Candy Green: Tango-ing in New Zealand. The tale of love, loss and closure.

A year and a half I jolted a note to myself:
Before any tango dancer steps on the floor with a partner, he or she lived through the story which brought him or her to tango.

Perhaps, this is the most interesting thing about tango: why a person decided to dance it?

During show I will read the essay Tango-in Down Under by Candy Green, an American who immigrated to New Zealand many years ago.

Candy Green writes how she started to dance Argentine tango. It is a story which is optimistic and heart-breaking, wise and naive - all at the same time. And it is honest.

E-mail Candy any comments on her essay.

Also - 06.22.07 is the historic date (tango-wise) in Portsmouth, NH.
For the first time the Argentine tango was danced on the brick sidewalk of Market Square.
The group was small (just two of us), but energetic.

Now the playlist of songs (in order of appearance)

track 1:
Lucio Demare-La Racha
Lucio Demare-El Chupete
Lucio Demare-El Pescante
Laurent Korcia-Elegie (Jules Massenet) snippet
track 2:
Lucio Demare with Raul Beron-Como se hace un tango
Lucio Demare with Raul Beron-Din... Don
Lucio Demare with Raul Beron-Carnavalíto
track 3:
Lucio Demare with Raul Beron - Luna
Lucio Demare with Raul Beron - Al pasar
Lucio Demare with Raul Beron - Palomita mía
Loreena McKennitt-Tango To Evora

Sources

Tango-in Down Under by Candy Green - scroll to the bottom of the page to read about life in New Zealand.