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Biography of Gardel and Piazzola
El biógrafo de Gardel y Piazzolla. El historiador británico fue un estudioso e investigador del tango internacionalmente reconocido, y un gran amante del género.

Buenos Aires - NY Times
On a recent autumn afternoon in Buenos Aires -- just-spring in the United States -- when the relentless blue of the Argentine day was softening to a richer gold, I found myself wandering alone on Avenida de Mayo and in its plaza. I was near the end of my trip. I laid tired eyes on the cathedral and Casa Rosada, the impressive pink government house, and on a...

Don Augustin Bardo (Calrin.com, Spanish)
La orquesta acaba de sacar un disco enteramente dedicado al compositor de la Guardia Vieja. Lineztky cuenta por qué.

Frugal Traveller BA (New York Times)
In Buenos Aires, Late Nights and (Very) Low Prices. 'IN Buenos Aires these days, everyone is having problems sleeping,'' said my Argentine friend César as we strolled down a street in Palermo Viejo, the neighborhood of shops, bars and restaurants known locally as the SoHo of Buenos Aires. It was around 3:30 a.m. on a weekend, cool enough for a leather jacket, but the sidewalks were alive with people still reluctant to call it a night, looking for another bar, another sidewalk cafe, in which to linger.

High heel risk factor
Wearing high heeled shoes does not increase the risk of osteoarthritis of the knee, new research has shown.

High-heeled shoe ailments
An investigation of risk factors for symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee in women using a life course approach.

History of the tango - The Economist
TAXI-DRIVERS in Beijing have Mao Zedong as their talisman. In Buenos Aires, Jorge Malcinas has hanging from his rear-view mirror a picture of the late Osvaldo Pugliese, the great bandleader of tango. Indeed, the driver has dozens of pictures of Pugliese to bring him good luck: about the cab, his person and his house. He needs them more than most mortals do, he explains, for he lives a stone's throw from the house of ...

History-Of-Tango.com
We examine the story of the dance, from its earliest stages, through its worldwide success before and after the First World War, the Golden Age from the mid 1930s until the coup in Argentina in 1955, the dark ages of Tango when the dance was pushed underground and persecuted, and the fabulous Tango renaissance which has spread the dance once again all over the world. An overview of the history of the music examines its evolution and the influences that formed it, putting the great Tango artists in context.

How antiperspirants work
Most people put on either deodorant or antiperspirant before leaving the house. There are some products that perform both functions. These products are used to control sweat and odor in our underarms. There are two types of glands in our underarms, apocrine and eccrine.

In BA, Researchers Exhume Long-Unclaimed African Roots - Washington Post
Their disappearance is one of Argentina's most enduring mysteries. In 1810, black residents accounted for about 30 percent of the population of Buenos Aires. By 1887, however, their numbers had plummeted to 1.8 percent. So where did they go? The answer, it turns out, is nowhere.

List of Tango Music Labels (Wikipedia)

Luis Bunuel Biography (Wikipedia)
Buñuel was born in Calanda, Teruel in the region of Aragón, Spain. He had a strict Jesuit education and went to university in Madrid.

Making the Most of those Long Argentine Nights - NY Times
A visit to a city where energetic visitors can dance electrotango, attend an indie theater and drink a chichi martini with an exquisite cut of grilled meat - all in one night.

Mambo and Missteps - Washington Post
It's notoriously difficult to capture in prose the passion and quicksilver footwork of dance; attempts to replicate the intricacies of, say, the mambo can sound less like praise songs than like cattle auctions or VCR instructions. Patricia Chao's "Mambo Peligroso" stumbles a bit at the start but gathers momentum before long.

On the Tanda (Wikipedia)
A tanda is a set of pieces of music, usually between three or five, that is played during a milonga (place). Most common the music is a tango, a milonga or a vals. Between two tandas a cortina might be played.

Passion for Tango turns Bedroom into Closet - NY Times
Don't call Bebe Winkler before 11 a.m. Not that you'll wake her. She's been dancing all night, and she'll be curled up with Lady Irene, her copper-colored poodle, on the chenille couch in her living room, the ringer turned to ''off'' on her phone. Ms. Winkler, a decorator known for her traditional and luxurious interiors, has lately taken up the tango, and the dance has rewritten every aspect of her life, including where she spends the night.

Rituals: There will never be a last Tango - NY Times
Night after night it's the same: I don't know his name, and tomorrow I won't remember his face. I might remember his strong arms or the way his cheek pressed mine. He might remember how my leg wrapped around his, how easily my body moved in his arms. But most likely, these details will blur like the fast-stepping legs of the tango dancers around us.

Sex in Logs - London Times
Miguel Angel Zotto holds his hands delicately in front of his torso as if clutching an unseen partner, his head tilts back and his eyes glint in the gloom of a Roman café. "Tango is my life," he says slowly and deliberately. "I need to dance; if I am not on stage, I will die." The afternoon before, I watched Zotto rehearsing Tango por Dos, his company of Argentine dancers, for the show, Perfumes de Tango, which following a European tour, arrives in Britain on April 7.

Tango booms in times of Crisis (BBC)
Tango lessons and clubs are booming - so much so that a recently published report claimed tango is potentially a key export product for Argentina. It could generate some $400m in annual revenues. New tango venues are springing up all the time and some of them are busy every night of the week.

Tango Dance (Wikipedia)
Early tango was known as tango criollo or simply tango. Today, there are many tango dance styles including Argentine tango, ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango, Chinese tango, and vintage tangos. Argentine tango is regarded as the "authentic" tango since it is closest to that originally danced in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tango Lesson Movie Review
Sally Potter gave us the slightly controversial "Orlando" and left teeth marks that she would return. She comes back bitingly in a triple terror of directing, writing and starring in "The Tango Lesson". She leaves no doubt that she more than holds her own in this fabulous film. Her co-star and choreographer Pablo Veron, really gives her tango lessons which in reality serves as lessons that life really teaches us.

Tango Pool on Flickr
Argentine Tango Pool.

Tango Tales and Latin Soul - Washington Post
The weather report: Hot and steamy. The party report: Hotter. Steamier. We've entered the screwball season in Washington, that torrid time of year when the only rational thing to do is grab a cold drink and a hot date -- and then hope for the best. Three parties, three thermogenic tales. Hot: When Marina Palmer falls in love, she falls.

Tango, Our dance - Tutorial
In the land of the do-it-yourself and the cult of self-reliance, those of us who decided to learn to dance the Argentine Tango are constantly lectured on the "unstructured and improvisational aspects of this urban dance," and then we are immediately bombarded with an endless array of steps, figures and Spango, a list of Tango names that are supposed to help the English speaking students memorize steps and patterns better. Adding to the mystification of the "unstructured and improvisational dance," are the myriad of traveling “teachers” who carry suitcases full of steps, judgments and ego. At the local level, there are a few methods and systems in circulation that contribute to the bedlam that most “beginners”, “intermediates” and “advanced” level dancers face on a daily basis.

Why feet stink
Everybody is familiar with this phenomenon. Most of us have a friend or relative who can clear out a room when they kick off their shoes. And even the sweetest smelling person can do a decent job stinking up a pair of shoes by running a few miles in them. So what's going on here? Why do your feet have a stronger odor than the rest of you does?

Forums

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Blogs

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An ever fixed mark

Astor Piazzola Blog
The Maestro… If you wanted to reflect the pure concept of passion in music, that would be Astor Piazzolla's music.

Danzarin
lets dance (eat, sleep, talk) tango...

La Planchadora
I started taking tango lessons. Now they're taking me.

Milonga Blog
Nights of Argentine Tango in the Milongas by Neil Liveakos. A web log of what is notable and who is nameable; what is remarkable, and who is memorable. A web log of my journey to find the Argentine tango.

'My life as not-so-good tango leader'
Once in the metro, I kept guesstimating my chances to meet the ponytail girl, while my classmate remained silent. Then he changed the subject. "- Yunno, I'm not sure I'll stick with tango. Maybe I'll try something else".

Sorin's Blog
My thoughts about tango dancing, riding motorcycles, photography and other unrelated subjects.

Tango DJ

TangoCherie
Tango in Buenos Aires--from the point of view of a Californian who lives there.

TangoParis blog (French)
Almatrio hier en concert, trop grosso. 'El Pibe y Chaves': l'ami de mon maître et la gamine qui danse avec l'envie que j'avais à son âge. La Milonga Florida, bastion de mon expression et amitié avec Madame Chemla. Demain pratique dirigée avec 'el pibe' à partir de 18hs. Presque Buenos Aires.

TangoSpam
The not so secret life of an American woman in Buenos Aires. In 2004 I sold everything I owned to move to Buenos Aires Argentina. I went from being a high powered computer geek to a tango dancing bed and breakfast owner and English teacher.

Tiger's Tango
Lexa's Argentine Tango blog, including teaching schedule, cool cosas of interest, fotos, milongas, lunfardo, ficciones, un poco gossip, y mas.

Tina Tangos
Blog about Tango and Buenos Aires.

Weblog of Quests
Directory of Tango Blogs.

Infos

Argentina Tango
Info on the Tango: history, styles, music.

Tango, magazine about relationships (not much tango content)