21/07/2009

To all of you....

You've opened up my hart, really right there from the start,
half a week of being me...
the one I mostly hide.
How magical to feel just once
so safe and loved and one with all,
and dancing in the water....
in such bright and warming light.
Back home again is strange somehow,
I'm reaching out to all there was,
This new reality...or was it real ?


Thank you all so very much !

13/07/2009

Out Beyond Ideas

What can I possibly say about Taboe Camp?! It was AMAZING.

Paras, you are a genius. You throw all our cells up in the air with tango bubbles, and when they settle down again we are new people. We love you. Paul you enable it all to happen. We love you. You and Paras are a great team.

For me Taboe Camp is Permission Camp, it's a place where I have a lot of permission to share what I really feel and think about tango. And that's on top of simply being at the camp! I love the way that the camp revealed people's beautiful inner natures. After a few days, the magical atmosphere of the camp began to feel, well, normal. As Jorga said, this kind of life is what people are made for.

Let's endeavour to bring some of this spirit into all our human encounters, and promise ourselves that we'll take time out to keep this magical spirit alive.

Love,

Michael
Out beyond ideas
of wrongdoing and rightdoing
there is a field. I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass,
The world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase
each other, doesn't make any sense.

- Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273)

12/07/2009

Balloon fiesta


This was such an amzing sight. About 100 adults jumping around and chasing balloons. I loved it.

Paul

The fine..... and all the other things


Hello lovely Camp dancers,

What a great time did we have. It felt like a whirling pool of feelings, dance and nice meetings.... Mmmmmm...


Besides this, me and my duck, thank you all for the contribution of the fine. It did cost some money, but the kids in the car, had a wonderful 'Titanic feeling', standing on the chair in the duck...... and feeling the wind on their faces.....
.....Maybe!!... (in december), we can dance in the snow.........

Till the next tango camp. Vrrrroooommmmmmmmmmm....tuuut tuuut.....

Love, Hans

09/07/2009

If I dare

if i dare
trust myself

if i dare
rely on you

if i follow
your invitiation

and if you lead me thru the rhythm and the rhyme
we will be dancing angels

Donate
Whatever endeavour I shall follow in the future I’m sure it will not come close to Tabou Tango Camp! From here on everything will be measured by that week. The people the dance the friendship the laughter and beauty of it all was almost overwhelming with its intensity. I loved every minute. Love to you all “Especially” Paras and Paul. William. Ps can we have the EMAIL CONTACTS?

08/07/2009

We can't find the words to express what we felt during this magical time...
Para&Paul are real Angels and show us that our live can be beautiful and full of joy and Love.
Wholeheartedly thank You for this lovely time...
All my love and worm hugs to all of YOU!!!
Amelia & Jarek
Dear Campers, team and forrest spirits

Back home in Oslo, Norway, cleaning up my apartment and washing clothes. Pusami (my cat) sits in the middle of everything looking at me purring out loud.:-))
As allways leaving eachother after sunch a loving experience if feels a little bit like breaking up a loving relationship. So then I wonder, what do I want to hold on to and what do I want to let go...?
When I see Gemmas pictures, private moments captured with such love, if fills me with deep joy and hope that I will love again. With all emotions which resembles the colors of the rainbow in the sky...
Keep loving the floor...
Dear, dear Paras and Paul, you rock!!!
See you again soon, I hope

Unni Hermansen

If you want to contact me with feedback or just to stay in touch, here's my e-mail adress:unnibiz@yahoo.no

Tango bubbles


Roberto started the editing of his film based on about 10 hours of crazy and touching material. I am curious to find out what the result will be. If you still want one (or more) copies please contact Roberto Rizzo on zadorak@gmail.com.

Love Paul

Licking thumbs and fingers

... is a Flemish expression indicating how playfull and enjoying the time together was
and the licking is also a central theme in these pictures ... ice cream !
thanks for being there together, sharing, hugging, loving, dancing, talking, swimming, being naughty, ...
I enjoyed everything so much !
Marleen xx

07/07/2009

Taboe Camp

Crossing back over to England by ferry was a gentle way to return to my 'normal' life after such an extraordinarily special week with you, Paul and Paras, and all the many angels weaving magic in the forest.

I feel that you all took me to your hearts as we scrubbed our teeth together, slept together, made sandwiches together, were bitches, fairies, femme fatal, explorers or knights together, danced together and milonga'd around, clowned together, learnt together, washed up together, enjoyed sunshine in the forest, sang together, were plants together, swam together and ate ice creams from the van, were sad together, were angels together, snuggled on cushions and in hammocks together, ate late night munchies from the fridge, did walking meditation in the sand and tango-ed in the water, enjoyed the youngsters and their games and wished we'd danced more together. It was a time to free the child within and let my soul come home......

It is an impossible task to name everyone who moved me, made me laugh or made me feel special - there were many of you - thank you very very very very very much.

The teaching quality was always high in workshops and in private lessons - thank you, thank you, thank you to Unni and Michael, Paul and Paras and Iwan and Isabella and Hans - I did love the clowning. Extra thanks to Paul, and to you Iwan, who both gave me private lessons which I loved. I look forward to the next time! And to your film, Ricardo.

I came home to a wild and beautiful garden, flowers had appeared that I did not know about and those that were intended seemed more beautiful than I had remembered. Taboe camp was like exploring a wild and beautiful garden too ......

So Paul and Paras - what moments you gave me - you are 2 very extraordinary people - gifted beyond measure. But what I love about you, too, is that you are also very human, compassionate and funny. If I say thank you 100 times it still doesn't seem to be enough. So I shall say it once but just know that it contains a thank you for everything that I treasure that happened during this past week.........

THANK YOU .............. you yummy, delicious, amazing couple

A special tango hug

Sal x

06/07/2009

Thaaaaaaaanx!

Back at our home physically it is still hard to be back with our soul. We are still with all of you. It was an amazing gift to share our belongings with you and recieve your lovely feedbacks. We learned a lot in this magic camp and feel this was a big shower of love that let all of us grown and blossom.
Thanx again to Paras & Paul that they trust in us maybe more than we self. But they where right, yeah!
Isabella & Iwan

05/07/2009

Taboe SUmmer Camp 2009 pic's

Hi all,
it was a wonderful time with all of you there... still full of emotions.
In case any of you would like to have a picture removed from the album - feel free to do so and I'll do so.
big embrace,
Robert

We miss you allready


Tango Magic

The music beckons
Weaves its spell on two dancers
Eyes meet and we smile

Hands touch, igniting
As palms explore our bodies
Our arms enfolding

Heart beats against heart
We sway, limbs move rhythmically
I lead, you follow

Our souls are open
As we share our emotions
Remembered passion

Slowly dance as one
The dance of passion, love, death
Our sorrows, our joys

We become the dance
Our identities are gone
Lost to the music

The whole world retreats
Like lovers we both dissolve
Only we exist

(William)

You were so beautiful

Dear Taboe Tango friends,

It was such an amazing experience last week. Like in a dream or a movie. So unreal, so magical, so intense and yet so relaxing. We enjoyed it so much to be together with all of you and share our passion and our insecurities. It was a true event filled with sheer beauty. Thank you so much for the trust, warmth and creativity.

I invited most of you as an author to the weblog, but the number of authors in Blogger is limited. Sorry I had to leave some of you out, but send me your contributions so I can post them.
Further more, as promised we collect links to photo albums on the net. Please respect every bodies privacy and contact the photographer in case you want a photo to be removed. I send an email list to all of you later this week when we collected ourselves again.

Love to all beautiful angels,

Paul & Paras