Around the Tango Web

I wanted to give some love to a few fabulous tango blogs I've recently uncovered thanks to other well-informed tango bloggers out there. Give them a read when you get the chance, there's beautifully written content out there.

Gonzalo David Orihuela - http://gonzaloorihuela.blogspot.com/
La Milonga Del 126 (Honolulu/Buenos Aires): http://lamilongadel126.blogspot.com/
TangoBora's All About Tango: http://tangobora.wordpress.com/
Beating Tolstoy, mostly a blog about proactivity, with some tango thrown in - wonderful stuff: http://beatingtolstoy.wordpress.com/
Christina and Ladybug of TangoDurians: http://tangodurians.blogspot.com/

There are probably a few more, but I've lost track of which blog I added to the blogroll when, so those are the most recent ones.

Enjoy!

Comments

La Milonga Del 126 said…

Hola Mari,
Muchas Gracias for shinning the spotlight on LaMilongaDel126. I am already receiving bus loads of new traffic.
Saludos,
Patricio

August 10, 2010 at 5:11 PM

Relja Dereta said…

Thank you so much for the link! And shame on me for taking so much time to thank you! :)

September 18, 2010 at 3:04 AM

Gonzalo Orihuela said…

I think I never thanked you for the post in which you mention my blog. I'm not very familiar with bloging and I'm trying to learn. I think I'm finally finding my way :) Thanks for the early support.

In case you are interested in seeing a short tango movie we just made here you have Pixilation 2. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6X-bYytOuk

Gonzalo

March 12, 2011 at 3:03 PM

Ganchos . . . again . . .

(Image courtesy of Emilie Boudet: http://www.emilieboudet.com) From the Facebook comments on my "Expressing the music or dancing for tables" post: "But adornments can become problematic when they interfere with something I'm trying to do. (I have enough trouble as it is). Some of these are basically harmless and don't really bother me that much. Like some ladies insist on doing a gancho whenever I lead them to step over my leg. I'm mostly amused by this. Some girls just like their ganchos and will seize any opportunity to do one." Predictably, I have several problems with the above behavior. First of all, they aren't "their ganchos" ! The gancho for the follower is led. It is my (nearly fanatical) opinion that it should never be an adornment or something the follower just decides to do on her own . As someone who is now attempting to learn to lead, the last thing I want to see, or heaven forbid feel, is a stiletto heel near my crotch ....

"Proper" Tango Shoes

Periodically someone, usually a man, will be bring up the topic of "proper tango shoes." If he's referring to the problem (and dangers) of trying to dance in flip-flops, or mules, or platform shoes etc., those are definitely valid, and very helpful points to be made. The likelihood of damaging your feet is very high without the proper support of high quality shoes. My problem comes with the idea that the *only* proper tango shoes have 4" stiletto heels on them and fetish-worthy embellishments. (Okay, I'm pretty keen on the embellishments myself.) "goofy ballroomy shoes are a turnoff... get rid of them..." - Alex Tango Fuego (granted this is from 2007), http://alextangofuego.blogspot.com/2007/10/to-dance-or-not-to-dancebrutally.html And, in the comments on a blog post, Anonymous said... " This is a controversial one. If a follower isn't wearing tango shoes then it's usually a good sign she's not particularly good." From Ms. Hedgeh...

Expressing music or dancing for tables?

Too much of a good thing? As sort of a follow-up to my thoughts on technique, I've run into a little snag I'd like some feedback. When I get compliments about my embrace, I'm absolutely elated. When someone compliments the way my walk feels, I feel accomplished. Compliments about my musicality - ditto. When I start getting lots of compliments about my foot work, however - I get worried. I shouldn't right? A compliment is a compliment, and should be taken graciously. It's certainly meant as a positive thing. It's a good thing if a dancer's feet are pretty - why else would everyone wear those silly, yet gorgeous, shoes? But like Richard Dreyfuss staring down his plate of mash potatoes in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, I can't help thinking it means something. Something not good. I don't mean like a backhanded compliment - but more like a fear that my priorities have unintentionally shifted. Maybe it's a community thing. Online I very often r...

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