this is the big weekend!!!
a beautiful day at the seaport is promised for a beautiful night of
dancing at the
Benefit Tango Dance for Seaport Cultural Association
To
Be Held on April 22
The New York City Argentine Tango community is holding a
benefit Milonga to raise money and
awareness of the Seaport District Cultural Association (SDCA). The
Milonga will be held at the SCDA Performance and
Exhibition Space at the Seaport on Front Street at Beekman Street on
Sunday, April 22 from 8 to 11PM, with a free beginner
Tango lesson from 7 to 8PM.
The SDCA supports the work of local artists including:
Pulitzer prize-winning photographer James Nachtwey, and photographer
Barbara Mensch, who has just published her new book “South Street”,
which documents the now legendary Fulton Fish Market. Other
photographers, painters and sculptors – 36 in all, and all Seaport
based – are currently on exhibition in the SDCA space and will
provide the backdrop for the Milonga. The multi-level performance and
exhibition space is part of the SDCA’s plan to establish the Seaport
as a destination for cultural activities and entertainment.
For five years the New York City Argentine Tango
community has held free open-air dances every Sunday evening in the
summer at Pier 17. The SDCA benefit Milonga is a tribute to the
evolving neighborhood that has supported the dances.
The Milonga will feature live music by the multinational Argentine
tango band "Los Chantas", performances by several professional tango
dancers, as well as projected photographic images of tango dancers
dancing at the seaport taken last summer by Sergio Reyes.
Admission to the Milonga will be $12. The event is being
sponsored by many local restaurants new to the neighborhood and the
Celebrate Tango -NYC Tango Festival. All of the funds raised at the
event will go to the work of SDCA.
When asked about the event, SDCA co-founder James
Wintner said, “"Why, oh my God it’s perfect, it's the Seaport, where
cultures meet and exchange vows and dance the night away!"
contact |info: Andrea Katz 212.608.2627 |www.seaportdistrict.org
andrea
