24 - Joe Yang - A Liminal Space Between Sex and Art: The Culture of Argentine Tango

3:45 misconceptions about Argentine tango
5:30 differences between ballroom, stage and social tango
12:51 how Joe discovered tango
17:35 the addictive quality of tango
18:14 Extract from my book. “My favourite Californian.”
22:11 the tango embrace
24:00 the experience of the traditional milonga (tango dance night)
31:40 how do you reject a request for a dance?
35:20 “Emotional investment and tango.” A piece I wrote about the emotional highs and lows of dancing tango.
41:29 what characterizes tango music?
51:32 leading and following: the different roles in the dance
1:00:53 “Dancing with my girlfriend’s boyfriend.” I read an extract from my writing on sexuality and tango.

If you’re living outside the US, you can order my book directly from the publisher:
https://www.milongapress.com/catalogue/our-tango-world-1/

US readers can find it here:
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Tango-World-vol-1-Community/dp/1999755189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544287015&sr=8-1&keywords=our+tango+world

Ballroom tango:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNjZGLdDb0

Stage tango, from 3:16:
https://youtu.be/Lhn3AMs5jbk?t=198

A performance of improvised social tango by Manish Dharmani and Iona:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbVRHs7q8eY
The triplets passage I refer to at 55:05 of the podcast can be seen at 1:17–1:22 of the video.

Some other contrasting examples of improvised social tango:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqOQBWWWASI&t=13s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBItUyr_eBs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k-VGZbWzV4

My favourite Pugliese song (Pugliese’s emotional intensity is alluded to several times):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBjMighiGSg

Bandoneon playing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTPec8z5vdY

For people who want to listen to more tango music, I recommend this site:
https://ddpsfavoritetandas.wordpress.com/

If you are interested in the poetry, explore here:
https://poesiadegotan.com/