Melina's two cents

It is this time of the year again: tango-dancers are asking me to post my Encuentro-recommendations for next year.  But you may know that ...

I ask myself:  How can one enjoy Encuentros/Festivalitos or Marathons, if one visits them all the time?  I see so many of my friends con...

In the last 10 years, many events with balanced numbers of men/women or leaders/followers have been created: Marathons, Festivalitos and E...

Tango defies all kinds of standardisations. It is a highly individualised tradition based upon the personal views, styles and philosophie...

Most of you will know this already: I am expanding. In addition to my usual activities as a teacher and organiser in cooperation with Detl...

Most social close-embrace dancers will tell you that they don’t know any steps and that they improvise freely. But everyone who watches fro...

A couple of weeks ago, I was at a marathon-encuentro mixer. It was a well organised event in a beautiful city, I met a few (not many) old fr...