Uncovering the World of Argentine 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.
This is the second year of the SMITH (Santa Monica International Tango Holiday; the name gives its a nice European ring, rather than calling it a festival), and last year’s attendees, some of who were not going to go this year but decided to take another chance, say things have improved greatly. I cannot attest [...]
It’s a fantastic space, nice dance floor, and there’s a stage for performances, of which milonga organizer Linda Valentino has had a few, with local and visiting tango orchestras.
It was the third year anniversary of the Noches de Tango Milonga at the Argentine Association Sunday night, March 27. John Tice, one of the original organizers, as well as Leonardo Barrionuevo and Miriam Larici and a host of others came out to support to present organizers Tito, Lalo & Ricardo and their respective spouses. There [...]