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Dancing and teaching tango in Buenos Aires from the point of view of an expatriate Californian who lives there.
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Ruben y Cherie: Puro Tango
De Aqui y De Alla, Pero Puro Tangois the title of our interview published this month in Diostango.See our tiny names on the bottom of the cover?I know you can't wait to read it (it's in Castellano), s...
Tango Festival
Check out the schedule of the August Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, which goes until September 12....
TANGO IN SALTA LA LINDA
Look at this salon in the Cultural Center on the plaza, where the government was providing a free tango workshop and we got to observe! I could hardly watch the class because I was so busy looking at ...
MUCHO MACHO
Last night after the milonga Ruben and I were interviewed for an article in a tango magazine. Well, Ruben was interviewed. The two men were just talking away and I couldn't get a word in edgewise. I h...
A HEAD'S UP!
Tango is all about the embrace. Following a series of posts on the embrace, right and left arms, and a question brought up because of the difference in how Tina and I hold our heads, here's some more ...
OLD DANCERS NEVER DIE, THEY TANGO
The Times Colonist in Canada recently published a PR piece with this great title. And you know, it's true. (well almost true) When they no longer feel like dancing salsa or swing all night long, bu...
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JUDGING THE JURYRuben and I went to Glorias Argentinas last night with friends to watch the next to last night of the qualifying heats for the Campeonato Metropolitano 2008.Twelve couples competed in ...
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Qualifying cou...
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MENDOCINO NIGHTSThe truth is, there's not a whole lot to do at night in Mendoza after dinner and a bottle of delicious Malbec. (The same is true for all day on Sunday.)Ruben and I naturally went out i...
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ASI SE BAILE EL TANGO!Some photos taken by Guillermo Thorp for Diostango magazine at the inauguration of this new Thursday milonga in San Telmo--Pedro and Alejandro, organizers.Tina Ferrari (Tina Tang...
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LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT AT THE NINO BIENBooks and blogs by women about their tango experiences/epiphanies in Buenos Aires proliferate yearly. (OK, so I'm one of those women.)It's refreshing to read a stor...
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MORE HOLDS AND EMBRACESThese two followers' left arms as well as their bodies are remarkably the same in both photos below. I would call the woman's position, Woman Who Wants to Lead, but I can't d...
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NOT JUST ANY TWO-GUY TANGO!This is Ozhan y Serkan, two Turkish men, performing in Italy. Aren't they gorgeous? You can read more and see a video of them dancing at Pensalo Bien. What I like about them...
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THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF TANGO--THE EMBRACEMy recent posts about the left arms of the men and the left arms of the women were far from complete; mostly I wanted to have fun with the topic while showing t...
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HOLD ME, HUG MENow that the man's left hand has been put on display and is being voted on (!), let's show a few various ways for the woman to use her left arm to embrace her partner.The Hug:The "El Be...
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FAVORITE HAND HOLD POLLHere's your chance to make your preferences known! Please take the poll to the left below (check the earlier post for photos.)...
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I WANNA HOLD YOUR HANDThe tango embrace varies from person to person, and sometimes from moment to moment, depending on the dancers, space available, personal choice, comfort, and occasionally, luck.I...
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THE BUENOS AIRES GLOW A recent discussion on the Tango List was about why people, especially women, return from a tango trip to Buenos Aires with a special "glow."Someone (a man) suggested that it's...
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WORDLESS WEDNESDAYA collage of photos from the milonga at the old Club Espanol, which closed one year ago....
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FIVE DAYS WITH BUZZ -- A PHOTO ESSAYA night at GricelAn afternoon at La Ideal Lunch at La BocaLunch at the Mataderos Gaucho FairPrivate lessons every dayFarewell asado on our terrace...
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CLARIN'S CHARMING TANGO VIDEOSThe Buenos Aires newspaper Clarin has produced two excellent multi-media presentations--interviews, film clips (all with English or Portuguese subtitles)--about what tan...
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THE LOFTY BANDONEONHi Folks, I'm now in my hometown of Los Angeles trying to recover from my smoke allergy that made me a basket case in Buenos Aires this week. I thought I was too sick to travel, but...
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Playground TangoNEW "NUEVO TANGO" SACRIFICES TRADITION AND GRACE by Terence ClarkeIn a well-written and perceptive article, Clarke calls tango nuevo in Buenos Aires playground tango. He cites Pablo ...
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BUENOS AIRES MILONGA UPDATESThings are always changing in Argentina, and the milongas are no exception.The most dramatic recent change was the closure of the Region Leonesa salon, where many fantastic...
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FEO!As I sit and watch the dance floor, I often wish the Tango Police would give citations to people who don't respect the Codigos, who endanger others with voleos and ganchos, or whose attire, like t...
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BOEDO TANGO -- WHO KNEW?Last night our normal Saturday routine of dancing at Los Consagrados was discombobulated when all the milongas at Region Leonesa (Nino Bien) were closed. The entire building wa...
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WHAT A NIGHT!A party to end all parties, the milonga to end all milongas, and maybe the tango birthday to end all birthdays! Such a night makes getting older really worth it!Our table was packed with ...
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MILONGEANDO EN MARDEL 2008Semana Santa, or Holy Week, in Argentina means little more than a time to get out of town. So Ruben and I took the bus to Mar Del Plata, like we did last March, for a few day...
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A MILONGUERO'S TANGOThe tango of a milonguero is perhaps the only thing that he really owns. His dance is his and his alone. No one can control it or take it away. He can be generous or selfish with i...
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Tete at left;Alberto belowLA PANZA MILONGUERA Ruben at rightLa Panza Milonguera is a very important accoutrement in dancing tango. Most of the older milongueros have one, and their part...