Moeller says tango is based on the simple act of walking. After one step, the next always comes with the other foot. But it is important to dance it beautifully, and you can spend your whole life learning. Simple in concept, complicated in execution, tango continuously challenges dancers to reach for step combinations that are more intricate and graceful. The payoff is that the union between partners and the music can be sublime.
Legs intertwine, capturing and releasing each partner in an interplay of tension and surrender.
Some of the more enthusiastic members of the city's tango circuit dance most nights as Manhattan offers at least one tango party each night. The other venues include ballroom dance studios and clubs that block certain times out for tango. It's very intimate. Shapiro has tangoed every night this week. She and others say tango provides a safe way for women to go out alone to dance without others assuming they are looking for a man.