[Tango-L] Estilo Villa Urquiza

PS. I grew up with the nephews of Gerardo Portalea. They still live in the neighborhood. I learned a lot from Nito and from Lampazo.- Sergio Thanks for the YouTube research/links. Would you tell us some of the pointers that Nito and Lampazo gave you? It would be interesting to see what

Re: [Tango-L] Estilo Villa Urquiza

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Sergio Vandekier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here you have some samples of simple dancing and also more elaborated dancing in villa Urquiza. Villa Urquiza Style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7HmCGjYRYE Gerardo Portalea y Susana

Re: [Tango-L] Estilo Villa Urquiza

thank you for those great links, Sergio. This looks very close to how we dance in Tokyo. Here is a video from the milonga called Villa Urquiza in Berlin. It is exhibition tango, so different from what you showed us, but I totally love Chiche, he is s elegant! One of the best teachers I ever

Re: [Tango-L] Estilo Villa Urquiza

and here is another one of Chiche and Ester doing an exhibition at Sunderland, Villa Urquiza in BA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPy66h-SsSU ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l

[Tango-L] Villa Urquiza, et al

I would have to concur with Ron. I find it almost laughable that people who have never been to Buenos Aires tout themselves as teaching the Villa Urquiza style of tango. This form of tango, along with orillero is almost never danced anymore. I learned to dance Villa Urquiza from Pocho who

Re: [Tango-L] Villa Urquiza, et al

Quoting Deby Novitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I would have to concur with Ron. I find it almost laughable that people who have never been to Buenos Aires tout themselves as teaching the Villa Urquiza style of tango. This form of tango, along with orillero is almost never danced anymore. I learned

Re: [Tango-L] Villa Urquiza, et al

Deby, How right you are! And how sad this is. I lived in BsAs in 1998-2000. I was there during the crisis of 2001. Now, every time I am there, I am looking for my Buenos Aires. I can find it still, but it is the Buenos Aires that has nothing to do with tango. The tourism has changed

Re: [Tango-L] Estilo Villa Urquiza

-Original Message- From: Sergio Vandekier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tango-L List tango-l@mit.edu Sent: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:20 pm Subject: [Tango-L] Estilo Villa Urquiza What is Villa Urquiza? See http://nastynest.blogspot.com/2007/11/villa-urquiza-tango-style.html The Villa urquiza Style,

Re: [Tango-L] Apilado, marketing

Serio wrote: I guess everything is clear... That the claim was fabricated - yes. That the organiser thought this practice was good for business - no. Or maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps it /is/ good for the business of selling classes. Classes are by definition marketed to those with less than

[Tango-L] Estilo Villa Urquiza

Sergio, Thanks for the informative posts. They are very much appreciated. Regards, David Subject: [Tango-L] Estilo Villa Urquiza From: Sergio Vandekier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 30 00:20:42 EDT 2008 What is