Do you want to avoid being treated like an item on the supermarket shelf? What's vegetarian tango?
I always look forward to the insightful chats with milongueros which Mónica Paz posts on her blog. This time we are treated to Oscar "Cacho" Dante reflecting on tango. He's a gem with an amusing turn of phrase, like those quoted above.
For the record, I love my greens. But when it comes to vego tango, I think I'll pass!
PP
Friday 30 March 2012
Wednesday 21 March 2012
The importance of detail
After our tango class, R (one of our students) was at home relaxing; watching snowboarding competitions on TV. A remark from one of the expert commentators resonated with him so much, he felt the urge to share it with us today.
"What's really important is to do the small things really well".
"What's really important is to do the small things really well".
Thursday 8 March 2012
One of the great voices of tango
Enrique Inocencio Troncone would have celebrated his 99th birthday on Saturday 10 March. Never heard of him? When Ricardo Tanturi needed "a different voice" to replace the distinctive and most successful Alberto Castillo, he knew about Enrique's abilities. But before joining Tanturi's orquesta Los Indios, Enrique needed to find himself a suitable stage name. Thus emerged the romantic and intense combination Tanturi and Campos. For anyone interested, Todotango provides an interesting insight into how and why the stage name was chosen.
Enrique Campos' voice became another significant instrument in Los Indios, one of the great and very popular dance orquestas. Occasionally, I've heard a few dancers complain that they don't like dancing to sung tangos. Some say this is because they can't understand the lyrics. But you don't have to understand a word of Castellano to get the feelings throughout La abandoné y no sabía, Una emoción, Oigo tu voz and Recién, to name but a few. Thanks to Derrick Del Pilar you can simultaneously listen to these great tangos, read the original lyrics & the English translations. And as for dancing the emotions of Tanturi con Campos, Javier Rodriguez and the late Andrea Missé's performance of Oigo tu voz in Sydney last year gives me goose-bumps.
PP
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