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There are 7 messages totalling 321 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. there has been a change
2. Tango in Tokyo
3. Crime in Buenos Aires
4. Tango in Paris ater the 5th of april?
5. how to sign up (2)
6. Bay Area Tango message
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 05:40:29 EST
From: Timothy Pogros <TimmyTango @AOL.COM>
Subject: there has been a change
I am sorry to say that Alberto Paz & Valorie Hart has had to cancel and or
postpone there Tango workshop in Cleveland May the 22 & 23.
The people of Cleveland are saddened that this had to happen, but we
understand and are hoping Alberto and Valorie will come back at a later date.
His last workshop in Cleveland was a smashing success
so I now announce that in there place
coming to Cleveland
Saturday and Sunday, May 8 & 9
Tioma & Viviana,
they are tango instructors at the International Ballet Dance Center at
Carnegie Hall, in New York City. They recently appeared in Cleveland at the
Cleveland Museum of Art, accompanied by the New York Buenos Aires Connection,
and received rave reviews from everyone present. They possess a spirited,
elegant style of dancing which appeals to a wider audience while winning the
praise of the milongueros. Distilling the essentials of tango, learned
firsthand from the dancers of the older generation, their dance is a fine
example of the authentic salon style of tango with its emphasis on musicality,
posture, balance, and communication between partners. Viviana was born and
raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Tioma "El Ruso" is a native of Moscow,
Russia, who gave up a career in physics when he discovered 'Tango Argentino
More information will come at a letter date.
Tango is happening in Cleveland
Tim Pogros
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:12:39 +0900
From: Chang Sang Hyeon <schang @TUHEP.PHYS.TOHOKU.AC.JP>
Subject: Tango in Tokyo
Hello Tango-L,
Yesterday, I went to a Milonga in Tokyo. That was my first time
to attend tango in Japan and the first tango dance after I left
Florida last year(7 months ago!).
Well let me tell you about dance in Japan first. Ballroom dance became
popular (at least for old generations) after the big hit of the movie
"Shall we dance." Except the ballroom, the most popular dance in Japan
may be Flamenco. In my town (1 million pop.), there are a couple of
Flamenco schools, dozen of ballroom schools but no AT school.
Some young guys like to dance Salsa, mainly because Latin students
are having Salsa party regularly.
If you want to dance tango in Japan, you should go to Tokyo.
This huge city has everything, I found out there are
some homepages about AT. They even have Searchable Database of
AT. You can find Milonga, Lesson, Teachers, Concert and/or even
partners. Unfortunately, it is all written in Japanese.
Now I want talk about the dance, Milonga yesterday. I should confess that
I am a merely a beginner who just danced a few times.
And this is just one event I observed here.
So it might not be general and even incorect but I will try my best to
describe my experience there.
It was quite similar to the milonga I danced in Tampa. The place was
old nice hall. An old man (I think he is one of local AT teacher)
organized it. He also did DJ. Musics were nice, a little bit old
and slow tempo. Later he mixed a few rather modern ones with old ones.
For 3 hours only 3 milongas and one Valz.
And they offered a free lesson for beginners in other room and later
offer some wine and cookies.
I noticed a few things different from Tampa. First, they
don't call it Milonga, they call it Party. You should ask for
Tango Party not Milonga in Japan.
And it won't last till midnight. It starts around 6 pm and end before
9 pm. (Japanese are busy people).
It started 5:30 but people came around 6pm. In total about little more
than 30 people were there. The hall was full at 6:30. Male/female
number was almost even. I think men outnumbered ladies.
Most of men were old ( half of them looked over 60, and
I was the only one who looked less than 50 ) while ladies were
considerably younger.
There were many good dancers, they were smooth and skillful.
Both ladies and men were doing lots of fancy steps on the floor.
I especially liked a bold and short old man who danced with lots of
energy and passion.
Strange thing (at least for me) was that it was hard to find a
beginner (even for the beginner lesson, only one guy was true beginner
while all others were more like beginner to intermediate level.)
During the break I could find some people who can speak English.
They were very nice and kind. They told me that they had visited
BsAs and they really love tango.
I heard that some well-known Argentine teachers had visited Tokyo and
gave some lessons there.
I enjoyed a lot. Ever since I had learned tango, I haven't had
many chance to dance. So when I first embrace my partner, I couldn't
move smoothly. One Japanese teacher pointed out that my upper body
is not stable and my head is in wrong position. She also corrected
my right arm hold (which I wouldn't expect from teachers in America,
but comparing with one Japanese ballroom teacher who corrected my
index finger and ring finger direction in Paso Doble class, it was
nothing.)
Ah, one more comment, Japanese like close embrace.
It would be a little bit hard to find them if you don't speak
Japanese. But there are some people who can speak English (or Spanish).
I recommend this club I went though you should stop dancing around
8:45.
So I say, when you are in Kyoto, enjoy old temples and old street
with cherry blossom. If you want dance Tango in Japan, you should
go to Tokyo.
Any of you want to dance AT while you are visiting Tokyo, I might help
you find a person to contact.
Sanghyeon
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 14:20:17 +0100
From: Schulz Johannes <j.schulz @STR.DAIMLER-BENZ.COM>
Subject: Crime in Buenos Aires
Hola muchachos,
There is an artikel about crime in Buenos Aires in a german newspaper
and
the contents is, that Buenos Aires is more dangerous than Rio. A friend
of
me was last october in Buenos Aires and she had no trouble. On the
opposite
a bandoneon player told me,that he was involved last year four times in
robberies. Is it true that the crime is risen in the last year and that
you have
to be very careful in Buenos Aires?
Ciao
Johannes
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 12:03:00 EST
From: "Donna Sotiropoulos To Listserv @Mitvma.Bitnet" <VERGAD @AOL.COM>
Subject: Tango in Paris ater the 5th of april?
Hi List.
Aany suggestions on the paris connection?
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:04:35 -0700
From: Brett Kraabel <kraabel @LANL.GOV>
Subject: how to sign up
Can someone email my friend Roberta and tell here how to sign up for this
list? I forgot. Her email is
robertafarley @bemail.com
Thanks, Brett
Brett Kraabel
Los Alamos National Lab
MS - J 585
Los Alamos, NM 87545
(505) 667-9777 office
(505) 665-0853 lab
(505) 665-4817 fax
http://www.lanl.gov/users/u120770/public_html/index.html
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 12:47:43 -0500
From: "Walter M. Kane" <oldzeid @FRONTIERNET.NET>
Subject: Re: how to sign up
> From: Brett Kraabel <kraabel @LANL.GOV>
> To: TANGO-L @MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: how to sign up
> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 12:04 PM
>
> Can someone email my friend Roberta and tell here how to sign up for this
> list? I forgot. Her email is
>
> robertafarley @bemail.com
>
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Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:08:27 -0800
From: David Orly-Thompson <david.orly-thompson @US.PWCGLOBAL.COM>
Subject: Bay Area Tango message
Below is a message I'm forwarding on behalf of Ruddy Zelaya, who's having
trouble posting to Tango-L.
Begin Forwarded Message -------------
>>Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 21:19:26 -0800
>>From: Ruddy.Zelaya @Eng.Sun.COM (Ruddy Zelaya)
>>Message-Id: <199903030519.VAA23278 @draco.eng.sun.com>
>>To: TANGO-L @MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>>Subject: Message for San Francisco Bay Area Tangueros & visiting
tangueros
Hi everyone,
With all the goings on in the South Bay in March, there seems
to be some confusion as to whether there will be a milonga at
the Los Altos American Legion this Friday or next or whatever.
The answer is yes. Here's the March schedule:
Friday, March 5th: Keith Minton will teach the class 7-9; Milonga 9-12+
Friday, March 12th: Nora is back from Japan. Class 7-9; Milonga 9-12+
Friday, March 19th: Nora's class 7-9; Milonga 9-12+
Regards,
---
ruddy
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