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Tango Lessons

Tango—one of Argentina’s most enduring cultural exports—has always been more than the sum of its music, lyrics, and dance. For many, it functions as a ...
The tango instructor was confused. “There’s a guy who’s here for tango lessons,” the bar manager told her. “And he’s in a wheelchair.” Gabriela Condrea walked to the front of Amber, a Belltown ...
It’s said it takes two to tango, but it only takes one tangle-footed beginner to mess up a dance class. Forget Paris. After a humiliating attempt to learn the basics of the sensuous Argentine dance, I ...
Sally Potter’s “The Tango Lesson” is neatly divided into 12 short sections, intimating that the movie comprises a dozen lessons in the art of the dance. But midway through this challenging and ...