5475 The Top Six Tango Cities of the World?
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:42:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Mario <sopelote@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] The Top Six Tango Cities of the World?
To: tango-l@mit.edu
What are your top Ten Tango Cities of the world? Ranked by;
1. Number of Milongas/Practicas occurring each week
2. Number of dancers attending
3. Quality of dancing
4. Availability of Tango instruction
5. Popularity of it's Annual Tango Festival
We all know which city will be number one but how about
number two, three and four?
You don't have to have visited each city in order to rate them.
There are other ways to come to an opinion and we are mostly just
guessing but perhaps a city or two will show up high on the
list that you haven't considered before...please, take a few
minutes and list your opinions from any experience whatsoever
including reading blogs, viewing Youtube, etc. etc.
Aren't we all curious about how this will stack up, including our own
favorites?
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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 11:53:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Mario <sopelote@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] The Top Six Tango Cities of the World? ..and how
about the Top Six, here??
To: tango-l@mit.edu
While in conversation at a practica, a woman from Colombia informed me that Colombia (Medallin) is THE place outside of Buenos Aires for encountering serious social tango. Since then, I've heard about tango being the national dance of Finland and I can't help but
be impressed by the many impressive videos of Tango events in Istanbul, Turkey.
Even Asia is starting to really get into the act..and what about the good 'ol U.S. of A.??
Hmmm, what would be the top ranking order of cities right here in my own birthplace??
Heck, I find this all VERY interesting and I hope that others do, too.
I'm anxious as hell to hear your opinions on this..many thanks!
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:02:23 +1100
From: Victor Bennetts <Victor_Bennetts@infosys.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The Top Six Tango Cities of the World?
To: "tango-l@mit.edu" <tango-l@mit.edu>
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I have not done much tango tourism, but based on followers I have danced with from around the world the scene in Korea must be amazing.
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Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:33:49 +0900
From: "Astrid" <astrid@ruby.plala.or.jp>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The Top Six Tango Cities of the World?
To: "Mario" <sopelote@yahoo.com>, <tango-l@mit.edu>
Tokyo has quite a few milongas, among these 3-4 owned by Argentines, and the
rest by Japanese, so on some days there are several to choose from. The
number of dancers can be between 20 and 120, I guess. There are also some
special events in larger halls, with live music.
Many of the great names of tango have come here regularly or at least once
to teach, so I have a chance to take lessons and dance with Juan Carlos
Copes, Fabian Salas, Carlos Gavito, Jorge Torres, Oscar Mandagaran, Sergio
Cortazzo, Nito Garcia, Carlos Copello and others.
The level of dancing can be fairly high at times, anyway, a lot higher than
what I have seen in Berlin in most places, and Berlin is famous for tango.
Of course not always, and the Japanese may be better at technique than at
expressing emotion but still.
Argentine-Japanese couples have scored among the first five in the past two
mundials. Now we also have the Asian tango championships here with Argentine
judges.
Still, I feel limited tangowise sometimes because I do not attend milongas
run by Japanese.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 4:42 AM
Subject: [Tango-L] The Top Six Tango Cities of the World?
> What are your top Ten Tango Cities of the world? Ranked by;
>
> 1. Number of Milongas/Practicas occurring each week
> 2. Number of dancers attending
> 3. Quality of dancing
> 4. Availability of Tango instruction
> 5. Popularity of it's Annual Tango Festival
>
> We all know which city will be number one but how about
> number two, three and four?
> You don't have to have visited each city in order to rate them.
> There are other ways to come to an opinion and we are mostly just
> guessing but perhaps a city or two will show up high on the
> list that you haven't considered before...please, take a few
> minutes and list your opinions from any experience whatsoever
> including reading blogs, viewing Youtube, etc. etc.
> Aren't we all curious about how this will stack up, including our own
> favorites?
>
>
> Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo!
> Search.
>
