Silvia Ceriani has published a translation of one of Tete Rusconi's Open
Letters to tangueros everywhere and always. Also a wonderful
description of Regin milonga in the 1990s: from its description as
'on the first floor of Riobamba and Corrientes' we recognise it as
what
is now El
Beso: no longer
broken
green neon I
think,
but green curtains.
There
are several of these open letters covering much the same ground. They
reveal how earnest Tete was about tango, however much he might joke.
About tango music, '...this very impassioned music gives us life,
energy, pleasure'. As to the dance, he sees danger: '...we are losing
it by not respecting it'. Tango is not a business; 'Tango is a part
of our lives, part of our grandparents, parents, mothers, brothers
and friends. It’s our life'. It's
good to remember how the older generation see it, even if we can't match their passion.
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