Let the embrace do the talking
By yy on Mar 5, 2010 in Videos | 0 Comments
Just happened across four early (circa 2003-2004, judging by the hair style?) performances of Javier Rodriguez with Geraldine Rojas at Porteño y Bailarin. There are some breath-taking pieces of footwork and mini-sequences (especially clips 2 and 3) which are not often seen these days, and a rare chance to see Javier – who will be [...]
By yy on Feb 25, 2010 in Videos | 0 Comments
Another video clip to share (couresy of Tangofix, where I saw it). Certainly brings back some nice memories! Shots of familiar streets, obelisk along Nueve de Julio, street performers at Florida and even one of our favourite teachers from EAT…
By yy on Feb 24, 2010 in Music, Videos | 2 Comments
A very interesting documentatary on the production of records (the three stages: master, mother matrix and stamper), made by who but RCA Victor! How is this related to tango? Well, it just so happens that RCA Victor was and still is a major player in tango music and I enjoy these old documentaries…
Production of records [...]
By yy on Feb 19, 2010 in Musings, Social Dancing | 0 Comments
Although I had some opinions about this during my trip, I didn’t imagine they’d turn into a full-blown post until I read some recent comments yesterday.
The background is that in SOME milongas, the “archaic” (my choice of word, not the phrase used by the originator) custom of seating men and women separately* – in particular, [...]
By yy on Feb 13, 2010 in Musicality, Videos | 0 Comments
This is not the first time that I have noticed this. It seems often that when a interesting song appears in one performance, all of a sudden you will find a number of couples choosing the same song!? The song in question is “Tu Corazon”, by Donato Racciatti’s orchestra.
I first heard of this song [...]
