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

Stream of Life

Came across this poem and thought it was both beautiful and appropriate. It is called Stream of Life and written by Rabindranath Tagore, from his collection Gitanjali:

The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.

It is the same life that shoots in joy
through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass
and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.

It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle
of birth and of death, in ebb and in flow.

I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.
And my pride is from the lifethrob of ages
dancing in my blood this moment.
~

ShadowTango Video on YouTube

Hallo dear fellow tabooërs,

I'm slowly landing on earth. The shivers and vibrations of the special dances and meetings are slowly leaving my body, but some traces will allways stay.
I have put the ShadowTango Creation video on YouTube.
Live it was fantastic, on screen it is still beautiful.
It takes approximately 12 minutes, so I have cut it in two parts and put both links below.
Have a nice time watching,

Warm embrace,
Willem-Paul

part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyfaDtXzpd8
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCI6PQhv8_o

Thank you all so much!

It is now Monday evening and Paras and I completed most tasks. I have a nice beer and finally some time to look back. What a special camp was this. Energizing, creative, full of toilets etc challenges and so many beautifull people. I was was thinking what would I do at new years eve without a camp. It could never be so fullfilling. I want to thank everybody for his or her contribution.

Now we have to wait 5 1/2 months for the next one. That feels as a very long time. Why don't we organise a camp 4 times a year and then in different countries. I would go for it I.

We love you all and hope to see and dance with you soon,

Paul

Pictures

Dear devils and angels, 

Thank you all for the lovely last 6 days. 

I made lots of pictures with my new camera and if you want to take a look, please visit

http://picasaweb.google.nl/gemmaelisabeth/TaboeTangoCamp

I only posted pictures of day 1, but will continue the coming days to post some more of the rest of the camp.

If you are not happy to see your face on internet, please let me know at gemmaelisabeth@gmail.com and I will remove the picture.

Lots of good wishes to you all, 

Gemma

Looking for transport!

People ask me some times if we know anybody driving from Amsterdam, Cologne or Berlin. But it is difficult for us to respond to, because we do not keep track of cities where people come from. We are looking for transport from: Amsterdam, Cologne, Basel, Berlin and we are looking for people who can pick up people from the nearby train station. So if you have space in your care and can take somebody, please let us know.

Love

Paul

The camp almost full now

Dear Taboe lovers,

Just an update on how we are doing. The camp is almost full now. We have 105 dancers, 55 % non-Dutch and 10 nationalities. It will be a big party. We have a little more women than man, but an equal number of leaders-followers. This is somehow always magical. There are still some women on the waitinglist. So if you know a man who should come, just give him some extra motivation.

Love Paul

Who wants to offer workshops

As you know the camp is a place where we share inspiration. You as a participant can offer workshop (ideas) to the group. Some examples of last camp were: street tango (a mix of street dance and tango), tango and sexuality, a video clip, paint your interpretation of music and dance it, and many more.

We are open for suggestions. So if you have an idea just send us a mail and we can see if we can make it happen during the camp.

See you later

xPaul

Warm and cozy!

Last winter camp was great, but the dormitories were cold. But this time no worries, there is heating all over the place. The main building has been renovated last summer and we will have a warm gathering in all respects. I even hope we have some snow, so we can have a snowball fight with 100+ people. That would be great.

Love Paul

Love cannot return unless you give it.

One of the central themes of Taboe is that giving and receiving are equally important in life and dance and equally difficult. And the big challenge is to ballance them both. This is such an old theme, and still ever young because we find new ways of giving and receiving.

Paul

Who is coming

Just to give everybody an idea of the participation for next camp. We are booked 60% now, so it will be a lively camp and probably fully booked. At the moment about 65% is non-dutch, so there will be a lot of different languages spoken.

We will have to start a waiting list for followers soon, so motivate all male dancers around you. And we get more questions about whenn the summer camp 2009 will be, well write this down:
Taboe Summer Camp 1-5 July 2009.

See you withing 2 months......


Paul

Little angels

Somehow it feels that events like the Taboe camp brings a lot of authentic and spontaneous energy into everybody. That's why we like to have children around, because they are the best examples being so spontaneous. So parents, do not hesitate and bring the little angels with you. We are organising special events and have already a contact-mom to discuss Taboe-children experiences and arrange for care and entertainment. You can contact Anja Strengers at anja.strengers@versatel.nl.

The next camp 30 dec - 4 jan

Okay, here we go..... we started registration for the next Camp at the end of the year. After one week we are 30% full, so people who want to join have to make up their mind fairly soon.

Next camp is on the same location (yes, there is heating in the dormitories, so don't worry) and the same formula, but with new ideas, people and teachers. If you have suggestions, please tell us. We are looking for creative workshop ideas and talent to give them. Also contributions to this log are welcome.

This time we really going to try to get more children in. We even have a special contact mom, Anja Strengers, you can ask your questions and give your suggestions on kids. (Her contact details: anja.strengers@versatel.nl, +31.30-2940077)

We, the Taboe team, are looking forward to the next camp.

See you later,

Paul

Ghosts and Angels

It's now 7 weeks since the last Taboe Tango Camp started. Sometimes it seems like it was yesterday and at other times it seems like years ago.

I eventually got around to processing the photos that I took at Taboe Camp. Strictly speaking I did not take any photos as I set my camera up in the corner of the room and asked it to take a picture for me once every minute during the evenings. I also set the exposure time for each picture to 2 seconds. This was so that enough light could be captured to ensure that the image wasn't completely black. This has the effect of blurring the image of anything that is moving, usually dancers in this case making many of the dancers appear very ghost like.

Click here for a link to a small selection of the pictures.

I also want to say a special thank you to the Angel who gave me a lovely picture before I left the Taboe Camp. I have no clue as to who the Angel could be, and that is as it should be. I just want the Angel to know that the picture is in my bedroom to remind me every morning of all the lovely experiences that the Taboe Camp gave me.

Thank you.
David

Tango del sol

This videoclip was made at a media-workshop on the Taboe Tango Camp summer 2008