tango Club
○ very young, somewhat closed group, not recommended
● Abrazo (Scottsdale)
● Z Room (Nick & Steph -- very welcoming and friendly)
● Mijora’s (Thursday)
● Milonga (Sunday, 2pm in Scottsdale)
● El Diablo (Women’s Center near ASU Monday nights -- mostly guys)
Courtney is looking for matching funds for a research grant that she recently won. It occurs to me that I may contact a friend at Intel and bring him up-to-date on what I’m doing these days. May be some synergy.