Bare Feet With Mickela Mallozzi

>> "BARE FEET" HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY... >> DANCE NETWORK, A STREAMING SERVICE DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO THE ART OF DANCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AVAILABLE ANYTIME AT dancenetwork.tv AND ON YOUR PHONE, TABLET, AND STREAMING DEVICES. DANCE NETWORK IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF "BARE FEET." I'M MICKELA MALLOZZI, AND YOU'RE WATCHING "BARE FEET." WELCOME TO BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MOST PASSIONATE DANCE IN THE WORLD, THE TANGO. I'M A DANCER... AND I'M A TRAVELER. AND WHEREVER I GO, I EXPERIENCE THE WORLD ONE DANCE AT A TIME. I'M MICKELA MALLOZZI, AND THIS IS "BARE FEET." EVERY PLACE I VISIT, I FIND THE DANCE THAT IDENTIFIES WITH THE PEOPLE. I'VE MADE IT HERE TO BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, THE BIRTHPLACE FOR ONE OF THE MOST PASSIONATE DANCES IN THE WORLD. I'M HERE TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL TANGO FESTIVAL, EXPLORING THE COMPETITIVE, COMMERCIAL, AND TRADITIONAL SIDE TO THIS INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON. AND ALONG THE WAY, I FIND SOME INCREDIBLE DANCE ADVENTURES ON MY OWN. I'M PRACTICING ON MY SPANISH. >> NO, NO. >>

LAUGHS

IT'S MY FIRST NIGHT IN BUENOS AIRES, AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO A MILONGA, WHICH IS A TANGO DANCE PARTY. TANGO RUNS IN THE BLOOD OF THE PEOPLE OF BUENOS AIRES. WE'RE JUST GONNA SEE WHAT BUENOS AIRES IS ALL ABOUT. I ARRIVE AT ZONA TANGO, ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE MILONGAS IN ALL OF BUENOS AIRES. ONCE A WEEK, FERNANDO BIETTI, COFOUNDER OF ZONA TANGO, OPENS THE DOORS OF HIS HOME TO THE PUBLIC TO OFFER A TANGO EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER. WORKING ALONGSIDE HIM IS INES ROSSETTI, DANCE INSTRUCTOR AND MY TANGO GUIDE DURING MY STAY IN THE CITY. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST CLASSES I'VE EVER TAKEN, AND I'LL JUST SORT OF PICK IT UP AS WE GO. THIS IS A SPACE WHERE ALL STYLES OF TANGO ARE WELCOMED AND EMBRACED. >> THE IDEA OF THE TANGO IS THAT WE NEED TO DO IT IN PAIR, IN THE COUPLE. >> IT'S LIKE A CONVERSATION. YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PERSON YOU ARE INTERACTING WITH. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> NOEL. >> NOEL? >> AND YOURS? >> MICKELA. >> MICKELA. >> NICE TO MEET YOU. THIS ALL RIGHT?

LAUGHS

>> YEAH.

BOTH LAUGH

>> THE WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OTHER IS NOT SOME MEMORY MOVEMENT OR SOME CHOREOGRAPHY. MOVE BY YOUR OWN, WITHOUT RULES. >> SO WHAT NATURALLY COMES OUT OF THEIR OWN BODY, YOU TRANSLATE TO WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEIR TANGO. >> YES. >> YEAH. >> THE IDEA IS TO FOLLOW THE OTHER, SO IF I WANT TO SHIFT YOUR BODY WEIGHT, I DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> AH. >> AND, THEN, IF I WANT TO WALK, I JUST WALK. >> FOR MY FIRST LESSON, INES FOCUSES ON THE SIMPLICITY OF THE DANCE. ITS FOUNDATION IS A STYLIZED WALKING STEP, MOVING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. GETTING TO THAT PLACE HAPPENS BY EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH YOUR DANCE PARTNER THROUGH VERY SUBTLE CUES. >> SIDEWAYS STEP. YES. SHIFT YOUR BODY WEIGHT. IT'S A LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS.

LAUGHS

MY NEW SKILLS ARE PUT TO THE TEST WHEN FERNANDO HIMSELF OFFERS ME MY FIRST REAL TANGO IN BUENOS AIRES. MY HEART'S, LIKE, POUNDING RIGHT NOW. IT'S VERY PASSIONATE. YOU'RE CONNECTED WITH SOMEONE LIKE I'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE. IT'S LIKE READING A LANGUAGE, JUST READING A BODY. >> MM-HMM. >> WOW! HOLY MOLY! PHEW! MY GOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU-U-U-U-U >> NOW THAT I'VE SETTLED IN TO BUENOS AIRES AND HAD MY FIRST TASTE OF TANGO, I'VE DECIDED TO REALLY GET TO KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF THE CITY. THIS IS WHERE THE REAL FUN STUFF BEGINS. WE CAN HEAR MUSIC PLAYING, AND THERE ARE ALL THESE LITTLE TENTS OUTSIDE WITH VENDORS.

BIRD CHIRPING

YOU COULD LITERALLY SPEND AN ENTIRE DAY HERE AND NOT SEE EVERYTHING. IT'S MASSIVE. MASSIVE MARKET. I'M IN PLAZA DORREGO, AT THE SAN TELMO MARKET.

TOY BIRD CAWS

EVERY SUNDAY, OVER 8,000 TOURISTS AND LOCALS COME HERE TO DIG THROUGH ITS ANTIQUE TREASURES AND ITS PLETHORA OF DELICIOUS STREET FOOD. THAT'S GOOD. IT'S REALLY HOT.

LAUGHS

SO, IT'S CARAMEL, DRIED FIGS, APPLE, AND PEAR. GRACIAS. MMM. YOU'RE GETTING ALL YOUR FOOD GROUPS -- FRUITS, VEGGIES, CANDY. >>

SINGING IN SPANISH

>> HEY!

APPLAUSE

54 YEARS HE'S BEEN DANCING TANGO. OH, NO!

APPLAUSE

GRACIAS. THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO RECOLETA, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST CEMETERY IN BUENOS AIRES. IT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL CEMETERY. IT'S ALL MASOLEUMS FROM THE EARLY 1900s. SO WE HAVE THE REALLY HIGH-CLASS SOCIETY BURIED HERE IN BUENOS AIRES.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING

THIS IS EVA PERON'S GRAVE RIGHT HERE. SHE WAS THE FAMOUS WIFE OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PRESIDENTS OF ARGENTINA. SHE'S SEEN AS A HUGE SORT OF MOTHER FIGURE FOR EVERYONE HERE. EVERYWHERE, EVITA IS PRAISED. EVERY DAY, PEOPLE BRING FLOWERS. IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL. SO, I'M GONNA BE A REAL PORTEO FOR THIS EVENING. A PORTEO MEANS SOMEONE FROM BUENOS AIRES. WE'RE MEETING ALL OF MY NEW FRIENDS FROM THE CITY, AND WE'RE GOING TO MILONGA. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUTSIDE, IN A BEAUTIFUL GAZEBO. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO CHECK IT OUT. I WANT TO DANCE. >> OKAY. >> LET'S DANCE. >>

LAUGHS

>> I'M PARTNERED WITH FELLOW TANGO BEGINNER MATTHEW. IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO DANCE TANGO WHEN NEITHER PARTNER KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. >> SORRY. THAT'S WAY TOO HIGH. >> NO, THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. IT'S A GOOD CHALLENGE. >>

LAUGHS

>> I DID THAT WRONG AGAIN. SHOOT. >> MEANWHILE, MY FRIENDS INES AND CLOTILDE HAVE PARTNERED UP WITH TWO REGULARS WHO ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE AT THEIR SKILL LEVEL. >> SO, I'M JUST SHUFFLING FROM FOOT TO FOOT. >> WOW. >> SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET -- >> AND, THEN, I SHOULD CROSS AT SOME POINT FORWARD, RIGHT? >> YEAH, IF I LEAD IT PROPERLY.

TANGO MUSIC PLAYS

FOLKLRICO MUSIC PLAYS

>> OH, FOLKLORE. LET'S GO. >>

SINGING IN SPANISH

>> SO, EACH SONG HAS ITS OWN FORM FOR THE DANCE SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT TO DO? IS THAT RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> OKAY. >>

SINGING IN SPANISH

>> AH!

RHYTHMIC CLAPPING

ARGENTINA IS KNOWN FOR RAISING SOME OF THE BEST MEAT IN THE WORLD. SO LIKE A TRUE PORTEO, I'M GOING TO HAVE PARRILLA. PARRILLA IS BARBECUE, BASICALLY -- ARGENTINIAN BARBECUE. IF YOU PUT ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER, YOU'D GET A FULL COW AND A FULL PIG. IS CHINCHULIN THE INTESTINES?

LAUGHS

OH, THIS IS GOOD. >>

SINGING IN SPANISH

APPLAUSE

>> WAIT. YOU THINK THE NIGHT'S OVER? THINK AGAIN. LIVING LIKE A PORTEO MEANS WE PARTY LIKE A PORTEO, UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING. >>

SINGING IN SPANISH

>> OH, HI, INES. OKAY, WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THE UNIVERSITY RIGHT NOW. NO, WE'RE IN A CAB. WE'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC. WE'RE RUNNING LATE. THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE HERE AT UNA, THE UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ARTE. AND THIS CAMPUS RIGHT HERE IS JUST FOR MOVEMENT. THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF MODERN TWISTS ON TRADITIONAL TANGO, THE MIXTURE OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT STYLES OF DANCE, AND WE'RE ABOUT TO SIT IN ON A REALLY SPECIAL REHEARSAL WITH INES, MY DANCE TEACHER FROM MY MILONGA THE OTHER NIGHT. WHAT WE DID AT THE MILONGA WAS TOTAL IMPROVISATION. WHAT WE'RE WATCHING RIGHT NOW IS A REHEARSAL OF ACTUAL CHOREOGRAPHED TANGO. ALL OF THESE DANCERS ARE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED IN BALLET, CONTEMPORARY DANCE, MODERN. YOU SEE ALL THOSE TECHNIQUES COMING TOGETHER IN THIS TANGO. IT'S BEAUTIFUL CHOREOGRAPHY DONE BY LEONARDO. S.

LAUGHTER

IT'S LIKE WATCHING PEOPLE HAVE SEX.

LAUGHS

AFTER THE REHEARSAL, INES INVITES ME OUT TO SOME PARRILLA WITH HER BEST FRIEND AND DANCE COLLABORATOR, CLOTILDE MEEROFF, BOTH VERY WELL CONNECTED IN THE BUENOS AIRES TANGO SCENE. WHILE OTHER YOUNG ARGENTINIANS HAVE ABANDONED THE ARTFORM, THESE TWO DANCERS ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE FEW THAT ARE COMMITTED TO REINTERPRETING AN OLD TRADITION. THEY HAVE A COLLECTIVE. IT'S MORE OF AN IDEA ABOUT TANGO. EXPLAIN ABRAN CANCHA, WHICH MEANS "OPEN FIELD." >> TANGO USUALLY IS ABOUT LEARNING A STRUCTURE AND REPEATING THAT, AND WE THINK THAT TANGO IS ABOUT DIALOGUE, ABOUT COMMUNICATION, AND ABOUT IMPROVISATION. >> IT USED TO BE VERY MACHISMO TANGO, WHERE THE MAN LEADS. YOUR IDEA OF TANGO IS EACH PARTNER HAS AN EQUAL VALUE IN THE DANCE. >> THERE IS NOT A SCHOOL OR A PERSON THAT CAN TELL YOU HOW IT HAS TO BE DONE. EVERYTHING IS CORRECT. >> NOW, TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER MILONGA, LA CATEDRAL. EVERYONE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, IF YOU'RE IN BUENOS AIRES, YOU HAVE TO SEE LA CATEDRAL. >> IT'S NOT AN EXCLUSIVE TANGO PLACE. THEY'RE MORE OPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE. >> SO IT'S A VERY ABRAN CANCHA MENTALITY. LA CATEDRAL WAS NOTHING LIKE I HAD EXPECTED -- A BOHEMIAN MECCA OF ART, DANCE, AND MUSIC UNDER THE ROOF OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE A GIANT WAREHOUSE. THERE, I RAN INTO A FAMILIAR FACE, FERNANDO BIETTI OF LA ZONA TANGO, WHO CHALLENGED ME AND LET ME TRY THE ABRAN CANCHA METHOD OF BOTH OF US IMPROVISING TOGETHER AND LEADING ONE ANOTHER.

LAUGHS

BEING WITH THESE PEOPLE IN THIS SPACE, IT REMINDS ME THAT THERE IS NOT JUST ONE DEFINITION OF TANGO. >> YEAH! >> THAT WAS GREAT. >> BUT ALL OF THAT WAS JUST A WARM-UP FOR THE BIG DAY. >> WE'RE OFF TO GO TANGO. LET'S GO. WE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE TANGO FESTIVAL MUNDIAL, WHICH IS THE LARGEST TANGO FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD. IT'S A TWO-WEEK-LONG FESTIVAL. THE WHOLE CITY IS SORT OF TAKEN OVER BY THIS LOVE FOR TANGO. WE'VE GOT VENDORS. THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME MASTER CLASSES WITH PROFESSIONALS. WE'RE GONNA CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING HERE. WE'VE GOT MUSIC VENDORS, SHOES. ANYTHING WITH TANGO IS HERE. CARLOS CARDEL IS BASICALLY THE FATHER OF TANGO. HE STARTED THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED A DRESS IF THERE'S NO BODY TO IT. I CAN SEE YOU. IT JUST SEEMED LIKE HIGH HEELS, BUT WHEN YOU PUT THEM ON, THEY FIT LIKE A GLOVE. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. THIS IS HOW YOU DRINK MATE. MATE IS A TEA, AND IT'S A WHOLE CEREMONY THAT PEOPLE DO, AND THEY PASS IT AROUND. WOW!

LAUGHS

OH, MY GOD! THAT WAKES YOU UP. OKAY, SO NOW I'M ABOUT TO TAKE A TANGO DE SALON CLASS WITH TWO OF THE WINNERS FROM LAST YEAR'S MUNDIAL FESTIVAL. LET'S GO. WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE. I'M VERY NEW TO THIS. OOH! WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, RIGHT? >> IT'S EASY. >> "IT'S EASY." >>

LAUGHS

>> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

CHUCKLES

SO, SHOULD I PUT MORE WEIGHT HERE OR HERE? >> HERE. >> PUSH DOWN? >> NOT UP, DOWN. >> OKAY, YEAH. STICKING MY BIG BUM OVER THERE. HERE YOU GO. I DID IT WRONG AGAIN! >>

SPEAKING SPANISH

OVER HERE. >> WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. YEAH! HIGH FIVE. VERY NICE. EN ROUTE TO TONIGHT'S FESTIVITIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN, WE STOP OVER TO HEAR A LIVE TANGO ORCHESTRA -- JUST ONE OF THE MANY PERFORMANCES HAPPENING OVER THE FESTIVAL'S TWO-WEEK SPAN.

RHYTHMIC CLAPPING

APPLAUSE

AS DAY TURNS TO NIGHT, THE FESTIVAL CONTINUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LA BOCA. HERE AT THE MUSEO ADAPTE, TANGO IS REPRESENTED IN ALL ARTFORMS. HELP! THE FLOOR OPENS UP TO ALL INTERPRETATIONS OF TANGO -- PAST AND PRESENT, YOUNG AND OLD, AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL. THE CITY'S TRADITIONAL STYLE IS BOTH CELEBRATED AND DRASTICALLY CHANGED, WITH SOME NEW IDEAS THROWN IN THE MIX. >>

BEATBOXING

>>

BEATBOXING

>> OH! YOU'VE CREATED YOUR OWN WAY OF REPRESENTING TANGO. >>

BEATBOXING

>> AS THE DAY WINDS DOWN, I REALIZE I'VE SEEN THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF TANGO. THE FESTIVAL TRULY STANDS AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROGRESSION OF THIS DANCE IN ALL OF ITS COLORS.

APPLAUSE

WHILE THE REST OF THE WORLD IS COMPLETELY OBSESSED WITH TANGO, IT IS SLOWLY DYING IN ITS OWN COUNTRY OF ARGENTINA. HERE IN BUENOS AIRES, I HEAD TO ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST POPULAR MILONGAS, COCHABAMBA, SITUATED RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE HISTORIC SAN TELMO NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FIRST THING THAT YOU SEE IN SAN TELMO AND THAT YOU CAN FEEL ARE THE COBBLESTONES. IT IS AN OLD PART OF THE CITY. YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN EUROPE. THIS IS WHERE THE BIGGEST TANGO CULTURE IS IN THE CITY OF BUENOS AIRES. I'M HERE TO MEET A GROUP OF YOUNG DANCERS WHO ARE CONTINUING TANGO'S LEGACY. WE ARE AT THE MILONGA OF ANA POSTIGO, AND I'M HERE WITH BRUNO, BRENDA, GUSTAVO, AND VERONICA. THESE KIDS ARE INCREDIBLE. HOW DID YOU START TANGO? KIDS YOUR AGE DON'T REALLY DANCE TANGO. WHEN YOU GO TO MILONGAS, IS IT STRANGE? THEY LOVE YOU GUYS. YOU ARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF TANGO DANCERS. WILL YOU DANCE WITH ME? >> YEAH. >> SO, BRUNO, HOW OLD ARE YOU? >> 18. >> 18. SO THIS IS LEGAL, WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT TANGO? >>

SINGING IN SPANISH

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> THE NEXT DAY, BRENDA WAS KIND ENOUGH TO MEET ME IN HER OWN NEIGHBORHOOD OF LA BOCA. WE MET IN NEARBY CAMINITO, A PICTURESQUE TOURIST DESTINATION THAT CLAIMS TO BE THE BIRTHPLACE OF TANGO.

LAUGHTER

iHOLA! THIS IS YOUR HOME. THIS IS, LIKE, CENTER OF TANGO, THE HEART OF TANGO, RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> IT'S A VERY TYPICAL IDEA OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK WHEN THEY THINK BUENOS AIRES TANGO. THEY THINK CAMINITO. >> YEAH. >> YOU FINISH HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR. >> AND, THEN, I'M GONNA STUDY TANGO. >> UNIVERSITY? >> S. >> AH! WE WERE THERE. DO YOU HAVE TO AUDITION TO GET INTO UNA? >> YEAH. I'M SO NERVOUS ABOUT THAT. >> YOU CAN DO IT. YOU CAN DO IT. YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL DANCER. NO.

LAUGHS

BOTH LAUGH

YOU WANT TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL TANGO DANCER. >> YEAH. >> SO, THIS IS YOUR HOUSE. >> DO YOU WANT TO GO IN? >> YEAH. >> YEAH? >> IS THAT OKAY? COME ON. LET'S SEE LIFE IN LA BOCA. COME ON. YOU CAN TELL US. WE WON'T TELL THEM. >> ACTUALLY, GUSTAVO. >> GUSTAVO? >> YEAH, YEAH. HE'S MY FAVORITE. YOU DANCED WITH GUSTAVO? >> MM-HMM. iHOLA!

BOTH LAUGH

SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL DANCER. S. S, S, S.

LAUGHTER

YEAH, S. HEY! "SHE'S THE LIGHT OF ARGENTINA," SHE SAID. >> AH! >> GRACIAS. CIAO. YOUR MOTHER IS SO SWEET. >>

LAUGHS

>> SHE REMINDS ME OF MY MOTHER. MY MOTHER'S A LITTLE CRAZIER, BUT -- RIGHT, MA? I LOVE YOU. >>

LAUGHS

>> NEXT TIME I COME TO ARGENTINA, I WILL COME FIND YOU, AND WE'LL DANCE TOGETHER, OKAY? >> THANK YOU. >>

SMOOCHES

THIS IS IT. WE'RE HERE. THIS IS IT. THIS IS TANGO PORTEO. AND NOW I'M GETTING NERVOUS. THIS IS A SUPER-BIG DEAL, AND I'VE NEVER DANCED TANGO IN FRONT OF ANYBODY EXCEPT AT A PARTY. GRACIAS.

SPEAKING SPANISH

>> OUR PLEASURE. YOU'RE GONNA TRAIN FOR, LET'S SAY, ONE HOUR OR SO, OR MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, AND TONIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA BE A STAR IN THE SHOW. YOU COME TO ARGENTINA, YOU HAVE TO SEE SOME TANGO. >> OF COURSE. >> AT TANGO PORTEO, WHAT WE ARE RE-CREATING IS THE GOLDEN ERA OF TANGO, THE ERA OF THE BIG ORCHESTRAS. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOUR PRIVATE TEACHER, WHICH IS JESUS. >> HOLA, HOLA.

SPEAKING SPANISH

>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, I DANCE, BUT THIS IS MY FIRST WEEK DOING TANGO. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT. EVEN THOUGH IT IS IMPROVISATION THAT WE'RE DOING ONSTAGE, THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR. HE'S USED TO DANCING WITH PROFESSIONAL TANGO DANCERS. >> LEG RIGHT, LEG LEFT. YES, YES, YES. NO. >> NO. >> NO, NO, NO. YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. >>

EXHALES SHARPLY

IT'S GONNA BE A LONG THREE MINUTES. >> DUN, CHA-DUN-DUN >> THE MOST DIFFICULT STEP I HAVE DOING WITH JESUS IS THE DIP. I HAVE TO BE STRAIGHT AS A BOARD, AND THAT'S THE HARDEST PART. >> WITH ME, WITH ME. >> I AM NERVOUS -- REALLY, REALLY NERVOUS. IF YOU TOLD ME A WEEK AGO I'D BE HERE, I WOULDN'T HAVE BELIEVED IT. I ALSO DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE GONNA GIVE ME A WHOLE 3 1/2-MINUTE TANGO TO DANCE. THAT WILL BE THE LONGEST THREE MINUTES OF MY LIFE. OKAY.

LAUGHS

SIGHS

MY LESSON'S GOING OKAY, BUT THE CLOCK IS TICKING. I ONLY HAVE ABOUT TWO HOURS. >> YOU'RE DOING GOOD. YOU'RE JUST -- YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE NERVOUS. >> I'M, LIKE, GONNA START CRYING. I DON'T WANT TO GET ME CRYING.

SNIFFLES

EXHALES SHARPLY

IT'S JUST WALKING. IT'S JUST WALKING, WALKING, WALKING, WALKING, WALKING. I DIDN'T REALIZE I WOULDN'T BE DANCING FOR THREE MINUTES A WHOLE TANGO AND GETTING REALLY ANXIOUS. CRAZY. I'M CRAZY. >> YES, YOU ARE CRAZY.

LAUGHS

>> GRACIAS, NORMA. LAST TIME I GET TO DANCE WITH JESUS IS NOW. >> OOH!

LAUGHS

INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS

>>

LAUGHS

SMOOCHES

>> THANK YOU.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> BRAVO! >> BRAVO!

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

>> HERE WE GO. THIS IS IT. I'LL SEE YOU ONSTAGE. >> BRAVO!

APPLAUSE

>>

SIGHS

I'M STILL SHAKING RIGHT NOW. THAT WAS AMAZING.

LAUGHS

>> INCREDIBLE!

LAUGHS

>> BELLISIMA! >> NOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN. >> OH, DEFINITELY. >> TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN. >> SOMEDAY. >> ONE DAY, I WENT TO BUENOS AIRES, AND IN TWO HOURS, I WAS ON THE STAGE, DANCING.

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST DANCED IN TANGO PORTEO, A PROFESSIONAL SHOW IN BUENOS AIRES. AND TO THINK, ONLY A WEEK AGO, I BARELY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT TANGO. I'M REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF. IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. I'LL NEVER FORGET IT. IT'S BEEN A DREAM COME TRUE, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEXT "BARE FEET" ADVENTURE, WHEREVER IT TAKES ME. SO PLEASE STAY TUNED, AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. YOU CAN STAY CONNECTED WITH US ON travelbarefeet.com, WHERE YOU'LL FIND EXTRA BONUS VIDEOS, JOIN OUR "BARE FEET" SERIES CONVERSATIONS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, AND STAY UPDATED WITH OUR NEWSLETTER. WE'RE OFF TO TANGO. WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO TANGO. OKAY! LET'S GO TANGO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. I'M LATE AS USUAL. LET'S GO TANGO. JUST DON'T SAY, "LET'S GO TANGO"? AFTER THE LEAP OR BEFORE THE LEAP? THIS DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.

LAUGHS

>> "BARE FEET" HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU IN PART BY... >> DANCE NETWORK, A STREAMING SERVICE DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO THE ART OF DANCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AVAILABLE ANYTIME AT dancenetwork.tv AND ON YOUR PHONE, TABLET, AND STREAMING DEVICES. DANCE NETWORK IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF "BARE FEET."