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DANCE JOURNEY OF A LIVING LEGEND
THAT BUILT TANGO INTO A COLLEGE TOWN
“SuperTango”
Erwin Goldfarb
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Leah Heil
straight for 45-pound weights and raised them with no apparent difficulty. Netza was in awe. Where did this man get such physical stamina?
Erwin hasn’t slowed down a bit since then. He trains in the gym three times a week. He lifts weights with 79-year old Peruvian friend Luis Manero, uses the elliptical machine, and carefully watches his diet and weight.
Till this day, Netza says that Erwin needs to bring several ladies to a milonga in any given night, because he will wear them all out! As a near-octogenerian, SuperTango outlasts all of his dance partners, regardless of age or skill level, late into the night.
Erwin advises anyone to learn to dance tango and offers this insight:
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“Be patient and make progress gradual and effective. Above all, find your own dancing style and preference. Remember, nobody owns the tango. Get whatever is useful to you and concentrate on that. Many concepts or theories can wait until the time when you can evaluate them better. In the meantime, have fun in the process of learning and dancing."
His favorite genres are vals criollo and milonga, which his niece reports that he “loves so much.” Besides his favorite D’Arienzo, Erwin has many favorite composers, including Rodriquez, Biaggi, Fresedo, and Pugliese. Reflecting on dancing the tango, he says, “…putting music into physical motion and…sharing this experience with my dance partner is truly exhilarating.”
Erwin is living proof that dance keeps you young. “I feel young as I dance,” he says. “Dancers, I believe, have in general great longevity and a good quality of life to complement it.”
He adds that “since I have become more proficient at tango, I feel that I have more fun and freedom when dancing…This permeates throughout, so the community of dancers can perceive this feeling of enjoyment and exploration. This may influence their concept of dance.”
Erwin derives great satisfaction from the energy of young tangueros around him, constantly rejuvenated by his immersion within this community of academic intellectuals who openly embrace him. Of this he says, “The companionship of the community of tango dancers is like a rite. Sharing a common interest is rewarding.”
He continues to thrive on insatiable love of learning and the mind-body coordination he experiences at tango workshops.
If there’s a regret that Erwin has it’s that he didn’t start to learn tango sooner! Leah Heil maintains that tango enabled her beloved uncle to “become more of an extrovert, extremely social and well rounded,” and cites his sense of pride and love of studying the dance as a most positive and provocative change.
WHY “SUPERTANGO?”
Early on when Netza Roldan met SuperTango, he couldn’t get over his physical stamina. Netza had originally come to this country from Mexico as a college football athlete. One day he went to lift weights with Erwin and started with some 35-pound weights; Erwin went
Erwin with friend Luis Manero
Erwin’s chance encounter with world class instructors Gloria and Eduardo led him on a journey that not only changed his own life but influenced a whole community as well. He went on to develop a close relationship with local instructors and tango organizers Joe Grohens and Carlota, who first introduced him to his main teachers in Champaign, Alberto Páz and Valorie Hart. Erwin refers to his friend Joe as “a DJ with an immense portfolio of tangos in his computer…truly a fan of the tango.”
He established many other liaisons with area instructors who eventually became his good friends, and offered consistent support throughout the local tango scene over the years.
Erwin and Leah also brought Gloria and Eduardo, who Erwin calls “the legendary ambassadors of the tango,” to Champaign on three occasions, as well as his personal tango teacher Robert Canello with partner Valerie Egia.
Although he would never admit to it, “Erwin is the reason that the 2009 dance performance of Argentina Tango On Stage premiered in Champaign” – that is, because of his role in building such a significant tango community there, according to Netza Roldan. Erwin has known many of the show performers for years.
“Erwin is the reason that the 2009 dance performance of “ARGENTINA TANGO ON STAGE” premiered in Champaign.”
―Netza Roldan
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