About Jantango

I’m a life-long dancer with musical training who left Chicago for Buenos Aires in 1999.  I was fortunate to meet Miguel Angel Balbi who introduced me to his friends and taught me about the music, lyrics, orchestras and codigos of the milongueros.  I listened to him and other milongueros talk about their love for tango and their lives in the milongas.  Tango is my favorite topic of conversation.  I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I love sharing my experiences and photos I have taken during visits to and the years living in Buenos Aires.  I tried to begin writing a book about the milongueros several years ago, but it didn’t happen.  Now a blog seems to be the best way to share my personal experiences with the men who are married to the milonga so the world can know them.

1993 – Attended Stanford University Tango week and began teaching  tango in addition to other social dances in the Chicago area
1995 – Co-sponsored International Argentine Tango Congress at Northwestern University
1996 – Co-sponsored Tangofest at City Center, Columbus, Ohio
1998 – compiled The Tango Dancer’s Survival Guide to Buenos Aires and The Single Woman’s Guide to the Milongas
1999 – began offering services as a personal guide for women to the milongas in Buenos Aires
2000 – began interviewing and recording milongueros
2001 – began assisting milongueros with private classes in the School of the Milongueros
2001 – held a weekly Tango Chamuyo for foreign visitors at Academia Bar in Buenos Aires
2001 – announced plans for the first Congreso Milonguero in Buenos Aires which was cancelled after 9/11/01