E87 - Silvia Askenazi - Tango: A Heart to Heart Connection

Listen to Silvia Askenazi, owner and Argentine dance instructor at Tango San Pedro, located inside of Grand Street Arts. Silvia was born in Argentina with Tango in her DNA. She has over 20 years experience and in this episode, she provides a primer of Tango and it's history, as well as some insight into her many other talents and hats that she wears!

 

SHOW NOTES:

Silvia Askenazi at Tango San Pedro: https://www.tangosanpedro.com/

                        at Grand Street Arts: https://www.grandstreetarts.com/

                        on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tangosanpedro/

                        on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/tango.sanpedro/

 

SELECTED LINKS:

Explaining Finnish Love of Tango | The Economist: https://www.economist.com/prospero/2017/10/11/explaining-the-finnish-love-of-tango

A Tango with Alzheimer's | Palo Alto Online: https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/06/07/a-tango-with-alzheimers

Dance Like Nobody's Watching, Science Says It's Good For You | Goodnet: https://www.goodnet.org/articles/dance-like-nobodys-watching-science-says-its-good-for-you

Collage: A Place for Arts and Culture: https://www.collageartculture.org/our-staff

 

SONG USED AT END:

Carlos Gardel - Flor de Fango (1918, Buenos Aires). Lyrics: Pascual Contursi. Music: Augusto Gentile. Guardia Vieja Tangos. | Wikimedia Commons

U.S. public domain (pre- 1/1/1923)/Argentinian public domain (pre- 1/1/1953)

 

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