Monthly Archives: October 2008

Financial downpours

Posted on October 14, 2008 by LimerickTango

Given that today the Irish are awaiting the delivery of possibly the harshest and most difficult budget of the past quarter of a century and it’s bucketing down outside, it is an appropriate time to dispense two of the most … Continue reading →

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Machismo

Posted on October 13, 2008 by LimerickTango

One of the problems with the politically-correct “everyone is equal” world is that everything is nice. Just nice, no better. So when you dance with the charming lady, with whom you had and engaging conversation earlier, and you find her … Continue reading →

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Lunch with the Milongueros

Posted on October 10, 2008 by LimerickTango

A charming video in five parts of several milongueros shooting the breeze, via Tango Thoughts. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

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John McCain

Posted on October 9, 2008 by LimerickTango

When you worked with him in the class he seamed to have his own genuine voice but now that it’s the big milonga it turns out his steps are just hackneyed copies of someone elses steps.

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Preparatory VII: Mark 2

Posted on October 8, 2008 by LimerickTango

The walk, a  cambio de frente and the rock step. Start with the walk. Then introduce the rock step first because a leader trapped in a direction they can’t get out of is lost. Finally add the cambio de frente, … Continue reading →

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Barak Obama

Posted on October 7, 2008 by LimerickTango

One word. Smooth. Although it should probably be spelled ‘smooootth’. He moves with an upright grace that has all the followers who dance with him walking away afterwards in a hypnotic daze not sure what he did or was going … Continue reading →

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Site maintenance notice

Posted on October 6, 2008 by LimerickTango

The blog will be undergoing a maintenance overhall during the next 24 hours. People using RSS readers should check back to the site tomorrow as the link to the RSS feed may change.

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Limerick Argentine Tango Night & Workshop Saturday October 18th

Posted on October 3, 2008 by LimerickTango

Date: Saturday October 18th Location: Upstairs, The Bank, 62 O’Connell St, Limerick Workshop: 7.30pm Subject: “How to be nice to dance with” All levels (experience required) Instructor: Beatriz Cisneros of Buenos Aires, New York, Turin and now Cork. Milonga: 9pm … Continue reading →

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An ode to Sarah

Posted on October 3, 2008 by LimerickTango

Very much off topic, but I am aware that this blog has a certain amount of american readership and they are going through such a difficult decision at the moment. So I thought I’d let them see what the outside … Continue reading →

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Preparatory VI: Mark 2

Posted on October 1, 2008 by LimerickTango

The walk and turns. Includes an exercise where the structure of the turn is performed by both partners together in a line. They both forward ocho, sidestep, backward ocho. It’s the first real introduction to disassociation and thinking where her … Continue reading →

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