Fishnets & Fedoras

Milonge De Gante

Milonge De Gante, originally uploaded by Peter Forret.

Tango in Buenos Aires

Tango in Buenos Aires, originally uploaded by rickh710.

How Did A Dance For Whores Become Posh?

I wonder though, what about the workers? (Sorry just a bit of 1970s humour) We get all sorts of people in Salsa and the older crowd that we have for tempo dancing comes mainly from the working classes, but in tango it is almost all professionals, doctors, scientists, and university professors.

Tango is a dance for whores and Dockers not ballerinas and scientists, it is a folk dance, a means of socializing, and let us not forget, in the early part of the last century, it was the only way men could get close enough to a woman to touch (unless they paid of course).

via tangogales.wordpress.com

An interesting analysis of the UK tango scene, and how far its participants are from Tango's roots…

B&W Tango

, originally uploaded by sagapods.

Ballroom Dancing?

Looks more like Tango to me...

Blog posted here.

Talking at the milonga

To dance well, we must listen well, and if we're talking, then we're at most, only half listening. The music deserves more than that - or why dance?

via mytangodiaries.blogspot.com

Truer words have rarely been spoken.

Café Tango

via www.vimeo.com

Looks like a tourist-y tango show in a café or bar - but I quite enjoyed it.

Digging the bow tie. :-)

En Tus Brazos (In Your Arms)

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I can't believe that I haven't seen this before - quite, quite lovely.

Tango Mending A Broken Heart

"A lot of people dance tango because of divorce," she said. "It's probably the No. 1 reason that people start to dance it. When I first fell into a tango embrace with someone with his chest against mine, I felt all the good intentions of the human heart. I wanted to dance all the time, to feel that always. When I was dancing was the only time I didn't feel bad."

Tango also taught her life lessons, about leading and following, about dominance and submission, about regaining her balance and maintaining her sense of self while moving in harmony with someone else.

via www.marinij.com

Just in time for Valentine's Day…

Robert Duvall on Tango

If you dance a good tango it's not a meditative thing, but a quiet joy. It's not the passionate thing – jumping around – that people think. Let the music dictate what you do.

via www.guardian.co.uk