Uncovering the World of Argentine Tango
When Today Time 7:00pm until 12:00am Where Leonardo’s Nightclub, 1-1/2 blocks south of Wilshire Blvd, LA 90036 Another night of incredible LIVE MUSIC with LOS ANGELES DEL TANGO ENSEMBLE! Our own local tango dancers/musicians/”angels” Scott Haller, Francis Soriano, Jeff White and their compatriots Keiko Cadby, Anna Cummings, Mary Ann Sereth and Pablo Goldstein will play [...]
I ventured out a Saturday evening on Jan. 14 to downtown Los Angeles for the first Los Angeles Tango Marathon. The organizers billed the event as 40 hours of tango dancing during the course of three nights and two days at the Alexandria Hotel, built in 1906 and where the stars in the heyday of [...]
Andrea Misse dies in a quad crash west of General Acha, La Pampa, Argentina January 2, 2012, From El Diario de la Pampa – A multiple collision occurred at noon today on National Route 152, west of General Acha. The accident involved four vehicles, all driven by tourists, and as a result of the accident, tango [...]
Tango & Love It was a wonderful tango evening at Divo last night, with an added benefit–the celebration of Jamie Rose’s debut book, “Shut Up & Dance!” The novel is a wonderful, personal and humorous story about how Jamie tackled the difficulties of relationships by using the principles of dance, on and off the floor. [...]
Congratulations to Brian Nguyen and Yuliana Basmajyan, who won the Salon Tango World Cup Third Place on August 29 at the TANGO BUENOS AIRES DANCE WORLD CUP FINALS at LUNA PARK STADIUM IN BUENOS AIRES. Video is of Mundial de Tango 2011 FINAL Ronda 4 Categoria Salón
After a more than month-long hiatus from dancing tango in Los Angeles, I broke back into the scene Wednesday night at Milonga El Floridita. What a nice reentry it was, with a live performance from Maria Volonte, who sings in a wonderfully beautiful voice. It was such a treat and for only $10! She’s an [...]
An out-of-town visitor, from San Francisco, had first noted to me the “unusual” music that was being played this evening. He questioned if this was normal for this milonga. I had no idea what he was talking about first, and told him the music is always wonderful at El Encuentro…
Celebrate Independence Day with a relaxing, take-it-easy, hang-out-style event and by dancing! Dance off all that barbequed food you ate with the Ministry of Tango’s Matinee Milonga
Ruta wrote that they do plan to come back after the work is done, but in fickle L.A., it is not known if dancers will return. Hopefully they will, and they can continue with this classy, friendly milonga.
