International Tango Day is celebrated around the world each year on 11 December; the date being adopted by the Secretary of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires to mark the birthdays of vocalist Carlos Gardel and violinist / band … Read More
A short documentary on social tango by UK milonguero and film maker Ben Lovejoy. “This short documentary has been a long time in the planning, and a fair time in the making! If you don’t dance #tango, and are bemused … Read More
Thanks Matthew Civil and JoJo from Wellington for posting the video clip.
There exists a belief in tango community that sounds something like this: “If I get to dance with better dancers, my dancing will improve much faster than if I only dance with people of my own level.” Or like this: … Read More
In a milonga, it’s rude to get up and ask someone to dance, “thank you” does not mean “thank you,” and unusually prolonged eye-contact is entirely legitimate. I left the first milonga I attended after—maybe, at my most conservative guess—an … Read More
