5231 Milongas in Berlin
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:58:30 -0400
From: Keith <keith@tangohk.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Milongas in Berlin
To: tango-l@mit.edu
A friend is going to be in Berlin from Dec 23 to 26. Any recommendations
for good, traditional milongas?
Keith, HK
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:35:53 +0900
From: "Astrid" <astrid@ruby.plala.or.jp>
Subject: [Tango-L] Milongas in Berlin
To: "tango-l List" <tango-l@mit.edu>
reply-type=response
> Berlin has a huge number of milongas, the second largest after BA, I hear.
> here is one website https://www.tangokultur.info/termine_berlin
> I like Walzerlinksgestrickt, because the level is reasonably high.
> Ballhaus Rixdorf is also nice, my friends like Claerchens Ballhaus. Roter
> Salon is run by Argentines, Villa Urquiza was very good, run by Chiche but
> may be closed. Anything with Martina you can forget about, she hardly
> plays any tango music at all, and certainly not traditional. Tango Vivo is
> probably good too. The other ones are mostly new ones I have not visited.
> One word of caution: most dance schools in Berlin accept only couples. So
> many people are used to dancing with the same person all the time which
> makes it hard for a woman to get dances there, even if she is a good
> dancer. Roter Salon is a typical exemple. The dance teachers there only
> dance with each other too.
> The nice thing is, you can always find your way home at all hours. When I
> come out of Waklzerlinksgestrickt at 3 in the morning, there is usually
> still some train, subway or at least a bus running to where I stay. Lots
> of taxis too. I remember one night in East Berlin where newly found
> friends from the milonga sprinted with me through the night to catch the
> bus, one handed me her bicycle because I was tired and slower than them so
> that I could keep up, and another guy offered me to share his bus ticket
> and guided me through the transfer. Another night somebody drove me home
> in his car. Sometimes I get lucky in Berlin... Don't expect this though, I
> have also been in places full of jaded existentialist characters . You
> will have to check for special events, for what is happening during
> Christmas, though. Your friend's are the dates where most people stay
> home...
>
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> From: "Keith" <keith@tangohk.com>
> To: <tango-l@mit.edu>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:58 PM
> Subject: [Tango-L] Milongas in Berlin
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>>A friend is going to be in Berlin from Dec 23 to 26. Any recommendations
>> for good, traditional milongas?
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>> Keith, HK
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Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:09 +0100 (BST)
From: "Chris, UK" <tl2@chrisjj.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Milongas in Berlin
Cc: tl2@chrisjj.com
Keith wrote
> A friend is going to be in Berlin from Dec 23 to 26. Any
> recommendations for good, traditional milongas
I'd say the best on each of those days on the regular weekly programme is:
Sunday: Max und Moritz
Monday: none
Tuesday: Bebop
Wednesday: Roter Salon
but being Xmas, some may not run and there'll additionally be special
milongas. The best site for info inc. location maps is
https://berlin.tango.info/ - from 1st Dec its Berlin Flyer will carry the
actual programme for the month.
Chris
PS Astrid
> I like Walzerlinksgestrickt, because the level is reasonably high.
> Ballhaus Rixdorf is also nice,
Agreed, but sadly not on those days.
> my friends like Claerchens Ballhaus.
The trad milonga that used to run there has ceased.
> Roter Salon is run by Argentines
By Germans. Various Argentines in Berlin run dance schools but none run a
good milonga that I know of.
> Villa Urquiza was very good, run by Chiche but may be closed.
Sal?n Urquiza's Friday milonga has ceased. It continues as a dance school.
> Tango Vivo is probably good too.
It is a dance school, worth visiting if you want to see Berlin's very
worst dancing. Or to catch a workshop from guest teacher Gustavo Naveira. ;)
