Impolite to Listen welcomes its first guest as Sridhar interviews tango dancer, teacher, and author Iona Italia. They discuss the complexity of tango music, how it evolved from immigrant influences in Buenos Aires, interpreting music through dance, the dynamics of leading and following, orchestras of tango’s Golden Age, placebo effects in dancing, Tango Nuevo, and more.

Useful Links:

Iona Italia - ionaitalia.com

Buy Iona's tango books on Milonga Press

"Our Tango World vol. 1: Learning & Community" on Amazon (also available on Kindle)

"Our Tango World vol. 2: At the Milonga" on Amazon (also available on Kindle)

Follow Iona on Twitter @ionaitalia

Two for Tea Podcast on SoundCloud (also available on most podcast players)

Areo Magazine

Persuasion on Substack

Letter - a platform for thoughtful conversation

Iona dancing to "Vuelves"

Iona Italia on YouTube

Milonga - wikipedia

Tango waltzes

"Si la llegaran a ver" - Juan D'Arienzo

Bandoneon - wikipedia

Noelia Hurtado & Carlitos Espinoza (one of Iona's favorite couples)

Tango music - wikipedia

Orquesta típica - wikipedia

Astor Piazzolla - wikipedia

The Golden Age of Tango - tangology 101

Lunfardo - Buenos Aires argot

Piazzolla - Zero Hour

Piazzolla - Oblivion played on theremin

Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango: Bordel 1900

Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango: Café 1930

Piazzolla - Nightclub 1960

Piazzolla - Histoire du Tango: Concert d'aujourd'hui

Some Golden Age orchestras on YouTube:

Ángel D'Agostino

Osvaldo Pugliese

Anibal Troilo

Carlos Di Sarli

Juan D'Arienzo

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