A new tango show opened on Corrientes this past weekend, and your tangocherie was there to scope it out for you.Tramatango is the new vehicle of Milena Plebs, formally of Tango x2; this time out she is the director, choreographer, general chief and star.Here's what the program says:The show: ..
Last Saturday Club Espanol had its first milonga in years! That's the good news.El Club Espanol (Bernardo Yrigoyen 172) is one of the most beautiful buildings in Buenos Aires, and, unlike so many others, is perfectly preserved. Like my secret correspondent related to me after attending the ..
Background reading for this post is The Dark Side, and Of Milongueros y Milongueras on The Tango Jungle.Tango pastel by Vera BervWhen dancers contact us about planning their tango time in Buenos Aires, I often ask them about their goals for this particular trip. Is it to improve their tango, ..
Let's go back to Greenwich Village in the early sixties and take a seat at a tacky empanada stand on the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal Streets. Let's eaves-drop on a bunch of kooky Argentinians as they expound and moan about La Vida. When writer John Nichols did just that, it was long before ..
Here are some more examples of how we can learn by looking at photos, in our goal to become self-correcting.The guy above has got that right leg far outside the "couple," making him vulnerable to losing his balance and/or tripping someone beside him on the floor. But just look at how he's ..