[Tango-L] Dancer profile in Buenos Aires

[Nitin Kibe]

Quite right: the exception proving the rule was probably the previous Duarte 
regime's ambassador to the US who held a farewell milonga at the embassy on 
his last night in Washington, wore a Gardel style hat, danced reasonably 
well, and belted out "Adios Muchachos" with gusto to our delight.

Another exception was one, but only the one, officer on the Argentine Navy 
sail training ship Libertad who danced well at the on board milonga when the 
ship came to Baltimore.

Would that argentines appreciated their own gift to the world!

NK
Wash DC



>You may be disappointed, Jeff, but for all I know, basically, no self
>respecting upper middle class Argentine in BsAs admits to being a tango
>dancer. Even if the Argentine embassies in other countries support tango
>events as part of their culture. If they attend the event, to hold a speech
>in the name of the embassy for exemple, they will make a point of telling
>the other guests that they themselves are very poor at dancing tango.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jeff byrnes" <jefffbyrnes at gmail.com>
>To: <tango-l at mit.edu>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:16 AM
>Subject: [Tango-L] Dancer profile in Buenos Aires
>
>
> > I would appreciate a clarification about  the Tango dancers' profile in
> > Buenos Aires.
> >
> > If we disregard the foreigners and those who cater to them, like the
> > teachers , Taxi dancers and the women chasers, what is the social 
>profile
>of
> > the rest?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
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