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Interview with
Geraldine Rojas
de Paludi and
Ezequiel Paludi
By Sarah Graff
Photos by Lorraine
Hart
Chicago Tango
Central Tango
cover photo by Lorraine Hart • www.HartPhoto.com
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SEPTEMBER 07
Volume 08
Issue 06
Interview with
Geraldine Rojas
de Paludi and
Ezequiel Paludi
Geraldine and Ezequiel came to Chicago in July 2007 for the TangoJoven festival (http://festival.tangoshusheta.com/welcome.html)
providing the opportunity for this exclusive interview. They are well
known Argentine tango dancers around the world but both were
By Sarah Graff
associated with different partners for many years. As you will read
Photos by Lorraine Hart
in this interview, their union caused waves in the world of tango.
This is their first public interview explaining how they came to be
a married couple and professional dance partners despite the uproar from their peers. Please note, this interview was conducted in
English with the questions translated into Spanish for Geraldine by
Ezequiel who also translated her responses into English.
Geraldine and Ezequiel are openly affectionate towards each other.
At the time of this interview, Geraldine is 4 months pregnant and
both parents are excited about starting a family. Ezequiel is very
caring toward his pregnant wife. Geraldine’s affection is plain in her
body language and her big brown eyes, as well as a tattoo on the
back of her neck that reads Ezequiel’s name in script.
tango noticias • september 2007
Tango Noticias: What brought you
into tango? For example, why tango
and not another type of dance or
another profession?
Geraldine: I didn’t have the opportunity
to choose. I was a gymnast until I was
about 9 years old and then I quit because I
started to dance. If I could choose I would
have preferred to be a gymnast. It is not
that it was a family tradition to dance but
it was difficult to see outside of this life;
my Mother danced for fun and I would
accompany her, when my Mother went to
see a show it was a tango show, and all of
my Mother’s friends were tango dancers.
When I had my first dance partner my
Mother was so excited that she brought
me to the milongas to show me off. She
was a big fan and very proud. My Father
hates tango because its one of the things
that split their marriage and he can’t
dance. He has no rhythm. I do not come
from a traditional line of tango dancing.
Ezequiel: When I realized I was dancing,
then I was dancing tango. A friend brought
me to a milonga and I liked it. It felt good
so I began dancing.
TN: How did you learn to dance
tango?
G: In the beginning it was a game, I didn’t
realize I was learning something. I was
just a child. It wasn’t until I was 14 or 15
years old that I realized I was learning
something, when I was tall enough to
assume an embrace (before I was too
short). Then I wanted to learn to dance.
E: I went with a friend to the milonga
and I saw part of my country that I hadn’t
seen. I didn’t grow up knowing that tango
was something I could learn. You know,
since 1955 there was a revolution and the
military took power and, well, for example
my Father grew up with both jazz and
tango but my generation did not so when I
was introduced to the world of the tango
it was something very nice for me. I met
with my friends at the milongas and took
some lessons here and there. Then I was
very lucky because I met a couple that
could really teach me how to be a dancer.
Vanina Bilous and Roberto Herrera were
teaching a seminar which I took and I
really liked them and they took me in.
Then I started to work with them, it was a
nice relationship.
G: For me it was different because there
used to be a lot of practicas and I used to
go and practice different steps, but always
with the old people, the milongueros. At
that time it was not fashionable to take
workshops or classes.
E: Geraldine and I took group classes
with Omar Vega about a year and a half
ago at Salon Canning. He thought that we
wouldn’t come so he was shocked to see
us there, and so were the other people in
the class. People do not usually think that
much. If you are like this, then you dance
this way, if you are like that then you go
to the other group. Before it wasn’t like
this. If you are 20-25 yrs old you belong
to one group, if you have long hair you
belong to another group. If you learn to
D’Arienzo you are a rhythm dancer but if
you learn to Di Sarli then you are a salon
dancer etc. But all of these orchestras
come from different periods. At that time
each orchestra had a different rhythm
but is wasn’t intended to separate people.
Now if you like a particular music you are
different from someone who doesn’t like
it. Right now people think they are the
protagonist of the story, its not that tango
“The tango that is selling now is a European tango, it is not the real Argentine
tango. People are looking for new styles
and new technologies but that is not the
tango. Tango is something simple, a way
to be and that’s all...”
professional dancers take group classes
anymore but it is useful. We learned a lot,
he is a good teacher.
TN: So how old were you when you
started dancing tango?
G: That depends. Do you mean when I
learned the basic step or when I started to
dance?
TN: Well, both.
G: I learned the basic step at about 7 or
8 years old but I didn’t really start dancing
until I was 15 or 16 years old.
E: I started dancing when I was 23 years old.
TN: How has tango changed since
you began dancing? How have the
milongas changed?
E: It went backwards, it didn’t grow up.
People talk about different styles but we
don’t think there are styles. The only style
that exists is the tango. Not open, close,
new, old – the style is tango.
G: In tango now people discriminate too
is special and it makes me dance. Now
people think they are special because they
dance a particular way. Its not like the
tango is special and it makes me happy.
People have lost this first concept of
dancing and having fun.
G & E: The tango that is selling now is a
European tango, it is not the real Argentine
tango. People are looking for new styles
and new technologies but that is not the
tango. Tango is something simple, a way to
be and that’s all. It is complex to dance the
tango the right way, you need to study and
practice and quit many things.You need
to quit pretensions and egos to belong to
something. These are internal things. If you
say you are dancing tango and you believe
in tango then it is only one way because
tango is just one. Its like blues and jazz. If
you listen, you know if its blues, jazz, rock,
or soul. It’s the same with tango, you know
what is tango.
september 2007 • tango noticias TN: What is your most memorable
tango experience?
E: I have two memorable experiences.
One is when I started to dance I started
to realize myself – I became a better
person. In a personal way it improved
me as a person. In a professional way, I
danced with a rock band in front of 2,000
people at a stadium in Buenos Airies. It
was a good artistic experience to dance
for people who don’t know anything about
tango. The band was “Bersuit Vergarabat”,
a big rock band in Argentina, and they
wanted a video clip for one of their songs
with tango (Perro Amor Explota). I
danced in Luna Park, a stadium in Buenos
Aires with only my pants on (http://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=g1RdwLXY214). It
first job I had was working with Roberto
Herrera and Vanina Bilous when I was
15 years old at the Michelangelo. The
first time I traveled, I went to Korea with
Gustavo Moro and he danced with me
there representing tango and Argentina
in an international festival. This was a
great experience for me to dance with
him because he was a great dancer.
Gustavo did not dance tango but he was a
professional dancer. He usually danced as
a cross dresser but this time he danced as
a man. After that I was given the chance
to be in the movies. I was in Assassination
Tango (2002), Je ne suis pas là pour être
aimé (2005), and The Man Who Captured
Eichmann, where I danced with Nestor
Ray (for T.V., 1996).
“People talk about different styles but
we don’t think there are styles. The only
style that exits is the tango. Not open,
close, new, old – the style is tango...”
was a nice space to dance in because most
people didn’t know anything about tango
and didn’t know who I was.
G: In a personal way, when I dance now I
feel the baby and this is a great experience
for me. I also realize that love is true. In
tango everyone talks about love but it isn’t
really true love. After the milonga you go
home and you don’t have a family.
G and E: We both realize that now we
have a family and the tango dream is a
reality. We have met people inside the
tango scene that worked for many years
with families. It is a lie that married people
can’t enjoy tango. People say that when
you go to tango the marriage is over. In
fact, it is the reverse because when you
are in a family and you are strong you are
really making the tango from the base
root.
G: Its like you cross the street and you
can see in front of you that its full of
love. And you say to yourself, wow I am
lucky, I am safe. In a professional way, the
tango noticias • september 2007
G and E: When we started to dance
together we started in a musical hall on
Corrientes Ave in a show. The amazing
thing is that Gustavo Mora was there to
see the performance. It had been 10 years
and he had worked with Geraldine so it
was a nice surprise for her. It was even
more amazing because this job was totally
outside of the tango scene in a music hall.
TN: How did you decide or what
caused you to become a professional
tango dancer?
G: At age 16 I ran away from home so
I went to work. I went to live with my
Father. I had to work because my Father
didn’t have enough money. My Father
didn’t want me to dance but at 16 I
couldn’t get any other work because I
was too young so I decided to dance. He
ended up being proud of me. He thought
that it wouldn’t be a good life for a child.
He didn’t want me to forget that I am a
woman, not just a dancer.
E: I became a professional because people
offered me work. They thought I was good
enough. I was dancing with my girlfriend
and people asked me why I didn’t do more.
At that time Roberto and Vanina said okay
you can be a professional if you work and
they taught me.
TN: How and when did you first
meet each other?
E: We met in Amsterdam in 2002 at
a festival. We were both with other
partners and there were about 6 couples
total. It was at the time when the
government broke down and there was
an economic crisis in Argentina. Gustavo
Naviera and Giselle Anne decided to do
something about Argentina’s problem
so they decided to put together a
show in connection with the festival.
(“Turbulencia”, at the Amsterdam Tango
Festival, Meervaart Theater, 2002) We
were rehearsing for the show in Buenos
Aires and in Amsterdam. There were
many scenes in the show. In one scene, the
police were chasing me. I fell down and the
person that picked me up off the floor was
Geraldine. At that festival I told Geraldine
that I loved her and could spend the rest
of my life with her. She didn’t believe me.
We spent another week in Amsterdam
and secretly we kept talking about how
we could be together. After the festival
Geraldine went back to Buenos Aires and
I stayed for another month in Europe.
We arranged to meet in Buenos Aires
at Porteño y Bailarin (a milonga there)
on February 12th. During that month we
emailed each other and said, “are you
sure?” “yes I’m sure, I love you” etc…So
I went to Porteño y Bailarin and I was
waiting there. I saw a friend at about 2 in
the morning who asked me what I was
doing and I told him that I was waiting for
the love of my life. By 5 am I was drunk
still saying that I expect the love of my life.
She never came.
G: I had a performance that I had
forgotten about.
E: Many people tried to keep us apart.
They argued that we needed to continue
our careers separately. But, I acted like
a man. I went to Geraldine’s home, rang
the bell, took a seat at the table with
Geraldine and Javier, and told Javier that
I was in love with Geraldine and she was
in love with me. Nobody could tell him
anything because I told him everything
myself.
TN: Did this cause a fight?
E: No. There were no fights but there was
a lot of drama. After that there were many
situations at the milonga. We would look
at each other and dance together. So one
night it caused a scene and the three of us
stepped outside. Javier said that he didn’t
want any more situations and that we
should do whatever we want. Geraldine
told me to pick her up the following
afternoon. I went to bed happy that night.
The next day I called telling her I was going
to pick her up but she said no, that she
was thinking she can’t do it and decided
to work things out with Javier. After that
she left Buenos Aires on a tour and we
didn’t meet again for about three and a half
years. This happened on a Tuesday and she
was leaving on Thursday. On Wednesday
night I called her and I told her if she
changed her mind or if something happens
I will always help her, I told her that I loved
her and I understood. In fact she did call a
few times and then I acted like the tough
guy, saying, “What do you want?”
All the people were taking turns to try
to keep us apart by not letting us meet at
the same festivals or milongas. Then, after
three years I was sitting in Salon Canning
watching a performance and I felt a hand
on my shoulder. I turned around and it was
Geraldine. We hugged and now we are
here.
G: Yes, everyone was paying attention
to us not to the performance. They were
saying, here they go again. Another round!
E: All of this happened about 2 ½ years
ago. After 11 months we were married.
Now our family is getting bigger (patting
Gerldine’s tummy).
TN: As you mentioned, you
both worked with other dance
partners for many years before you
formed your current professional
partnership. Many people associate
both of you with your previous
partners. Does this interfere
with your current professional
partnership at all?
G and E: We didn’t know we were so
important for people. We just changed
partners; that was all. It was a surprise to
us when all the people worried about what
we are doing.
G: For me personally, I can’t believe
people believed the biggest lie in the
history of love (she and Javier). It was like
coke and pepsi. Many people mourned
that I was breaking up our relationship but
we were not in love. I had to take care
of myself. Many people talk as if they feel
something. If people make opinions about
me professionally that is one thing, but
creating opinions about my personal life,
about inside my house or my bathroom
is not cool. People try to mix my
professional and my personal life making it
the same thing.
E: Yes, people make opinions about me,
if I am good or bad. For the people I am
a professional dancer and that is all. They
don’t care about my life. We are not like
famous stars we are just tango dancers.
G: In a personal way, only our friends can
make opinions about us. When I made this
professional split I knew who my friends
were.
E: I also realized through this experience
who my real friends were. At least 3
friends I have from tango should have
supported me but they were scared. We
did what many people want to do but are
afraid to do because of their careers.
G: I have a sad vision about this because
the people take a look, see that a
partnership is not working out and feel
that they might lose their master teachers.
They start to worry that they won’t
improve their dance. People can analyze it
all they want but we are in love.
E: For example, yesterday at the milonga
when we were introduced the host said
our names as Geraldine and Javier. People
looked at us to see how we would react
but we don’t care. If you look at me you
know who I am. But, some people think
they can create some situation. They think
that since they have a dirty mind everyone
does. That kind of mistake about the
names we don’t care about it, but for the
people its very important. They think it
will cause a fight but we don’t care. When
we got together, we realized many things
that we were wrong about before. We
will stay together to have a healthy family.
If we have to quit tango because of it
then we will. We can dance always in our
house. But if we continue to do what we
are doing now we want to do our best job.
This makes us feel nice.
G: When we decided to be together,
we already knew what would happen.
We knew the people would talk but we
decided to stay together because we really
feel good together.
TN: How has your dancing changed
since the two of you became a tango
couple?
G: For me everything.
E: We think that now we know what it
means to dance in a couple. In my life
before when I danced with my partner, I
learned with her and I spent a big part of
my career with her but I was dancing alone
in the end.
G: I had to start to learn how to dance
with a man that is my partner in life not
just in dance.
this interview continues in the next issue
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Pinto and Phoebe J. Grant. DJ: Tony Cosentino
or Fred Romero. Further information:Valentina
262.942.4587; Carmen 773.279.9414; Phoebe
312.342.4335 773.260.2595.
[email protected]
Tango Che Milonga
Every 2nd & 4th Fridays, 9pm - 1am. Cafe Duval
2257 W. 23rd Place, Chicago, Illinois, Classes
prior; $8 fee. Contact: Daniel Noce/Ramona
Nita Tel. 773-376-8760, danielnoce67@hotmail.
com, [email protected]
Dance Time with Friends Milonga
Every Friday, 9:00pm - 12:00am. 8800 - A
Dempster Plaza, W. Dempster St. Niles, Illinois
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result.php?q1=88
00+W.+Dempster+Niles+Illinois. $10 includes
light refreshment. Contact: Ed & Luming de
la Cruz tel. 847-966-1671 or 847-298-5795
[email protected]
dancetimewithfriends.com
saturday
Recuerdo Tango Club
6137 N. Northwest Highway, Chicago, Illinois
9:00 pm – 3:00+ am; $15. Hosts: Carlos, Margo,
Romulo, Tony, and Lydia. Rotating Djs every
week. Further info: 773-617-6311, tango@
recuerdoclub.com. www.recuerdoclub.com
De Corazón a Corazón
American Tango Institute 325 N. Hoyne C-404,
Chicago, Illinois9:00 pm – 2:00 am; $15. Host
& DJ: Netza Roldan. Further information: Netza
Roldan 312-287-8406, MyTangoNet@Yahoo.
com. www.americantangoinstitute.com
Milonga “Cambaleche”
9:00pm-12am; $10 fee. Ritz Tango Cafe
Contact: Jorge Niedas. Tel.312-437-2122
e-mail: [email protected]
Sunday
Tango Matinee at the Ritz
Ritz Tango Café, 933 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago,
Illinois; 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM; $10; class before
milonga. Contact: Jorge Niedas 312-437-2122;
Email: [email protected]; Web: www.21tango.
com or www.RitzTangoCafe.com
Somer & Agape’s Tango Motivo
Barba Yianni Grecian Taverna. 4761 N. Lincoln
Ave., Chicago, IL. 9:30 pm - 12:30 am; $10
Lesson prior to milonga. Hosts & DJs: Somer
Surgit & Agape Pappas. For information: Somer
773-807-5704. [email protected]; Agape
773-936-1619 [email protected]
Chicago Practicas
MONDAY
Ritz Tango Cafe Guided Practica
Ritz Tango Café, 933 N. Ashland Ave.,Chicago,
Illinois. 9:00 PM - 12:00 + AM; $10; free class
before milonga. Contact: Jorge Niedas 312-4372122; Email: [email protected]; Web:
www.21tango.com or www. RitzTangoCafe.com
Practica at Rumba
351 W Hubbard St, Chicago. 9:00 - 11:00 pm.
$10. Contact: Ramona Nita 773.220.8918
[email protected]
WEDNESDAY
U of C Practica
9-10pm, U of C, 1212 E. 59th St. Chicago, Illinois,
lesson prior to practica; Cont: Marco Mambeli
[email protected]
Thursday
Chicago Tango Project Practica
Dance Connection Studio. 3117 N. Clybourn,
Chicago. 7:30 - 10:00 pm; $10, Light
refreshments provided. Contact: Sarah & Misha:
773.575.6906, www.tangoproject.com
U of C Practica
8-9pm, U of C, 1212 E. 59th St. Chicago, Illinois,
lesson prior to practica; Cont: Marco Mambeli
[email protected]
Vernon Hills Practica
Bally fitness Center, Intersection Route 60 &
Deerpath.Vernon Hills, Illinois, 7:30-9:30pm; $10
fee Contact: Ellen & Oleg Mashkovich. Tel. 847409-4513, [email protected]
*Resumes after Labor Day
friday
Tango Che Practica
Every 2nd & 4th Fridays, 9pm - 1am. Cafe Duval
2257 W. 23rd Place, Chicago, Illinois, Classes
prior; $8 fee. Contact: Daniel Noce/Ramona
Nita Tel. 773-376-8760, danielnoce67@hotmail.
com, [email protected]
Tango Chicago Dance Centre
1043 W. Madison, Chicago, Illinois. 7:30-11:00
pm, open to all levels; $12. Contact: Al Gates
312.850.1078. www.tangochicago.com
saturday
Tango Practica at the Ritz
Saturdays, 11am-1:30pm, Ritz Tango Cafe, 933 N
Ashland Ave; Chicago, Illinois. $8 ($5 w/ student
ID) Contact: Burak Ozkosem 312-810-0252
[email protected]
Sunday
Practica with Instructions at
Mercury Cafe
Mercury Cafe. 1505 W. Chicago, Chicago, Illinois;
4:00-6:00 pm; $10; Contact: Daniel Noce (773510-5726) Ramona Nita (773-220-8918)
Tango Sentido Productions Practica
Drucker Center; 1535 N. Dayton St.
Chicago, Illinois; 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM; $10.
Contact: Dany Novakovich 312-296-1955, 773550-2646; http://TangoinChicago.com
On-going Classes
Check the Chicago Teachers link on our website
www.tangonoticias.com/teachers
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Central Tango
Fayetteville, AR
Contacts: Elayne’s Dance - The Art of Social
Dancing, www.elaynesdance.com, info@
elaynesdance.com, 479.521.6683
Ann Arbor, MI
Contacts: www.umich.edu/~umtango; umtango@
umich.edu; 734.327.0642 or 734.564.0811
Las Vegas, NV
Cont: Allison, Gabriel; www.tangosilhouette.com
Contacts: Vittorio, and Will Maricondia
[email protected], www.Zapatosrojos.info
Detroit, MI
Denver and Boulder, CO
Contacts: Gabriela Carone, carone@buffmail.
colorado.edu, 303-546-5520, www.ragtime.
org/dance/; www.danceoftheheart.com; Boulder
- Deb Sclar: [email protected];
Denver - www.mercurycafe.com; Chas Gale at
(303) 320-4020, [email protected], www.
thetangohouse.com; Colorado Springs www.
tangosprings.com
Atlanta, GA
Contacts: www.atlantatangofestival.com
. Champaign-Urbana, IL
Contacts: www.centraltango.com; Joe Grohens:
[email protected]; www.tango.joegrohens.
com 217.378.4751, Ron Weigel: TangoSociety@
aol.com; 217.328.1311
Valerie Williams: www.vjw.biz/docs/amessocdnc.
htm; [email protected]; 515.232.7374;
Contacts: Amy & Ray: MotorCityMilongueros.
com, 313-655-4680, [email protected]
Metro-Detroit area: Argentine Tango Detroit
Lori Burton: [email protected];
http://www.argentinetangodetroit.com
586.254.0560
Contacts:Valerie Williams: www.vjw.biz/docs/
amessocdnc.htm; [email protected]; 515.232.7374;
Contacts: Fred and Jessica Stowell; fjstowell@aol.
com. Contact: Karenna, [email protected]
Address: Casa Tango 4176 S. Birmingham Place
Tulsa, OK 74105
Cincinnati, OH
Twin Cities, MN
Contacts: www.mntango.org www.geocities.
com/twincitiestango Steve Lee: 612.729.5306,
Lois Donnay: [email protected], 612.822.8436;
Frank Williams: [email protected],
612.379.4565. For a weekly update of Twin Cities
tango activities http://mntango.org/mailmn/
listinfo/and subscribe to‘TSOM- announce.
Minneapolis, MN
Contact: Tango Society of Minnesota: Diane
Hillbrant President, [email protected]
Kansas City, MO
Ames / Des Moines, IA
Tulsa, OK
Contacts: Korey Ireland; at http://www.koarts.com/tango.html; [email protected]; or
816.931.9545
Contacts: Fred and Jessica Stowell; fjstowell@aol.
com; or Virginina Malton at [email protected]
Barbara Bill @ [email protected] and
Patricia Paz @ [email protected]
www.CincinnatiTangoZone.com
Cleveland, OH
Contacts: www.neotango.net for more
current Northern Ohio info Greg Messina,
[email protected], 330-554-8900
Pittsburg, PA
Contacts: PATangoS – Pittsburgh Argentine Tango
Society at www.pitt.edu/~mchp/PATTangoWeb.
htm, Trini or Sean [email protected] or
412.521.1478
Madison, WI
Fairfield / Iowa City, IA
Contacts: Greg Kovaciny, Iowa City Tango Club
[email protected]. New website: http://soli.inav.
net/~dance/tango.html. It is the official home of
Iowa City Tango Club, and includes extensive
information on things going on in the Iowa area,
including our events in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids,
Fairfield, Des Moines, Ames.
Indianapolis, IN
Contacts: www.tangoindy.org; info@tangoindy.
org, David Crosley: dcrosley@challenge-inc.
com; 317.407.8181, Barb Bill: 513-321-3546;
[email protected]
West Lafayette, IN
Contacts: http://web.ics.purdue,edu/~tango
Michelle Murphy: [email protected]
Grand Rapids, MI
Contact: Carmen Maret; [email protected]
Website: http://www.grtango.org/
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Mt. Vernon, MO
Contacts: Karen Whitesell: www.
thelearningdepot.com/murrays-1/; 417.471.1001
Madison Tango Society, [email protected]
http://www.madisontango.org/ 608-236-0198
Nicole Stevens: 608-213-8301,
[email protected]
St. Louis, MO
Contacts: St. Louis Argentine Tango Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group
/St_Louis_Tango/ and http://cec.wustl.edu/
~hs3/ Tango St. Louis: http://www.tangostlouis.
com/ Roxanne McKenny:
www.tangoteacher.com, 314.324.0887.
Carter Maier: [email protected].
Estella & Randy: [email protected],
www.tangorosa.com, 314.849.3007;
Rick Barbarash: 314-993-3698, rbarbarash@
yahoo.com, Milonga Sin Nombre- Monthly
Alternative Milonga: http://home.earthlink.
net/~rbarbarash/analternativemilonga
Shaun Sellers: [email protected]
Gateway Tango: http://www.gatewaytango.org
Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM
Contacts: The Tango Club of Albuquerque
at www.geocities.com/tango_abq/special.
htmlPaul Akmajian [email protected] Aas
Milwaukee, WI
Contacts: Nina Tatarowicz www.tangoelixir.com
or 312-730-8873.
Montreal, Quebec , Canada
Contacts: www.festivaldetangodemontreal.qc.ca
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Contacts: www.tangoacademy.org; Musharraf
Farooqi at [email protected] or
416.536.8446.
Please send any information regarding contact
information for Argentine tango events in
the Midwest to [email protected] and
we will be sure to update each community’s
contact listing. Also, let us know if you’d like your
community featured in an upcoming issue.