The competition and envy of the women By Deby Novitz It starts in childhood with mothers being jealous of the relationship their daughters have with their fathers. I know. My mother was very jealous of the relationship I had with my dad. She made no bones about it.It gets passed on unless, the child grows [...]

by Irene Amuchastegui and Laura Falcoff Copyright @ Clarin, 1999  According to Irene Amuchastegui and Laura Falcoff, the various styles of dance practiced at the popular milongas in Buenos Aires generate confrontations and polemics between milongueros. Their featured article was published in daily newspaper Clarin on Sunday, August 8, 1999. The translation by Alberto Paz [...]

DANCE AS LIFE By Cafe Girl Published by courtesy of CAFE GIRL CHRONICLES I used to think my dance lessons were all about timing, steps, musicality, and technique.   Lately I have come to realize that that there’s more too it than that.  The more I dance, the more I learn about life.  According to my [...]

by Andy Doubt Raiser London, November 2008 The claims that the population of African origin in Argentina was exterminated in an act of genocide are absurd and they deserve a place next to extraterrestrial kidnappings and the staging of the moon landing in an Arizona undisclosed location, under the heading of looney tunes hoaxes. Currently [...]

Black Roots: What tango and the Rubias de Buenos Aires are Hiding By El Yanqui Yeff Buenos Aires, February 1996 Mary, Peggy, Betty, Julie. We are all familiar with the Rubias de New York, the blondes about whom Gardel sang some sixty years ago. I would like to turn our attention to Susana, Libertad, Claudia, [...]

A testimony by Jean-Pierre Sighé April 2, 2006 I met Alberto and Valorie during the Winter of 1998, in California . I had just made the decision to learn Argentine Tango, after going to the show “Forever Tango” twice in San Francisco and watching the movie “The Tango Lesson” by Sally Potter. I needed someone [...]

Flirty dancing By Jim Rendon Photograph by Christopher Gardner Tango has been called the three-minute romance, and a thriving circle of aficionados says the late-late 20th century is the right time for its passion and perfection. Dance of Life: Sunnyvale residents Valorie Hart and Alberto Paz found each other through tango and now teach others [...]