Coffee with Olivier was the first thing scheduled for Saturday morning. I met Olivier at tango. He was doing a Ph.D. in Fabian’s department and was coaxed into taking tango classes when his girlfriend Claudia took an interest in joining along. I had met Fabian at salsa. Bruno, a Brazilian guy I had seen in [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Olivier
Posted in Story, tagged 3tangos, coffee, Fabian, love, Olivier, tango on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Coffee overload
Posted in Story, tagged 3 tangos, coffee, Fabian, Kate, Marcos, redhead on May 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Early morning on Friday and I was back on the train heading north in the company of a big cup of coffee. I turned my computer on to practice my talk for the day conference that was taking me back to the city and department I had left three weeks earlier with a Ph.D. title [...]
Connection
Posted in Story, tagged 3 tangos, breath, connection, embrace, high, tango on May 17, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I was completely unguarded for it. I did not even think it was possible to feel such a thing when I first experienced what I later learned to call a tango connection. It wasn’t part of my vocabulary and I did not have a concept for it, so I could not clearly express it afterwards, [...]
The New Tango Class
Posted in Story, tagged 3 tangos, body., Marcos, tango class on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was 40 minutes early for the class, waiting impatiently at the gym where it was held and playing with possible scenarios involving my impending interaction with Marcos, neither of which included a word about having got there early or having rehearsed what to say. When the smiley instructors arrived and greeted the students, Alexa [...]
Tango flyers
Posted in Story, tagged 3 tangos, flyer, Marcos, tango class on May 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I rescued my work bag from the bottom of a pile of clothes that had somehow grown on top of it. ‘Impressive, Gena, Monday morning and chaos beats Saturday tidying up 1-nill!’ I took the tango flyers out from the bag’s side pocket and picked up the flyer for the class Marcos had suggested. It [...]
The Forró Night
Posted in Story, tagged 3 tangos, dance, forró, Marcos, N55 on May 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“We’ll be 31 for one day.” Bumping into Marcos on the N55 not only saved my night but also caused me to reinterpret his sentence (from Friday’s milonga) to indicate Marcos and I were meant to become ‘we’. That ‘we’ couples use to represent themselves as part of the institution of the paired up. A [...]
What’s going on?
Posted in Story, tagged 3 tangos, Arpoador, Laura, Marcos, phone call on May 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
My bus was already approaching South Kensington when Laura called: — Okay, what’s going on between you and this Marcos guy, Gena? — Crazy, huh, to bump into him like that! Isn’t he super cute? — Totally! And… — And nothing. Ok? I just met him at tango yesterday and he seems to be nice [...]
The N55, or The Magic Bus
Posted in Story, tagged forró, Marcos, N55, party, The magic bus on May 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Saturday met me with a list of house chores: supermarket, laundry and tiding up my room were my top priorities. I made myself a strong espresso and checked the news on the net as I wrote down a more detailed ‘to do’ list. Nothing shook me out of the happy tra-la-la-ing mode I had got [...]
A smile, three flyers and new plans
Posted in Story, tagged 3 tangos, flyers, Marcos, Maximilian, Mr. Gorgeous, new plans, smile, Tina on May 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
A dance exhibition followed. Invited dancers Paola and Ruben took the floor to show their skills and us regular tango improvisers sat to watch their performance. They danced beautifully, but I honestly could not take my eyes off her, the elegant moves, her dark hair, the lean and strong body - “pilates instructor”, the blurb [...]
