Osvaldo zotto biography examples

With tango partnerships, the man’s name always comes first, not just because of the art-form’s unreconstructed macho heritage but because the man leads and takes the responsibility.

His first responsibility, however, is to bring out the lyricism of the woman. Of the two famous brothers, Miguel Ángel Zotto is the more vivid but Osvaldo is the more poetic.

Osvaldo zotto biography examples for kids

When I first saw him dance, on one of his teaching visits to London, I thought seriously of tearing up every poem I had ever written and making arrangements to be born again in Buenos Aires. In the first three examples of his mastery that I have chosen here, he dances with his regular partner Lorena Ermocida.

Almost every video of serious Argentinian tango that you will ever see was shot by an amateur and the sound is usually as raucous as the visuals are patchy, but if, at a first viewing,  you keep your eyes on Osvaldo’s feet you will see the essence of the