Hello listeros!
Just to let you all know that my memoir, The Church of Tango, was published on
Saturday.
Not a typical tango book per se, nor a tango history, it is my passionate
memoir of tragedy and adventure, lust and music, romance and tango, that takes
place in four countries. It is my
I believe the term close embrace as it relates to tango was coined by a
native English speaker to distinguish it from the hold of ballroom. An
embrace is an embrace. Do you embrace someone at arm's length in normal life?
The tango embrace is the same as the embrace of someone you love,
Vince, this is so inaccurate!
If the porteno is under 30, he probably goes to practicas where anything
goes.
As a dancer who has lived and taught tango with my milonguero parter in BsAs
for many years, let me assure you that the codigos are still respected and
observed in all of the
Yes they are, in Tango Salon.
Cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com
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This type of behavior can happen with foreign people, but never with a Porteño
couple.
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You may
These rules apply more to the locals than visiting foreigners. There's quite a
taboo against dancing with the woman of an Argentino, but not really with
tourists. The locals understand that tourists are here to dance and perhaps
don't know the codigos, so things are looser with foreigners, with
(Although I had heard that no
one would dance when Gardel sings or is played, out of respect to him.)
I believe Gardel is not danced because the tempos wax and wane and it truly is
music for listening, not out of respect for him. There are many tangos that are
not danced for the
Hola Vince,
Don't worry--this blog post in my opinion was just extremist to get attention.
I've lived here in BsAs for 7 years and the milongas I go to are just as packed
with locals as ever--summer or winter, the Saturday afternoon Milonga de los
Consagrados is always full of hundreds of
The following was sent to me this morning by Guillermo Thorp, the editor of
Diostango Magazine here in BsAs.
On Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. there will be a Mass in honor and memory of Osvaldo
Zotto, in the Church of San Jose, Bartolome Mitre 2411, in Buenos Aires. All
are welcome.
Informo que
Anton,
The clubes de barrio are not always in the outskirts of BsAs, but just small
social clubs in neighborhoods that tourists never go to.
What makes them generally different to the big milongas everyone knows about is
that
Generally everyone knows each other and dance with their friends;
Hola Mario,
There's this map, with addresses and even photos of the milongas:
http://bavenues.blogspot.com/
Suerte!
cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com
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It's all about the marketing.
There's a new ad in the tango magazines here for classes in Tango Nuevo
Milonguero !!!
Now what in the heck is that?
I'm sure the phrase will attract folks who want to be on the cutting edge
and/or perhaps to dance both traditional and nuevo.
I suppose the
Did the world really change around
me, or did my perception of the world change?
That's the crux of the question, isn't it?
Please tell me what in this world has not changed since 1993?
Whether it's the same as it was then or not isn't relevant, especially to
people who came to tango much
No, but in tradition-minded
BsAs, dressing in elegant sport (no jeans, shorts, cargo pants, or
athletic shoes), is in respect to the tango. Normally gentlemen wear
nice slacks with a button shirt. Jackets or tuxedos are not necessary.
cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com
After the CroMagnon tragedy in 2004, one of the few milongas that was
allowed to stay open was Club Espanol. Dany Borelli, the DJ, used
Piazzolla as the cortina because all other music was banned. Or rather,
for fear of being closed as were most of the milongas, only musica
nacional was
Bettina, Piazolla is never danced in the traditional milongas of Buenos
Aires. Never. Nor is Gardel or that Greek folksong so popular
elsewhere, Tango for Ephora.
But yes, the DJs of alternative milongas and practicas here play
modern music and non-tango music on occasion. But only the young
Bettina,
Do we live in the same city?
I've lived for 6 years here in Buenos Aires and dance and teach tango
with my partner, Ruben Aybar. We go to dance all the time at the
traditional milongas, which NEVER play alternative music. It is most
definitely not all mixed! Do you go to Region
I think the secret of making this an effective tool would be volume. If
100 students feel the workshop was well-taught and worth the trouble,
then the comments of 2-3 dissenters could be taken in context. If only
10 folks participate and rate everyone on the list, then it would be
useless.
Well put, Charles.
It's also good to choose milongas where people are more or less your same age,
especially if you are over 35.
Of course, a young beautiful girl who dances well, or even not that well, will
dance anyplace she wants to!
Cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com
As luck would have it,
last week my friend Gail Miller captured Amanda Lucero singing and
dancing a solo tango in the bathroom of Los Consagrados, where Amanda
works. Check it out on my blog:
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/2009/03/amanda-lucero-solo-tango.html
cherie
Sorry,
Sometimes still an old milonguero will keep folded handkerchiefs in
each palm as he embraces the woman, to avoid getting his sweat on her
back or her right hand. Nice.
cherie
it?is your responsibility to find followers who do not drape
themselves over you
and who do not have an
There's a new milonga here in Buenos Aires in the barrio of Boedo (San Juan
3330), called Sueno Porteno on Wednesdays.
The organizer, Julia Pugliese, makes games and themes every week: polka
dots, colors, ladies give the men they would like to dance with a candy, etc.
It's a very fun feminine
Hi Jack,
It's a nice event organized by Susana Miller. Ruben and I were invited last
year.
But my personal opinion is that there is no need to come to BsAs specifically
to attend an organized touristy festival. Much better to just come and
take the lessons you want and go to the milongas
Larry,
The best time for tango dancers depends on more than the weather.
Sure the weather is a consideration. For this reason, the tango tourists
swarm into BsAs in the spring and fall, when the weather is the most mild and
pleasant. This can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your
Here in Buenos Aires it's part of the codigos that because the tango is so
intimate, between the music during the chit-chat time, there is no touching of
the other person. Kind of a time to return to normal, before taking up the
intimate embrace again. It's actually considered bad manners for a
I remember when I lived and danced in Los Angeles, one Argentine man there
told me he used to hide out in the bathroom to get away from the aggressive
women. And this was years and years ago.
I can only imagine how much worse it is today.
One woman friend from L.A. who I saw down here was being
Here's a great article by Terence Clarke on Tango Nuevo, with the popular DNI
school in BsAs as an example of what he terms Playground Tango:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/15/125453.php
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/
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Hola List!
Last week there were problems of papeles regarding the upstairs salon of
Region Leonesa, where the milogas of Nino Bien on Thursdays, as well as others
on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are held.
For now the salon is closed without any idea of when there will be a
Hola List,
There's a fantastic new milonga that recently opened in Boedo, the barrio de
tango:
Boedo Tango
San Juan 3330
4931-4028
Owner: Luis
It's a very unusual locale, as it is upstairs from the Carrefour supermarket.
A very large (same size as the supermarket below) elegant salon, with 3
All I can say is that the word music (or musica) doesn't appear in the
first 10 pages of the book.
That's when I quit reading.
Cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/
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Oh, the Dinzels ! Bought their book once, it looked like a
The only tango instructional DVDs I recommend are
Un Tal Gavito
There are 3 in the series. Well worth getting.
I'm sure everyone out there has their own favorite.
Cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/
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Watch video on AOL Living.
I think what you describe is called by milongueros here in BsAs,
armonisacion.
Cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/
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I was asked, What's a wiggle? I have to confess
that see things and feel things in tango, but words
Hi Jerry,
I don't know about this one, but I do know about a cute and cozy and quiet
one-bedroom that my tanguero friend Raimundo rents. It's on Corrientes and
Junin, very close to El Beso, El Arranque, Porteno.
It's $160/wk and includes everything: cable, internet, maid, etc.
You can see photos
Yes, it's tradition, and when La Cumparsita begins, everyone on the floor
applauds.
It's so lovely.
Other traditions are no female singers, and you're correct,
it's bad luck to dance to Adios Muchachos.
Also Carlos Gardel recordings are never played at milongas in Buenos Aires.
Cherie
I remember Gavito talking about the men in the center of the floor between
tandas making a mushroom.
And the men who weren't successful in the cabeceo then went to the
bathroom.
Times change.
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Hi Holly,
What you experienced is very common: local men think that foreign women don't
know the codigos (and many don't), and so approach their tables to ask them
to dance. Often these men can't get local women to dance with them. Or they
just hope to profit from a newby's first time at a
Hi Marty,
Here's a crazy fantasy I had some time ago, obviously before Homeland
Security and the near-impossibility of Argentines getting visas:
THE MILAGRO MILONGUERO BUS
Apropos of taxi dancers, I have a crazy idea to make American tangueras
happy, Argentine milongueros some spare change and
Ron, I have a copy but I can't view it either on my computer or on my
all-region DVD player.
But I'll be happy to lend it to you. Maybe you can make it work.
It plays, but at the wrong speed, with discoordinated sound.
(I'll be in the U.S. briefly soon.)
Cherie
(54) 11 4932-5027
Sometimes near the end of the milonga (Buenos Aires), Ruben and I exchange
roles without stopping while dancing, and then switch back. We only go to
conservative milongas and everyone knows us, but still, sometimes people look
at us
in shock.
Cherie
http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/
Dany was at Chique on Thursday as always. He's also the DJ at El Arranque on
Mondays. Don't know what happend to him at Celia's.
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Lo de Celia is the place I call my second home. ... Dany
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