Queer Tango is a global movement to create inclusive and diverse space to dance Argentine Tango. 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.
Saturday, 14 April 2012
Friday, 13 April 2012
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Same Sex Couples Dance Tango
Same-sex couples dance the night away at gay tango festival in Argentina. The fifth Queer Tango Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina has attracted thousands of gay dance aficionados from around the world. Read more .....
Monday, 9 April 2012
Argentine Tango is danced every night, all over the world. It is an international language which enables strangers to experience connection, intimacy, self-expression, and a rush of ecstasy. They needn’t exchange names, or even speak. With the entry costs low, tango is an unusual space where people of all social classes mix without distinction. And the average tango milonga is an age-diverse environment; teenagers and masterful elders dance with each other. Elegant and sexy, tango is a full time stage of drag kings and queens. Dancers of all ages wear suits and hats, high heels and skirts slit to the thigh. But until recently, Argentine Tango has been all but closed to gays and lesbians. With women forbidden to lead the dance and men dancing together only for instruction, not socially, tango has been unwelcoming to GLBT people...But tango, and Argentina, is changing. The first gay milonga was created in Buenos Aires in 2003... more at TANGO FORGE
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
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