I have been obsessing about shoes for a long time and obsessing about writing a blog about them for months. And I find that I can’t write about shoes without talking about feet! How ironic to look back on my relationship with shoes. Maybe part of it was learned from my mother who I remember […]
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Announcement: 8 week Argentine Tango 1.5 course at Plaza de Anaya call (480) 894-8777 ∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞∞ After an action packed tango week comes the tango hangover. The ASU Tango Experience was a step up from last year’s festival. Although I was thoroughly immersed in assisting classes and being on time it was so wonderful to watch
I had a wonderful conversation this weekend with some students about Tango, of course! The conversation zigzagged in and out and around etiquette, milongas, teachers, community. But one topic seemed to have struck a chord with me this week. At one point there was a comparison of tango and its milonga (the social dancing space)
Naming. Renaming. Breaking the Fairy Tale. Read More »
Just in time for Valentine’s Day I am compelled to broach this topic. How many times have you fallen in love on the dance floor? How many dancers do you know who have met through tango or even married because of tango? One of my first tango teachers said, “you fall in love for 3
In preparation for the 10th anniversary of 911 tango friends, Jennifer Bratt and Ney Melo were interviewed for a segment of Yahoo! Vitality, “Second Act: A Webby Award-winning series about real stories celebrating life, passion and reinvention.” As Ney found tango after the events of 911 in NYC, that day also helped to force