The solstice has passed; the days will grow longer. I'm tidying up some of the links on the right, and perhaps I'll put one of those blog-watcher things. While I get on with that, a few good things you might have missed.
Tangocommuter, in case you hadn't noticed, is back in Buenos Aires and his posts are even more interesting than last time. Today, he's getting very good advice from Cacho Dante, and noticing that lots of the students are very young. He's also going to Porteno y Bailarin. Also, art.
Mari is writing beautifully about the embrace, about Tango Moments of WIN, and about Entrega Soup and the impossibility of doing any such thing on a chaotic floor.
Simba has written a fab article about what to listen for in tango with proper examples, written out as well as made available for playback. In November he finished reading Anne Hollander's book on the history of the male suit, and wrote a great post on suits, skirts, and the modernity of tango.
Pilgrim has been thinking about angry men (it's funny), musical women, and floorcraft.
Read them all.
Re; Angry men
ReplyDeleteWith a little practice and a pre-arranged sign it should be plausible for two guys to take to the floor dancing together and close in on the leader who's dacnign agreesively at his follower. One steals the poor women who's being battered, the other starts leading the angry leader.
Probably cause havoc in reality, but I've been tempted to do something similar in the past...