La Nuit Blanche

Omar Vega was a regular in the New York tango scene. All I knew about him was that he was a famous, legendary milonguero, and I loved watching him dance milonga.

I saw him, you know, at Canning, a couple of weeks before his death. He was happy, and hugging a man whose birthday he was celebrating at his table. The birthday man looked really happy and honored to have him by his side.

He would rarely dance, though, at least here in New York… He would sit very quietly at the milongas with a funny expression, as if he were wondering why everyone was taking this tango thing so seriously.

So this is how I would like to remember him.

I think he really, really loved to dance.