Link to original article at tango21.infoBy Geert Boettger -13/07/2025  Visual Poetry The visual poetry immediately catches the eye: the dance space is flooded with projections—changing color worlds, rows of houses, landscapes, abstract patterns, symbols, the real and the surreal. Five VJanes and VJs with different approaches were invited to design the space with their visuals as a living, constantly changing environment. The room as a visual reference point thus takes on a life of its own. It captivates our minds and senses with its powerful images... in addition to the music and the people moving around the room. You can immerse yourself in the worlds of images, colors, and patterns and see how people dance in them, disappear, and then reappear more indistinctly on the opposite side, while the first dance floor is danced on again by other couples. Its sensual effect is sometimes reminiscent of the psychedelic aesthetics of the 1960s and 70s – only without lysergic acid diethylamide,

etc. You are looking at a dance scene in other worlds, and yet it is also your world and that of your dance community, and you are part of this scene. This visual transcendence opens up new perspectives that you first want to let sink in, or have to let sink in. But that is only the first obvious thing. The neoTangoRave is a magical artistic and social event, like a great, positive utopia. Complete artistic experience at Schaulust From June 13 to 15, 2025, the cultural space of Schaulust e.V., a self-managed cultural and creative center on the site of the former freight yard in Bremen, was once again transformed into an audiovisual Gesamtkunstwerk. For three days, sound, movement, and light merged into a comprehensive sensory experience. A dance and music weekend like a mental stimulant—full of encounters, comprehensive new impressions, and aesthetic intensity. It is a unique, fascinating world in the cosmos of tango events. Tanguerilla Visual Poetry…

The Corona crisis acts as a catalyst for accelerated changes in many areas - including Tango.

The Corona crisis acts as a catalyst for accelerated changes in many areas - including Tango.A non-representative poll on Facebook confirms my suspicion, that the term "NeoTango" (derived from Piazzolla's same song) has meanwhile been completely emptied of content and become a chimera.2/3 of all participants voted for "Everything is Neotango (Bach - Eminem) "90% of the music which is played at the most enjoyable Neotango parties, (…) has no tango roots." Elio When I organized my first tanguerilla »Neotango Underground« in 2004, the term was clearly defined and denoted a tango counterculture, that positioned itself against Standard Tango and ranged musically from the progressive orchestras of the post-EdO era (Pugliese / Piazzolla . …), over Tango Fusion bands of the early 2000s (Narcotango, Otros Aires, Gotan Project …) to the young orchestras located at CAFF (Astillero, Fernandez Fierro, …).Since the creeping dissolution of Neotango bands in 2011, the musical substance of Neotango was lost and consequently eroded under the

influence of DJanes and organizers of alternative events, lacking any historical knowledge. Neotango became an empty phrase that had no relation to tango and instead celebrated the entire heritage of world music.Everything is tango! "The only thing that matters is if I WANT to dance tango on it. Then it is tango music." Vio After several years of critically examining this development, my patience is now exhausted. I say goodbye to Neotango and describe my events in the future as Tango Nuevo! My events and Facebook groups have already been renamed accordingly.My main intention for the "rededication" was to end the endless, tiring discussion about terms and concepts and to find a new, unencumbered identity for my events. I was simply tired of being constantly ashamed of the boring and noisy „Neotango" or even having to justify myself to ahistorical, ignorant Neotango organizers for my tango-oriented music selection. »Traditional tango is put on the tradi dancefloor after all. Here we…