Tango is highly recommended for cancer patients

Experts say that tango is an excellent physical activity for cancer patients.

"To avoid a sedentary lifestyle, it is recommended that cancer patients incorporate an aerobic activity to burn calories through physical effort", Dr. Guadalupe Pallotta , president of the Life Time Foundation and Consultant in Clinical Oncology at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires says. Dr. Pallotta, ex breast cancer patient, participates since 11 years ago,  of Tango classes at the health center.   Oncology ... and Tango.   The group was formed from the initiative of two pediatric oncologists, Eduardo Dibar and Monica Makiya , who developed this activity for six years. In the first stage, it was open to professionals from the hospital who after their working hours, learned and danced Tango in the area where the boys...

Tango comes from the vulgar and the forbidden

Apparently the tango was born between 1850 and 1890; ie the mid-nineteenth century.

This important cultural genre wasmade up in the slums of Rio de la Plata and through the years was permeating the society, to the point of transcending and evolve culturally to the present. The Tango was originated in the port of Buenos Aires and it spread to some traditional southern neighborhoods, such as Pompeya, San Telmo, Monserrat, to name the most emblematic of the era. And from those neighborhoods comes the "suburban tango”  common, marginal, where men and women danced it strongly embraced, exuding passion and lust ; to the extent that society  and the same church condemned this practice in his time regarded as a vulgarity that incited scandal. Therefore, those who refused to leave the dance, practiced it clandestinely,...

Gardel inthe cinema

Carlos Gardel had a strong presence in the national cinema with films that defined an era.

Tango Bar: Carlos Gardel and Rosita Moreno dance | Enlarge Image

The Zorzal Criollo, our Carlos Gardel, had a strong presence in national cinema of his times. His musical talents and his appearance marked an unforgettable presence in films like "Canta el Zorzal" (1930), Las Luces de Buenos Aires (1931), Melodía de Arrabal (1933), Cuesta Abajo (1934) , Tango Bar (1935), El Día que me Quieras (1935) y El Tango en Brodway (1935)  A photographic walk through scenes of some of his films.

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Apparently the tango was born between 1850 and 1890; ie the mid-nineteenth century.

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Modern Tango, non-electronic

Last Tuesday, the band presented their album with own songs, "Escape", in Buenos Aires. It played at the Glastonbury Festival , for rockers, and toured Europe for all age groups.

By Eduardo Slusarczuk   With a trio at the beginning, and then as a quintet, since its formation in 2004 , Violentango established a kind of routine that resulted in nearly an album a year until 2009 . So the decision to produce an album with their material marked the end of that consistency. And the beginning of a composition work paid off in the middle of this year, with the release of Escape, their fifth album, presented today at 9 PM, at CAFF (Bustamante 764).   "Going from making albums with 70 percent cover versions to one with our music made ​​us wonder what would happen if we went wrong. We asked ourselves if people would not like our music we would have to keep playing forever La Cumparsita “, Adrian...

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