May 01, 2022

Toward a culture of listening, with Heyni Solera

30 minutes

Bandoneonist Heyni Solera shares how her immigration experience shaped her artistic journey and why she thinks the secret to better dancing is to sit down.

Producer/Host: Liz Sabatiuk | Music: "Flores Negras" by Francisco de Caro, arranged by Astor Piazzolla and performed by Heyni Solera | Image Credit: Nikos Zacharakis

Show Notes

Visit Heyni's website to listen to more of Heyni’s music and see what she’s up to.

Learn more about the DC Tango Orchestra.

Listen to Diego Schissi on Soundcloud, or watch videos of Diego Schissi Quinteto, Santiago Segret, and Eva Wolff.

Follow the DC Queer Tango Collective for the latest queer tango activities in the DC area.

Preview an English translation of Argentine Queer Tango: Dance and Sexuality Politics in Buenos Aires, by ethnomusicologist Mercedes Liska. Bonus: Didn’t make it into the episode, but Heyni also shouted out Tango y Feminismo by Anahí Perez Pavez for its argument that queer tango set the stage for feminist tango.

Listen to an interview with Maxfield Wollam-Fisher, the cellist with whom Heyni formed Arco y Aire.

This episode features clips downloaded from the Internet Archive: “9 de Julio,” written by J. L. Pudula and performed by Francisco Canaro y Su Orquesta Típica; and “Como Abrazado a un Rencor,” written by A. M. Podesta and R. Rossi and performed by Horacio Salgán y Su Gran Orquesta Típica with Angel Diaz.

Read a transcript of Heyni's episode here.

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By Liz Sabatiuk