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Tango, Samba, Modernity and Nation: It takes more than two

Oct 21, 2007 | Dance, Tango!

The story begins in a Paris cabaret, in the 1910s. Suddenly, the conductor of the orchestra—all Brazilian musicians—announces: “And now, ladies and gentlemen, a Brazilian Tango!” The story could have ended right there, if it weren’t for a group of Argentine tourists in the audience who rose up and started a fight: “This is impossible, the tango is Argentine.” Tango, indeed, was Argentine, but there was also a lively and effervescent …

Tango! Dance the World Around: Global Transformations of Latin American Culture

Oct 21, 2007 | Dance, Tango!

I am passionately interested in tango and profoundly ignorant about it. When I came to the Humanities Center at Harvard two years ago, I knew that at last I had an opportunity to direct my passion towards overcoming my ignorance. This is the personal motivation behind “Tango! Dance the World Around: Global Transformations of Latin American Culture”—our October 26 and 27 tango conference, co-sponsored by …

Editor’s Letter: Global Transformation of Latin American Culture

Oct 21, 2007 | Dance, Editor's Letter

We were little black cats with white whiskers and long tails. One musical number from my one and only dance performance—in the fifth grade—has always stuck in my head. It was called “Hernando’s Hideaway,” a rhythm I was told was a tango from a faraway place called Argentina. The beat imprinted on my imagination, as did the lyrics: “I know a dark secluded place/a place where no one knows your face/a glass of wine a fast …

Alambrista and the U.S.- Mexico Border

Jan 9, 2005 | Book Talk, Flora and Fauna, Flora and Fauna

Whether it’s the traditional Mexican corrido that accompanies the birth of a baby girl in Michoacan, Mexico, or the “Okie-Dokie Shuffle” which underscores the diversity of cultures…

Rhythm Nation

Dec 28, 2003 | City Citizens, Cityscapes

The scene is exhilarating, even intoxicating. A drum corps sixty strong, we are marching through the Montevideo night, pounding out the African rhythms of candombe. Tonight is the Llamadas …

Theme: Dance

Tango, Samba, Modernity and Nation: It takes more than two

Tango! Dance the World Around: Global Transformations of Latin American Culture

Editor’s Letter: Global Transformation of Latin American Culture

Alambrista and the U.S.- Mexico Border

Rhythm Nation