Impolite to Listen welcomes its first guest as Sridhar interviews tango dancer, teacher, and author Iona Italia. They discuss the complexity of tango music, how it evolved from immigrant influences in Buenos Aires, interpreting music through dance, the dynamics of leading and following, orchestras of tango’s Golden Age, placebo effects in dancing, Tango Nuevo, and more.
Useful Links:
Iona Italia - ionaitalia.com
Buy Iona's tango books on Milonga Press
"Our Tango World vol. 1: Learning & Community" on Amazon (also available on Kindle)
"Our Tango World vol. 2: At the Milonga" on Amazon (also available on Kindle)
Follow Iona on Twitter @ionaitalia
Two for Tea Podcast on SoundCloud (also available on most podcast players)
Areo Magazine
Persuasion on Substack
Letter - a platform for thoughtful conversation
Iona dancing to "Vuelves"
Iona Italia on YouTube
Milonga - wikipedia
Tango waltzes
"Si la llegaran a ver" - Juan D'Arienzo
Bandoneon - wikipedia
Noelia Hurtado & Carlitos Espinoza (one of Iona's favorite couples)
Tango music - wikipedia
Orquesta típica - wikipedia
Astor Piazzolla - wikipedia
The Golden Age of Tango - tangology 101
Lunfardo - Buenos Aires argot
Piazzolla - Zero Hour
Piazzolla - Oblivion played on theremin
Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango: Bordel 1900
Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango: Café 1930
Piazzolla - Nightclub 1960
Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango: Concert d'aujourd'hui
Some Golden Age orchestras on YouTube:
Ángel D'Agostino
Osvaldo Pugliese
Anibal Troilo
Carlos Di Sarli
Juan D'Arienzo
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