Table 1 Six-week Argentine tango protocol for people with breast cancer and fatigue
Session | Description of the activities |
|---|---|
1 | Self-awareness. Warming-up (standing exercise, open feet, imaging of moving through the body from toes to scalp bringing awareness to patient’s bodily sensations); axis and muscle tone; tension and relaxation; introduction of the tango position with feet closed, reaching in six directions (floor, sky, front, back, left, right); walking techniques, steps in four directions (forward, backward, left, right); walking forward in the line of dance with music; walking backward in the line of dance with music; changing directions in the line of dance from forward to backward while walking with music; and focused ending (standing exercise in silence with open feet and eyes closed, no movement) |
2 | Spatial and musical perception. Warming-up; walking technique, steps in four directions; walking in the line of dance to the music; changing directions in the line of dance from forward to backward while walking with music; musicality: double-beat, single-beat, and half-beat; focused ending |
3 | Social Perception. Warming-up; walking technique, steps in four directions; walking in the line of dance to the music; changing directions in the line of dance from forward to backward while walking with music; musicality: double-beat, single-beat, and half-beat; partner exercises “mirror dance” = no physical contact, distance 2 m; mirror dance in a circle: one person leads the whole group; mirror dance in couples with changing partners walking in squares and walking in the line of dance with music; and focused ending |
4 | Playfulness. Warming-up; introduction of the “pivot” = turning on one foot; combining walking and pivot; mirror dance (distance 2 m, no physical contact) in couples with changing partners with playful variations of walking together in the line of dance with music and with pivots; and focused ending |
5 | Sensation. Warming-up; mirror dance in couples (distance 2 m, no physical contact) with changing partners with the elements of the previous four sessions; focus on the quality of movement and connection = not how we move matters, but how we feel moving; and focused ending |
6 | Shared experience. Warming-up; dancing summary of the five sessions; focus on communal dance experience (distance 2 m, no physical contact); combining oneself with the group; and focused ending |