Eyes Wide Shut
Blog URL http://mademoisellenon.wordpress.com/
Located New York, New York USA
Tags tango, ballet, relationships, dancing, love, teaching, choreography
Confessions about life, tango, love, and whatever else strikes my fancy.
Latest Blog Posts
- New beginnings. on Oct 27, 2009 in mademoisellenon tango teaching
New teaching session begins and as always, tango drama isn’t far behind. Every Monday before a new “cycle”, I am strongly tempted to say “Hit it!” before walking into the studio. There are a lot of old students and it al...
- Masked. on Oct 25, 2009 in mademoisellenon musings performance rehearsal tango technique
We had a performance last month, which, as I thought then, was probably our best one yet. An acquaintance recorded it on my camera and as I watched it over and over again, for the first time in my life, I was actually happy with my dancing. I floated...
- Tale as old as time. on Oct 19, 2009 in mademoisellenon genji tango
I have several posts where I discourse at length on tango, teacup pigs, and world peace, but while hunting for appropriate photos for aforementioned posts I found something that distracted me completely. “The Tale of Genji” retold as Arge...
- To each their own. on Oct 6, 2009 in mademoisellenon clotheshorse funny milonga
It’s been a while since I’ve shown my face at the milonga scene. Usually I go through stages, those being: Go Out Every Night or Avoid Milonga Like Plague. I’m not really big on milongas, to be honest. I love going with my dance par...
- A somewhat dubious fairy tale. on Sep 25, 2009 in mademoisellenon confessions fears love is... relationships tango the past
Once upon a time, in a hot South American city – let’s call it Buenos Aires, there was a ballerina. She was a very talented dancer and chose to pursue ballet professionally. But something happened; an injury, unhappiness, depression, coun...
- Forever Tango. Or not. on Sep 22, 2009 in mademoisellenon choreography guillermina quiroga relationships roberto reis tango video
Everyone has their favorite tango couple. For some, it’s Geraldine and Javier. For others, it’s Julio and Corina. For me it will always be Guillermina and Roberto. Maybe it’s because they are the first couple I saw performing live o...
- “One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” on Aug 31, 2009 in mademoisellenon books life or something like it mademoiselle musings paulo coelho the alchemist
Whenever I feel lost or torn or both, I start reading Coelho’s The Alchemist. The book has some sort of magical effect on me – it’s calming and helps me put things in perspective. I have been in terrible need of perspective lately a...
