a tango for every body, with Savvas Kourtis

"I think the gravity and the power of tango ... to bridge a 50-year-old divide is kind of missed."

Cypriot social dancer and creator of a.tango.for.every.body Savvas Kourtis on crossing borders, cultivating curiosity, and adapting tango to work better for every partnership.

Producer/Host: Liz Sabatiuk | Music: "La Madrugada," written by Ángel Maffia with lyrics by Cátulo Castillo and performed and recorded by Juan Villarreal y Patricio Crom | Image Credit: Michaël Jacob

Show Notes

• Follow Savvas’s tango activities in Cyprus via the Instagram profile of a.tango .for.every.body. 
• Learn more about tango at the University of Edinburgh, see a performance of Savvas’s teachers Emily-Rose Sarkova and Refik Unluer, then watch a demo to the song that accompanies this episode (!) featuring Carmen María Hergos, Savvas's teacher in Barcelona (who is now based in Mexico). 
• Hear more about the International Queer Tango Festival in Berlin in Humans of Tango episode 30, “Creating spaces to grow, with Astrid Weiske.”  
• Learn more about Cyprus’s 1974 coup and subsequent Turkish invasion.
• For another perspective on how dancing with beginners can inspire innovation, listen to Humans of Tango episode 15, “Instinct Tango, with Aníbal Dominguez.”
• Read the lyrics of "La Madrugada" in English, translated by Jake Spatz (who you can listen to in Humans of Tango episode 32).
• Read musings about the episode and check out our elevator selfies on Substack.

Read a transcript of Savvas's episode here.