The TANGO Capital Newsletter
Hola Tango Friends, Hello Tango Partners, Tango Partners in Buenos Aires introduces this June 2003 edition with a warm welcome to all of you our Tango Friends. It is a very pleasant endeavor to greet you each month from Buenos Aires and to share with you some of the events happening here. Thank you to everyone who sent us greetings and comments this past month. We love to hear from you as well. A special reminder about our new email direction: You can now reach us at [email protected]. If you have had trouble in the past in reaching us by clicking on our address, you should not have a problem at this time. Tango continues to grow here in Buenos Aires with new milongas, classes, premiering shows, artists and performing groups being added on a monthly basis. As well, enthusiasm and support for cultural events in every aspect continues to increase here in Buenos Aires. This is evidenced by the many new openings of performances, festivals, courses, fairs, shows, and unending opportunities to watch and to participate, to learn and to grow, at both professional and amateur community levels. Events and activities often have special discount days, sometimes even free. Neighborhood cultural centers and weekend fairs also offer many opportunities for all ages. It can be a challenge to find an evening to stay home and watch TV. Why make the investment of time and money to come to Buenos Aires? What is to be gained by a visit to the Tango Capital? Will you find an endless 24 hour, 7 days a week schedule of classes, practicas and milongas? Yes! But also, there is something else here that is not available in our communities as Karen says. Certainly most cities in the world have CD s and visiting Argentine teachers to impart this borrowed and adopted dance form we have come to love. We are talking about experiencing the cultural significance of tango in the context of the daily lives of the people from which tango evolved. Tango as a cultural experience has a deep-rooted significance to the people of Buenos Aires. To hear the audience ask for "otro" (encore) with an insatiable passion in their voice after a concert and to see the satisfaction that it brings to their souls as the orchestra dutifully but lovingly produces another beautiful rendition of La Cumparsita. To watch and listen as members of orchestras, long past retirement age, put their hearts and energy into every tango, not for the money, but for love. To watch the couples meeting with their friends on a Saturday night as they have done for years to share a social time in the setting of their beloved music. To see the passion in the face of a Buenos Aires woman who dances with her eyes closed. Her face shows that she is not just trying to keep up with the steps of her partner, but is deeply involved with the music and the lyrics of a tango she has heard since she was a little girl, and now shares intimately with her dance partner. To truly experience tango is to watch it, feel it, and hear it through the eyes, the hearts, and the ears of the people for whom the tango holds a special meaning. It is a feeling from deep inside that grew as a result of living the music as part of the social fiber they grew up with. Yes, when you come to Buenos Aires do take advantage of as many group or private classes from Argentine teachers as you can. The endless list of good teachers offering classes at a fraction of the price you are used to paying is valuable. Learn all you can, they have much to impart that you may have missed from the visiting Argentine teachers. But take the time to slow down enough to watch, to listen and to feel what tango means to the people of Buenos Aires. You will take home so much more of tango. Tango Partners in Buenos Aires would like to send a very special greeting to some of our Tango Friends who visited Buenos Aires this past month. Among them are Dierdre (Dee) from Aspen, Mary and David from New Zealand, Lyn from Washington D.C., Tya-Mae Julien of San Francisco, Yoko from Japan, Kris from Boston, and Robert and his wife from Chile. And of course, we hope to greet all of you some day enjoying your Tango Life here in the Tango Capital. But until the day when we can give you a personal embrace, we will continue to do so monthly with our Newsletter The TANGO Capital. ================================================================= June Newsletter contains: Editorial "El Abrazo" (The Embrace) Lodgings in Buenos Aires (New Services: Save time and money) Tango Partner in Buenos Aires May 2003 Events (Highlights of Tango and other cultural events) and Privacy Clause 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). ================================================================= Editorial "El Abrazo" (The Embrace) In last month s editorial "El Abrazo", Nina Belsito shared with us her opinion that in the tango the sentiment is most important because though the dance starts in the brain as we hear the music, it continues in the heart before it finally finishes in the feet. What is tango? What drew us to this dance originally? What keeps us involved? While all dances are physical movement set to music, what sets tango apart from other dance forms? Is it sentiment that kept tango alive in Buenos Aires for over 100 years? And has also carried it to all parts of the world where it is being gobbled up with such a voracious appetite? Think about what first attracted you to this dance. There are many possibilities: its passion, sensuality, elegance, creativeness, mystery, intrigue, its movement and music distinct from all others, a new challenge, the "latest" popular dance, an unknown need from somewhere deep in our psyche. Most tango enthusiasts would agree that for whatever reason we are first drawn into this dance, it is our sentiment for it that keeps us involved. Like no other dance the tango evokes our emotions and allows us to express. From inside us, from the music, from the shared energy of our partner. We never know what the next tango will bring, what surprise, what sadness, what joy, what tenderness or what connection we will discover. We open ourselves to a new world of emotion with each tango we accept that asks us to feel, to express, to experience, and not alone, but intimately with another. Sentiment on many levels keeps us involved, overcomes our frustrations and wounded egos, and maintains our interest, passion and love for the tango. ================================================================= Lodgings in Buenos Aires (New Services: Save time and money) Many of our Tango Friends who enjoyed Buenos Aires during their Tango Tours asked us for some other services like lodging. They realized that they could save a lot of time and money at the same time they made the most of their visit. They were able to fulfill their goals and wishes not only in BA but also other points of interest in the rest of Argentina. Tango Partners in Buenos Aires visited several rooms for rent, bed and breakfast, studios, apart hotels and private apartments for singles, couples or groups at the best neighborhoods. Salons for classes and practices as well as best and famous tango teachers group or private classes are some other recommendations we can make. Let us know your accommodations requirements and travel dates. Contact us at [email protected] ================================================================= Tango Partner in Buenos Aires May 2003 Events (Highlights of Tango and other cultural events) Tango in the Bars: Continuing with the highlight of notable bars and confiterias, the city is bringing in musical talents for shows and concerts with free admission. On Friday the 9th Marikena Monti sang in La Biela, in heart of Recoleta, at Quintana 300. La Biela is Robert Duvall s personal favorite Buenos Aires haunt. Also singing tango that night was Lina Avellaneda in the Confiteria Ideal. Inaugurations of New Milongas Club Espaqol added a new milonga Monday afternoons as an addition to its Thursday afternoon milonga. Hours are 4 11 p.m. Club de Tango Gricel has added a Wednesday milonga at 10 p.m., in addition to its Friday, Saturday and Sunday schedule of milongas. On Wednesday preceding the milonga at 8:00 p.m. is a milonga with "traspii" class taught by Gustavo Chidichimo. Zapatos Rojos in La Trastienda: Tango Partners in Buenos Aires enjoyed a great show by the tango orchestra of Fernandez Fierro with our invited Tango Friends. Cardenal Dominguez, a favorite, sang every other tango. Zapatos Rojos has a great roomy dance floor as well. Confiteria Ideal: Monday s afternoon milonga starts at 3:00 and is a very popular day. The organizer is Alicia "La Turca". The atmosphere is very traditional and you may feel as if you are going back in time with the elegant style of this 2 story 1920 s building. The seating arrangement makes it easy for managing the cabeceo, the traditional Buenos Aires custom for asking and accepting a dance. On Monday through Thursday before the milonga it is also possible to get in a guided practica from noon until 3:00 when the milonga begins. Swing, Jazz and Rock in Buenos Aires: The Manhattan Jazz Band played in La Viruta Sunday the 25th. Sunday classes at La Viruta are a line-up of milonga, tango and rock followed by a milonga. La Shusheta Milonga: Tango Partners in Buenos Aires enjoyed this Wednesday night milonga with our Tango Friends. Marcelo Varela and Analia Vega are back in Buenos Aires and help Gloria Garcma with the milonga as well as teach a class this same night. It is always lively and friendly at this milonga. Marcelo and Analia help make the Chacarrera especially fun. We were treated to the bandonesn with maestro La Nacional: If you are on a limited time frame in Buenos Aires it is possible to combine La Shusheta with La Nacional also on Wednesday. La Nacional draws dancers of all ages and is very popular. You can enjoy a great meal here as well if you did not have a chance for dinner earlier. La Baldosa: This Friday night milonga is bit of a travel from the "central" area of milongas but offers a huge dance floor, very comfortable seating, good food. It also provides weekly entertainment with orchestras, vocalists or dance exhibition. This month they brought to the stage Los Reyes del Tango (musicians of the original D Arienzo orchestra with 4 bandonesn players), Luis Migliori and Color Tango (style of Di Sarli). They put on some latino rhythms and some rock as well. We saw Daniel Garcma and Elina Roldan perform candombe and milonga. Nuevo Salsn La Argentina: Juan Carlos Copes brings the Copes Tango Show to La Argentina every Friday night at 10:30 and is followed with milonga and orchestra. La Viruta/La Estrella: Both Friday and Saturday nights the energy is high in this popular milonga. The space is very large and always crowded. The 16th we saw "Los Hermanos Macana", brothers Enrique and Guillermo De Fazio, in their very popular and talented performance of tango and milonga. On the 23rd we heard the orchestra "El Arranque" with its singer Ariel Ardit, and special guest vocalist Lidia Borda. Outstanding! We invited our Tango Friends to enjoy their first Argentine folk dancing. The floor is crowed for the folk dance as well as for tango because it is so popular. More and more milongas are regularly offering a tanda of folk dance these days. Group classes are offered before the Viruta and Estrella milongas in rock n roll (swing), salsa and milonga as well as tango before the milongas on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. La Catedral: Tuesday s milonga draws a large crowd of all ages, but especially the younger dancers. We enjoyed the last class of El Pulpo and Lucy on the 6th before they left on tour. The 13th El Pulpo s invited professors were Juan Fossati and Gimena Aramburu. The crowd shows up for the milonga around 1:00 a.m. El Pulpo also has a milonga the 3rd Saturday of each month at La Catedral. Special guest performances and entertainment were invited as always. Parakultural Canning: Tango Partners in Buenos Aires were glad to have the opportunity to invite our Tango Friends to enjoy the orchestra "Color Tango" with us on Friday the 16th with director Roberto Alvarez. A surprise afterwards was live folk music to which we enjoyed dancing the Chacarera and Samba. Also presented this month were the orchestra Contratiempo, vocalist El Cardenal, and Los Hermanos Macana. Feria de Mataderos: We had the opportunity to enjoy some beautiful fall Sunday afternoons at this folk community fair. You can enjoy the best of many argentine cultural activities such as artistry in crafts (clothing, jewelry, mates, leather, and many other specialty products), top quality entertainment on a non-stop stage, folk dancing in the streets, gauchos displaying their skills on horseback, and food with of course barbecue beef. There is even a milonga! The community offers a great local museum in the square. We especially enjoy relaxing with dinner after visiting the feria at a local restaurant that has live folk music and a peqa (folk dancing with everyone invited to join in). Plaza Dorrego: El Indio continues his performing on Sunday afternoons with his partner Mariana. And they do more than just dance. They put on a show with great enthusiasm that demonstrates the history and evolvement of tango. El Indio shares interesting insights such as how the "tango walk" of stepping with the toes first came to be. You won t want to miss it when you visit Buenos Aires. ================================================================= Privacy Clause Tango Partners in Buenos Aires is committed to the guarantee of privacy of all data and information of our users. Your email address is entered in our user s database with the object of continuing to offer to you regularly all types of information that may be of interest to you. Generally, we do not send more than 1 mail each month; however, if you do not wish to continue receiving notices from Tango Partners in Buenos Aires you need only to send a message to [email protected] writing "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. 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