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May 25, 2006
Ricardo Vidort RIP - 1929-2006
Ricardo Vidort was a lifelong tango dancer from Buenos Aires, so-called "milonguero," one of the few of his milieu to travel to Europe and the U.S. in recent years to teach. He died of cancer Sunday, May 21, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I never met him, but I spent a lot of time lately studying these videos (taken by James Freed, Tango Video Project) of Ricardo Vidort dancing to "Poema" and "Charamusca" at last year's Denver Memorial Day Festival (May 2005). The images above are taken from the "Poema" video.
Some links:
- Photo on tangowithjudy.com
- Many photos on http://www.ricardovidort.4t.com
- Homenajes by Neil Liveakos and others @ www.milongasblog.com
- If you can't see it you can't dance it (Rick McGarrey's analysis of the posture and form of milonguero dancers includes images of Ricardo Vidort.)
Posted by joegrohens at May 25, 2006 12:28 AM
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