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Buenos Aires Diaries: Carlos Puente from almatanguera 210 days old

You must meet Carlos Puente if you're in Buenos Aires and are mad about tango music from the Golden Age (late 1920s to 50s). Professor of the history ...

Buenos Aires Diaries: The flaw of perfection from almatanguera 213 days old

A reminder to myself, a self-confessed perfectionist: The more I take technique classes, the more I resist techniques. I know I'm on the last leg of ...

Buenos Aires Diaries: Practica X from almatanguera 328 days old

The place is a myth to me. It seems the hippiest salon to dance tango in BsAs. All the pros, wannabes go there I don't understand why. For me, it's a ...

Buenos Aries Diaries: Giuli and her Exams from almatanguera 365 days old

[ ... ] and her music notes in front of her on a desk, with no symphony orchestra in sight but an empty open space, Giuli is conducting with such vigor and ...

Fatty, Fatty, stay here...please stay... from almatanguera 514 days old

[ ... ] (the music of the neighbourhood for the people of the neighbourhood). Real emotions from real hearts. Anything otherwise would be pseudo. ...

Tango v.s. Beauty and Longevity, the Chinese Way from almatanguera 517 days old

[ ... ] The music that is so impossibly nostalgic, emotive, and expressive that I've been inhaling day and night like oxygen. The dance, to those magic ...

My Niece and Her Piano from almatanguera 522 days old

[ ... ] of Music. All pushed by her mum, fierce, determined, investing proportionately a huge amount from her humble teacher's salary in her ...

Sandia Calada - A Story From O from almatanguera 522 days old

[ ... ] * milonga - it is referred to the music or a song here, written in 2/4 time. It's often danced in a tango dance salon which is also called milonga.

I am to lead from almatanguera 581 days old

I like tangoing with women. It's fun! The challenge though is that there aren't many of us who can lead. But in Buenos Aires, we have better chances. ...

A confession from almatanguera 583 days old

I no longer behold that burning fire for tango, The tides are receding. Though I still feel them rising when I dance, It also feels ok when I don't. I ...