We think The Queer Tango Salon really was a success! We had hoped for perhaps 30-35 delegates – by the close we had 65 people who had registered.
Mariana Docampo: El grupo independiente “Tango entre Mujeres” surgió en marzo (mes de la mujer) del año pasado como un proyecto pensado por Soraya Rizzardini González y Anahí Carballo …
Edgardo Fernández Sesma: … My second milestone dates back to 1997. In that year, the first experiences of queer tango took place, or better said what would be known as ‘queer tango’ internationally, which we also call ‘tango diverso’ and ‘tango libre’ locally.
tango queer y diversidad, November 10, 2016 at Universidad de Buenos Aires – Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Santiago del Estero 1029, Buenos Aires.
Tango Entre Mujeres at the 10. Buenos Aires International Queer Tango Festival!! Thursday November, 17 at “Milonga de Gala”. Venue: Milonga de los Zucca, Buenos Aires. TANGO ENTRE MUJERES Mariana Docampo: The independent group “Tango entre Mujeres” (“Tango between Women”) formed last year in March (Women’s Month, 2015) as a…
Video (16:10): ‘Queer Tango and the other dance styles in Argentinian Tango’ is a video presentation by Birthe Havmøller for the 1st Quilombo Queer Tango Festival in Barcelona, Spain, Spring 2016.
Video (2:42): this short film is about Queer Tango in Buenos Aires made by AFP. We see Yuko Artak and Liliana Chenlo AKA Tango Fem teaching Queer Tango. Soundtrack in Spanish. Subtitles in French.
We love this article about tango sisterhood: Ways That Women Help Women In Tango by Mitra Martin.
We love the article: Lady Leading: the Ripple Effect by Sharna Fabiano (October 10, 2016)
Video (4:49): Juan Pablo Ramirez y Daniel Salazar bailan: “Uno” – 1943 Música: Mariano Mores
Video (3:22): Soledad Nani and Marcela Benegas performing at Milonga Chascona, Chile, September 2016.
Image courtsy of Ray Batchelor. Historian and queer tango dancer Ray Batchelor says, “I am delighted to report that a chapter describing “D/deaf CAN Dance!” – a research project I ran jointly with my deaf academic colleague at Bucks New University in the UK, Melanie Parris – is described by…