1005 Tango in NYC
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 19:41:45 -0500
From: Dario Mendiguren <C21DARI@AOL.COM>
Subject: Tango in NYC
To Hernan Gomez and Tango-L
In reference to the comment that VOZ<tangovoz@hotmail> gave about the milongas in NYC, we all know that there are not milongas like in BA here in NYC as VOZ said but to say that La Nacional is the the worst, it's far from the truth, I believe is one of the more authentic Milongas in NYC if not the most! please Hernan go co confianza che!! and enjoy "La Nacional" and ask for Coco, Juan Pablo, Maria Jose, Carlos DeChei, Bibiana, El Pive de Avellaneda, Ruben, Orlando, me and many more of your countrymen that would not change this Milonga for other, even if the other one would be free!!!!!!
And to "VOZ" (sorry, no signature!) I think that it's of very bad taste to share this comment (even in Spanish), to this list, this comment it is very personal and should be sent in the same manner to who ever ask for it!
Dario tanguero of NYC and "La Nacional" lover as all the Argentinos that live in New York City area
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 13:20:35 -0300
From: la guacha <lamasguacha@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tango in NYC
Even the 'adopted' Argentines love La Nacional in NYC!!!
We are lucky to have such organizers who with love and hard work give us the
most authentic of Argentine milonga experience without having to travel far
from home.
gratefully
la guacha
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:33:09 -0400
From: Jennifer Bratt <gwynhefaire@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Article on Tango in NYC in Argentina's Clarin Newspaper
The Clarin, the daily newspaper of Buenos Aires, published a story on the
tango scene in New York City in their Travel Section on Sunday April 14.
Here is the link and I will also paste the text below with a (poor) English
translation.
https://old.clarin.com/suplementos/viajes/2004/04/11/v-01201.htm
The 2X4 in Manhattan:
The tango doesn't stop, and milongas are already happening even in Central
Park. The scene in New York, a puro corte y quebrada
Sunday April 11, 2004
by Ricardo Mosso
A city like New York has many classic images: the Statue of the Liberty, the
Empire State Building set among the acres of skyscrapers in Manhattan, and
the sculptures of the Rockefeller Center. But the news is that, in keeping
with its multicultural spirit, its streets harbor every day of the week a
group of twenty-odd places in which they dance with cortes y quebradas and
listen to orchestras playing the most porteno of music: tango.
The traveler who would like to plan a trip through the energetic tango scene
of New York which legend says was started in 1985 with the arrival of the
broadway show Tango Argentino will surely be surprised. A measure of the
fever? In April, May and June there will be tango concerts in the schools
of the district.
To start the trip, why not begin with one of the most visited places of the
city, the mythical Central Park. For three years now this enormous green
space has been armed with a milonga between the statues of Shakespeare and
Columbus, near the entrance at Fifth Avenue and 66th Street. "The tango
places in New York are within a area of some 50 blocks and can all be
reached by subway, cab, or foot", says Carlos Quiroga, an Argentine that the
city adopted 5 years ago and Publisher of the specialized magazine
Reportango.
The traveler can continue along the path to La Nacional, in the neighborhood
of Chelsea, which operates on Thursdays on West 14th Street between 7th and
8th avenue on the second floor. Then go on to the meeting at Chelsea Market,
a specialty market populated by cafes and antique shops. Under the old
metal fans, on Saturdays in the winter a free milonga develops there.
The trip can finish at a place at the water's edge, near the tip of the
island of Manhattan: with interesting views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the
silhouette of the skyscrapers and old ships. On Sundays from May to
October the harbor zone of South Street Seaport (on Pier 16) there is an
outdoors milonga which is baptized 'Tango Porteno'.
Here it is modern, beautiful and impressive. But it has another virtue: New
York is a city that takes the best of the cultures of the world and makes
them its own. Perhaps the tango is one more example of that open attitude.
Sentiment:
Jennifer Bratt, New York Tanguera
"Most New Yorkers do not know that there is a subculture of tango in the
City nor that there are places to dance every night. But over the four
years that I have been dancing I am seeing the scene evolve. All the
tangueros that I know have very strong opinions on how one should dance: I
thought that something that inspires these sort of feelings has to be very
good."
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El 2X4 en Manhattan
El tango no para, y las milongas ya se arman hasta en el mismmsimo Central
Park. El circuito de Nueva York, a puro corte y quebrada
Ricardo Mosso
Una ciudad como Nueva York tiene muchas imagenes clasicas: la estatua de la
Libertad, el Empire State entre el ocre de los rascacielos de Manhattan y
las esculturas del Rockefeller Center. Pero la novedad es que, en sintonma
con su espmritu multicultural, sus calles albergan todos los dmas de la
semana una veintena de lugares en los que se baila con cortes y quebradas y
se escuchan orquestas de la mas porteqa de las mzsicas: el tango.
El viajero que intente una recorrida por parte de la vigorosa escena
tanguera de Nueva York la leyenda dice que largs en 1985 con el espectaculo
Tango Argentino en Broadway seguramente se va sorprender. ?Una medida de la
fiebre? En abril, mayo y junio habra conciertos de tango en las escuelas del
distrito.
Para arrancar el viaje, basta con llegarse hasta uno de los lugares mas
visitados de la ciudad, el mmtico Central Park. Hace ya tres aqos que en
este enorme espacio verde se arma la milonga entre las estatuas de
Shakespeare y Colsn, cerca de la entrada de la Quinta avenida y calle 66.
"Los lugares de tango de Nueva York estan en un radio de unas 50 cuadras y
se puede llegar en subte o colectivo", dice Carlos Quiroga, un argentino que
la ciudad adopts hace 5 aqos y edita la revista especializada Reportango.
El viajero puede continuar la recorrida por La Nacional, en el barrio de
Chelsea, que funciona en la 14 Oeste entre las avenidas 7: y 8: los jueves,
en un segundo piso, ascensor para luego seguir por las reuniones del
Chelsea Market, una especie de mercado pulgas poblado de cafis y tiendas de
muebles antiguos. Bajo las antiguas cabreadas metalicas, los sabados de
invierno se desarrolla una milonga gratuita.
El viaje podrma finalizar junto al agua y cerca de una punta de la isla de
Manhattan: con interesantes vistas del puente de Brooklyn y la silueta de
los rascacielos y viejos barcos, los domingos desde mayo en la zona
portuaria de South Street Seaport (muelle 16) se arma una milonga al aire
libre bautizada Tango Porteqo.
Es moderna, es bella e impresionante. Pero tiene otra virtud: Nueva York es
una ciudad que toma lo mejor de la cultura del mundo y lo hace propio. Quiza
el tango sea un ejemplo mas de esa actitud abierta.
Sentimiento:
Jennifer Bratt, Tanguera Neoyorquina
"La mayorma de los neoyorquinos no se percats de la subcultura del tango en
la ciudad ni de que hay lugares para bailar todas las noches. Pero en los
cuatro aqos que bailo la vi evolucionar. Todos los tangueros que conocm
tienen opiniones muy fuertes sobre csmo debe bailarse: algo que genera esos
sentimientos tiene que ser muy bueno."
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