Recent content by opendoor

Thx @brujo !

I found this graphic on the internet yesterday. Don't know if we already discussed pedigrees like this.

I think it also depends on whether the milonga ages along with its regular guests, or whether it can attract the younger dancers. My former house milonga was able to attract the renewable raw materials, according to the red queen rule: you always have to run faster to stay in place. I no longer...

I have the feeling, that the milongas are lasting longer. The tandas also seem to go on longer and longer. Therefore, I usually only start dancing from the second piece onwards.

In 1993, the Decadentes were Alberto Castillo's backing band. Castillo with a vintage Hagström Viking.

I recently saw Osvaldo Pugliese with a Fender Mustang and Fito Páez in 1989. Perhaps you can upload other examples.

Is it the West Coast climate that has prevented you from aging?

I am 69 years old now and I don't ask any under-30 hotshots to dance with me. Even when I started tango in 2000, I never actively asked followers from this group to dance with me. Perhaps this precisely was what made me attractiv, because from day one I had many affairs with these pretty young...

Such a preference presupposes that the dancer in question was allowed to experience such magical surrender to external control. For me it's different: I shut my ears completely when in the following role and let my legs be remotely controlled. If I didn't, there would be conflicts of...

(For those of you who are on FB) I found this amazing training vid for posture and balance: Enjoy!

I think that’s far too simplistic! - In principle, most tango dancers —regardless of gender or orientation— want to dance the follower role. Once you’ve experienced that magical feeling, you simply long to repeat it. - In practice, however, physical constraints get in the way. In my community...

Is "countertime waltz" the same as "canter time waltz"? If so, I consider that a rather difficult phrasing (two steps over three beats), especially in slow pieces.

I certainly hope that it is already having a lasting impact on the prevailing majority culture.

Men generally socialize and network much more than women. When I started dancing tango, my phone's contact list literally exploded. The other guys in my peer group were just as active. We always meticulously planned and secured our milongas in advance. Nothing is worse than being at the mercy of...

We'll find out when we finally attend the same milonga one day :)