The Church of Tango: a Memoir - Paperback

by Cherie Magnus (Author)

The Church of Tango is a passionate memoir of tragedy and adventure, lust and music, romance and tango, and above all, survival.A dancer all her life, she'd had to put it on hold while raising her artistic sons and caring for her dying husband.Now as she set her suitcase down on the ancient cobblestones of a Paris courtyard, she wondered-48 years old, 6,000 miles away from home, knowing no one-what was she doing?Each time disaster strikes her life, Cherie forges ahead, struggling to save herself from the wreckage by listening to the music and dancing, first in Los Angeles, then France, Mexico, Holland, and finally in the tango salons of Buenos Aires.

Author Biography

Cherie Magnus, a California native, lives, writes about, and teaches tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Cherie began dancing tango in 1997. She was a dance research librarian for the L.A. Public Library and a dance critic for local newspapers before moving to France, Mexico, and finally Argentina in 2003. Many of her articles on dance, travel and international culture have been published in magazines, professional journals and several anthologies. A Finalist in the Buenos Aires Tango Championships of 2006, she has appeared in three tango documentaries with her Argentine partner, Ruben Aybar.