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🍾Happy New Year!🥂

May all your wishes for 2025 come true 💙

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Frederico Carrizo and Juan Seguí perform tango choreography to Plástico by Terco Tango in the 2019 Mundial de Tango escenario semi-finals.

THIS is what Mark and Derek were trying to do on DWTS, except actually tango... and actually queer.

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JoJo (Jonathan Mahoto) and Jenny (Princess Jenny) dance Urban Kiz to a remix of Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me"

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10DANCE - Upcoming JBL Film

Based on the manga by Inouesatoh, "10DANCE" is being adapted into a film by Netflix, coming in 2025.

Shinya Suzuki (Ryoma Takeuchi) is the Japanese champion of Latin Dance, while Shinya Sugiki (Keita Machida) is the Japanese champion and second-ranked dancer in Standard Ballroom in the world. They are often compared to each other because of their similar names despite dancing in different categories, which frustrates the competitive Suzuki. One day, Suzuki receives a surprise when Sugiki asks him to team up and win the 10-Dance Competition. The 10-Dance is a competition in which top dancers perform five varieties of Latin Dance and five varieties of Standard Ballroom. Knowing how difficult it would be, Suzuki initially rejects Sugiki's proposal to teach each other their respective styles and compete on the world stage, but Sugiki's provocative attitude sparks Suzuki's competitive spirit and spurs him to begrudgingly accept.The two men's opposite personalities clash as they devote themselves to daily lessons, but they grow steadily closer over time. Before long, Suzuki realizes he has started developing a romantic attraction to Sugiki.

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Rudolf Nureyev & Anthony Dowell in Valentino, directed by Ken Russell (1977)

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This is not queer, by any means, and I don't consider it tango, but there is still something that feels good about watching two men dancing together on Dancing with the Stars.

It's tango as combat, but honestly it's no less intimate than any other "Argentine Tango" choreography on DWTS. For some reason ballroom people always interpret "tango" as a fight. (I mean, there's a long history there of USA and European interpretations of "Latin" dance that I only sort of know, but it's still very bizarre to me as a social tango dancer.) And it's not being treated as a joke.

(Also Mark has gotten hot with the greying hair and the beard. Who knew!)

Mark Ballas and Derek Hough dance to "Libertango" performed by Tango Bardo, switching lead and follow.

Like. This choreography is not my thing. Ballroom style "Argentine Tango" bores me, honestly. But Mark and Derek are skilled dancers and DWTS holds a nostalgic place in my heart since I was obsessed with it in my mid twenties. (Then I started dancing myself and lost interest in watching lol.) So it still feels special.

Addendum: Here's some actually queer, actually tango with the same vibe.

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Aoniken Quiroga (leading) and Mariela Sametband (following) dance tango to "El Choclo" by Orquesta Di Sarli.

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Juampy Ramirez (following) and Yana Khalilova (leading) dance tango (technically it's milonga) to "Milonga Que Peina Canas" by Adolfo Beron

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Yana Khalilova (leading) and Juampy Ramirez (following) dance tango to "A Evaristo Carriego" by Osvaldo Pugliese.

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Juampy Ramirez (following) and Yana Khalilova (leading) dance tango (technically it's milonga) to "Milonga Que Peina Canas" by Adolfo Beron

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According to this video (whose accuracy I haven't verified), pretty much any close embrace, walking-based dance to 4/4 music that white people were doing in the 1920s and 1930s could be classified as foxtrot.

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WONDER BAR (1934) | dir. Lloyd Bacon

“The other [scene that stands out above the rest] involved a handsome man, asking a dancing couple if he could cut in. The female partner, expecting his attention, agrees, only to see him dance with her male partner. Jolson then flaps his wrist and says, “Boys will be boys. Woo!”. This scene almost caused the Production Code to reject the film, and was featured in the opening scenes of the documentary film The Celluloid Closet (1996).”

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DJ Kakah (leading) and Felipe Lira (following) dancing Brazilian Zouk

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Iago Hassuike (leading) and Felipe Lira (following) dancing lambada.

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I'm so in love with this tango 😭

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Iago Hassuike (leading) and Felipe Lira (following) dancing lambada.

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