Argentine tango through the prism of Artificial Intelligence

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I can't now recall why, but on 5 June 2023 I asked ChatGPT the question 'Why is Argentine tango so difficult to learn?' This was...

Argentine tango under the microscope

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A post dealing with the microbiology of Argentine tango (but do read on if you like trees). My post ‘ Learning something from trees ‘ appear...

Alexei's tango....

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Guest post from 'Tangothinker' Alexei Sayle…of course, that was you, wasn’t it? The one with whom I danced in the 1970s to jazz at 1...

San Telmo Buenos Aires

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Travel restrictions and the current savage economic conditions make an imminent return to Buenos Aires unwise, and presently we can but drea...

Strictly ageist - and the Bailey effect

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In 1970, whilst at university in Liverpool , I was talent spotted by former national dance experts Edna and Denis Murphy. It was not a trium...

Estados Unidos

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Calle Estados Unidos is a fascinating street of Buenos Aires. If we follow it out to the west beyond barrio Caballito, our tree-lined ...

Humberto Primo

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Humberto Primo is an interesting street that runs into and across Buenos Aires, west from the city’s old port of Puerto Madero, built i...

Will you be dancing Argentine tango at 100 years of age?

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James McManus, born on 05.01.20 in Paisley; still dancing . What do you want to do for your 100th birthday, Jimmy? “To dance Argenti...

Have you been to Buenos Aires?

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Most visitors to Buenos Aires fall in love with the city, its tango and its people.  That is precisely what happened to James Bond, hi...

All you need to know about tango in Buenos Aires

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Readers have asked for some guidance on tango in Buenos Aires - where to learn, where to dance.  What a seriously difficult task ...

Buenos Aires - ‘the long stay’

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After enjoying temperatures in the upper 20’s and lower 30’s, this week they have plummeted to a chilly 24 degrees centigrade, with a ...

Convento San Ramon Nonato

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“Let us take lunch again in the monastery garden at Convento San Ramon Nonato”, I say to Maria Cristina, my lawyer friend from Recolet...

Mindfulness, awareness and tango

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Jon Kabat-Zinn, pioneer of modern mindfulness, says that mindfulness is “a form of meditation”. “To be mindful is to be aware”, he say...
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Milonga de Juan

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Milongas: after years of survival of the fittest, even some of the survivors have disappeared. Confiteria Ideal at Suipacha 384, El Arranq...

Return to Feria de los Mataderos

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Assiduous followers of this blog will remember my last trip to the feria in November 2013. It is time for our return visit, today a rom...
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