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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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