Tango, The Dance, The Journey, The Transformation: Camille Cusumano at TEDxLowerEastSide

Camille Cusumano is the author of "Tango, an Argentine Love Story", a memoir endorsed by Vipassana teacher Sylvia Boorstein as "a remarkable addition to contemporary dharma literature...[that] shows the redemptive potential of sincere spiritual practice."

Camille was a successful magazine editor when a perfect storm tossed her into turmoil. Out of heartbreak and suffering's chaos, came two lifelines: Her 20-plus years of Zen practice; the other, unforeseen, unexpected, and unlikely -- the dance of tango. The two lifelines have become the Golden Thread that Alchemy promises us if we wait with an open heart through the dark.

Her life's work centers on teaching, writing and tango, sometimes as a form of therapy to elders or people in rehab. She lives, teaches and meditates in San Francisco.

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