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There are 4 messages totalling 220 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. New Web Site: SA-E,SA-W 2. NA-W: GAROFALO IN L.A.!, JUNE 9-15TH 3. NA-W: Update: Nora's Tango Week 4. NA-W: FABIAN SALAS IN L.A.! JULY 15-24TH


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Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 19:46:33 -0400 From: Lorettal Burton <LnBrtn @COMPSERV.NET> Subject: New Web Site: SA-E,SA-W It is always nice to see two states come together to form a partnership. This is happening here in Michigan and Ohio. The new website for this partnership is : http://www.DLTango.com Please help us celebrate by visiting our site. David and Lori


Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 05:23:50 GMT From: Alexis White <alexisltc @HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: NA-W: GAROFALO IN L.A.!, JUNE 9-15TH Jose Garofalo, Back in Los Angeles - June 9TH-15TH 2000 "Tango para la milonga y para jugar" One of the young lions from the milongas of Buenos Aires, Jose will be here one week only to share his rich and free spirited take on tango. To be held at the Argentine Association of Los Angeles and Screenland Studios, Burbank, CA Fri 9th 7-10pm - Review of Fundamentals I & II Sat. 10th 12- 6pm - Ritmo y Pausa, Tecnica I & II: Sistema aralelo, cruzado Sun. 11th 12-6pm - Pattern Development & Figures, Sacadas Altas Tue. 13th 7-10pm - Caminadas & Barridas I, Milonga I Wed. 14th 7-11pm - Practica con Jose Thu. 15th 7-10pm - Caminadas & Barridas II, Milonga II "Put the fun back in tango with this creative and playfull take on this most intense of dances" Each Class has been specially priced at $20 and lasts for 1= hrs. Please contact: Alexis White (818) 252-3320 or 606-5895 latango @hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com


Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 05:49:26 GMT From: Ed Loomis <edl @WCO.COM> Subject: NA-W: Update: Nora's Tango Week On Tue, 23 May 2000 20:32:36 EDT, Tangoweek @aol.com wrote: We want to thank all of you who have suggested names of instructors as replacements for Rodolfo and Maria Cieri, all of which would certainly have been qualified. We are pleased to announce that we have invited Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo, and they have graciously accepted. They will be teaching during Tango Week, July 10 - 14. For those of you who know them, they need no introduction. For those of you who are not familiar with them, the following bios will give you an insight into their talents, and as you will see they are eminently qualified. =46ernanda Ghi: Born 1974 in Cordoba Argentina, a professional dancer with a classical and modern dancing background. Her dancing studies started in 1987 with "The Escuela Nacional de Danza" in Buenos Aires and was nominated as one of the top five solo dancers in the newly created "First Youth Ballet of Buenos Aires". - The ballet, which was then nationally recognized and acclaimed, toured several countries, including Chile,Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay. Shortly after joining the "First Ballet Juvenille", Fernanda was awarded a scholarship to enroll in the "Escuela Superior de Arte" (equivalent to The Performing Arts Center) of the worldwide famous Teatro Colon. =46ernanda traveled to Paris, France and in 1991 she worked with Joseph Lassini, a magnificent and famous choreographer, after which she joined classical well known directors to include Madame Wube's Player Academy, a historical and recognized dance school, Claudie Jaqueline's Bolinine School of Dance and ultimately Maestro Bernard Dofour's Opera Theater of Paris. Among professional ballerinas, these are the centers for highest studies in dance. =46ernanda is held in high regard by Eric Federic and his "Etoile D'Wallone's Opera House", with whom she was associated before leaving Paris to embrace Argentine Tango as a full time profession. Starting in 1993, under the direction of famous names in Tango, Fernanda's professional and talented Tango Dancing lead her to work in the best Tango Shows and reviews in Buenos Aires, like "Michelangelo", "Casa Blanca", "La Veda", "La Ventana", "El Viejo Almacen" etc. Nissan Motors Nippon and Fuji Television Corporation, sponsored a co-production in Tokyo in 1997 entitled "Nissan Buenos Aires Tango" where Fernanda was elected "Prima Ballerina". Since then, she keeps a close artistic relationship with her audiences world wide, visiting the Asian countries on an annual basis. Guillermo Merlo:=20 Born 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has been a professional dancer since 1982, when he made his debut under the direction of Juan Carlos Copes at the Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Music Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and in Mexico City with the legendary singer from Argentina, Libertad Lamarque. Guillermo was featured in National Geographic's "Tango", where with Juan Carlos Copes, Maria Nieves and actor Robert Duval, shared international recognition. As a young 20 year old, Guillermo performed in Venezuela, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland and England as well as in theatrical productions and television shows in his native Buenos Aires. One of the highlights of his dancing carreer was the performance at the "Teatro Rex" in Argentina with the great Julio Bocca. He joined =46orever Tango in San Francisco, California on December of 1994, and was featured in the Forever Tango USA travelling tour, originating his roll in the acclaimed London Production. Added to his highly successful career with the Forever Tango Company, his dancing genius was included in the TV drama "McCallum" for the Scottish Television Enterprises, based in London England. Guillermo participated in the famous "Spoleto Festival 96" in Italy, where "Forever Tango was mentioned as the festival's sensation. The continuation of his dancing included the next season with "Forever Tango" on Broadway. One of his professional achievements is having received the 1997-1998 "Tony Award" as part of being associated with the "Best Tango Dance Show" =46ernanda and Guillermo: Late in 1997, together they produced and choreographed "Tango Dreams" for the New York Stage, currently "Playzone Ltd" playing in Japan. The show was in Tokyo and Osaka in August of 1998, after which, "Guillermo and Fernanda" performed with professional dance companies, Tango Vivo and Tangoing, among others, like The International Tango Congress, a Miami Beach Florida Annual event. April of 1999, Sony Productions recorded a video dedicated exclusively to Tango in New York City,"Tango Magic" Guillermo and Fernanda danced to the music provided by the Pablo Ziegler Orchestra and the Gijon Kremer Trio. Famous singing artists, Mar=EDa Gra=F1a and Jos=E9 Angel Trelles performed for this video, as = well as musicians from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, like Orpheus and Gary Burton. =46or the second year in a row, Guillermo and Fernanda dance in Canada, performing in Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa and Vancouver. After that they will join a musical show for performances in Los Angeles California and Seattle Washington. Fountainbleau Resort Hotel, Miami Beach, at the IDO Ballroom World Championships, they compete and earn the title of IDO World Champions in The Argentine Tango Division. In the last half of 1999, they tour The Middle East, opening new doors for Argentine tango in countries like Israel and Egypt, and later that same year they go to Europe where first they work with the Famous Bandoneonist , Mosalini. The First Tango Festival in London England, receives them with a top review " A different Couple, but they don't forget the language of Tango" Among other engagements, they are scheduled, as instructors in the following: ISRAEL 2000. They return to Israel to open the First International Tango Festival in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, showing in their choreographs, different histories, part of their new original work "Tango Dreams" Tangamente to all, Nora Dinzelbacher and Bob Moretti


Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 06:00:36 GMT From: Alexis White <alexisltc @HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: NA-W: FABIAN SALAS IN L.A.! JULY 15-24TH Endless Tango Summer 2000 in So. California A continuing program of outstanding teachers from Buenos Aires and The 2nd International Tango Congress. An outstanding opportunity to study with some of the greatest dancers/teachers on earth for an extended period of time, in a structured, methodical way. July 15th - 24th Fabian Salas & Cynthia An original master of the tango nuevo. " the teachers' teacher" August 4th - 17th Nito & Elba Ageless salon elegance at its best. " coach to the stars of the stage." September 14th- October 17th Chicho & Lucia " they stole the Congress.", " unlike anything you'll see." Superb improvisers and creative teachers, " taking tango where its never been". from the 2nd Intl. Tango Congress December Facundo & Kelly The Kings of rhythm, from the 2nd Intl. Tango Congress You don't have to spend a fortune to learn to dance tango well, or go to those pompous tango weeks to attend killer milongas. Come to L.A., the alternative to the expensive tango education, where at night you'll find some of the best milongueros and tangueras outside Buenos Aires, and by day, great fun under the sun. The classes will be accompanied by exhibitions and in ssociation with the many local milongas throughout So. Ca. Bringing you the very best instruction from Argentina. Affordable, quality tango lessons. Please contact: Alexis White (818) 252-3320 or 606-5895 latango @hotmail.com ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com


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