The Dance We Don’t Talk About: power dynamics...

What happens when you've been studying tango - but you're still not sure you're ready to actually enter the milonga?My guest Sevada has only been dancing for about five months. When we first spoke, he was fascinated by tango, deeply invested in learning it…and terrified of the so ...  عرض المزيد

What if knowing all the rules of tango still doesn't tell you what to do?Gregory is back on The Tango Banter, and this time our conversation wanders into the wonderfully messy social territory of the milonga: men following, women leading, cabeceo, rejection, persistence, “saving” ...  عرض المزيد

Kindness cuts both ways in tango.

A controversial episode.

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Tangofulness: Exploring connection, awareness, and meaning in tango. 

Tango is Argentina’s most iconic cultural tradition. But for a hundred years, tangos have only been written from the perspective of men. The conductor of “La empoderada” or “The Empowered,” Argentina’s first all-female tango orchestra, is trying to change that. A transcript of th ...  عرض المزيد

Part 1, interview with Oa Metzner: In this part of the interview we discussed what the term ‘social tango’ actually means for social dancers like me and you, what helps tango dancers improve, and then we dived into biomechanics. Finally, and this was a wonderful eye-opening pa ...

What to observe in a milonga to dance better with your favourite dancers.

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