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Topics of the day:
1. un tanguero neocelandes - su cuento
2. Tango show in the Philippines
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:59:13 +1300
From: Alex White <alex_tangofirulete @XTRA.CO.NZ>
Subject: un tanguero neocelandes - su cuento
Hola Gente!
At 18 my first tango encounter started when I went on a Student Exchange
Programme (YFU) to Argentina in 1996.
I saw a tango Demonstration in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego (Southernmost city
in the world).
On th 25th of May amongst argentinian folklore (also danced in most
tanguerias in BsAs) - the crisp yet smooth dancers danced "La Yumba"
(O.Pug). - I was mesmerised-
My host family introduced me to who was to become my first dance, and first
tango (& folklore) teacher.
I spent the remainder of my time in Ushuaia trekking through sun, snow,
sleet to get my "fix" on the tango.
I then returned to my hometown: Wellington, New Zealand. practised and
practised - and went to some classes - where I very soon started teaching
some beginners / intermediate classes.
I attended the C.I.T.A. 1999. (find more info about the congreso on
www.cosmotango.com)and spent an intensive three months dancing and dancing
in Argentina taking classes, and going to my favorite milongas (Nino Bien,
La Estrella, Club Almargo, La Catedral etc), dancing folklore and tango
in Plaza Dorrego on Sunday evenings, and Lavalle y Florida with some of the
local performers.
(you get the idea) - somewhere in there I managed to sleep!
- with siestas, of course!
The main thing which I grew to love was the crowded salons - and the close
embrace. ;)
My first tango in BsAs was in Club Almargo (Medrano 522). the floor was very
crowded, and slippery. with many eye-catching portenas and viejos
milongueros to watch.
As a big contrast to most dance floors in Wellington (N.Z.). which tend to
be very large and spacious, so one has enough room to move around quite
freely (more in the "abierto style" rather than milonguero).
Anyway, I have now given my time, energy and work into my pasion and
addiction, the TANGO !
Happy dancing
un abrazo para los tanguerazos
Alex White
TANGO FIRULETE
alex_tangofirulete @yahoo.com
Ph: +(64 4) 567-9406
+64 (0)21 254 3891
Tango argentino classes; Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays.
My webpage: (under-development) www.come.to/tango_firulete
:)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 01:29:12 EST
From: Ramon Sison <RosrayTG @AOL.COM>
Subject: Tango show in the Philippines
To all list recipients,
Is there anyone out there in Argentina, here in the U.S.A., or anyone
anywhere in the world who knows about the tango show from Argentina that is
currently touring six major cities in the Philippines?
November 14, Sunday, there was a couple from the said tango show who did
an exhibition in one of the weekly one-hour dance shows on Philippine
television ABS-CBN "Keep On Dancing". Unfortunately I didn't catch the name
of the dancers or the show which to my knowledge is the first Argentine tango
show ever in the Philippines. That might be of interest to tango historians
of the world.
The other weekly one-hour dance show on ABC-TV, Channel 5, in Manila is
called "E-Z Dancing Non-Stop" can also claim a historic (Argentine tango)
first. Last March 1999, taking a break from the Forever Tango show in Tokyo,
Miriam Larici and her current partner, Cesar Coelho, came to Manila to spend
a couple of days with my wife and myself, and performed on this TV show.
This writer introduced Miriam and Cesar to Manila Mayor Joselito Atienza
(formerly a Philippine folkloric ballet dancer), The mayor presented Miriam a
gold key to the city and later in the evening the mayor and almost the entire
city council took us on a tour of several nightclubs where Miriam and Cesar
introduced Argentine tango.
Manila has a population of sixteen million and there are literally
thousands and thousands of people dancing in hundreds of ballrooms every day
from two o'clock in the afternoon to two o'clock in the morning. I believe
Argentine tango is just beginning to catch on. There were many people who
expressed the desire to learn. I believe there is a good opportunity for
good milongueros to teach and shine in Manila.
Ramon
Sison
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