Martin van Kesteren

Tango Lesson Alzheimer

Teachers show a sequence and innocently tell you to try it. “It’s easy,” you think. “Done…

Los Locos all year Tuesday milonga in Am...

Starts 30 May 2023

Milonga in Amsterdam Netherlands

It Begins With A Blessing

When Artificial Intelligence takes over humankind, what will it do with tango? I assumed w…

The Taxi Dancer Solution

A traveler returning from Florida reported that taxi dancers in the milonga charge 25 doll…

Who’s Dancing With You?

‘I apologize for writing directly to you, but you’ve come highly recommended, and we would…

Tango Therapy

My colleague summarized what I just explained. “So, you have the introverts. Then you have…

Getting Physical

I suppose few among you watch Chicho and Juana perform, wondering if their knees will hold…

Tango Smooth Talk

‘I apologize for writing directly to you, but you’ve come highly recommended, and we would…

Fear Of Missing Out

You’re probably missing a unique tango event right now, as you are wasting precious time r…

Imagine Your Partner Is A Shopping Cart

A tango teacher told me to compare my dance partner to a supermarket shopping cart. I sugg…

Angst Partners

I recently danced with a dancer high on my Angst shortlist, the list filled with dancers t…

The Waiting List Conspiracy

‘Waiting lists for events are just a bullshit way to keep certain people out’, she said to…

Wheezing in her ear

I was recovering from a cold and wheezed into a follower’s ear. ‘Are you okay?’ she asked…

Cold Bitches And Arrogant Dicks

Have you ever been called names in the milonga? I was called an ‘arrogant dick’ once, year…

Tango is more fun than salsa. Really.

Can it be true that salsa dancers have more fun than tango dancers? I once went to a huge…