tangophilia blog

Today was the day for one of my students, Charlotte D’Annunzio, to present her end of term project on Argentine Tango. Charlotte is 16 (not 15, my mistake) and a student at Orange HS. Students were completing year-long special research assignments on topics of their own choosing, and she chose to learn how to tango! With the generous support of her mother, Anne, Charlotte spent more than 6 months studying tango with me, culminating in today’s presentation where she spoke about learning to tango (the process and what she learned), then danced three songs with me. The pieces were “El Once” by Carlos Di Sarli, “Desde el Alma” by Osvaldo Pugliese, and “The Pink Panther Theme” by Oranj Symphonette. Charlotte danced wonderfully, didn’t freak out, and didn’t say “oops” even once during the performance. I’m pretty sure the audience in attendance was suitably impressed. Congrats!

Here are some pics.

Update (2003-05-22 17:32:00): The verdict is in, she got a 100 on the project! woo-hoo!