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Alicia Cruzado warmly invites you to celebrate Tango with Elegance, Sensuality
and Renewed Pasion this Friday, December 4th, 9pm to 1am at Mambo D Dance
Center, 315 West 36 Street, 10th Floor (@8th Ave.)NYC, NY. Great music, hors
d'oeuvres and wine. $12 before 10pm; $15 thereafter.

Every Thursday take the Subway to Buenos Aires!
Learn, Dance and Love the Tango at the most Argentinean Spot in Manhattan.

Intermediate Tango Class by:
(from 8 to 9:30)

Mariana Galassi

Mariana was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
where she started dancing tango more than seven years ago.
There she trained intensively with Chicho Frumboli and Lucia Mazer,
Julio Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa and Gustavo Naveira.
She participated as a dancer and teacher in several Tango festivals
including the prestigious International Congress of Argentine Tango,
(CITA, Buenos Aires 2004) where she was one of the main masters.
Currently, she is a member of the New Generation Dance Company,
directed by Dardo Galletto and she is also part of the staff
of Sandra Cameron Dance Center

www.marianagalassi.com/blogger

Beginners Tango Class
from 7 to 8pm

DJ

Maria Jose

Argentinean word of the day:

TARASCÓN

"Mordiscón, mordisco, mordedura. Bocado grande."
"Bite. Mouthful"

Come to Dance some Tanguitos!

La Nacional, a piece of Buenos Aires.

239 West 14th Street, NYC
www.tangolanacional.com

Hello everybody,

There is a very cute website where you can easily share your opinion about a
milonga that you attended, a movie you have just seen, your favorite TV show or
any other event.
It's easy to use from your computer, phone or twitter account.

http://www.blibu.com/?fl=Dance

Just register and tell everybody what you think. Add an event or review an event
that is already posted.

Thank you.
Elle










 



 


   
     
     

thank you for the reasurrance. I was as DS for the first time

on Friday night, however, I left before the incident.  I certainly

plan to come back because of your gracious tango attitude.

I don't get into NYC too often. but the disturbance will not

effect my decision to dance tango at DS.

happy , peaceful holiday to you,

Judith Moore (tango dance manager, CJDS . www.centraljerseydance.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Tine Herreman
Sent: Dec 2, 2009 1:18 AM
To: newyorktango@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NewYorkTango] Security and comfort at DanceSport

 

    Dear friends,  

    Last Friday, at the end of the milonga in DanceSport, there was a disturbance involving patrons of a rental in the room on the other side of the building. Several destructive individuals caused quite a ruckus spilling over into the hallway. The few remaining tango people were startled and distraught by the commotion, but thankfully not hurt.

    DanceSport conveys their apologies to the NY tango community for the disturbance marring the end of a nice milonga. As the host of this milonga, I sincerely apologize to you as well. 

    I informed DS that I can only continue hosting my milonga there on Fridays if it is guaranteed there will be no more potentially rowdy rentals causing distress to the tango people. DanceSport is addressing the issue by canceling or declining all future rentals of this nature. They are strongly committed to ensuring a peaceful and serene environment for the NY dance community. 

    They assured me that in the future there will be no more rentals to this customer or others like it on any night at DanceSport. All events at DanceSport will take place in a peaceful and safe manner, and the tango people have nothing to worry about.

    I thought it was important for you to know there will be no more issues.

    Again, I apologize, and I thank you for your support of Tango Lounge on Fridays, and hope for your continued patronage. I have exciting talent and great music for you every Friday, and I hope to see you this week. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Tine Herreman

Feraltango Practica is cancel until the 18th of december because we are away and
we are Performing and teaching at Tango Lounge on friday december 11th.
We hope to see you soon,
Thank you
Ivan and Sara
www.feraltango.com

CELEBRATE AFTERNOON WITH TRIANGULO:

FALL SLIP COZY LOVE IN AN AFTERNOON EMBRACE

EVERY FRIDAY:  4:30PM-8:30PM

HOSTS MAURA & RICHARD//DJ GUY

EVERY SATURDAY:  4PM-8PM

HOSTESS MAURA//DJ RICHARD ARIZA

$10

TRIANGULO:  THE STUDIO FOR ARGENTINE TANGO

135 WEST 20TH STREET #301

212-633-6445

WWW.TANGONYC.COM

Alicia Cruzado warmly invites you to celebrate Tango with Elegance, Sensuality
and Renewed Pasion this Friday, December 4th, 9pm to 1am at Mambo D Dance
Center, 315 West 36 Street, 10th Floor (@8th Ave.)in Manhattan. Great music;
best hors d'oeuvres in town; lots of wine, cheese, fruits, etc. $12 before 10pm;
$15 thereafter.

Ladies,

            There is a Tango Dancer from Argentina in the City available for Taxi
dancing for the 4th, the 11th and the 12th of december.
If you are interested please reply to this e-mail or contact me with your
contact information.
Thank you
Ivan Terrazas
917-282-2549
www.feraltango.com

This Saturday, December 5 at Dancestudio 101 in Chinatown - the last Amarras of
2009!

It was a wonderful year and we would like to invite all tangueros and tangueras
to join us one last time this year!

Special "Dinner Milonga" starts at 8:30pm and goes till 2:30am!

* Large variety of salads, cold cuts, bread, cheese, veggies, dips, dumplings
and desserts will be served! *

Come hungry and share food, drinks and dances with fellow dancers of our
extended tango family!

Admission: $ 15

Location:

Dancestudio 101 @ 101 Lafayette Street (N,R,W,Q,J,M,Z to Canal Street & walk 1
block south)

See you all!

Your host & DJ

Yesim "La Turca"
http://amarrasmilonga.wordpress.com

The P939 is back this Saturday with our regular DJ Tine joined by Chuck from
Yale!

6-9:30PM @ 939 8th Ave, Studio 4A

$10/person or $15/couple

Next workshops in January, 2010
Stay updated via our website http://practilonga-939.blogspot.com/

Anton Gazenbeek is one of the youngest and most talented tango dancers
in the United States at the moment and one of the few tango dance
historians in the world. He will be teaching an intermediate class
from 2 to 3pm, followed by a practica until 5pm.
All his material is authentic and comes from the "Tango Preservation
Project", the largest tango video archives in the world with no other
dance techniques influences.
Here will be teaching sequences, figures and technique from the
masters Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, El Aleman, Puppi Castello,
Virulazo, Victor “El Gitano” among others.

Time 2pm
Chelsea Studios, 151 W 26th St, 5th & 6th fl.
Price: $25 per class or $90 for 5 classes (valid for 2 months)

Also

Fundamentals Cycles start this Saturday by Sergio Segura
Beginners and non-Beginners

All you need to know about how to start to dance tango properly.
The fundamentals are designed under the PEMC System: Precision,
Elegance, Musicality and Creativity are all required to dance tango
properly.  This 3 month course will give you all the basic KNOWLEDGE
and UNDERSTANDING about tango dance and a strong basis to progress and
execute complex moves and sequences.

Fund "A" - 2 to 3pm – Posture, embrace, basic structures, musicality,
and introduction to the “system” of improvisation and creativity.
Fund "B" - 3 to 4pm – Forward & back ochos, paradas, arrastres and
embellishments. More about the PEMC.
Fund "C" - 4 to 5pm – Back and forward boleos, ganchos, quebradas and medialunas

Fundamentals are one the most successful methods to learn Argentine
Tango. Sergio Segura is well-known for giving very detailed
explanations, paying a lot of  individual attention to the students
and giving constant corrections.

Courses are monthly and start the 1st Saturday of the month at 2pm and
the 1st Monday of the month at 7pm.
One class $25
One course $90
Two courses $160
Three courses $230
Learn all the fundamentals in ONE MONTH. You can take all courses at
the same time. If you have previous knowledge or you have dance skills
you are eligible (under the teacher’s evaluation), to do all the
classes in the same day.

Chelsea Studios
151 W 26th St. 5th or 6th Floor
Between 6th and 7th Aves.

see www.learnargentinetango.com for more info or call (917) 373-7446
or email statnyc@...

See you there!

FALL SLIP SOOTHE CUDDLE AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON:

TRIANGULO'S SATURDAY AFTERNOON MILONGA

EVERY SATURDAY:  4PM-8PM

HOSTESS MAURA//DJ RICHARD ARIZA

$10

TRIANGULO: THE STUDIO FOR ARGENTINE TANGO

135 WEST 20TH STREET #301

212-633-6445

WWW.TANGONYC.COM

This is a blog of interviewing the pioneers of Argentine Tango.
Title: Cuartito de los Milongueros (Milonguero's Room)
Sub title: Inheriting the Tango
link: http://inheritingthetango.blogspot.com (english)
          http://inheritingthetangoc.blogspot.com (castellano)
          http://inheritingthetangoj.blogspot.com (japanese)

Purpose: To hear the voices of the pioneers of tango and preserve it in document
and transmit it to the future of Argentine Tango.

Below is the latest interview with Carlos and Rosa Perez.  They are dancers from
the 50's and teachers of the Club Sunderland in Villa Urquiza.  Very nice
people.

For more interviews please visit the blog.

1st interview: Facundo Posadas
2nd interview: Raul Bravo
3rd interview: Jorge Torres

I hope you will enjoy it.  kumi

********************************************

Buenos Aires, October 2009

Dear Kumi

After returning from Austria, Denmark, London and Italy and now getting ready to
leave for Canada. I fulfill my promise to answer your questions. I am not too
fond of writing, I prefer to have a conversation about these themes. The "Gab"
is more to my liking but because the distance between us is far, and out of
respect to yourself and the readers of "El Cuartito de los Milongueros" here
goes:

CARLOS PEREZ:
I began dancing in 1952. I learned mostly by practicing among fellows that were
much older than I from 10 to 15 years my seniors. Very well known milongueros
from that time.  Later one would dance in the dozens old neighborhood/barrio
clubs that were around in old Buenos Aires at that time, where the music of the
tango was queen and the majority of the public chose it.

Rosa started years later, in her home, practicing with her older brothers whom
where the ones that later took her out dancing one Saturday.
We stopped dancing around the year 1964, when we were wedded. In that instance
it wasn't well looked at to dedicate ourselves to tango as a way of life and we
decided to place all our energies in forming our family.

Around this time there were only few places where to go dancing, there weren't
that many venues available and they were frequented by older more advanced
dancers. The younger community of dancers danced jazz, American boogie, (Swing
Dance) and studied a lot of Tap.  Later came a style of Swing dance from Italy
that wasn't as popular but was the precursor to Rock-n-Roll* that set fire to
our Argentine youth (still danced today in Argentina as well).

We began dancing professionally again in 1994 (because socially in family get
together we always continued to dance).  It just so happened that one day I went
to visit the person that showed me my first steps of tango, Jose "Lampazo"
Vazquez a great dancer and teacher. He held us dear because we were once
neighbors during my youth and my first teacher. In that chance meeting was born
the club "Sin Rumbo" and my relationship was very warm as it has always have
been with the maestro and friend.

Later on and suggested by him, we began going to the classes as a pastime for
enjoyment. But shortly after, Jose began feeling ill and having health issues
and asked us to replace him in his classes. This is how we reunited with the
Tango dance.

A few years passed and we suffered the lose this great dancer and friend, Jose
"Lampazo" and so we took over the classes he was teaching in "Sunderland" in
Villa Urquiza" by the request of the Directive Commission of the Club.

This is how we started again our dedication to the teaching of tango dance.  It
was just by coincidence that we had the luck of maintaining the roots in the
tango traditional.  It had already been almost 30years that we haven't danced
nor were contaminated in the milongas during that time. All of our moves
responded to the decade of the 50's and that was a great attraction to the youth
(and not so young) to ask for more classes with great enthusiasm.

How many years do you dance with Rosa? My entire life, from the time we were
very young we have been sharing life and the tango.  We came to the tango during
the 50's with the passion and happiness that was of that era and with our own
youthfulness.

Not one of the old "Milongueros" had any expectations, never thought of having
any economic income with tango. With this I would like to say that in that era
that no one got to travel because of tango. We danced it for the love of the
music and as a form of conquest.

Dancing for us was a form of connecting with a girl and then the conquest. This
is the reason we began to push ourselves to dance better each time and immerse
our presence.

The first time we traveled because of tango was to Paris.  We gave classes for a
period of two months. Later on came an avalanche of trips and performances:
Challiot Theater of Paris, Parco de la Musica Rome, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires,
theaters in Tokyo, just to name a few. We also were filmed in a few movies and
documentaries for Television.

As I have been told by my elders, tango had its greatest height in the 40's and
50's.
In the 1940's the tour was created by Petroleo and el Negro Mansini two of the
greatest Milongueros of that era, also known as the "Canyengue" era.
With the pass of time that same tango was danced more delicate and elegantly. A
lot of emphasis was given to the elegance in Salon style tango.
One would dance at house parties (without cortes or quebradas, very
respectfully) in neighborhood/barrio clubs, generally on Saturdays or Sundays
would be frequented by neighborhood girls always accompanied by a mother or
older brother, because arriving alone was frowned upon.
Obviously there existed other types of dance salons, were men and women of the
night would be and people with no jobs.
The music that was listened to during my time in the 50's was music that was
played by live orchestras. Di Sarli, D'Arienzo, Pugliese , Canaro , Troilo,
Calo, and many more.
The classic neighborhoods/barrios were one would dance would be Saavedra,
Urquiza, Villa Pueyrredon, Villa Devoto, Villa Real, Paternal, Villa Mitre and
other all around the capital. South of the capital they would dance a different
style much more brisk what they call Tango Orillero.

Some dance halls and dancers that I remember are some of the ones that danced
"50's style"(please forgive me if I forget to mention someone, I am a man
getting on in my years and there are a few things that escape me)
Salon Agusteo, El Palermo located on Oro and Santa Fe, La Argentina, Alumni in
Urquiza, Sin Rumbo, Viento Norte, Estudiantes de Villa Devoto, Moran, Glorias
Argentinas, Floresta Junior, La Emiliana, Mitre, Sunderland, Pinocho, 17 de
Octubre, California, Penacho Azul, Juventud de Belgrano, Excursionista,
Chacarita Juniors, Villa Sahores and many more.  Milongueros I must name Jose
Vazquez "Lampazo", Osvaldo Mosi "El Nene", Mingo Canonigo, Gerardo Portalea,
Eduardo Pereja, Maita, Gallego Villarrazo, Frasquito, Petroleo, el Jorobado
Victor, Negro Luis, Tomas Luis, Luis Lemos "Milonguita", Juan Carlos Copes,
Rogelio "El Tio"  and many more that I do not recall their names but were as
great a dancers as the best in town.
In the 50's the Tango was one of the alternatives a youth had for his enjoyment,
just as much as looking for girl, because back then that was no easy task.

The Tango was danced with a lot of feeling/emotion. The lyrics of the songs were
things that happened to each of us in daily life, the street lights, the cobble
stone streets, the love for the mother, love for the girl, a Buenos Aires lost
in time.
We all respected the codes inside the dance, we all stayed in the line of dance,
even if they weren't the great milongueros. at the same time the majority heard
the music with the same critic, even though the floor was packed one could
enjoy. It was rare to see couples colliding, it was actually frown upon.

The lowest point for our tango was during the 60's. In those times there were
rarely any places to go dancing, the vast majority had closed.
The actual tango itself has evolved a lot I reckon.  Because of other popular
dances it has added elements such as movements from other dances, for instance
the contemporary classic and others. Some to me seem very pretty and others I
think deviate from its essence. Of course one must understand that things change
and the young people always need to create something new.. that is all fine.
According to tango historians tango has its origins in afro influences where
Candombe then el milongon and la milonga, the tango orillero, canyengue, salon
style and lastly tango fantasia from the 50's I believe were the beginnings of
Stage Tango.

For us, Tango meant something very special, always it was and in this chapter of
our lives gives us permission to move to its rhythm of its music, embrace one
another and turn back time enjoying its melody.
It allows us to meet people from different regions of the world, transmitting
our traditional tango to the young of all ages and classes and besides being
able to travel around the world where they cheer us with affection and respect
that we have sown the seeds during all these years. It maintains us active and
happy.
We have lived moments of intense happiness when we saw our students win in
distinct world competitions and more so see them grow as dancers and persons
traveling the world taking our popular music with a little bit of us with them. 
This is beautiful!

If anyone were to ask me what one needs to be a good tango dancer I would say
that they have to begin by learning the roots of this dance because in another
way they could be good dancers but not good tango dancers, or else it becomes a
dance that is done on tango music.
To achieve BEING A GOOD TANGO DANCER, one needs to fall in love with this music,
a lot of consistency, dedication and be well guided by someone that knows what
is Tango.
And on top of all that you have to keep in mind a popular saying "lo que natura
no da, Salamanca no presta"**.. that is to say some have a special gift to
overcome and some will never have it, just like with everything in this life.

CARLOS Y ROSA PEREZ



*Rock-n-Roll- Swing dance in double time

**lo que natura no da, salamanca no presta - What nature doesn't give you,
Salamanca(a city) wont lend.

FIFTH ANNUAL CHICAGO MINI TANGO FESTIVAL (APRIL 8-11, 2010) UPDATE

It gives me great to announce that the website (www.chicagotangofestival.com)
for our Fifth Annual Chicago Mini Tango Festival has been updated. The Festival
will be from April 8-11, 2010 and registration is now available.
We again bring Buenos Aires to Chicago and are delighted to have Alberto
Dassieu, a great milonguero, at our Festival.  The instructors for the Chicago
Mini Tango Festival include Alberto Dassieu and Paulina Spinoso (Buenos Aires),
Gustavo Benzecry and Maria Olivera (Buenos Aires), and
Oscar and Mary Ann Casas (Buenos Aires/). Djs include Ramu Pyreddy (Washington,
D.C.), Jorge Andrés (Toronto), Lampis Zalavras (Los Angeles), Oleh Kovalchuke
(Kansas City, Mo), and Maria Olivera (Buenos Aires).

The four day festival held at the University of Chicago in the classic Hyde Park
section of Chicago includes the ability to select from over 20 workshops.  There
will also be seven milongas (including our Saturday Argentina night milonga with
wine, empanadas, and fantastic performances and our special Sunday morning "Eye
Opener milonga").  There will also be a special chat session on Sunday
afternoon.
To see videos of the 2009 Chicago Mini Tango Festival which included Ruben
Harymbat and Enriqueta Kleinman, Gustavo Benzecry and Maria Olivera, Elina
Roldan and Ramiro Gigliotti, and Oscar Casas, please go to:
http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Old09Video.php.

Pricing & Registration

Registration including early, early bird registration is now available.  Early,
early bird registration is available until December 31, 2009.  For pricing and
registration information, please go to:

http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Payment_Registration.php

Schedule
For the schedule and information on private classes please go to
http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Schedule.php

Locations
For locations and directions to the events, please go to
http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Location.php

Air Travel & Car Rental

Please note that we have arranged for discounted airfares on American Airlines
to either Midway Airport (airport code: MDW) or Ohare International Airport
(airport code: ORD). We have also arranged for discounted rentals on Avis car
rentals. For further
details go to:
http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Air_Travel_Car_Rental.php

Lodging

There are several lodging alternatives, including a variety of rooms at the
International House at the University of Chicago and also the possibility of
getting a room at the Ramada Inn in Hyde Park. For more information on lodging
options, please go to:
http://www.chicagotangofestival.com/Lodging.php

We have created two blogs, one for people who would like to host guests and one
for guests that need lodging. To post offers for lodging (possibility to host
other dancers) at the Chicago Mini Tango Festival send an email to:
lodging-offer@.... Please type #end at the end of your
message to eliminate advertising. To view lodging offers go to:
http://ct-lodging-offers.blogspot.com/. To post requests for lodging at the
Chicago Mini Tango Festival send an email to:
lodging-request@.... Please type #end at the end of your
message to eliminate advertising. To view lodging requests go to:
http://ct-lodging-requests.blogspot.com/ . For more information about lodging in
general, please contact us at lodging@....
Contact Information

Please let your friends know if they would like to receive updated information
they can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to Ray Barbosa at
info@... or have them subscribe to the Chicago Tango
Festival yahoo website at ChicagoTangoFestival-subscribe@yahoogroups.com .

In the alternative they can join the Chicago Mini Tango Festival facebook site
to get updated information by searching for the site or by going to the
following link:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22276123852&ref=ts

Looking forward to see you next April 2010.


Take care,

Ray Barbosa


Organizers and contributors: Chicago Milonguero, Ltd. and the Argentine Tango
Club of the University of Chicago.