Tango Passion in Buenos Aires...

That would be me by the side of the GENIUS Astor Piazzolla (or his statue, I better specify!) and wandering through the argentinian beautiful "ghetto" of the famous neighbourhood "La Boca", birthplace of Tango. On my journeys, I learnt that the Tango we know today is a result of a long evolution that started with a kind of music/dance brought by africans to the port of "La Boca". This original form was called "Habanera" and it evolved to be "Milonga", a style which is still danced nowadays with a clear african touch to it. From "Milonga" was born the Tango in a time when socialization between men and women was not allowed. Men went out of drink, have fun with "street women" and dance. Their wives would remain limited to the domestic arena, therefore Tango was - for a long time- danced only between men until they started to practice it with the only females allowed to touch them: prostitutes. That explains why Tango history is associated with brothels. Theory is interesting and I sure kill everyone around me with questions and more questions but nothing feels better than DOING it*. Dancing Tango, instead of just knowing about it. P.S. How on earth argentinian men dance Tango so damn well?! The most common of men knows how to embrace a woman and make her fly on the dance floor. Outch, that´s GOOD! God bless them for that. P.S. 2 Cliché over cliché: Love, just LOVE Buenos Aires!