October 19, 2011. Lecture: “Four myths about tango and why they will not go away.”
October 19, 2011
Lecture: “Four myths about tango and why they will not go away.”
Where: Milonga Berretín, Portland, Oregon.
Sponsor: Alex Krebs.
Facts and fictions of several myths: in its beginnings tango was rejected at home in Argentina, tango was accepted in Buenos Aires after Paris’s blessing in 1913, tango was born in the brothels of Buenos Aires. Data debunking these and other myths will be presented. When and where were myths born? Why do myths survive?
Quinteto Ramiro Gallo