2676  El Exilio de Gardel (1)
Dear friends from Tango list The soundtrack from this movie is available at a reasonable price, I take this information from www.zivals.com Songs (Listen to any song by clicking on the icon) 1) Tango-tango...

2677  help with lyrics -- Mariquita No Mires Al Puerto (2)
After all the discussion of lyrics -- to understand or not, etc. -- I feel a bit hesitant in making this request, but I've exhausted other resources. Can someone help me find the lyrics to the tango...

2678  re; progress report (1)
Bravo, Randy, Randy wrote <<<<<<<After all the discussions on starting with walking vrs the D8CB, I decided to try something different and made the change. I have a new group that...

2679  About Tango as a social dance (1)
Dear Friends from Tango List This is part of an interview published today on newspaper Clarin , to the winners of tango salon championship in Buenos Aires. Don Oscar Carteri and his wife Coca ,from...

2680  For those of you in Chicago (4)
I arrived! I don't have a car, but I do have my tango shoes. I want to be introduced to the milongas here (and told who's who). It's difficult because I'm all the way in Hyde Park. But... if anyone...

2681  Roberto Firpo- De Caro (1)
Firpo was born in 1884 and died in 1969. He produced about 3000 recordings the last ones in 1959, he was the one that established the piano in the tango orchestra. I reproduce a note that I wrote about...

2682  Firpo - De Caro (2)
Roberto Firpo (1884-1969) as director, composer and interpreter was one of the first 'Evolutionists' that tango had. He introduced and firmly established piano as part of the tango orchestra. He was...

2683  Roberto Firpo, father and son (1)
In response to my post about Roberto Firpo I received an informative reply from Hector that I will share with the list. "Roberto Firpo (hijo) made his debut in Radio Belgrano at age 11. He recorded many...

2684  Why teach show moves (1)
Carlos wrote: What many Argentineans teachers have told me is that they have to teach what people will pay for, they know it is not the best way, but if what put bread on their table. My answer is that...

2685  Progress report I (13)
Lois says "I find it quite interesting that there seem to be more non-Argentines teaching this way, while so many Argentines are teaching open style. Yet you need to be able to dance this way to dance...

2686  progress report style vs technique (1)
in july i started taking classes in milonguero style with Ana Maria Schapira in buenos aires and i think she's fabulous...so please add her = to the list. and i also agree... it is strange to go to...

2687  dancing styles (6)
greetings, I have studied with Danel and Maria about six years now and Danel always says that learning open, complex figures is not about being able to do them at a dance and he even says that you should...

2688  Dance arithmetic (9)
I went to a lesson the other day where instructor was teaching how to walk vals on 123-1, 1-34 etc. I have no problem whatsoever dancing on double-time beats. In fact this is how I dance. But when...

2689  Chasing the Ghost (1)
Hello to all, I finally heard from Barbara Durr, who gave me the information on where to send donations to her admirable effort at producing a tango documentary. As I mentioned a week or two ago, I got...

2690  teaching close embrace (1)
Michael asks why is it too difficult for a beginner to dance close. I do not think it is too difficult. I prefer to mix close and open style in a class. Basically, I do many exercises (walk & tempo...

2691  Tango in films (5)
Greetings, I am reading Tango: Una Historia by Ana Sebastian and Luis Labran~a. In a chapter on tango in the cinema they mention a number of old Hollywood movies ( among others) that feature a danced... Has anyone seen the strange and exotic movie made by a Hong Kong movie director of two gay men who end up in Buenos Aires? the movie is...

2692  Progress report V (4)
Elemer says: "I was in Mar del Plata and danced in la "Rada" and I did not find any enjoyment in the dance. It was like dancing in the middle of a freeway." Robert says: "No, No, No, Sergio, I dance...

2693  Acrobatic Milonguero (1)
Dear List "And aside from acrobatic moves, every step you can do in open embrace, you can do in close and vice-versa." I find the above to be an generally agreeable thought. It is taken out of context...

2694  Vals 'timing' (1)
Nice to see the list chatting away... Recent comments by... Jennifer: "stepping on a timing in vals other than 1 and 1-2 is fairly unusual and advanced" Bruce: "I think I'd write it as 1-3, but either...

2695  Attempted progress report (2)
HOla Tangueras & Tangureos, I sent a detailed report and it has not come out. I dont know if there was to much content or not. Looking at some of the points on this line, I want to say that if...

2696  ll Detailed Report Pt. 1 (2)
Hola interested teachers, This is at the request of Michael and other teachers from the list. If your not interested just hit your delete button, this is long. If you disagree with my concept, please...

2697  ll Detailed Report Pt 2 (1)
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2698  open, salon, or milonguero? (5)
Hey Sergio, I guess you're right, we are pretty much in agreement. I misread your statement, <<<<<<<<To simplify we should consider that there are tango steps and figures that...

2699  salon - milonguero (3)
Personally I feel people dance milonguero (Apilado), because they can. Learning Close Embrace can be harder to learn at the beginning, but once you understand how it works, it becomes easier. I feel...

2700  False or mistaken ideas (4)
I will discuss some (IMO) erroneous concepts and ideas that are persistent in certain tango circles. If you are not interested just hit your delete button. If you disagree with my concept, please do it...