Spring Tango in Atlanta
March 29th - April 1st 2007
Southern hospitality, dogwoods, azaleas and...Tango!
An event organized by dancers for dancers,
featuring nationally recognized treachers and DJ's
All Events will be held at the Holiday Inn Select
in downtown Decatur
130 Clairemont Ave. Decatur, GA 30030 404-371-0204
All the info at Atlanta Tango Festival
MIAMI 2007
TANGO FANTASY FESTIVAL
The largest and longest tango festival in the world outside of Argentina!
Once again this year, Tango Fantasy presents TWO Masters of Tango Shows!
(Sunday, May 27 and Saturday, June 2).
Tango Fantasy Festival 2007 will have 10 "Taxi Dancers" imported directly from Argentina to dance with all the ladies at our 9 nightly Milongas and also assist with daily workshops.
This fabulous benefit is for all female registrants.
An authentic "Milonguero" from Buenos Aires will conduct special workshops.
More news and registration form on our flyer. Call us to be added to our mailing list.
The teaching schedule from last year will show you how it works. The schedule for 2007 will be posted when finalized - but the format will remain the same.
Thursday, January 18th
Intermediate Class by:
(from 8 to 9:30pm)
He can take any stage any space and make it his own.
A serious-minded professional dancer, ensemble member, or visionary choreographer. Angel has worked and studied with Carlos Gavito, Nito and Elba and Hector Zaraspe.
He has danced live at Manhattan's most illustrious venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Town Hall also shared his artistry with an appreciative worldwide audience, appearing on Good Morning America, Best Talk.
Angel's unique style in Argentine Tango, Milonga and Vals, and his encyclopedic knowledge of the Latin American Folkloric repertoire, plus a lively take on contemporary social dances including Salsa and Merengue, ensure that he's always in demand -- from the ballroom to the barrio, from Boston to Buenos Aires anywhere excellence is found.
We are proud of having Angel teaching again.
This Friday
Milonga
MOULIN ROUGE
Last one for 2006!
In 2007 the Moulin Rouge will be on the 3th Friday of the month
Put it in your agenda!
Prosecco, Prosecco, Prosecco!
Beginners Class
from 7 to 8pm by:
Juan Pablo
DJ
Yesim Sezer
"La Turca"
Argentinean slang word of the day:
JUNAR:
Ver, mirar disimuladamente, percibir.
Vigilar, reconocer, explorar, acechar, espiar.
Entender.
"To see, to watch, to look at in concealment, to perceive"
"To guard, to recognize, to explore, to ambush, lie in wait for, to spy"
"To understand"
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DON'T MISS THE ONLY REGULAR ALL-NIGHTER IN LOS ANGELES AREA!
Instructor: When: Dabney Hall http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ballroom/campus_map.html California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California Instruction: Dancing: Admission: Music By: Waffles Served at 3:00 A.M. More Information: Driving Directions: |
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The Crypt, St. James Church, Clerkenwell Close,
off Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0EA
The Crypt is a great space for Tango. An arched brick ceiling, parquet floor and cast-iron columns add to the atmosphere of our Monday night group classes. There is enough space for everyone to feel comfortable to move around in as they learn the intricacies of this fascinating dance.
SATURDAYS
We now hold our Saturday night salon here on every
Saturday of the month, hosting it on an alternating basis with Nikki & Valerie of DanceTango. See “Club Schedule” on left for details. There is a usually a class beforehand, but sometimes, if there is a “special” night, the class can be omitted.
We play Tango music dating from the early 1900’s to the present day, from Juan Maglio to The Gotan Project, so whatever your taste or style of Tango, there will be something to suit you. Also we include other Latin rhythms and swing to relax you from the intensity of Tango.
7.30-8.15pm Beginners
8.15-9pm Intermediates
9pm - 12.30am Salon
MONDAYS
At the moment we run the Improvers and Intermediate/Advanced classes on an open basis, so anyone can attend on any Monday evening, couples or singles. We teach Tango, Tango-vals, Milonga, Milonga traspie and Canyengue, explaining the art of leading and following, musicality (adding light and shade into your dancing), floorcraft, figures and improvisation and being as one with your partner. For more details, click on the “Monday Night Schedule” navigation bar on the left.
Complete Beginners Course: 7.15pm - 8.30pm + 15mins. practice
This is an 11-week course intended to take you from being a complete beginner to an improver level so that you can advance to our Improver class. Click on “Beginners” navigation bar on left for course start times and more details. Cost £80 to be paid on 1st night of attendance: or you can take a 2-week try-out for £20
Improvers Class: 7.15pm - 8.40pm
Students graduate from our beginners course to this class, which covers walking/dancing with your partner, moving in any direction, floorcraft, simple ochos, ocho-cortado, the giro (turns), simple improvisation, leading and following, dancing in small spaces, musicality in tango, vals and milonga. Cost £9
8.40pm - 8.45pm
Practice
Intermediate/advanced class: 8.45pm - 10pm
Giros, simple/complicated sacadas, sweeps, turns, breaking down figures for improvisation, leading and following, musicality in tango, vals, milonga and milonga traspie and canyengue. We are currently running this class in a continuous series of 4-week mini-courses with varying themes - click on “Monday NIght Schedule” navigation bar on left for more details.
Cost: £9 An intermediate dancer can also attend the improvers’s class at no extra cost.
Where it is: Near to the cross-roads between Farringdon Rd. & Clerkenwell Rd. The nearest tube is Farringdon, which is 5 minutes walk. Bus no. 55 stops at Clerkenwell Green, by the church. MAP
Thursday, October 19th
Intermediate Class by:
(from 8 to 9:30pm)
MARIELA FRANGANILLO
It is a pleasure to have Mariela Franganillo teaching at La Nacional
She is a world renown dancer, choreographer and producer
And on top of everything, she is beautiful!
What else do you want?
(For her Bio click on her name)
This Friday
Tango meets classical music.
Julia Dusman and Pablo Pereyra perform a unique program of classic Argentine Tango arranged in the style of the great classical composers.
A unique musical blend, Dusman and Pereyra have artfully combined the classic Tango repertoire with the language of the classical masters.
They take the audience on a musical voyage from Bach to Brahms to Shostakovich,
all the while staying true to the classic argentine Tango tradition.
Julia Dusman virtuosity, Pablo Pereyra's passion and expressivity, and the seamless fusion of two fine traditions make this a concert not to be missed
Friday October 20th - 8pm
Mannes College the New School for Music
150 West 85th Street - Concert Hall - free admission
This Saturday
La Milonga de Gardel
Hosted by Carlos De Chey and Carlos Gardel
at
Sandra Cameron Dance Center
Click above for more info
Prosecco?
Yep, we have that!
Beginners Class
from 7 to 8pm by:
Juan Pablo
DJ
Steve Haris
(to email Steve, click on his name)
Contact Info:
Tel: 310-895-0583
Email: karanrasdan@yahoo
A community project to teach second- and third-graders the Argentine tango started in September 20th at the Watts Learning Center in South Central Los Angeles.
"I am very eager for the program to start," said Ms. Fisher, the school Principal, "The kids will benefit from having a global perspective on music and dance arts."
"It's great to just bring this art form to kids who otherwise would not be learning this dance" said Tatiana, one of the volunteer dance teachers.
"The idea is to let the kids have fun, a kind of fun very different from what they experience in everyday America," said Karan Rasdan, who is organizing the project.
The benefits are that the kids are more respectful of each other, especially of the opposite sex, that they are comfortable dancing with one another, and that they are sharing the space with other couples."This is the only program of its kind in the United States, that I know of, in which kids are being taught the Argentine tango."
Rasdan, a Los Angeles tanguero, or tango dancer, said the tango program came from his participation in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program offered by Landmark Education in Los Angeles.
"It's an elegant dance," he said, "one that engages the kids' artistic abilities, provides them with yet another outlet for their emotions and self-expression, promotes their fitness and creates a community feeling among them.
"Once they get over their initial shyness, they take to the rules well, and enjoy the experience," Karan noted.
"I taught the class once about a year ago, at the request of Sima, a teacher at this school who I know from church, and I'll never forgot the experience, how rewarding it was. So when it came time for a community project, this idea was the finalist - something I'm enjoying doing, and something that involves my passion."
Tango teachers - professionals and amateurs -- will volunteer their time to teach a group of about 20 children per class.
Each teaching couple (a leader and follower required to dance tango) will commit to one day. When they arrive at the school, they consult the tango roster to find out what the students have been studying in the last class.
The teachers then start the students off with the basic steps, and if they can do the steps taught at the previous class well, they will teach them the next steps of the dance, or they will continue practicing the basics, such as lead-follow in a circle.
After the classes, the teachers write down on the roster what they taught so that the next group of teachers can pick up from that point on.
The class will start September 20 at the elementary school located at 95th Street and Broadway, and continue every Monday, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. and 2:20 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
If you are a Tanguero or a Tanguera, and would like to volunteer once a month, please email karanrasdan@yahoo.com or call him at 310-895-0583. "O le le
O la la
Queremos la milonga
La gente no se va ..."
"We want our Milonga and we're not going to leave!"
A crowd of 150-200 people chanted this on the streets around 4:00 am early on the morning of Saturday, 22 January 2005, outside Club Villa Malcolm, where the relocated Canning Milonga had been closed down by the police a little earlier. (Click on thumbnails above to see photos.)
"Enough is enough! If they won't let us dance inside, we'll take to the streets." And we did. Right on Avenida Córdoba, a major 5- or 6-lane avenue. Of course, traffic was light at that hour, but the police sent in "reinforcements" to direct traffic around us into the one open lane (relieving Julio Balmaceda from that task!).
Those visiting Buenos Aires and frustrated by the continued closings could take some small comfort from knowing that they were part of a special evening: Dancing in the middle of Avenida Córdoba to the voice of milongueros singing classic Tangos, and the Federal Police of Buenos Aires looking on ...
Crónica (TV station) sent in a cameraman (who arrived after most of the action had finished, but they briefly interviewed a few people, including two foreigners: Mila from Moscow and Shahrukh from Boston). This appeared on TV later in the day. The daily newspaper La Nacion also sent a reporter, and the Sunday edition of that paper (23 January 2005) has a good article with photos on page 15. You can see it on-line at http://buscador.lanacion.com.ar/Nota.asp?nota_id=673472.
The backlash has apparently started and the stakes have been raised. Newspaper reports had already started including mention of "the other side of the story" in reference to the economic impact on discos and clubs and those who depend on it for a living. Now Tango has entered the equation, with what one would think should be some considerable advantages:
All this gives a different dimension to the economic impact of these closures: Safety comes first, no doubt, but when the brush is painted too broadly, and decisions seem increasingly arbitrary, there is an economic and cultural cost as well.
Shahrukh Merchant
Buenos Aires, 23 January 2005
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 Video 3 (1:18)Arguing with police Low resolution (Modem): 0.853 MB High resolution (Banda Ancha): 3 MB |  Video 4 (2:53)Crónica TV report Low resolution (Modem): 2.7 MB High resolution (Banda Ancha): 15.5 MB |
Dancing on Av. Córdoba [1]
Dancing on Av. Córdoba [2] Dancing on Av. Córdoba [3] Waiting for the next dance Outside Villa Malcolm
Julio Balmaceda directs traffic [1]
Julio Balmaceda directs traffic [2] The milongueros and the police
