Much more than just dance lessons Nervous tango He is a An innovative therapeutic methodology that integrates cultural richness and community structure Argentine tango With the strong theoretical and clinical framework of Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) It was created by American dancer, choreographer, and therapist Marian Chase (1896-1970). It’s an approach Specially designed for people suffering from Neurodiversity, Including people with intellectual, visual or motor disabilities, providing them with a pathway towards increased body awareness, communication and social inclusion.
The creator of this method is Maria Teresa Gil Oleastri, Psychologist, tango dancer of Venezuelan origin and book author Neuro-Tango: A dance-movement tango therapy method for people with neurodiversity. Her career began in 2009 when she moved to Argentina to pursue her graduate studies in Dance Movement Therapy at the National University of Arts (UNA). Your goal: Gain a therapeutic framework that allows people with disabilities to develop true expression and movement, Create your own dance.
In 2012, Jill Ugliastri was invited to lead a workshop on tango therapy at a therapeutic education center in Buenos Aires, focusing on adults with neurodevelopmental disorders. This work coincided with the preparation of his research thesis entitled “Contributions of Tango in the Context of DMT to the Social Interaction of People with Intellectual, Visual, and Motor Disabilities.” During this period he wove the threads of his passion, training and calling, giving rise to a new and unique method.
In 2015, he called this methodology Neural Tango, and a year later, he began implementing it within the framework of an undergraduate extension workshop of the UNA Department of Folklore.In collaboration with teachers such as Adriana Reynoso and Augusto Balisano.
Nervous tango It is based on the relationship between movement and the brain. The therapeutic goal is to integrate body and mind through somatic experiences that have the ability to modify dysfunctional movement patterns. These changes are reflected in key neurobiological processes:
Practice, as Gil Ogliastri explains, enables awareness and sensation of the body; Not as a disabled body, but as a possessed bodyFacilitating communication, social interaction, integration, and hidden abilities behind disability.
The chapter is organized into four moments Sequential and well defined:
The key to the method is this There are no traditional tango steps. Movement is therapeutic and communicative, and progress is gradual: “First you have to inhabit the body in order to reach the social dance, the encounter with the other and with others.”
The central metaphor of nervous tango is powerful: each participant is an instrument and the group is the symphony being constructed. The movement suggested by the individual is “heard” by the group, which echoes, copies and repeats it, adding its own variations. Thus, non-verbal communication channels are facilitated and the sense of group belonging is enhanced, forming a moving orchestra where all differences are combined into one rich dance.
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