I went to Carablanca on Friday to see Mingo & Esther Pugliese dancing. If you don't know them, it's easy to wonder from just looking at their picture, what's so special about this couple.
Turns, improvisation & musicality that couples with the advantage of youth aren't able to execute. Connection that comes with years of dancing with one another and the youthfulness only Tango brings, combined with a desire to keep it fresh that comes from within. Watching their Tango unfold, you realise there is much to celebrate.
Mingo is the one of the group of dancers (along with Carlos "Petroleo" Esteves) who revolutionised the Tango in the 40s & 50s, introducing an equal role for women and more comfortable embrace as well as giros and ochos. Tango as it is today.
Here's some of their performance from Friday, I love the way he puts her forward at the end of the dance for the applause, as though he did nothing. Bring them back again soon.
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