Queer Tango is a global movement to create inclusive and diverse space for Argentine Tango dancers. This means celebrating gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender dancers. It also means celebrating any dancers who want to experiment with different approaches to gender and roles while dancing Argentine Tango, such as women who want to lead, men who want to follow, and dancers who want to change roles while dancing. Queer Tango is… [...more]
Mar 172010
Sep 172011
Queering the World’s Most Romantic Dance. Gay people grasp the magic of Argentine Tango – in Buenos Aires, Berlin, San Francisco, New York, Stockholm, New York, Boston, Portland, Wellington, México City… [...more]
Sep 132011
- It’s hot and fairly sober.
- You can dance with 10 partners every night, or just one.
- There’s no right way to interpret the music. You can dance to the melody, one of several rhythms, or switch back and forth.
- Tango is reliably emotionally uplifting.
- When you travel, you can dance tango in every major city of the world any night of the week.
Sep 142011
Vio offers both private lessons and group classes. Group classes are fun and social. Private lessons are more serious and enable students to learn faster and better.
To consolidate lessons and experiment, it’s essential to practice. The weekly Queer Tango Practica is a space for students and friends to socialize, practice, and ask questions.
Practica and group classes will start 13 March.
Class is 6 pm Tuesdays… [...more]
Apr 022009
This research note examines the unique possibilities that tango may create as it becomes queered, and identifies ways in which the extreme gender environment of traditional tango is already queer. I distinguish three layers of gender experience in tango: drag, object desire, and inhabitation of essence. [...more]
On 19 April 2009, Duro y Vio organized two beautiful events at Spontaneous Celebrations to mark their departure from Boston. One was Boston’s first Queer Tango Milonga. The other was a Celebration of Women Leaders. Here’s the gorgeous slideshow from that event.
Celebration of Women Leaders from vio saraza on Vimeo.
Please do not repost or use these photos without… [...more]
Feb 092012
Argentine Tango for Absolute Beginners. No partner or “rhythm” required! No previous dance experience needed! You’ll learn both roles.
Class 6-7, Supervised Practice 7-8:30. [...more]
Argentine Tango is about many things, including extreme gender. It’s a fantasy of femininity and masculinity. In this workshop, we’ll look at how Tango can help us feel more confident in our everyday masculinity and femininity, how we walk down the street, how we stand, and how we use our bodies to give and receive energy in close proximity to another person.
Absolutely… [...more]
