Queer Tango is an outgrowth of the sociopolitical movement to liberate members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender) collective from the predominant heterosexual norms of behavior established in human societies worldwide. Tango is often interpreted and portrayed as the epitome of expression of traditional heterosexual gender roles, with men as dominant, leading and making decisions, and women as receptive, waiting for direction and obeying. Queer Tango does not realize the traditional roles for bloke and woman in tango, setting a different standard in permitting same sex couples and women as leaders and men as followers within the social setting of the milonga. Mariana Docampo Falcon, organizer of the Tango Queer milonga in Buenos Aires, states:
Queer Tango proposes the possibility for people that dance tango to freely choose the role they want to take up and what gender they like to dance with. To be able to perform this way, the teaching technique used is exchanging roles. This means for everyone to learn to direct and follow. Dancers have the power to choose
Tango Queer: Argentina&#;s famous twirl thrives among LGBTQ+ community
Think of tango and the classic images of Argentina’s beloved dance come fast to mind: a lady draped in red, her heel kicking up under an asymmetrical, lace hemline, clinging closely as her partner leads a dramatic display of love and longing. But almost two centuries into its history, a new generation of dancers are taking tango into the 21st century.
Yes, the silhouette of a cherry-dressed brunette guided by her partner, his confront shadowed under the brim of a dainty fedora, remains on the postcards peddled on El Caminito and in some of the most touristy tango shows. But away from the spotlight of tourism, in the milongas of Balvanera or Boedo, tango is modernising.
Dancers dressed in black, orange, blue, even plain clothes, electro-tango playlists on Spotify, and shows with elements of surrealism hint at some of the changes that the rhythmic dance has seen in its history stretching back almost years. Yet, the updates to the dress code and the music of tango only expose the absence of one glaring revisi
This is based on Stefan and Sebastien’s experience travelling in Uruguay in their Nomadic Boys lgbtq+ travel blog.
We attended the Uruguayan LGBT Chamber of Commerce conference in Montevideo in September , where tango was showcased. To our surprise, two extremely handsome Uruguayan boys, Juan and Rodrigo, took to the stage and blew us away:
We were spellbound, completely transfixed! Sure they’re damn hot, but we also wanted to learn to dance like that!
We tracked them down and found out they not only dance tango, but also do classes at the known Teatro Solis in Montevideo. After a few lessons, we sat Rodrigo down to find out more about matching sex queer tango and the homosexual life in Uruguay.
#1BUENOS DIAS RODRIGO, Show YOURSELF:
Hola chichos, my name is Rodrigo Fleitas. I am 29 years aged, from the Uruguayan city of Canelones in Uruguay, which is around 1 hour away from Montevideo.
I’m a tango dancer, tango instructor and currently serve and live in Montevideo.
#2THE QUESTION EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW…ARE YOU AND JUAN BOYFRIENDS?
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Tango is the dance that is synonymous with Argentina in most traveler&#;s minds. Few know, though, that in its beginning the dance was frequently practiced between men with no women in sight.
When the immigrants landed on the shores of Buenos Aires in the La Boca neighborhood in the adv 19th century, there were few women in the neighborhood. Beginning in the s the men who had immigrated to Argentina for a better existence started making the melancholy music that would change into tango.
The penniless immigrants didn&#;t have much to propose female companions, but creature able to dance was one way they could hope to eventually pull some female attention. So in the original milongas (dance parties) of Buenos Aires, the men practiced together. First the men learned the female role, being led by another man. Once they had that down, they were able to learn the male steps. Only after a few years of practice would they become the opportunity to travel to a mixed milonga and maybe get the chance to dance with a female.
Gay Milongas in Buenos Aires
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