1976  Tango saying (1)
From our visiting Tango instructor: "If you decide to embrace Tango then Tango will embrace you for the rest of your life". Tango greetings, Bruno

1977  Buenos Aires local news (1)
Dear friends from Tango list I will like to comment some local news . One of the comments will be made again at Tango - A , but I still have no confirmation 1) yesterday night we have an electric &...

1978  black tinge and sex in tango (14)
These are my thougths about the black tinge and sexual/erotic presence in tango. 1. The black tinge in the tango dance comes from the Candombe influence in the compadrito's way of walking and dancing....

1979  Cabotage (1)
I was looking for something else altogether, but here's something useful: navigation. Who is at fault? In my neck of the woods (NOT Portland), main culprits are definitely the [non progressing] old timers...

1980  Milonga at La Trastienda (2)
La Trastienda, 460 Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Ar. (Mon.) We arrive after the show and change our shoes in the sepulchral basement bathrooms. There is a cafe in the front, and a tiny record shop, now closed,...

1981  The Kindness of Portenos (1)
Dear Tango Friends, I am in Buenos Aires again, staying at the House of Maria Teresa in Caballito. My bedroom opens onto a balcony where I can sit and watch the pigeons perch on the railings of the building...

1982  hated Eight Count Basic (8CB). (9)
I've seen many posts over the years about the hated Eight Count Basic (8CB) -- or is it just the hate 8CD backstep? What suggestions do you have on what would be helpful to teacher beginners, if not...

1983  why the colour black or red (2)
hello, reading the title of the discussion "black tinge and sex in tango".... I am still wondering, why many tangodancers prefer to wear the colours black or red?? best regards patrcia muller from florence/Italy

1984  Adios pampa mia (5)
Im am searching for "Adios pampa mia" without a vocalist, because a friend of me would like to sing to it on a small fiesta argentina. Does anbody know a source for it. peter The Canaro versions of it...

1985  ... sex in tango (1)
Nice post from Erika: During a hotel milongas at a tango weekend earlier this year, a group of us who were not dancing the current tanda sat chatting, watching the other dancers, and enjoying the music,...

1986  Floorcraft and Navigation at the Portland TangoFest (1)
Tango Dancers: Thus far I have received nearly 100 Portland TangoFest Evaluations (email and hand written) and about 70 emails regarding the discussion of = Floorcraft and navigation. I have responded...

1987  NA-W: INT'L DAY OF TANGO (1)
E L E N C U E N T R O presents THE FIRST CELEBRATION IN LOS ANGELES of INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TANGO and BIRTHDAY OF CARLOS GARDEL Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:30pm - 1am The Cage Club 617 So. Brand Blvd, Glendale,...

1988  Eight step vs line of dance (9)
Dear friends from Tango List I cooperate on fridays with my tango teacher, with newly arrived people, to teach basic movements. The problem is that we are almost at the end of the year , and people... In a message dated 09/04/2004...

1989  Comments on music and dancing (1)
Very interesting comments, specially Evaluations and Floorcraft. www.claysdancestudio.com Elemer in Redmond.

1990  For the Thousandth Time- Tango Is A Very Friendly Dance (1)
Hi Listeros: Any one who states that there is one and only one way to teach Argentine Tango leaves him/herself open to severe criticism. There are many styles of as well as many ways to teach Argentine...

1991  Three- & 4-step patterns instead of 8CB w/DBS (2)
I received a question regarding something I wrote: EXTREMELY common 3 step pattern: Q-Q-S, Q-Q-S Well OK, that is six steps, but doing a double Q-Q-S fits the rhythmic drive of D'Arienzo, while following...

1992  Tango Blogs (13)
Does anyone have a list of tango blogs? --Steve hola stephen, hola list! On 13 Nov 2003 at 11:07, Stephen Brown wrote: tried google? https://www.google.nl/search?q=+tango+blogs&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF- 8&hl=nl&btnG=Google+zoeken&lr...

1993  names for milongas (2)
Hi all, I'm searching for an Argentine word to describe a casual milonga, like a milonga for my university students who still don't have leather-soled shoes and dance in jeans or khakis. It's also only...

1994  la espuela - found it... (1)
Dear All; Thank you for all your effort and the information, sended to the list and to me privately... Now I got two different recordings as mp3 from Lucio and Len... Thanks a lot again... Regards; Sercin

1995  Looking for "Milonga libra" or something like that (2)
Dear list, a few months ago I had the luck to see G. Naveira in Atlanta performing on the notes of a piece by Piazzolla. He introduced the song calling it "Milonga libra" (I'm 90% sure of this) and translating...

1996  practice vs. practica (5)
Hello everybody, I would like to read the input from this list about a little linguistic issue that has been bugging me for months. When going to a Tango practice, people (most of the ones I know, let's...

1997  About that "Milonga Libra"... (1)
I just got an email from Ronda, one of the organizers of the event in Atlanta. It's a little funny... clearly I and my partner had completely misunderstood the Spanish title which is "Milonga Tres". The...

1998  Practica vs practice (1)
As used in English-speaking North America, a tango "practica" (name borrowed from Castilian by tangueros, and thing itself borrowed from Argentines) is not just any practice; it is any sort of "practice...

1999  If Tango orchestras were compared to wine? (5)
Corrections or suggestions? Calo is like a good red wine...a really good Pinot, not one of those common, thin ones. Fresedo/Ray: pink Champagne, romantic, fun, a little sweet, not to serious. De Angeles:...

2000  anatomy (1)
Trini de Pittsburgh writes: in the way it was designed (hence, our aches & pains in common tasks). So when someone says to walk a certain way, we don't have any basis for understanding whether doing...