Mar 10 2025 47 mins
Thomas Rieser is the owner of Nou Tango, a tango studio in Berlin, Germany that just celebrated its 20-year anniversary. In this episode, he shares his perspective on how simple yet powerful tango exercises, can be shared outside the world of social dance in supportive group settings to bring healing and joy in surprising and delightful ways.
Over the past 20 years of teaching and organizing, Thomas has developed a focus on combining the individual development of each student with the requirements of a group. The individual person is at the center, and at the same time he encourages an active effort of everyone involved to create a social culture. He sees this as a reflection of the core, heart and potential of tango.
- “[Tango] is something that touches you emotionally and at the same time you don’t really know why.”
- “People see something [that] they don’t know exists, which is physically, spatially, and emotionally connecting to one another and being able to move in a way that is just magical.”
- “I don’t think it’s magical. I just think the body can do much more than the mind allows it.”
- “Being in a group setting where you open yourself and be present, your body takes over, and when you let your body take over, you can grow.”
Episode References
Nou Tango Studio
https://noutango.berlin/
Tango Connects Conference
https://tango.connects.berlin/
S4 E1 - Leading & Following in the Tango - Veronica Toumanova
https://leadfollow.buzzsprout.com/1735834/episodes/16416925-leading-following-in-the-tango-veronica-toumanova
"Efficacy of Tango Argentino for Cancer-Associated Fatigue and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37296883/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-rieser/
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