3470 Kiss and Tango website now online
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 09:08:40 -0400
From: Michael Rosenblum <rosenblum.michael@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Kiss and Tango website now online
www.kissandtango.com
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 17:30:35 -0600
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <tangospring@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Kiss and tango
National Public Radio have just aired a plug for the book by Marina
Palmer. From what they have said I understood it is mostly Sex in
Buenos Aires the City with a bit of tango thrown in to put it in the
title. Has anyone read it? Is it any good from a tango culture in
Buenos Aires perspective?
By the way it is second program on tango in three days on NPR. The
previous one covered that competition going on in Buenos Aires right
now. Both segments were pleasant surprises.
--
Oleh Kovalchuke
https://TangoSpring.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:18:12 +0100
From: John Ward <johnofbristol@TISCALI.CO.UK>
Subject: Kiss and Tango
I have read it and enjoyed it enormously. Tango predominates, but there is sex as well. I don't know how authentic it is, as I have never been =
to Buenos Aires and I am not a 31 year old female. But I would definitely recommend it.
John Ward
Bristol, UK
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:01:05 -0400
From: Nitin Kibe <nitinkibe@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Kiss and tango
Actually, I just finished reading it. It wasn't as badly written as I
feared (after the excerpts on the website), but I felt it could have been
better. I was pleasantly surprised to find some passages which were quite
literate: I suppose an education will out. The "sex" bits are more or less
in line with the genre, although I cannot recall whether Marina Palmer has
changed names to protect the guilty as it were.
The book has observations on tango locales principally in NYC and Bs As
which are quite enjoyable but could have been more insightful. It describes
early days, stress of learning, salon anxiety, etc, which ring true but have
probably been forgotten now by long time tangueros. Some observations on
inter-personal dynamics, transient partnerships, possessiveness and
"chemistry" and descriptions of working as a street performer in Bs As
during the opening days of the financial crisis.
Not a bad introduction to tango and one of three recent dance books (the
other two are on mambo and salsa).
Good wishes to all.
NK
Washington DC
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <tangospring@GMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: Oleh Kovalchuke <tangospring@GMAIL.COM>
To: TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [TANGO-L] Kiss and tango
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:39:01 +0000
From: Lucia <curvasreales@YAHOO.COM.AR>
Subject: Re: Kiss and tango
The book website:
https://www.kissandtango.com/home.html
To read book excerpts, move the mouse and click the
objects - hat, Vaseline jar, etc. If the text refers
to a Tango and is it in red, click on it to play.
Don't miss the videos.
IMHO Marina is a poor dancer and an awful writer, but
a superlative businesswoman. And the website is
smartly designed.
Lucia
--- Oleh Kovalchuke <tangospring@GMAIL.COM> escribis:
> National Public Radio have just aired a plug for the
> book by Marina
> Palmer. From what they have said I understood it is
> mostly Sex in
> Buenos Aires the City with a bit of tango thrown in
> to put it in the
> title. Has anyone read it? Is it any good from a
> tango culture in
> Buenos Aires perspective?
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:18:04 +0200
From: norbert <norbert.weinrichter@CHELLO.AT>
Subject: Re: Kiss and tango
Hi
I have read it and had a lot of fun doing so. I can in no way say if its
representative of the tango scene in BA (which I dont know), but its not
only sex, thats for sure (although there is some of that, too). Its a bit
like "Sex and the City" or "Ally McBeal" just transferred to Tango dancing.
So, its not deep and high literature, and its mainstream, but I think its
fun.
There is some tango knowledge (pieces of music, orchestras, locations etc.),
and she does imho a good job describing why tango is so fascinating. THis,
again imho, is more important than to amass a lot of technical or
historical knowlegde about tango anyway. Also, it has some thoughts I can
sympathize with about finding partners for practicing, dancing socially and
the woes of practicing to dance with ones life-partner. It may be a bit on
the shallow side in terms of cross - cultural understanding, especially a
bit naive on the political side, but frankly, thats the way many people are
(you only care about politics if it affects your personal life).
By the way, what (other) recommendable tango "fiction" books do you guys
know?
Cheers
Norbert
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To: TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: [TANGO-L] Kiss and tango
National Public Radio have just aired a plug for the book by Marina
Palmer. From what they have said I understood it is mostly Sex in
Buenos Aires the City with a bit of tango thrown in to put it in the
title. Has anyone read it? Is it any good from a tango culture in
Buenos Aires perspective?
By the way it is second program on tango in three days on NPR. The
previous one covered that competition going on in Buenos Aires right
now. Both segments were pleasant surprises.
--
Oleh Kovalchuke
https://TangoSpring.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:21:02 +0100
From: John Ward <johnofbristol@TISCALI.CO.UK>
Subject: Kiss and tango
Norbert asks about other tango fiction. The only one I know of is M.A. Numminen's "Tango is my Passion", which I have described before on this =
list. Manuel Puig's "Heartbreak Tango" is set in Argentina and has excerpts from tango lyrics at the start of every chapter, but it is =
*not* about tango.
John Ward
Bristol, UK
