Tango Blog

What do you get when you cross an American writer with Argentine tango? A tango missionary. I hope you enjoy these posts, mostly written while I lived and danced (is that redundant or what?) in Argentina. I’ve written most of them for the non-tango initiate. Please feel free to disagree with any of my opining and comment or to ask questions.

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These are a couple of my favorite tango videos—of me dancing and holding forth on tango. I used to be shy, not a ham. But when I tango, I’m on another plane, hardly aware that I’m being watched . . . something like that. The above video, produced by Martin Jacovella, gets me in a lot of trouble for my assertion that “tango is easy.” Let me further annoy the nay-sayers: “Tango is easy.” Enjoy.

From Skirt! Magazine, 2009 – My Personal Peace Movement – In late 2006, I arrived in Buenos Aires with hair under my fingernails and blood in my eye. I was down and out after a long relationship ended. I had done the unspeakable—pulled the other woman’s hair. Along with three suitcases, I had brought my chagrin, broken heart and adequate skills in dancing tango. I intended to stay two months and chill (and give her peace of mind). But after two days of dancing tango in the place of its birth, I canceled my return ticket. I stayed a year and a half. READ MORE