Friends, My name is Chan Park. I have been working on a film project to produce a documentary titled, “Tango Your Life.” The film tells my personal story living and dancing in Buenos Aires for four years, from 2008 to 2012. During the period I submerged myself in the traditional tango culture of Buenos Aires, dancing almost every day and interviewing many of the participants in the traditional tango scenes there in an attempt to understand what inspires people about this dance which is uniquely part of the culture of Buenos Aires, while also enriching lives of people around the world. Then I discovered that tango is about feeling, which is inspired by music and shared between partners connected through embrace while walking together in unison. This documentary film tells my discovery of tango as culture, music, dance, friendship, love, and daily living in Buenos Aires, all of which have helped discover my inner passion for life. You can view its new trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu58YGgUPMg. For more information about the film, please visit http://www.TangoYoufLife.com. Lately its DVD has been released, and you can purchase a copy at www.Amazon.com, where you can search it by “Tango Your Life” or “La Vida en Tango” if you’d like to watch it with Spanish subtitles, both available in NTSC and PAL formats. Listed below is a film review, compiled by Ann Dobyns, Professor of English at University of Denver. I hope you will enjoy the film. Please let me know if you have any questions and comments about the film. Best regards, Chan Park http://www.TangoYourLife.com tangozenho...@gmail.com ==================================== “Tango Your Life"?? I had the opportunity recently to view Chan Park’s new film, Tango Your Life. As a person who teaches a class about tango, at my university, I am always looking for good documentaries to show my students. This is one that I will buy as soon as it becomes available.?? The film allows dancers to tell their stories, not about how they came to tango but what it means to them. Chan thus addresses the appeal of tango, that for those who love tango, the dance is a way to live and live fully. To explore this perspective, Chan Park presents separate sections that capture different significant elements of the dance. He includes clips from interviews with dancers from Buenos Aires and around the world and scenes from milongas and beautiful images of the city. The various commentary, dance montages, and images capture the spirit of this beautiful and additive dance. The section on the cabeceo is one of the best explanations of this uniquely Argentine means of communicating I have seen. And, the filmed illustrations are funny and touching.?? Chan Park is the author of the book Tango Zen: Walking Dance Meditation. The film, while not explicitly about Buddhism, nonetheless is infused with the perspective. Images of Buddha introduce sections and many of the comments of the people he interviewed address the appeal of tango in its meditative nature. Especially compelling is the section in which the filmmaker splits the screen so that on one side he shows the faces of dancers on the other images of the Buddha. The effect is an elegant illustration of the meditative quality of the dance! ??Throughout, the film demonstrates the best that tango can be—fulfilling, contemplative, collaborative, spiritual, respectful, and enchanting. Ann Dobyns Professor of English at University of Denver -- ======================================= “Tango Your Life DOCUMENTARY Film -http://www.TangoYourLife.com ...tells intimate stories of tango as culture, music, dance, friendship, love, and daily living in Buenos Aires. Available on DVD: http://www.amazon.com.
