I didn’t want to be one of those people who posts videos of themselves, for fear that you would all find me snobby, but I love this video so much because of who I’m dancing with in it:
Pedro Sanchez, a good friend of mine for the past year and a half. I don’t write here about people I know in the milongas, but he’s different. He’s been a genuine part of my life (and he said I could talk about him). He is 72 and has been dancing more than 50 years. Dancing with him, as my aunt once said after a lesson with him, is like being swept into heaven. His interpretation of the music is so literal and beautiful, and oh my, que cadencia!
We made this video last Thursday during the class he was teaching prior to the milonga he’s been hosting, Asi Se Baila el Tango. Sadly, that milonga is no more - it is hard to start a new milonga in the winter season and in San Telmo at that, so in the end he and Ale had to call it a day at Peru 571. But I see those Thursdays as some very special times, with opportunities to learn from a true-blue milonguero. When will I have that chance again? How many people are lucky enough to have that opportunity?
Please let the video load all the way first so it’s not choppy, and then enjoy. Published with the kind permission of Pedro. I am so lucky to know him. 
And lucky that I can share a bit of him right here with you.
