ESMERALDA¹S TANGO AND TAPAS, 5:30 to 10:30 This special Feb 13: ESMERALDA¹S VALENTINE¹S EVEfeatures Jon and Judy and ²THE VALENTINE EMBRACE² and The Almost World Premiere of "CONTRAPUNTO" Lessons for all levels in the "close embrace". (included in $10 admission) Beginners at 5:30 An Everybody-Can-Join-In--Class for all levels at 6:15 with teachers, JUDY AND JON*, visiting from Buenos Aires, passionate and accomplished devotees of this style.
(Buf if you want to just dance, grab some spare floor footage and a partner and dance for 5 hours!) at SESSION 73 (club/café/tapas bar), 1st Ave and 73rd, S.W. Corner. THE ALMOST WORLD PREMIERE (it has been shown in Paris) of a ³close embrace² animated tango film --2 minutes long!! By tanguero/artist/animator, JEAN-PIERRE JAQUET (required 900 drawings!). Score composed and played by bandoneonista, JuanJose Mosalini Jr. who is now with the great Gotan Project. Showing will be repeated should anyone blink. Great, reasonable grub and drinks (optional). Lounge on the couches in the cafe, hang out at the barvery relaxing, very friendly. *About Judy & Jon: They specialize in Close Embrace Buenos Aires Social Tango and Social Style tango for exhibition. They perform often in Buenos Aires and are said to dance 'bien en la pista' with ³Argentine sentimiento² They are asked to perform in Buenos Aires more than any other extranjeros have ever been invited to before. Most recently on Jan. 11 they performed for the 3rd time in a month at Confiteria Ideal in a special evening in honor of the great Carmencita Calderon. On Jan 10 they were featured with 7 of the best milonguero couples in Buenos Aires for the 3rd anniversary of Lunes de Tango at Lo de Celia. Hope you can come! LUCILLE: 212 777- 6053 SESSION 73: 212 517- 4445
