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A histoforensic investigation into the “death” of an organic Argentine icon, and its terrifying, trademarked resurrection. Chapter 1: The Victim (The Organic, Street-Level Tango) Around the late 1980s and early 1990s, a “body” was discovered on the dance floors of Buenos Aires. The victim was the authentic, deeply organic social tango of the barrios. During […]
A histoforensic investigation into the “death” of an Argentine icon, as reported by internet sources. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS: The Tango that Died Around the 1960s, a “body” was discovered in the milongas of Buenos Aires [100]. It was the “Golden Age” of Tango, a smooth, intimate, highly stylized victim [107]. This tango was an archetype: a […]
What we will need to understand is: a non-Facebook place will not be like Facebook. It may look like it, or similar, but it won’t be that. This means. We will lose some things, and need to change some behavior and customs.
A few more thoughts for project TangoVerse: As detailed in What makes Facebook so useful?, one key feature for an alternative to Facebook for the tango community are events, both from the organizing and marketing side, but also from the participating side, especially for events that attract traveling dancers. I think local milongas are often […]
Once upon a time there was this great tango blog, but… I can’t find it anymore. It has been abandoned by its owner, and the content is lost forever. Wait, don’t we have https://archive.org for cases like this? Yes, and no. Content is not automatically archived. Someone needs to start the archival process. Let’s make […]
Here’s an idea for making my home tango community better. I have provided the regional calendar since 2007, and it contains a calendar of milongas, workshops, and some lessons, a list of announcements, and everything together not just as a portal website, but also as a regular weekly newsletter that gives an update on what […]