The yoga of tango
Yoga, is a sanskrit word meaning discipline; contrary to popular belief, it does not mean practising exercises that twist your body like a pretzel, that...
The Tango Scoop – BA
La Catedral is sleepy every night, except Tuesday, when it looks like a beehive during pollination. Feet are flying, bodies are twirling, smoke is swirling,...
Lines from a cartman
[caption id="attachment_205" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Vendors at Bourda Market on Church Street, Georgetown, Guyana"][/caption] “Oh, East is east, and west is west, and never the twain...
The darkness of the light
The Port of Tacoma - Milwaukee Way It was after midnight and the rain had slowed to a drizzle. In the bright lights, against a...
Capitalism or parasitism?
Children of the street En route to my private dance class one early afternoon in the middle of the work week, I observed three girls,...
City life: Living in Buenos Aires
Things you should know Don’t pre-pay anything, no one returns money here The train tickets are defective, buy them when you are about to use...
Negotiating space
Kamathipura - Mumbai's infamous Red Light District The homes in the slums are rows and rows of lean-to with tattered, dusty, discolored plastic laid across...
Deference reflects the same hue on any landscape
I have always been fascinated by the interplay of power in gender politics. What is more fascinating however is the various ways that these normalised...
Talking Tango
I have been in the tango scene for 3 1/2 years now, and have been asked several times to explain certain behaviours displayed, and to...
Stabroek Market
[caption id="attachment_32" align="aligncenter" width="448"] Stabroek Market, Georgetown, Guyana[/caption] The grand central station of all hackney carriages, Stabroek market is an integral rendezvous for its cosmopolitan...