No te lo pongas! Or What Not to Wear to a Milonga

Tango in Salta La Linda

West Point at Confiteria La Ideal

Learning By Looking: Legs Wide Open
Here are some more examples of how we can learn by looking at photos, in our goal to become self-correcting.The guy above has got that right leg far outside the "couple," making him vulnerable to losing his balance and/or tripping someone beside him on the floor. But just look

Learning By Looking--First in a Series
One of the goals of Ruben's and my classes is to help students become self-correcting. Once they have a basic technique and a knowledge of what to do and how to do it, then they will know when they make a mistake and can work on it. For this reason we usually video the class for them for personal study. This approach also helps them become better dancers faster, and so need fewer classes. One might say, good for them but bad for us. We don't agree, as the more self-aware, good dancers out there who learned from us, the better for us and for Tango in general: a win-win situation.When Ruben and I are filmed dancing, I always critique our performance and t

BOO!
Play your cards right and dance well this weekend! Or else...El Guazon will give you a Tarjeta Roja--Expulsion!!--from la pista!(Are you scared yet?)

Vettriano and His Secrets
I've always been a fan of the surreal. My earliest art memories (late 1950's) are of surreal paintings in the halls of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles; my mother and I would always go there for lunch after a concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium across the street, and soon I became quite ade

Getting Ready for Halloween!
You never know what ghoul may be watching you dance!