Argentina
NEUROTANGO was born in Buenos Aires
History
NEUROTANGO in Buenos Aires – Argentina, is a work methodology that combines Dance Movement Therapy and Tango by the Psychologist María Teresa Gil Ogliastri, who developed her Postgraduate research thesis during 2012-2017: “Contributions of Tango in the Context of DMT for the social interaction of people with intellectual, visual and motor disabilities” in a therapeutic educational center for people with neurodevelopmental disorders. Research director: PhD BC-DMT Diana Fischman/ Research line: Movement patterns and social interaction of the Postgraduate Course in Dance Movement Therapy at the National University of the Arts-UNA of Buenos Aires. In 2018, this Postgraduate research thesis was published as a book with the title: NEUROTANGO: Dance Movement Therapy/Tango Method for people with Neurodiversity by Editorial Autores de Argentina: ISBN 978-987-761-412-1.
Starting in 2015, this work methodology is called NEUROTANGO, based on the transition of the activity that began as postgraduate research in a therapeutic center and expanded to the cultural sphere of Buenos Aires. From 2016 to the present, NEUROTANGO functions as a University Extension Workshop of the National University of the Arts-UNA of the Department of Folklore.
NEUROTANGO has been awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos on several occasions, receiving the following mentions for its continuity:
– “Project of Cultural Interest of the City of Buenos Aires” by the Cultural Promotion Program – Patronage of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires-Argentina (Project owner: María Teresa Gil Ogliastri / Year 2016 and 2019)
– Metropolitan Fund for Culture, Arts and Sciences of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires call (Project owner: María Teresa Gil Ogliastri / Year 2018)
From its beginnings to the present, NEUROTANGO has presented movement workshops, conferences and free or low-cost artistic exhibitions at countless conferences, festivals and notable places in Buenos Aires with the aim of making inclusion visible. As well as NEUROTANGO had the honor of participating, representing the Inclusive Tango of Buenos Aires with an open class and artistic exhibition at the Buenos Aires Tango Festival and World Cup 2018 organized by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires in the Salón Mayor of the Usina del Arte, being summoned by the Tango teacher Silvia Toscano.
Proposal
NEUROTANGO is a method that proposes combining the contributions of Tango with the framework of Dance Movement Therapy. It is intended for people with Neurodiversity with the aim of integrating the body and mind through experiences that modify movement patterns and that could reflect changes linked to the use of Mirror Neurons, Neuroplasticity and Neurogenesis. In this way it enables awareness and sense of the body; not as a disabled body but as an inhabited body facilitating communication, social interaction, inclusion in the community and the capabilities that are hidden behind disabilities.
At NEUROTANGO we use the premise of Jean Piaget’s constructivist approach, which states that human beings are not simply passive recipients of information, but rather actively construct their understanding of the world through interaction with it. This theory has had a profound influence on education and the understanding of cognitive development, emphasizing the importance of reciprocal experiences. Constructivism has been expanded and complemented by Neuroconstructivism with findings and concepts from cognitive and developmental neuroscience.
Unlike a traditional tango class, in the case of NEUROTANGO we refer to movement experiences that come from the subject himself and are significant to him and, through a process of Dance Movement Therapy, they can be observed, mirrored, clarified, modified and ordered in a choreography triggering changes both in the subject himself and in his group of belonging. In this sense. One’s own experiences and those of the environment are integrated in interaction with cognitive processes, favoring their development throughout life.
NEUROTANGO benefits people with Neurodiversity, who deserve to have artistic activities with accessible formats, true inclusion in the university community, greater psychological well-being and quality of life.
NEUROTANGO has the support of the UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LAS ARTES-UNA.
As well as a solid team of professionals, artists, volunteers and collaborators who make this experience possible.
GOALS
- Observe, mirror, clarify, modify and order the movement patterns coming from the person with Neurodiversity and their group, favoring the collective construction of a choreography, enabling the human capacities to form emotional bonds, express emotion, vitality, beauty and synchrony.
- Facilitate the social interaction/communication of people with Neurodiversity using the contributions of Tango and Dance Movement Therapy exploring movement, space, rhythm and emotions.
- Include people with Neurodiversity in the community, benefiting them with artistic activities in accessible formats, greater psychological well-being and quality of life, gaining awareness and sense of the inhabited and non-handicapped body.
NEUROTANGO NEURODIVERSO TANGO PRACTICE DEPARTMENT OF FOLKLORE OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS- UNA.
Start date: Saturday August 31, 2024
Course hours: Last Saturday of each month from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Intended for: Adults with intellectual, mental, motor, visual and hearing disabilities, as well as people without disabilities.
Modality: In-person.
Fee: $5,000 pesos
Place of course: Sánchez de Loria 443. Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
Registration period: Permanent registration.
Requirements: Comfortable clothing for body work.
Contact information: Directorate of University Extension of the National University of the Arts-UNA, Rodríguez Peña 262 Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 12 to 8 p.m. Telephones: (5411) 4371 6788 (5411) 2073 8213.
Email: folklore.extension@una.edu.ar
More information: folklore.una.edu.ar/cursos/neurotango_41978
Logo courtesy of Augusto Balizano, pioneer and organizer of the Gay Milonga of Buenos Aires “La Marshall”.
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