In Strangers' Arms

Beatriz Dujovne was born and raised in Buenos Aires, and has lived half of her adult life in the American Midwest. She received a graduate degree in psychology from the University of Buenos Aires, and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. She now dances in Buenos Aires and in the United States.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Foreword by Alejandro Martino     

Introduction: More Than Fishnets and Fedoras     



PART I. THE PEOPLE

1. In Strangers’ Arms     

2. Buenos Aires: Connection Metropolis     

3. Shadows in the Temple: Inside the Milongas     

4. The Invisible Heart of the Dance     



PART II. THE PLACES

5. La Boca: The Rebel Embrace     

6. San Telmo: Improvisation in the Wilderness     

7. The World Milonga: Tango Gypsies of the 21st Century     



PART III. THE POETRY

8. The Conversation of Song     

9. Milonguita: A Thread of the Tango Epic     

10. Four Weeks and a Lifetime with Alberto Podestá     



Epilogue: The Tango in All of Us     

Bibliography     

Table of Lyrics     

Index