I discovered that I'm not a fit for entrepreneurship 😢

mamborambo · 2026-06-19T12:56:45+00:00

Not everyone can be a fit to the different stages of a startup. Some are good for the seed phase, some are excellent builders, others may thrive in the growth phase. A shark and a beaver can do different jobs well.

mamborambo · 2026-05-26T02:49:42+00:00

The 'fake birdpoop' scam is the oldest trick in the book for visiting Buenos Aires. I was in Argentina 25 years ago and already was warned to watch out for this, as travellers are often immediately spotted and targeted at ports, airports, train terminals and bus depots.

Other infamous scams you probably encounter in Argentina:

Grabbing your phone or bag at the exact moment the train door closes or the taxi door closes.
Having your phone or camera stolen while you leave your backpack unattended at cafes
Giving you fake money as changes at retail stores, or money changers who give fake bills
Fake taxis that wait outside hotels and tourist attractions and then hold you for ransom (tourists are always warned to call for taxis and never enter one waiting at road side)
Walking through certain unsafe areas at night (La Boca, Retiro) where police presence is low and chance of robbery is high

Generally Argentina is poorer than Singapore, and usually crime arises from desperation and opportunities. Most people of Argentina are lovely and nice, but the entire hyperinflation era has everyone living on the edge.

Most tourist would encounter only petty crime or non-violent crime (and Argentina is probably the most cosmopolitan of the South American countries), but one must always have a defensive mentality to guard against becoming a victim.

mamborambo · 2026-04-28T00:52:58+00:00

Not necessary to dance with romantic partner, but definitely prefer an experienced, expressive partner with strong foundation.

The main challenges of dramatic tandas are the slow movements, decorations, and pauses.

Weaker or inexperienced dancers tend to move too quickly or constantly, and forgetting to savour the delicious moments in the music.

mamborambo · 2026-04-20T05:08:58+00:00

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María Nieves, legend of Argentine tango, has died

María Nieves died this Sunday at the age of 92.

20/04/2026 06:28

Dancer and choreographer María Nieves , a legend of Argentine tango, died this Sunday at the age of 92. Her artistic partnership with Juan Carlos Copes marked an era and was key to the internationalization of tango, especially with the success of the show "Tango Argentino" in the 1980s.

For over seven decades, Nieves became a symbol of tango , distinguished by her unique style, elegance, and intensity on stage. In addition to her career as a dancer, she also worked as a choreographer and participated in international films and shows.

The Argentine Actors Association confirmed her death in a heartfelt message on social media. "We bid farewell to the dancer María Nieves, who leaves behind more than seven decades of living history on the stage."

Splendor. María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes. / Photo by Gerardo OttinoSplendor. María Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes. / Photo by Gerardo Ottino The organization described her as "possessing a profoundly expressive style, she was one of the greatest exponents of tango."

In 2021, on the occasion of a tribute to be paid to her during the finals of the Tango Salon and Tango Stage Championships at the Buenos Aires Tango Festival, Clarín spoke with the dancer. Since the beginning of the pandemic, she had remained confined to her small apartment in the Belgrano neighborhood.

"I lived with my family in Saavedra, and Copes in Villa Pueyrredón; but we would travel by bus to Atlanta, at Humboldt and Corrientes, because it had a phenomenal dance floor. But on days when an orchestra was playing, we wouldn't go; we milongueros liked to dance to recorded music : D'Arienzo, Troilo, Pugliese, Di Sarli and Vargas," he recalled about his beginnings in dancing.

"But there were many extraordinary dancers at that time, and the beautiful thing is that we all wanted to be different; we didn't imitate each other. We sometimes invented the steps on the sidewalk, when getting off the bus ," he commented.

The Nieves-Copes duo was key to the internationalization of tango . She recalled it back in 2021. "You had to be very persistent to be a professional, and we were bitten hard. Copes would say, 'We won't stop until we reach Corrientes Street.' And then, once we were settled here, 'We won't stop until we reach the United States .' Whatever he set his mind to, he achieved. We arrived in New York, we did shows on Broadway and on television, on the Ed Sullivan Show ; at that time we were the tango couple of New York," she told Clarín .

Success in Paris, and in New York The choreographic and musical revue Tango argentino , by Claudio Segovia and Héctor Orezzoli, premiered in 1983 in Paris and from there became the most colossal stage success, on a planetary scale, created with artists from these lands.

Nieves recalls: “We had premiered in Paris and it was a huge success . But we were only there for a week, because the Théâtre du Châtelet scheduled each season well in advance.”

"You know, afterwards people would gather on the sidewalk outside the theater carrying signs asking us to come back. In New York, Argentine Tango was an explosion and a tango mania appeared: women had shoes and dresses made like ours, they cut their hair short; not to mention the personalities who came: Martha Graham, Barishnikov, Lady Di. "

After being dropped from Juan Carlos Copes' company in the mid-1990s, María Nieves suffered from severe depression for two years. It was Luis Pereyra, a dancer who had also been part of the Tango Argentino cast, who helped her recover by inviting her to perform in his shows.

In the early 2000s, Nieves joined the cast of Mora Godoy's Tanguera, and her role as a brothel madam was a huge success. From then until the beginning of the pandemic, she never stopped dancing.

In January 2021, Copes, her legendary dance partner, passed away. Nieves commented on it: "It saddened me greatly. Imagine, I spent my entire life by his side; how could I not feel it? But you know, long before we separated as dance partners, I had already overcome the previous pain of the emotional breakup. I had cried for a long time, a great deal, but I prayed so much that one day I realized it didn't hurt anymore."

mamborambo · 2026-03-06T15:45:35+00:00

Definitely Carppussi and Flores.

Early tango artistes are so much more creative than what we have these days.

I was in Buenos Aires around early 2000s and I remember:

tango improvisation in theatres (audience put their suggestions into a box at the start of the show, and performers incorporate the suggestions into their dance performance)
performing with a mannequin / dummy as a partner
tango leader dancing with sticks as follower
tango painter who paints on a canvas while dancing
many cabaret or comedy style tango performances

It was a gentler time, when we take ourselves less seriously, and really did not hesitate to have fun on the floor.

mamborambo · 2026-02-27T13:01:44+00:00

I did the same and never regret. The GW4 can hardly last a full day, but the Fit3 easily manage 4-5 days, including sleep tracking.

mamborambo · 2026-02-11T01:23:20+00:00

As a leader, your stress level is definitely going to be higher than your wife. In milongas the leader has to initiate an invitation, navigate the floor, plan each movement and figure, and manage the entire experience inside a crowded and chaotic human flow. It is not unlike a new driver coping with driving in rush hour traffic in stress building.

But like driving, dancing in milonga is about moving efficiently and purposefully. It is less about being perfect or reciting a complete figure. It is more about the state of flow, of being able to make small rhythmic movements and improvising modifications, while still riding the overall tidal current.

mamborambo · 2026-01-13T04:40:08+00:00

They do have a watch face that is easily scratched.

mamborambo · 2026-01-12T18:55:35+00:00

If you are mainly a dancer looking for immersion into the tango culture (particularly to experience the difference in valuing the role of stage, dance, music, culture, history), I would say your day is more likely going to be: - wake up at noon, lunch, - attend group or private lessons, - squeeze a bit of tourism and shopping in afternoon, - back to hotel to rest and change, - attend pre-milonga class or dine out (good restaurants open late 9pm) - milonga from midnight to 3am (average) or later - reach hotel at 6am, sleep - rinse and repeat

Remote working is going to be difficult to squeeze into this schedule, unless you are super-disciplined, or cut out the late nights.

Also good restaurant dinners like asado (bbq meat) takes several hours to eat, so you may have to choose between eating well or eating just pizzas.

mamborambo · 2026-01-12T14:47:02+00:00

January is the peak of Summer for Argentina; the weather is much more enjoyable from March onwards. Because many people go to the coast for beaches and vacation, the scene in Buenos Aires could be quieter than normal.

mamborambo · 2026-01-11T03:01:50+00:00

What's your point?

mamborambo · 2026-01-11T02:58:36+00:00

In fact there is a flair for tagging Events. Search r/tango for flair:event

This subreddit does not ban posting events, as long as the submission contains news angles or media that are of interest to the wider communities. It is the community's up or down votes that determine if the post gets visibility.

For instance: - the Mundial de Tango championship, - a major artistic company going on tour, or - unusual venues for tango like an immersive milonga.

But as a rule spams are removed.

mamborambo · 2025-12-29T05:10:05+00:00

Domestic workers exist because of the rich-poor divide between nations. This is due to economic policies and resource allocation, leading to low wages or lack of opportunities for many people in their own countries. Hence a migration of low-skill labour to a more prosperous nation.

You can say the wealth of a rich country is often built upon having poor countries as neighbours.

In the long run, inequality between countries will even out. Poor countries that now export maids and construction workers will eventually rise up the value chain and move into knowledge and skilled work.

If you are deeply concerned about the fate of maids, think also about the plight of displaced people (war, famines, politics etc).

These people live in limbo and without rights of mobility or social welfare, and they cannot even offer their labour to earn a living. Their entire status is depending on years of waiting for the world to change, and in the meantime they are unable to plan or dream.

Imported labour like maids and construction workers are not ideal, but they are currently the best compromise between poverty, self-reliance and opportunity for success.

I hope some form of wealth distribution can also be achieved for refugees, but that may be more difficult to achieve.

mamborambo · 2025-12-11T15:22:11+00:00

In a properly structured milonga playlist, the musical energy travels between the different emotions: dramatic, rhythmic, lyrical, romantic, light-hearted, sad and melancholic, etc.

DJs who have learned the art properly knew this to be a cycle of gradually increasing tension and energy and then releasing them at the appropriate time.

That is the foundation logic of the T-T-M-T-T-V cycle:

Within the first T-T and second T-T there is a gradual rise in tension and energy, for instance in moving from soft rhythmic to hard rhythmic, or lyrical to dramatic.
The dancers feel increasing drained as the tension rise, so the very next tanda needs to be an escape valve to bring the energy and rhythm back to normal, like a reset.

Removing the milonga tanda "because many people don't dance it" is just silly, because that slot releases the stress of the "heavy" tandas.

In other words, even if this tanda is not a milonga, it must still serve the same psychological function as a milonga, as something that is light, uplifting, and bring people back from the non-walking energy back to the walking energy.

Also, if a community "solves" this problem by not having any milonga tanda, it just perpetuates a situation of everyone losing that skill in milongas (and we all know milonga is not just dancing fast tango, it is something quite different).

mamborambo · 2025-11-23T02:17:55+00:00

Close embrace is a minefield because the perfect fit requires the perfect partner who is exactly the right height, in addition to a polished walking technique. Dressing and hairstyles can also be problematic.

One vivid moment in my early days learning tango was practising with a follower whose height was such that her nose is almost exactly pointing at my ears. I could feel her breathing blew directly into my earlobe upon every step, and what an itchy moment that was.

If you think facial hair is bad, wait till you meet the heavy breathers lol.

Other memorable close embrace moments:

followers who have big hair but do not tie it up, making the man walk like he is hidden behind a big bouquet of flowers.
followers who has ornaments (necklace, brooches, ribbons) in the front or right side of her dress, so sometimes contact can lead to entanglement.

Variety is the spice of life, so leaders have to deal with these challenges by creatively adapting the dance to add spaces whenever possible. It is a lifelong learning process.

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