TOFIC ANTON
Lynkorr did not begin with an idea I could explain. My mind was not searching for a theory. Something in me was searching through movement before I understood what it was searching for. In tango, I was drawn toward a deeper connection, greater fluidity and a freedom of expression that felt true to me. Little by little, the techniques that emerged from that search began to express something I had never consciously tried to put into dance: the way I understood freedom, relationship and being myself.
The questions were not new. I had carried questions about life, identity, freedom and relationship long before tango, but I had never consciously connected them to the way I danced. Only later did I recognize that the movement research and those questions were speaking about the same thing. What I had been trying to express through the body was, in many ways, an expression of who I was. Once I became aware of that connection, I could begin to name it, organize it and understand the common thread. That is where Lynkorr became more than a way of moving, and where The Lynkorr Project began.
FROM FEELING TO RESEARCH
At first, I was not trying to build a method. I was trying to find a quality of dance that felt more connected, fluid and expressive. Each time something in the movement felt forced, disconnected or limited, I kept searching for another organization. Gradually, attention moved toward the ground, the standing leg, gravity, breathing, weight transfer and the reduction of unnecessary resistance.
What appeared as separate technical discoveries slowly began to reveal one common logic. The body could be deeply connected to another person without surrendering its own organization. Expression could grow from support rather than from force. Freedom did not require separation; it could exist inside connection. This was the movement research that eventually became Lynkorr.
WHEN THE PIECES CONNECTED
Over time, grounding, breathing, the standing leg, weight transfer, resistance and partner communication stopped appearing to me as separate discoveries. They belonged to the same organization. And the more clearly I understood that organization, the more I began to recognize something familiar in it: the same questions of freedom, identity, relationship and choice that had occupied me long before tango.
That recognition changed the research. Lynkorr was no longer only about finding greater fluidity, connection or freedom of expression in dance. It became a way of observing how we remain ourselves while relating to another person, how support differs from dependence, and how freedom can exist inside connection. Once that common thread became conscious, I could begin to name it, organize it and eventually write The Lynkorr Project.
PROFESSIONAL BIO
Tofic Anton and Toufic Antoun El Halabi (also Toufic El Halabi) are the same person. Tofic Anton is an international tango teacher, dancer and coach with more than 20 years of experience. He has taught and performed internationally. He is the creator of Lynkorr, an original movement philosophy linking tango biomechanics, relationship and organization, and the author of The Lynkorr Project: A Master Architecture of Movement, Relationship, and Organization (2026) and its Spanish edition, El Proyecto Lynkorr. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from INSA Toulouse (2012) and teaches in the Physics Department at the Lebanese University.
Today, Tofic Anton deliberately maintains a low public profile, concentrating on his research and development of Lynkorr and on teaching small groups seeking a deep, authentic practice of tango. His present work centres on research and training, away from shows and festival appearances. In his teaching, steps and figures are explored for the feeling, connection and expression they make possible, rather than for the figure itself. He works with groups seeking tango as part of their identity and their search for harmony.
Tofic Anton’s current teaching practice centres on introductory Lynkorr workshops and ongoing monthly intensive training in closed groups. All workshops are by application and acceptance, for dancers seeking this approach. His current work is dedicated to teaching and training; he does not offer shows, festival appearances or performance engagements.
Tofic Anton, known academically as Toufic Antoun El Halabi, is a mechanical engineer with a PhD from INSA Toulouse, an engineering professor at the Physics Department, Lebanese University, an Argentine tango dancer and teacher, movement researcher and creator of Lynkorr.
His broader movement background includes martial arts, professional table tennis and competitive skiing. Through decades of dancing, teaching, observation and experimentation, he developed Lynkorr as an investigation into how grounding, gravity, breathing, organization and the standing leg can support freedom of movement while preserving connection between partners.
Tofic Anton biography — Abrazame y Baila
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH BACKGROUND
The author of The Lynkorr Project, Tofic Anton, is also known academically as Toufic Antoun El Halabi. His earlier academic work and publications may also appear under the names Toufic El Halabi, T. El Halabi, T. Elhalabi, and T. El-Halabi. These identities are linked in a single public ORCID record: orcid.org/0009-0000-5409-0417.
He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from INSA Toulouse, France. His doctoral research focused on the modelling, preliminary design, and optimization of electromechanical actuation systems. His doctoral work, Méthodologies pour la conception optimale des systèmes d’actionnement électromécaniques, was completed at INSA Toulouse and defended on 22 March 2012.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Optimal geometrical integration of electromechanical actuators — 2010
Coupling CAD and system simulation framework for the preliminary design of electromechanical actuators — 2010
Modelling approaches for the simulation-based preliminary design and optimization of electromechanical and hydraulic actuation systems — AIAA, 2012
Optimal preliminary design of electromechanical actuators — Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering. Authors: Marc Budinger, Aurélien Reysset, Toufic El Halabi, Catalin Vasiliu, Jean-Charles Maré. DOI: 10.1177/0954410013497171.
FROM ENGINEERING RESEARCH TO LYNKORR
These initial studies highlight Tofic Anton’s expertise in technical analysis, structural modeling, and empirical validation. The significance lies not in a direct scientific proof of Lynkorr through these papers, but in the analytical rigour—examining systems, forming structures, challenging premises, and refining results—that he subsequently utilized to transform his physical inquiry into a comprehensive movement methodology.