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Poema
The first time I felt the woman's heart beat, I was dancing to Poema. I haven't danced or listened to it for a long long time. Although I have three tandas of Canaro con Maida, Poema isn't in any. It...
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Chicago Tango Week 2009 Recap
Just got back from Chicago Tango Week, all in all I had a pretty good time. Although the hotel is bit far in the suburb, I guess that it kept the cost down. One note for future reference, to save 28...
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Listen to the music, it tells you how to dance.
I was playing a tanda of De Caro in the milonga. The music started and she looked at me and said: " I am not sure I like this music." I smiled and said: " Let's give it a try." At the end of the tanda,...
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Why People Quit Tango?
Who cares! The mentioned survey was circulating on FB a while ago. I took a glimpse and decided to skip it. What's the point? I have heard enough whining and bitching for the past three years, nothing...
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The music is same old...
I often hear people complaining about hearing the same music over and over again. They get bored.I have been listening to the same old music over and over again for the past three years; more so...
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Being turned down.
There are so many reasons for a woman to turn down an invitation. I used to ponder and speculate them after being turned down. Then I realized I was wasting my time and energy.What's the big deal? Look...
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"The most important dance is...
... the one that happens inside us."I stole this title from a lovely and beautiful tango friend of mine. I've meant to write something about this for a long time. Words had escaped me.A few months ago,...
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Stop dancing with them
Ms. Hedgehog's recent post inspired me to repost this with a few changes:I was at this practica DJing. There went this old guy and a young beginner, dancing right in front of me. The guy was 6' tall...
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Summer of 2009
Turns out to be a summer of tango festival for me. The next one, most likely the last one for the summer, Moscow Milonguero night is only six days away.I am truly enjoying all the festivals I've gone...
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Amazing...
If there were a tango nirvana in this world, I am sure I had been in it the last four days. Packed in some sightseeing around Moscow during daytime, I had been in the milonga till 6am every day except...
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Lovely milonga
I like and respect this couple more and more. Took their workshop at Baltimore Tango Element. Watched their performances at Moscow Milonguero Nights. Impressed by their professionalism and brilliance....
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Non-Argentine Tango Salon Champ.
The tango blog topic of the week is probably a Japanese couple won the Tango Salon category. I didn't follow this year's competition on youtube. I was busy dancing my heart out. Nonetheless it was...
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Dance with the stars
So I was at this milonga and witnessed a theatrical scene... to say the least.One of the local tangueras went to a well known tango "star" and commanded for a dance. After being turned down, according...
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Que Falta Que Me Haces
Love Calo con Podesta, but haven't danced to this song for while.J&GS&RO&SS&A
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Crash
The unpleasant aftereffect of an orgasmic tango experience is the inevitable crash, the emptiness that follows as hollow as black hole. After having that experience every night for four night straight,...
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La Melodia del Corazon
La Melodia del Corazon, the tango derivative of Etude by Chopin, by Donato con Gavio and Canaro con Amor. The Donato version is mostly played during performance. I am not a huge fan of Canaro, except...
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Royce's tango music posts
Thanks to Royce's recent music posts, my check amounting balance has just decreased triple digits. But seriously, anyone serious about tango music should check out her latest posts.Here is her blog....
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Giving and receiving
Simba's post "important difference" echoed a sentiment that I've been having: I like to receive as much as I give in tango.According to my tanguera friend, whom had a few conversations with our teacher...
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Don't follow me
I said to a young woman, whom had danced only six months but seemed to be a natural tanguera with warm embrace, at a practica."I don't follow you?" She was surprised, not surprisingly from anyone whom...
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Open or Close?
I was djing at this milonga and playing a nice tanda of Calo con Beron. One of the guys who has been dancing for a couple of years asked one of the local teachers to dance. She was a dynamic dancer who...
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Tango is internal.
I used to be puzzled yet at the same time fascinated by some of my close tanguera friends' tango experiences. How certain men would make them feel...using their own words: "opening up like a flower",...
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La tupungatina
This is one of my favorite Pugliese instrumentale. Interestingly, there are two different versions of this song, learned first from Royce. You can read here.The shorter version is 3.55 minutes long, I...
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Tango Music Collection
(imagine from Montreal et aileurs)I am sorting out my music library and putting it on this blog by orchestra under label "tango music collection", with reference links to eng.tango.info and...
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tangopilgrim.com
is the new home of my blog. Please update your link to www.tangopilgrim.com. The past weekend was tango inspiring. Some tango friends were in town. So I got to dance three nights of good tango in a...
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