I was viewing YouTube today to see how many videos of tango there are on the site. Then I began a search by names of milongueros--Ricardo Vidort, Ruben Harymbat, Miguel Angel Balbi. I was stunned when I came upon three minutes of a video I filmed of Ricardo Suarez in June 2000. Ricardo and I are the only ones who have a copy. I invited him to talk about his life in tango and gave him a copy of the two-hour filming. I viewed the entire filming for the first time myself only last week, even though it was made more than seven years ago. It didn't take long to discover the identity of the poster by going to his website. He is teaching tango milonguero and travels to Europe. He has several photos of Ricardo Suarez on his website. Ricardo (at 83) is still working in his electrical repair shop in San Telmo to pay the bills.
I don't know if Ricardo is aware that a three-minute clip of his video is on the internet. What a surprise for me when I discovered something I filmed got onto YouTube. I haven't the slightest idea of how to put a video on YouTube. Ruben Harymbat and Miguel Angel Balbi weren't aware of their existence on the Internet until I informed them. All those hidden cameras are capturing dancers without their knowledge or permission and being shown to the world that demands immediate access. Janis Kenyon Buenos Aires _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l