Exhibit “La seducción fatal. Imaginarios eróticos del siglo XIX.”
This excellent exhibit of erotic art devotes a section to tango. It is housed by the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. You may ask. Why tango Read More
Professional Buenos Aires’ waiters are phenomenal.
Professional waiters of Buenos Aires inspire lyrics and research (or, they are “phenomenal”) Professional waiters of Buenos Aires have been known for never using their Read More
Tango history at the Palais de Glace?
This afternoon the skies turned prematurely dark and threatened my leisurely reading of “Mitomanías Argentinas.” Where to find shelter? I make it (running) to the Palais de Read More
Historical Café Tortoni
Today I go to the National Academy of Tango located in Avenida de Mayo located above historic Café Tortoni. I step in this historic Café Read More
Outdoor Milonga. Celebration: Tango – Patrimonio de la Humanidad.
Hundreds march to barrio Boedo where the poetry of the 30s and 40s was brewed (poets and musicians gathered in the barrio’s cafes). A black Read More
Tango – Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Announcement
Feelings of impotence reign among porteños (people born in the port city of Buenos Aires) these days. I feel it in the air. Cab drivers Read More
Museum of Tango declared of cultural interest by the City Legislature .
Sweet and brief. That’s how the ceremony was. The Legislature is one of many French neoclassic public buildings. Its ninety-five meter high clock tower is Read More
One of my discovery days in Buenos Aires.
What will I do today? After my friend Celina wakes me up at noon for our daily telephone update, I leave the apartment. With a Read More
National Academy of Tango. History of Tango in the Twenties III
Avenida de Mayo 833 Sadly, Enrique Binda’s seminar came to an end last night. If you have followed my letters you know that he is Read More
Museum of Tango, National Academy of Tango.
I climb the marble steps of the Academy, the same ones that our poet Horacio Ferrer, its director, climbs every day. I am in the Read More
Tango-dance is just the tip of an iceberg
Quinteto Ramiro Gallo