EL FIRULETE

Gotta Tango is a superior instructional package for learning how to dance the authentic Argentine tango at a social level. Master teachers Alberto Paz and Valorie Hart take you on a journey through the rich culture, history, and music of Buenos Aires. Over 7,000 copies sold around the world. Can you not afford to have your tango dancing’s Owner’s Manual?
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The journal of Argentine tango since 1994

Reviews Long after the crisis The curious obsession with tango history Here speaks the a judge Tango notation for steps collectors 12 tangos and three sappy stories Maestro can you play a tango? The tango choose me El yeite The birth of the golden era The archetype of the instrumental tango Captain of the tango industry The glorious years of the Sexteto Tipico The song of Buenos Aires As the organito grinds From waltz to vals in one hundred years The code of the tango A music primer Editorials Chicho is pissed off again Live and let dance Tangoman and the dancing butterfly Let’s be careful out there The bearded lady is the only one missing The truth, the whole truth Buenos Aires Sr. High Nobody can take our tangos away The Argentine detractors of the tango Time for resolutions Some like it tough Humor Lessons your mother never taught you Without tango, there is no bordello Marco, suave god of sex and tango Narciso and the curious follower The chacarera wars How did they do it? One day nobody danced Come to my milonga or the tango dies One night at the Coffee Roast

Myths and legends Was Carlos Gardel a grifter? Unabashed tango talk The tango is exclusively Argentine Tango was danced between men after all… What monkeys see, monkeys shouldn’t do The divine poet of the jailhouse No minors allowed The junta couldn’t kill it A mythical cafe A sentimental abyss The African roots conundrum The milongas porteñas of the 70’s Blondes of Buenos Aires The “professor” Mingo’s golden anniversary Picherna, the music man of Villa Urquiza Standing tall – The Mingo chronicles Essays and Articles The night Pugliese died A void impossible to fill The weird hold What is tango nuevo? The original women’s technique class The scuffmark wars A Firulete in my life Never met a compadrito Dance as life Missing Carlitos She wants to live to be 100 Tango, the Archetype A compelling personal testimony Watch your step with the tango: it’s addictive When the tango was in jail Nochera soy Flirty dancing Obituaries Acho Manzi “Madame” Yvonne Andrea Misse Esther Pugliese Tete Chula Clausi Carlos Lazzari Kely Lamdan Luciano Mares Omar Vega Nestor Ray

TANGAZOS
A chronological series of personal, philosophical, and emotional essays reflecting a moment and time on the journey to a life of tango originally published in the hard copy issues of El Firulete from 1995 to 1999.

1995 Tangazos Life, tango, and the pursuit of happiness Tangoman and the dancing Butterfly About life and the spirit we bring to it When Springtime lives in your heart Real tangueros wear cleats Live and let dance 1996 Tangazos As time goes by The heaven in your eyes The check was in the mail A prescription for the summer time blues Demystifying tango politics The bitter taste of sadness Sad faces and shackled feet Thank you The girl who loved dancing to Pugliese 1997 Tangazos Three to tango A bunch of F-words Tango and nothing else It’s party time People doing some things right Good morning America A tango lesson Reasons to be thankful Just call me Charlie

1998 Tangazos The three little pigs The tip of the iceberg Winds of change Reflections on love and hate Tango browsing and dancing modems A time for recognition Summertime blues Contradictions and frustrations Earning our daily tangos A critical eye on the critic A very good year 1999 Tangazos About personal joy Star struck in tangolandia Living la vida loca Of friends and “enemies” The loss of innocence Summer vocation The gift of tango 2000 Tangazos Dancing to a tango What’s in a word The essence of the tanguero Sweet and sour tangos Another year, another tango