Faroltanguero viko
7 conversations
Each conversation has a summary and chapters in Spanish and English; the full text shows once the channel agrees.
Viko, Alejandra Mantiñán, Aoniken Quiroga · 28 min · 0 chapters
Viko, of Farol Tanguero, interviews the professional tango partnership Alejandra Mantiñán and Aoniken Quiroga, in part one of a series on professional couples. They talk about what makes a dance partnership work, how they met at La Viruta in 2006 and started working together in 2009, how they support each other before going on stage, and their philosophy on leading and following, faith, and the senses in dance.
Farol, Carolina Bonaventura · 31 min · 0 chapters
In a video call during the quarantine, Farol interviews dancer and teacher Carolina Bonaventura, founder of the Mariposita de San Telmo venue. She describes the five-year process of imagining and building the space, her teaching methodology, and why dancing both roles is essential to understanding tango fully. She also talks about her family's tango history, her philosophy on how tango wounds and heals, and her next project: a book on her teaching method.
Carlos Copello, Julio · 29 min · 0 chapters
In the second part of this Farol interview, milonguero, dancer and teacher Carlos Copello talks about what's been lost in how tango is taught today: the look and the embrace as a real dialogue, and the patience it takes to learn from people who truly know. He looks back on his years working in the show 'Los Mejores', at Casablanca in San Telmo, alongside Juan Carlos Copes and María Nieves, and tells how he avoided pushing tango onto his own children. Near the end, he hands the floor to Julio, the interviewer's father, who recalls how Carlos Gavito drew him into tango as a teenager at Club Sportman in Barracas, and how he was shaped by the milongueros at table 23 in El Pozo.
Carlos Copello · 29 min · 0 chapters
In this first part of 'Entrevista de Farol', an unnamed host talks with dancer, teacher and milonguero Carlos Copello. Copello describes discovering tango around 1973-74 through hearing Roberto Goyeneche, after years of dancing rock and roll, and recalls who he learned alongside, including Alicia Monti. He reflects on what it means to be a 'referente', on respect and the cabeceo in the old milongas, tells a story about María 'la Turca', and defends tango as a popular art with no judges, closing with the lesson a friend he calls 'la Rusa' taught him.
Carlos Rivarola. Bailarín profesional. Profesor. Entrevista de Farol.
6 years ago
Carlos Rivarola · 33 min · 0 chapters
The channel Faroltanguero viko interviews maestro Carlos Federico Rivarola about aesthetics in dance, how the milonga and tango have changed since the golden age, and the difference between the milonguero and the professional dancer, with anecdotes from his work with Gloria and Eduardo and with Copes. Rivarola insists on daily practice as a sign of respect for one's dance partner, and closes by reflecting on tango as a feeling and describing his next projects, including a film screenplay he has held onto for years and his 35 years of traveling to teach.
1er segmento. Stella Baez. Bailarina profesional. Docente. Actriz. Entrevista Farol
9 years ago
Faroltanguero, Stella Báez · 5 min · 0 chapters
In this first segment of a Faroltanguero interview, Stella Báez explains that before tango she trained as an actress, and that her mentor Agustín Alezzo shaped her lifelong search for expression. She and Farol discuss listening to the orchestra while dancing and the speed at which people dance today. Stella builds on an idea from Karina Ramos about 'the new milongueros' and argues that, beyond technique, tango needs heart and surrender in the embrace.
Paula Martínez, Román Vergnani, Joaquín Althabe · 19 min · 0 chapters
The Farol Tanguero host talks with musicians Paula Martínez, Román Vergnani and Joaquín Althabe at a peña in the Almagro neighborhood of Buenos Aires. They discuss how Paula and Román met while singing together, their view of tango as encounter and a way of life, and the craft of playing tango with guitars so people can dance to it. They close by listing where they regularly perform: Wednesdays at Perón and Bulnes and at La Catedral, and Thursdays at the Almagro peña.
