My whole perspective of the tango scene
here in León has changed when I came
back. At first my vision of tango was per-
meated by my ignorance, by the incapac-
ity of my body to connect with itself and
with someone else. Of course, having only
a three day class experience, what would
could I expect? I don´t know what would
have happened if I had pursued with les-
sons and milongas before going to Pata-
gonia. I will never know.
.But, I brought back to León that idea of
spreading tango and I didn´t lose any time.
I met Lupita Altamirano, Adrián Martínez
and Paul Ayala in tango classes with a very
admirable woman, Leones professor Hilda
Aguado. After that, I took some classes with
other awesome tango instructors, such as
Valesa Rivera, Angeles Carrión, and Di-
ego Pagaza. All of them were molded into
tangueros in Buenos Aires. My new friends
and I decided to become more serious
about this new dream of becoming better
at this therapeutic dance and we formed
our dance company, Tango León de los Al-
dama.
I think we mostly share the same gusto
and knowledge of tango, as in any place in
the world. Nevertheless, I think both tan-
go populations are very enthusiastic. In
Patagonia, there are a considerable num-
ber of festivals, local milongas of a very
good level, and tango related activities for
such a small community. Esquel is a city with a little
more than 30,000 inhabitants. They ptonanly have just as
many tangueros as Leon, a city with almost 2 million in-
habitants. By contrast in Leon, the tangueros community,
althou