I have been catching up on my Tango reading. I have a pile of books that are about Argentine Tango journeys and stories and I am slowly paving my way through them. Last night something caught my attention in a footnote, this author used the phrase pushing the floor. I started to ponder this idea […]
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Save the Date! And buy tickets… On Sunday November 11, 2012 at 4pm I will be 1 of several presenters for a local TEDx. What is a TEDx you ask? Well, TED.com is all about making available via the internet remarkable talks from remarkable people and TEDx follows in this same vein but on a
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Today’s topic is one that not many people discuss or at least haven’t discussed with me or my partner and that is: why do organizers charge what they charge for visiting teachers? Who decides this? How is it decided? There is no standardization or written rules anywhere for exactly how an organizer brings a traveling
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Sick as a dog on the eve of the Finals. The smell of menthol is on everyone’s breath at the milongas. Everyone seems to be sick or with some scratchy throat. Rommel had the opportunity to speak informally and interpret for a teacher and a judge who was at the house coaching. Some highlights of
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It really has been inspiring and a delight to take classes with these old milongueros. They are so funny and sweet, they share from their heart. They definitely have seen changes in tango. We took a class with Manolo y Marta Anton and again it was more than just a step that we learned. We
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