This is a guest post by Maria, a friend who attended the first Tango Queens Congress, billed as an opportunity to ‘give the women in tango a chance to connect with other women, share their stories and discuss the complex experience of being a woman in tango.’

There is a new verb in the tango world, coined by Veronica Toumanova after the congress. To queen: to meet other tango women for dancing, laughing, talking, sharing, hugs, support, solidarity, emotion, knowledge, wisdom, patience and love. If I add yoga, this sums up perfectly what we did at this tangueras-only event, a new format in the international tango events scene … 

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