The TANGO Capital Newsletter


Hola Tango Friends, Hello Tango Partners,

Tango Partners in Buenos Aires starts this February edition by sending each of 
you a warm embrace in the middle of our hot summertime here, perhaps a cold 
winter there. We think of each of you as a Tango Friend. We hope that some day 
we will be able to embrace you each personally here in one of the over 160 
milongas per week of Buenos Aires.

December of 2002 was a month of many great events that were related in our last 
Newsletter. Thus ended a year of much work but also much joy because of the 
great amount of new friends we made.

We realized this by the many greetings we received at the end of the year.

An enormous quantity of new subscribers and visitors from all over the world 
who knew us only by our Newsletter and emails arrived in Buenos Aires and we 
entwined in one kindly embrace.

Tango Partners in Buenos Aires shared with many of them, not only milongas and 
classes, but also lunches and dinners. Happy welcomes and melancholy good-byes, 
although we continue to remain in permanent contact. We all know that the 
"doors of Buenos Aires" are always open for the entire world, especially for 
those who love tango. Also the hearts of our local and visiting Tango Friends 
are open to share the music born here over a century ago, with its dance and 
its customs that gave birth and made sense to the famous Argentine tango. Let s 
fulfill our souls with the vibrant energy of the music you have chosen to enjoy 
and enrich your lives that can only be found in Buenos Aires.

Again, it is important to thank each of you for continuing to read and send us 
your enthusiastic responses to our Newsletter The TANGO Capital.

February Newsletter contains:

Editorial "El Abrazo" (your enthusiastic answers and cooperation)

January Events (tango and other cultural events)

and Privacy Clause

Coming soon: Tango Partners in Buenos Aires Special Tour called:

"COUPLES EMBRACE IN BUENOS AIRES"

Contact tango_partner_buenos_ai...@yahoo.com.ar

We reserve all rights of the information contained in this Newsletter and the 
trade marks Tango Partners in Buenos Aires (TM) and Newsletter The TANGO 
Capital (TM).

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Editorial "El Abrazo" (your enthusiastic answers and cooperation)

We appreciate hearing from our Tango Friends. As we said in our introduction, 
we have been in contact not only with our Newsletter and emails but also and 
most importantly personally. People have different opinions about the embrace 
and about other comments. But everyone who is sensitive enough to share the 
energy in between a couple dancing tango agree that embrace is one of the most 
important issues not only in dance but also in life.

We received the following commentary on our editorial, The Embrace, from 
Richard: "The editorial on the embrace was so enjoyable that I felt that I had 
to subscribe to your newsletter. I ve read so many people s opinions about open 
style vs closed style (I prefer closed myself) that only addressed if it was 
"authentic". However, the letter that you published and the response you gave 
addressed more personal aspects of the embrace."

Thank you Richard. We appreciate what you have to say.

Another Tango Friend from Germany sent us the following comment: "Many people 
may not think of the tango embrace as personal, but only physical. The truth is 
that whenever we take someone in our arms for tango, we are placing our own 
bodies, minds and feelings, including our senses, close to another person, 
perhaps a stranger, for a relatively long period of time, perhaps three 
minutes. And we do indeed have an opportunity to share a positive and caring 
energy, a very personal message from ourselves to another person."

Thank you Petra.

Dan Boccia recently expressed in a posting on Tango-L: "Let s all dance 
together, let s embrace and celebrate our collective variety and diversity, and 
let s put some positive energy into the dance". We agree with this.

Tango Partners in Buenos Aires Editors think that the next V Annual Buenos 
Aires Tango Festival, which takes place during March from the 1st through the 
9th, is a way in which people from here want to embrace tango lovers beyond 
Argentine with the Forum "Tango for the Whole World".

The organizers of this year s 5th Annual Tango Festival sponsored by the city 
of Buenos Aires are making great efforts to do just that. This year s festival 
demonstrates more organization with all activities geared to appreciating, 
understanding and celebrating the diversity, depths, and many possibilities of 
tango.

The festival is organized differently from last year in an effort to host not 
only all levels of dancers, but different styles of tango, different approaches 
to teaching. Amateur dancers of social salon tango and professional stage 
dancers are invited to share experiences all together. (See coming Events 
program below).

Tango Partners in Buenos Aires would like to personally invite you to join us 
as soon as you possibly can in Buenos Aires in order to experience the tango in 
the only place in the world where its raw cultural energy can be truly felt. It 
is one thing to get acquainted with the music and to learn a few steps to this 
dance we all love. Yet quite another to personally experience it s passion and 
energy in the streets and milongas where it originated with the culture and the 
people who brought it into existence and from which it sprang.

We reserve all rights of the information contained in this Newsletter and the 
trade marks Tango Partners in Buenos Aires TM and The TANGO Capital TM.

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Tango Partner in Buenos Aires January 2003 Events

(Highlights of Tango and other cultural events)

Tuesday, the 7th

Porteqo Y Bailarmn

Tango Partners in Buenos Aires met with a large group of Tango Friends from 
Portland, Oregon, who came to Buenos Aires with their teacher Robert Hauk. With 
a choice of two dance floors, Porteqo y Bailarmn is almost like being at two 
milongas at the same time. Although our Tango Friends were new to experience 
the BA milonga scene they managed the floors as well as the experienced 
Argentine milongueros. They were able to achieve that because of the effort of 
Robert and several classes here from local teachers. Visitors can find in 
Buenos Aires a variety of dancing and teaching styles with tango masters such 
as Cacho Dante and Alicia Pons, Pablo Nievas and Valeria Zunino, and Julio 
Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa.

Friday, the 10th

Parakultural, Milonga Canning

Other tango teachers whom we always enjoy are Pupy Castello and Tete (assisted 
by his dance partner Silvia). This Friday Tango Partners in Buenos Aires chose 
their classes at Canning for our Tango Friends (another group from Portland). 
Although Pupy and Tete have different styles (one of them teaching steps and 
"smoothness" and the other one focusing on musicality) they are awesome. After 
the classes we enjoyed the milonga. We also heard the orchestra "Las Muqecas".

La Viruta

After Canning we took in the milonga La Viruta. Our Tango Friends enjoyed the 
music and dancing of Argentine folkdance, La Chacarera. There is still a big 
crowd at La Viruta until 6:00 a.m. for the final tanda.

Saturday the 11th

El Arranque

The afternoon milonga at El Arranque is very famous, so we decided spend that 
very hot weather dancing and drinking beer in this air conditioned place. The 
afternoon milongas can be a more comfortable way to get an introduction to the 
Argentine milongas. Our friends knew that it s very important for the newcomers 
to get some help in choosing the milonga according to their skills. Their goals 
were to get good opportunity in Buenos Aires to dance with local dancers in 
less crowded floor than the evening milongas. They trust on us and the option 
was easy in this case. We like to help our Tango Friends acclimate while 
learning the customs of the BA milongas. Part of the Buenos Aires experience is 
learning the "cabeceo" which is using eye contact and a smile and nod of the 
head to ask for and to accept a dance. Once learned with a little practice 
everyone enjoys the advantages of this Argentine custom.

La Calesita

Tango Partners in Buenos received an invitation from Tete to celebrate his 
birthday with all of his friends at the outdoor milonga La Calestita. We took 
Tango Friends from Portland and San Francisco, and met with others visitors (US 
friends) to accompany Tete on such an important date. It was a beautiful night 
to dance outdoors. Tito Roca sang tangos for us. Also performing were Julio 
Balmaceda and Corina de la Rosa, Analma Vega and Marcelo Varela, Vilma Vega and 
Fernando Galera, and a milonga performance by Danny Garcia and his partner. We 
also enjoyed dance performances of waltz with Tete (his specialty) and Silvia. 
It was a very special evening under the Buenos Aires summer evening sky, 
dancing in the moonlight and our friends thanked us a lot for such a very great 
time.

Sunday the 12th

El Patio   Practica and milonga

We had a very special Buenos Aires day with our Tango Friends starting first 
with our city tour including a visit to La Boca neighborhood, the most famous 
soccer stadium La Bombonera and the Pasaje Caminito. After purchasing mates and 
other souvenirs we headed over to El Patio in San Telmo for the guided practice 
with Graciela Gonzalez. After the practica and before the milonga at El Patio 
we took our friends for a "typical" dinner in an Argentine parilla (barbecue) 
in a nearby restaurant of San Telmo, famous for its steak, sausages, desserts 
and congenial atmosphere. After dinner we returned to El Patio for the milonga 
and show with orchestra.

Monday the 13th

Zapatos Rojos in La Trastienda

We scheduled for this Monday a magic night at Zapatos Rojos. There was a class 
followed by a milonga and a show. We reserved front row seats to watch the 
spectacular performances of Javier and Geraldine. Also performing were La Turca 
Maria del Carmen and Jorge Dispari as well as Italian students of Javier and 
Geraldine, Patrizia and Mateo. As we were next to the performer s table we were 
able to congratulate, embrace and talk with them. Patrizia and Mateo were glad 
to meet Tango Partners Buenos Aires because they are readers of our Newsletter 
The TANGO Capital. The evening was delightful because our special Buenos Aires 
Tango Friends, Enrique Aguirre and Gioconda were present. We enjoy the young 
spirit of this mature over 80 couple who are not timid in their own particular 
style of tango, very energetic milonga and swing dance as well. We enjoyed 
their impromptu swing performance with everyone clapping in rhythm. Their 
energy is contagious and we were glad they were out that night to share it with 
us.

Tuesday the 14th

La Catedral, Porteqo y Bailarmn

Visitors to Buenos Aires always enjoy taking in the milonga La Catedral because 
of its unique atmosphere but it is not so easy to locate. The entrance may 
scare you when you come for the first time, so we recommend that you go 
accompanied by someone who knows the place. We decided to start the evening 
there with several friends and many others joined us later. We later continued 
dancing on the double dance floors of Porteqo y Bailarmn. It was a hot summer 
night and the air conditioning was welcomed there. We were anxious because we 
had a surprise for a very special Tango Friend. At midnight we celebrated her 
birthday with her husband and a chocolate mousse cake and champagne.

Wednesday the 15th

La Milonga de los Consagrados

The Milonga de los Consagrados, also known by many as the milonga Lo De Celia 
is another good choice for afternoon tango with excellent music and dance 
space. The atmosphere is warm and friendly. Our Portland Tango Friends enjoyed 
sharing tangos with the local Buenos Aires dancers here. Preceding the milonga 
you can take in a class as well.

Milonga Shusheta at Dandi

For the night Tango Partners in Buenos Aires recommended that our Tango Friends 
spend the evening at the Milonga Shusheta at Dandi Salon in San Telmo. Dancers 
start showing up for this milonga around 10:30   11:00. Dandy is a smaller but 
very fancy venue. This is one of the places which includes a tanda of 
folkdance, most of the times Chacarera, another happy music of the culture of 
this multifaceted country.

Thursday the 16th

El Arranque

Our friends and us decided to go to El Arranque because we all agree with the 
fact that having a second opportunity to visit a milonga is valuable so that 
the local dancers can get to know you. This milonga offers to the visitors a 
large dance floor and always a wonderful selection of the best dance music by 
DJ Mario Orlando.

Niqo Bien

The best option for Thursday evening is still Niqo Bien. There are several 
reasons for this. Excellent music, very good dancers, a large space for tables 
and dance floor, with the most important being, the hospitality of our friend 
Luis. Tango Partners in Buenos Aires took our Portland Tango Friends for their 
first visit to this popular Thursday night milonga.

Friday the 17th

La Milonga Ideal

One of the most popular afternoon milongas is Milonga in the Confiterma Ideal. 
The old building is full of antique tango souls since it was built in the early 
1900. Unfortunately this building is in bad state (see below). You do not want 
to miss a visit to this classic confiterma (confectioner s shop) and dance 
space.

Gricel La Rioja

With one of the most beautiful wood dance floors in Buenos Aires, the milonga 
Gricel La Rioja is very popular. Tango Partners in Buenos Aires spent the 
Friday milonga together with our Tango Friends from Portland, Oregon and San 
Francisco, California.

Saturday the 18th

Estancia (Argentine Ranch)

A day out of the city to visit an estancia (ranch) is a wonderful opportunity 
to get a feel for the countryside of Argentina. When half of the population of 
Argentina lives in Buenos Aires, that leaves plenty of countryside for the rest 
of its inhabitants. Our Tango Friends wanted this experience. We visited an 
estancia that gave us an opportunity to enjoy many cultural aspects of 
Argentina. After a tour of the ranch and open-air museum of antiques we enjoyed 
many typical Argentine activities. Such as horsemanship from the Guacho s point 
of view (and an opportunity for horseback riding), typical Argentine meals with 
excellent asado and homemade sausages "chorizo", folkdance (including a lesson 
and a chance to dance as well), and singing. Following lunch and enjoying the 
traditional entertainment in their beautiful (air-conditioned) out building we 
were entertained by horseback games and competitions. We won t forget Julio out 
in the field trying to stir up some of the local native birds for our guests 
who wer
e admiring the many different Argentine species they were noticing. After an 
interesting and eventful day we were able to lounge by the pool and swim, relax 
and soak up some sun before returning to the city for more tango.

Salsn La Argentina

Our Tango Friends wanted to listen to a live orchestra, so we guided them to 
the milonga Salsn La Argentina to listen Los Solistas de D Arienzo. We danced 
with the live and recorded music.

Puerto Madero

After dancing we visited Puerto Madero and the Frigata Sarmiento. Puerto Madero 
was the original shipping port of Buenos Aires. No longer used for shipping, 
many of its original buildings have been remodeled for other uses and new 
buildings and apartments are appearing to bring new life to this historic old 
neighborhood. As well, the world s largest city park and reserve is located 
from Puerto Madero and offers an easy and close escape from the city when the 
mood strikes. You can stroll or bike on paths along the riverside of Rmo de la 
Plata and several lakes and lagoons to enjoy a totally natural setting one step 
away from the rush of city life.

Sunday the 19th

Milonga de Paula y Carlos

Some of our Tango Friends who were leaving Buenos Aires wanted one last milonga 
before ending their tango tour. So after a farewell lunch at Chiquilmn we 
enjoyed this afternoon milonga at Confiterma Ideal. We met new Tango Friends 
from Los Angeles, California. Never mind that it was raining. Our spirits 
couldn t be dampened in this nostalgic and historic atmosphere as we danced to 
tangos of past eras. It would be a true work of love to restore this wonderful 
example of bygone elegance, and it would truly be a sin not to restore it. All 
who visit the Ideal agree with us on this.

Mate Recipe, Practica and Ceremony: Our Tango Friends wanted to know how to 
prepare mate (Angentine tea), its secrets and ceremony. We were glad to teach 
them as much as we know and we shared a lovely "five o clock mate time".

Wednesday the 22nd

Milonga de los Consagrados

Also known as the milonga Lo de Celia, Wednesday, Friday and Saturdays are good 
opportunities for afternoon dancing. And good opportunities for those new to 
the Buenos Aires milonga to get their "feet wet" so to speak. Often not 
extremely crowded, it offers a friendly relaxed atmosphere and good dancers.

Saturday the 25th

Sunderland Club

Several Tango Friends from Los Angeles, San Francisco as well as Buenos Aires 
companions of our tango classes decided to join us at Saturday milonga 
Sunderland in the Urquiza neighborhood. We were invited to share the table with 
tango professors and their students. Javier and Geraldine danced several 
encores, making their premier performance at Sunderland. This milonga has a 
long history dating back to the 1940 s. Although it is a large basketball 
court, dancers have room enough, the atmosphere is relaxed and it is popular 
with many of the best dancers of Buenos Aires.

Monday the 27th

Parakultural   Milonga Canning

Several of our Tango Friends wanted to listen to the performance of the 
orchestra Los Cosos de al Lao. So Tango Partners in Buenos Aires enjoyed the 
evening accompanying them dancing to the music with Tango Friends from San 
Francisco, Denver, Spain and Buenos Aires.

Wednesday the 29th

La Nacional

It was a special night at La Nacional because a very special friend of ours was 
celebrating her birthday. Many milongueros, tango teachers and professional 
dancers turned out to accompany Alejandra Arrui to celebrate her birthday. 
Alejandra presented her six children proudly saying that they are the reason 
for her living. Alejandra and her husband, Sergio Natario, danced for us (tango 
and milonga) as well as Dani and Elina (milonga and candombe). The last couple 
that performed was Javier and Geraldine in a very emotional night.

Friday the 31st

Viejo Correo

Viejo Correo holds a milonga every night of the week. This Friday was a very 
different night because we joined a group of Universidad del Tango who were 
having a farewell party for a friend of ours. She was traveling to Belgium. We 
also met some Tango Friends from San Francisco, Paris and New Orleans. It now 
has new organizers as well (Miguel Romero and Marisa Sanchez).

Coming Events and Festivals in Buenos Aires

March 1-9, 2003 - V Festival Buenos Aires

Sponsored by the city of Buenos Aires, this festival offers daily free classes 
taught by maestros of tango, milongas, practicas, and exhibitions. Concerts and 
shows will be presented every night, and as well, the Tango Dance World 
Championship in the two categories of salon tango strictly for amateurs and 
stage tango.

The festival s organization is interesting because of its efforts to cover so 
many different aspects of tango such as:

Classes not only for beginners taking their first steps, but classes for 
intermediate and advanced levels on a variety of subjects with a variety of 
teachers as well.

Classes free and for a fee.

Classes requiring pre-registration and others not.

Classes with limited admission as well as efforts to do gender balance.

Classes to explore and learn different methods of teaching tango in the 
different styles of Milonguero, Salsn, Fantasia, and Stage Tango.

Classes especially interesting will couple the talents of master dancers from 
the milongas with professional teachers in a series to "pass on and together 
decode the tricks of tango dance" in the subjects of Milonga, Giros and 
Enrosques in Waltz, Caminata and Elegance, and Needles and Enrosques.

Classes and practicas to learn and appreciate the diversity of orchestral 
styles including Di Sarli, Cals, Pugliese, and Troilo.

Class with the live orchestra of Escuela de Tango (School of Tango Orchestra) 
where masters will demonstrate and offer assistance in how to tango to many 
different styles of music including Piazzolla.

A week of free milongas which will highlight a different live orchestra each 
night.

Pre-festival between February 15th and the 28th will feature free classes in at 
least 3 different milongas each night.

Of course, the festival is open to tango dancers all around the world. This 
year s annual V Buenos Aires Tango Festival embraces the diversity of tango and 
celebrates the energy of dancers of all styles, levels of experience and 
methods of teaching.

"Top Gun Tango" or "Mission Impossible in Buenos Aires Milongas

New Tom Cruise projected movie set in the milongas of Buenos Aires.

Tom Cruise and his associate Paula Wagner have acquired the rights to produce a 
move whose setting is in the tango environment of Buenos Aires. The movie they 
intend to produce is based on the novel by Stuart Cohen entitled "17 Stone 
Angels". It is the story of a detective ready to retire who finds himself 
involved in solving the murder of a writer in the city of Buenos Aires. Stuart 
Cohen is said to be obsessed with tango (know anyone else with this obsession?) 
and has made 15 trips to Argentina to enjoy listening to and dancing tango. 
Cohen says that for him tango is like the blues but only more sophisticated and 
more melancholic.

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Privacy Clause

We are in contact with you in order to communicate that Tango Partners in 
Buenos Aires would like to use the internet as a means of communication in 
order to put at your disposal, in the form most easily accessible, all types of 
information relevant to Buenos Aires and Tango here.

Tango Partners in Buenos Aires is committed to the guarantee of privacy of all 
data and information of our users, and for this reason we desire to make known 
to you certain aspects about the new law.

In accordance with the new Law of Services of the Society of Electronic 
Information and Commerce (the LSSI-CE) we are obligated to communicate to you 
that your email address is entered in our users data base with the object of 
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Karen Corriea   &   Julio Corazza

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