401 Carel Kraayenhof (2)
Dear List.
As you know Tango is very popular in the Netherlands and you can
even study argentine Tango music at the Rotterdam
Conservatorium (studies inaugurated by Pugliese, as far as I know).
This also...
402 Flats with heels on floor (2)
Mike wrote:
There is a third way. Wear a flat shoe, keep the weight
forward, and keep the heels grazing (or almost grazing) the
floor.
When following in jazz flats generally I will not pull my
heels into...
403 Tango Economics 101: Workshops (2)
Tango Economics 101: Workshops
Tango across the US is built on local teachers charging $8 - 10/ hour
and workshops with visiting masters, which cost $15 - $35. (Let's not
forget practices & milongas...
404 Tango and Culture (8)
Hi All,
Today the New York Times contains a very interesting article today about
Argentina entitled "Argentina Paying Heavily for Squandering Blessings."
https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/08/international/americas/08ARGE.h
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405 Tangos from the 1950s and 60s (4)
I wish HG Wells had written non-fiction. Then a competent sound-engineer
could be sent back in time w/ some equipment & get really high-fidelity
recordings of the golden age of Tango music. No one...
406 Argentine Tango Music (1)
I totally agree with Manuel.
Learning to dance tango is a process.
Somebody sees an exhibition in a movie or on TV, feels that it is romantic,
exuberant, acrobatic and becomes interested in the dance.
407 Tango Music II (1)
The essential element here is to get to know the music and then to dance to
it. Musicality, interpretation of the music, communication with one's
partner...improvisation.
How is this accomplished?
A beginner...
408 Tango stories. (1)
Some of you may have already seen these reports from Buenos Aires about tango. For anyone else who's interested, they are now available at:
https://home.earthlink.net/~rmcgarreysprint014/
409 Tango and Engineers (3)
In my dozen years in the tango world I've been impressed at the variety
of people (and their professions) who are drawn to tango. I'm a
(software) engineer myself, working mostly on scientific applications,
410 Sonic reprocessing and electronic DJs (1)
I think what constitutes a denigration or infringement of someone else's
artistic integrity is less clear than some might have us believe.
Suppose someone records what was previously a milonga with...
411 "Danceable Tango" (9)
The recent discussion of tango music that is suitable for dancing,
along with the discussion of non-tango music being danceable has brought
up some intriguing issues. With tango music in the...
412 Tango-L & Tango-A Archive (1)
If the following information has already been published, I am sorry for repeating it.
When surfing for tango sites, I came across a new archive of Tango-L and Tango-A postings. The address is:
...
413 Tango Valentino, 14 Feb @ 21:00 hrs (1)
Good evening
Last night`s concert "Tango Valentino"
with QUARTANGO and their guests had some
good moments.
Quartango was accompanied for the occasion by
the mezzo-soprano, Julie Nesrallah, and by the young
414 Captain Corelli's Mandolin (1)
I recently saw parts of a highly boring movie: "Captain Corelli's
Mandolin." Except for an interesting section in the middle where
Penelope Cruz dances the tango with an anonymous partner,
apparently...
415 Singing Tango Music (3)
Dear Tango List:
Would like to find out if anybody has any ideas as to how to dance to
singing tango music. Do we follow the instruments and not the singer's
voice? I find it much easier to dance to...
416 Hospitality (3)
I recently visited a city on business and attended a milonga with a local
friend. It was an evening of mixed pleasures.
The music was wonderful, as the DJ, whom I knew, is very talented and the
dancing...
Carole asked:
I am curious,...
417 From Brazil to the milongas (1)
Junior is a great forein dancer that has sucess in Argentina and in the
world.
This is a Clarin interview from 12/02
https://laguia.clarin.com/diario/2002-02-12/c-01201.htm
418 Tango Music, etc,etc,etc... (1)
I hope I get this story right. Chuck Jones was one of the directors &
animators of Bugs Bunny. He wanted to put some of Dorothy Parker into the
character. Hearing him speak of Bugs, one day on a...
419 tanturi/campos or sassone milongas? (3)
i was telling my friend that i didn't like sassone and
he said "well he has some really nice milongas." i
have been trying to find some, does anyone know if he
recorded any?
the same guy, who has gone...
420 The Future of Tango (2)
How very interesting that Jonathan Thornton mentioned the minuet,
for (which some of you might already know) has much more significance
to classical music and our history than being an antiquated...
421 Tango: the dance and the music (1)
Dear List,
The following is extracted and edited from a note I wrote for a private exchange.
There are two sides to learning the tango. The mechanical side, which is the physical act of dancing, and...
422 Olympics and Tango (2)
Below is commentary I wrote for the October 13 Capital Tangueros
(Washington, DC) newsletter of tango events.
What can we learn from the Olympics?
The Winter Olympics...
423 Dancing to the singer or the music (1)
In a message dated 2/14/02 3:05:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU writes:
<< Would like to find out if anybody has any ideas as to how to dance to
singing tango music. Do we...
424 NA-W: SF BROADWAY STUDIOS CLOSING (1)
Dear List,
Due to circumstances beyond our control Sunday Tango Night at Broadway
Studios is now closed.
Steve
425 The Festival Buenos Aires Tango begins (1)
The IV Festival Buenos Aires Tango opened last night at Centro Cultural del
Sur. The festival organizers decided to hold the three zone finals of the
tango championship in the same location on three...
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