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The Mirror of Sway
The colgadas are difficult to learn, and the balance of the forces between the man and woman as they move does not come. They stumble and fall apart.'Ah, yes,' says La Luna and stops the practice to...
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The Dance of One Is None
La Luna is demanding. 'The colgadas are for the daring.' But on this day the balance between partners falters. La Luna, a world-class dancer, is patient, kind, encouraging - unrelenting.El Flaco...
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Ripping the Butterfly Cocoon
El Flaco asks La Mariposa to dance, but she looks at the face of her husband, and the storm that is there gives her answer. She comes to the milonga week after week and sits with her hands in her lap...
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Riffs in the Key of Tango
The bounce from the flute of Eduardo Tami echoes the rough sweetness of so many nights in Buenos Aires where La Culebra smokes her thin cigars, the ones that show off her hands.El Esquinazo plays...
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Hearing of the Heart
La Oreja takes my hands and gives them a tug so light I barely notice. The lightly tripping guitar of Espejo de mi vida trips from the stereo, and I am straining to see if Dark Eyes has come this time,...
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