Tango in Genoa
41 images Created 29 Jan 2009
Whether it was born of Cuban sailors or Pampas farmers, what's certain is that tango grew up in the brothels, where it was performed to get the blood moving before making love. Call it sophisticated foreplay. The dance is celebrated by writers, artists and musicians, most famously by writer Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinean from Buenos Aires, the world capital of tango.
From that tropical city, the tango spread like an epidemic, and one of the infected cities is Genoa, an Italian harbour city whose porticoes and alleys on a hot summer night possess an essence very similar to the tango. Not surprisingly then, in the heart of Genoa each June, the historical Palazzo Ducale hosts the Tango Festival with tango dancers from all over Italy and Europe and with masters from Argentina who wear smiles contrary to Borges's note that tango was a sad thought expressed in music.
From that tropical city, the tango spread like an epidemic, and one of the infected cities is Genoa, an Italian harbour city whose porticoes and alleys on a hot summer night possess an essence very similar to the tango. Not surprisingly then, in the heart of Genoa each June, the historical Palazzo Ducale hosts the Tango Festival with tango dancers from all over Italy and Europe and with masters from Argentina who wear smiles contrary to Borges's note that tango was a sad thought expressed in music.
