My Tango Story - A Journey with Mayte Vicens. Created by Julia Juliati

MY TA N G O S T O RY A

JOURNEY

WITH

MAYTE

VICENS

BY JULIA JULIATI

INTENSIVE PROGRAM for serious students

VICENS METHOD

20 years in making

WOMEN VS. MEN

the best partner is...

SENSUALITY AND MORE

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Julia: “When I see something beautiful, something amazing, I get inspired. Once I get inspired I can do anything. That was the situation meeting with Mayte. She inspired me to dance, to learn and be better not only as a dancer, but as a person as well.�

“From the first time seeing Mayte dancing I knew that I need her to teach me. She was real. I wanted to have that power, that freedom, that sensuality, that joy she expressed in her dance...That was the beginning of my journey with Mayte Vicens.”

“I live in a moment (most of the time), so if I see something that I really like - I want it now. Same is with learning. I need to do it now, I need to jump and go deep. That’s why Mayte’s Intensive Program was perfect for me.”

Julia Juliati - Photographer & Filmaker

Mayte Vicens - Dancer, Instructor, Choreographer

"Why do I teach dance?

Because I am totally addicted to witness my students overcome easily the challenges that bothered them for a long time. And because I know that the knowledge and awareness they gain in the process will continue with them everywhere they go.

And because I love it!!

“I am the first one in my family to become a dancer. At age 9 I observed a ballet class in a little studio in my village in Valencia...“I will be a dancer mommy”...and from that day I studied Jazz, Modern, Flamenco, Latin, and American Ballroom.

While performing in Canal I saw other dancers improvising Argentine Tango... and that was it...I was hooked.”

“Tango is the most complex and intelligent dance with a partner. It goes deep inside, it gives you freedom of movement. It challenges me intellectually and physically. It is my biggest passion.”

Mayte: “ I know it is a good partner when I can melt. Whatever he is doing it is

not interfering with my freedom...we are connecting, moving together, he is not putting me out of my own sense of dancing. A partner who does not make me think too much or make me constricted in embrace, letting me move as I need to.

Today I learn to adjust and find my freedom no matter what. My job as a dancer is to grow to that feeling.�

“ Sometimes I am Piazzolla, sometimes Puglese...I want to dance it all.

It depends on the place and who is dancing with me.�

Mayte: “Dancing Tango is to embrace, connect, and listen to the other person...If you are not listening, no matter how much steps you know it will never be beautiful.�

Julia: “I gave myself 3 months to explore and go deeper in to tango...I was willing

to do exersises, homework...whatever it takes, whatever she wanted me to do to go to a higher level of dancing.”

“Teaching process was very diverse: starting with basic steps...to discovering the energy within, and learning to dance with it and share it with a partner.”

“Mayte is very demanding, but at the same time soft and friendly, so you are not realizing that she makes you do things that you not even think are able to do...”

“She encourages you, she makes you work hard, of course if you are willing to do that...inspires you as a teacher, as a person, but the most important is that she shows you that everything is possible.”

Mayte: “Through my 20 years of dancing I went through a lot of bad leaders and learned that many times it is not your problem, but the leader’s...

I know how to communicate this to my female students and teach them how to cope with the difficult leader and dance your own dance and feel great.”

“To my male students I show how to feel wonderful to a lady and that opens the world to them. It is easy to achieve if one wants to break barriers, and ego...And when it is done, they are on fire...it brings them confidence...and a lot of compliments from the ladies.

Julia: “The learning process was very empowering. The more classes I took

with Mayte the more I wanted to continue...

I felt more at ease, in control...but at the same time more relaxed...it is a very comforting feeling. It was not there before.�

Mayte: “Dancing is about expression of your feelings through movement.

Find that movement, refine it and apply to the style of music and partner.

Allow it to be.�

Mayte: “I approach on a personal way...share myself completely. Once I know

my students personality, and what they need I know the approach that will be best. I want to bring their potential as fast as possible...Everyone is so different in learning, so I use techniques from different dance styles: ballet, flamenco, ballroom, modern, and of course tango.�

Mayte: “Dance is life. Life is a dance. Everything moves, it is essential...

When I dance I am doing something essential. It is my passion, my biggest teacher in life.�

“There is a time for pushing your limits, and there is a time for enjoying where you are...You should be dancing with your heart out.

Everybody should dance - alone, with people, with what they have, with what they can move...Just put on some music and dance!�

Mayte Vicens Dance Theater

27 South Washington St., Tarrytown, NY 10591 Phone: (347) 989-4145 Contact Email: dance@maytevicens.com Classes for adults:

Argentine Tango, Latin Fitness, Flamenco, Ballet, Latin Dance Bachata, Salsa, Bolero, Merengue, & Cha-cha

Classes for children: Ballet, Ballroom, Latin Dance

- Group Classes - Private Classes - Intensive Program - Choreography & Performances

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“I will teach you the secrets of “how to move easily and gracefully” - no matter how much talent you have already discovered in yourself. You’ll be surprised at how fast and easy you learn when you try my method, which I developed over my 20 years of experience.”

Mayte Vicens

tango and sensuality how does tango make me feel? going deeper

what is the point of living? discovering yourself

I’ve never been so close to strangers... its not about them, it is about me the best partner is...

essence of tango

we need to talk to each other how does it feel to dance with me? its all about connection own your dance power, freedom, surrender, joy...

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