In Argentine tango, women follow.
She walked in asking to lead.
What began as a tango lesson became a love story that crossed continents and conventions.
In Argentine tango, women follow.
She walked in asking to lead.
What began as a tango lesson became a love story that crossed continents and conventions.
The Memoir
Hers and hers: one story, told in alternating chapters.
Six of Colette’s ink wash paintings live between them.
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“Tango is a hug. If you can hug, you can tango.”Madame C
The Salon
This is what we do best: an intimate room, storytelling from the memoir in both voices, and live Argentine tango.
We bring the salon to wine bars, bookstores, galleries, festivals, and private gatherings. If you have a room and an audience, we have the evening.
Book a salon eveningThe Authors
Madame C
Among North America’s most distinguished tango performers and teachers: US Tango Champion, Tango Salon finalist, and semifinalist at the 2005 World competition in Buenos Aires. Her rare gift is unraveling tango’s complexity while igniting a passion for it in her students. For her, tango is a dialogue between two human beings, everything we feel but don’t put into words.
Madame K
Her love affair with tango began in Paris, at the Trocadéro, where the sound of unfamiliar music stopped her under the watchful eye of La Dame de Fer. Years of admiring the dance from afar ended with Edie Windsor’s mantra, “don’t postpone joy,” and a search for a teacher who would embrace a woman who leads. She found Madame C.