3599 Michigan Argentine Tango Club, Ann Arbor "The capital of Tango Fests"
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 16:23:07 -0500
From: el turco <shusheta@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Michigan Argentine Tango Club, Ann Arbor "The capital of Tango Fests"
Ann Arbor, a typical college town with not so old tango history is
becoming the capital of Tango Festivals.
cities and their tango COMMUNITY histories:
New York(1), approximately 15years
Paris(2), more than 40 years
Istanbul (2), approximately 10 years
Berlin (2), more than 20 years
Montreal(1), more than 25 years
Denver(2), more than 8 years
Portland (3), more than 12 years
Buenos Aires( 3), more than 150 years
Ann Arbor (4), 4 years only
Chicago (0) more than 10 years
San Francisco (1) more than 15 years
Seattle (1), more than 8 years
Montevideo (1), more than 150 years
London(0), more than 25 years
Keep in mind folks in Ann Arbor will be celebrating their 4th
Anniversary this September, this community is one of the youngest
tango communities in US. You can get together with your other tango
gypsy friends from all over North America in Ann Arbor with great
teachers, DJs and the most friendly hosts, plus the most affordable
festival price. Hard to believe?
It's easy to start a new tango community if there is none before in
any town (such as Stanford), however, it's the most difficult thing to
maintain the energy, and develop larger and stronger community.
Michigan Argentine Tango Club brainstormers and their volunteers are
formed by mostly Univ. of Michigan affiliates, however they were
successfully embraced by local folks, even detroit tango people
started attending their milongas.
Last weekend, I had a great time in Ann Arbor, thanks so much to
everyone who made these tango festivals possible with great success.
I took some pictures during the Fireworks on the dance floor weekend
in Ann Arbor.
www.tangoshusheta.com/gallery.html
also visit their website to see more pictures from different festivals
held by them.
www.umich.edu/~umtango
burak
Minneapolis
www.tangoshsuheta.com
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 18:06:06 -0600
From: Zarlengo <zarlengo@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: Michigan Argentine Tango Club, Ann Arbor "The capital of Tango Fests"
I danced the Tango in Turkey a few times with the wife of a friend of
mine in Turkey. Her daughter was nationally known for her expertise.
The main instructor was fantastic. We even had a common friend in
Vancouver, Canada. The friend did sword dancing (Middle East style).
I see we have no representation from San Diego. I plan to start up
again with Tango lessons after a back surgery coming up in three weeks.
I also studied Tango in Costa Rica. I really enjoyed the private
lessons I had there. It is a beautiful country.
I have seen DVDs of very accomplished dancers, and I am totally
enthralled with their dance - the emotion they exude.
Don
On Jul 7, 2005, at 3:23 PM, el turco wrote:
Ann Arbor, a typical college town with not so old tango history is
becoming the capital of Tango Festivals.
cities and their tango COMMUNITY histories:
New York(1), approximately 15years
Paris(2), more than 40 years
Istanbul (2), approximately 10 years
Berlin (2), more than 20 years
Montreal(1), more than 25 years
Denver(2), more than 8 years
Portland (3), more than 12 years
Buenos Aires( 3), more than 150 years
Ann Arbor (4), 4 years only
Chicago (0) more than 10 years
San Francisco (1) more than 15 years
Seattle (1), more than 8 years
Montevideo (1), more than 150 years
London(0), more than 25 years
Keep in mind folks in Ann Arbor will be celebrating their 4th
Anniversary this September, this community is one of the youngest
tango communities in US. You can get together with your other tango
gypsy friends from all over North America in Ann Arbor with great
teachers, DJs and the most friendly hosts, plus the most affordable
festival price. Hard to believe?
It's easy to start a new tango community if there is none before in
any town (such as Stanford), however, it's the most difficult thing to
maintain the energy, and develop larger and stronger community.
Michigan Argentine Tango Club brainstormers and their volunteers are
formed by mostly Univ. of Michigan affiliates, however they were
successfully embraced by local folks, even detroit tango people
started attending their milongas.
Last weekend, I had a great time in Ann Arbor, thanks so much to
everyone who made these tango festivals possible with great success.
I took some pictures during the Fireworks on the dance floor weekend
in Ann Arbor.
www.tangoshusheta.com/gallery.html
also visit their website to see more pictures from different festivals
held by them.
www.umich.edu/~umtango
burak
Minneapolis
www.tangoshsuheta.com
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:22:37 -0700
From: Ed Loomis <TangoBear@POBOX.COM>
Subject: (fwd) Re: [TANGO-L] Michigan Argentine Tango Club, Ann Arbor
Lydia,
Did you listen to yourself when you were writing this retort of yours? Did
you really intend to be so mean spirited? The post you are responding used a
short list of tango communities just to show how new they were there in Ann
Arbor. There was no pretention to that list being comprehensive. What misleading
evil lurks in the omission of Miami? Perhaps she didn't know how long you have
been there and didn't want to get it wrong. Your post, Lydia, has that same knee
jerk, bitch slap, tone to it that keeps turning this list ugly for no good
reason. Next month Sacramento, California will have had tango for eleven years.
Hardly anyone notices. The folks in New York City think we are a suburb of San
Francisco. Hey, what's ninety miles out in the provinces? Who cares!
There are probably good reasons out there to get one's knickers in a twist
but the post from Ann Arbor was much too innocent to warrant this blast. You
really ought to consider an apology, Lydia. Ciao................
Ed
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 22:44:42 EDT, TangoFantasy@AOL.COM wrote:
>Hi:
>
>I can't imagine that you would leave out Miami, FL intentionally.
>
>We have been doing the largest Tango Festival outside of Bs. As., Tango
>Fantasy Festival on Miami Beach for ten years now and before that, Daniel
>LaPadula and Jorge Nel Giraldo were doing festivals and workshops at the Elks Lodge
>in Coral Gables, FL and various venues around town for more than 15 years.
>
>I would suggest that you do your "homework" first, inquire from good Tango
>sources, second, or not post at all. Incorrect information could be
>misleading for other purposes.
>
>Lydia Henson
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 00:23:49 -0400
From: bailadora2000@EXCITE.COM
Subject: Re: Michigan Argentine Tango Club, Ann Arbor
Uh-Oh Ed, you better watch it...you might end up on the "No Show List" at the Miami Tango Congress. Same goes for the people in Ann Arbor.
--- On Thu 07/07, Ed Loomis < TangoBear@POBOX.COM > wrote:
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:22:37 -0700
Subject: [TANGO-L] (fwd) Re: [TANGO-L] Michigan Argentine Tango Club, Ann Arbor
Lydia,<br> Did you listen to yourself when you were writing this retort of yours? Did<br>you really intend to be so mean spirited? The post you are responding used a<br>short list of tango communities just to show how new they were there in Ann<br>Arbor. There was no pretention to that list being comprehensive. What misleading<br>evil lurks in the omission of Miami? Perhaps she didn't know how long you have<br>been there and didn't want to get it wrong. Your post, Lydia, has that same knee<br>jerk, bitch slap, tone to it that keeps turning this list ugly for no good<br>reason. Next month Sacramento, California will have had tango for eleven years.<br>Hardly anyone notices. The folks in New York City think we are a suburb of San<br>Francisco. Hey, what's ninety miles out in the provinces? Who cares!<br> There are probably good reasons out there to get one's knickers in a twist<br>but the post from Ann Arbor was much too innocent to warrant this blast. You<br>really
ought to consider an apology, Lydia. Ciao................<br>Ed<br><br>On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 22:44:42 EDT, TangoFantasy@AOL.COM wrote:<br><br>>Hi:<br>><br>>I can't imagine that you would leave out Miami, FL intentionally.<br>><br>>We have been doing the largest Tango Festival outside of Bs. As., Tango<br>>Fantasy Festival on Miami Beach for ten years now and before that, Daniel<br>>LaPadula and Jorge Nel Giraldo were doing festivals and workshops at the Elks Lodge<br>>in Coral Gables, FL and various venues around town for more than 15 years.<br>><br>>I would suggest that you do your "homework" first, inquire from good Tango<br>>sources, second, or not post at all. Incorrect information could be<br>>misleading for other purposes.<br>><br>>Lydia Henson<br>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:18:53 +0900
From: astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>
Subject: Re: "The capital of Tango Fests"
For those who care to know about any other countries:
Tango was brought from Paris to Japan in the year 1926 by Baron Tsunayoshi
Megata to cause the first tango boom..
Before that, since 1922 the first slightly stiff tango steps were taught in
Tokyo by the Russian ballerina Eliana Pavlova, first tango circles were
founded starting in 1920. From 1930, tango music was imported from BsAs. In
the 1950ies there was the next Golden Age of tango in Japan. Horacio Salgan
published the LP "tangos en japon"in 1968, with 12 compositions based on
Japanese music themes..(source: Christian Muschg of the East Asian Society,
Tokyo, from an article published in "du", a German culture magazine, 1997)
1987 the musical "Tango Argentino" came to Japan, and caused the third tango
boom here. Carlos Coppello and Alicia Monti performed for many months in a
five star hotel club in the early 90ies. When Alicia was here this year, one
of her fans showed up with the programme pamphlet of the old show in hand.
One of the greatest tango record collections of the world is owned by
Akihito Baba. A few weeks ago I heard that he needs only one more record to
complete his collection. But this one is so rare and valuable, that he is
willing to sell one of the five houses he owns in BsAs for it.
If you have seen the video of "Tango Magic" with Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo
Merlo and Diego and Carolina, the performance is preceded by a commentary of
Hector Elizondo, and accompanied by the orchestra of the bandoneonist Ryota
Komatsu.
The Asian Tango Championships were held in Tokyo just two weekends ago.
This week, by the way, Carlos Coppello is here again, to dance on "Argentine
day" at the Expo in Aichi.
From the land of the rising sun
Astrid
el turco wrote:
>
> Ann Arbor, a typical college town with not so old tango history is
> becoming the capital of Tango Festivals.
>
> cities and their tango COMMUNITY histories:
> New York(1), approximately 15years
> Paris(2), more than 40 years
> Istanbul (2), approximately 10 years
> Berlin (2), more than 20 years
> Montreal(1), more than 25 years
> Denver(2), more than 8 years
> Portland (3), more than 12 years
> Buenos Aires( 3), more than 150 years
> Ann Arbor (4), 4 years only
> Chicago (0) more than 10 years
> San Francisco (1) more than 15 years
> Seattle (1), more than 8 years
> Montevideo (1), more than 150 years
> London(0), more than 25 years
>
> Keep in mind folks in Ann Arbor will be celebrating their 4th
> Anniversary this September, this community is one of the youngest
> tango communities in US. You can get together with your other tango
> gypsy friends from all over North America in Ann Arbor with great
> teachers, DJs and the most friendly hosts, plus the most affordable
> festival price. Hard to believe?
>
> It's easy to start a new tango community if there is none before in
> any town (such as Stanford), however, it's the most difficult thing to
> maintain the energy, and develop larger and stronger community.
> Michigan Argentine Tango Club brainstormers and their volunteers are
> formed by mostly Univ. of Michigan affiliates, however they were
> successfully embraced by local folks, even detroit tango people
> started attending their milongas.
>
> Last weekend, I had a great time in Ann Arbor, thanks so much to
> everyone who made these tango festivals possible with great success.
>
> I took some pictures during the Fireworks on the dance floor weekend
> in Ann Arbor.
> www.tangoshusheta.com/gallery.html
>
> also visit their website to see more pictures from different festivals
> held by them.
> www.umich.edu/~umtango
>
>
> burak
> Minneapolis
> www.tangoshsuheta.com
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 11:14:21 -0700
From: Igor Polk <ipolk@VIRTUAR.COM>
Subject: "The capital of Tango Fests"
Young Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau accompanied a very famous Tango orchestra
as stage dancers to Japan and performed there in late 50s. As far as I know
Japan helped a lot to preserve Tango during that strange time.
Igor Polk
