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“Learning to Tango is a poetry collection that leaves me feeling exhilarated, thanks to its balance of passion and grace…It is beautifully crafted, using the tango dance as a foundation for poetic form.”
Eileen Casey
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Learning to Tango Liz McSkeane
€13.00
Paperback: Poetry 62 pages
ISBN: 9781913598181
This collection is an exuberant, playful, sometimes intense reflection on navigating the challenges of movement, the dynamics of the dance floor and the
world beyond it. The poet makes many discoveries along the way – about the dance, about the quest for the ideal and the necessary acceptance of imperfection. Throughout the collection, the mischievous use of traditional and non traditional poetic forms conveys the variety and skill of tango itself. And at the heart of the endeavour is a passion to imbue every step, however basic, with balance and grace, for ‘in tango the walk is simple/and therefore takes a lifetime to learn.’