Tango-L mailing list archive: Digest 22 Feb 1999 to 23 Feb 1999

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Digest from 22 Feb 1999 to 23 Feb 1999

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There are 22 messages totalling 714 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. VW commercial (3) 2. Matej & Robinne's workshop 3. date and place of milonga in Malmo, Sweden ?? 4. Dancing in the Streets (was: VW commercial) (4) 5. Tango in Minneapolis and Paris? 6. (no subject) 7. YANINA & MARCELO 8. Tango in Chicago 9. Tango in Milano 10. Re. Planet Tango milonga on the 27th 11. About Tango in Frankfurt (Main) Germany 12. Web Page 13. Tango in "Alice et Martin" 14. Practicas in BsAs 15. tango in Greece 16. Tango in Wisconsin? 17. a good laugh

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 03:30:48 EST From: Kathy Seymour <KNSandJTS @AOL.COM> Subject: VW commercial Hi List- Volkswagen is currently airing a commercial for the VW Passat on American TV, and the music that 'drives' (pardon the pun) the commercial sounds like a Tango to me. Can anybody identify it? The commercial shows two people, a man and a woman (of course) driving down the road, each in their own car, exchanging Tango eyes and in the end they are interrupted by their children who are sitting in the back seat. Also, all the talk of the new show 'Tangoing' in San Fran is really making me jealous. Any chance that it may go on the road and come to the Detroit area? Thanks, Kathy

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 05:45:42 EST From: Timothy Pogros <TimmyTango @AOL.COM> Subject: Matej & Robinne's workshop For all the people who said their coming and didn't, you missed one of the most exciting workshop I have put on in Cleveland. Matej's knowledge of the tango is precise and exact. Everyone understood everything he tried to convey to us and the classes went swiftly, but the one class I felt made Matej stand out over every one else we had in Cleveland was the 4th class, Musicality. Even in my ballroon classes I have attended, no one ever tried to just teach how to interpret the musicand react with our bodied, as Matej did. This class could have been for any dance student not just Tango. I see so many instructors teach dance steps, but matej also taught us how to listen the music and react to our interpretation of it. Bravo Matej. We will be bringing Matej & Robinne back to the Cleveland area soon, and highly recommend to any promoters to conceder bring Matej & Robinne to their area. I only wish I was able to put in print my true feelings of how well this workshop went and my love I have for Matej and 'Robinne. Next week Matej and Robinne will be haveing a tango extravganza, in Ithica, New York. I'll be there, try to come too. Tim Pogros

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:27:31 GMT From: Marco <argtango @EURONET.NL> Subject: date and place of milonga in Malmo, Sweden ?? Dear list, if my recollection of a conversation i had i few weeks ago with someone then this friday there will be a milonga in malmo, sweden. Can anyone tell me if this is true and give me information about time and place thanks in advance Marco argtango @euronet.nl

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 08:00:53 -0600 From: Tom Ronquillo <chitiger @MAIL.DAVE-WORLD.NET> Subject: Re: VW commercial Kathy Seymour wrote: > Volkswagen is currently airing a commercial for the VW Passat on American TV, > and the music that 'drives' (pardon the pun) the commercial sounds like a > Tango to me. Can anybody identify it? The song featured in the VW commercial is "Palomita Blanca," a tango vals. Wouldn't it have been a more interesting commercial if the man and woman had exited their vehicles and danced in the street for a moment before driving off again? This might have started a new trend: the Argentine fire drill. Cars stop for red traffic lights, and people suddenly jumping out for a quick tango. El Tigre ********************************************************* Tomas (El Tigre) Ronquillo (chitiger @mail.dave-world.net) c/o The Tango Society of Central Illinois 1214 East Grove Street Bloomington, Illinois 61701 Not just a dance; an obsession. *********************************************************

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:04:05 -0500 From: Sharon Pedersen <pedersen @BOWDOIN.EDU> Subject: Dancing in the Streets (was: VW commercial) Tom Ronquillo wrote: > Wouldn't it have been a more interesting commercial if the man and woman had > exited their vehicles and danced in the street for a moment before driving off > again? This might have started a new trend: the Argentine fire drill. Cars stop > for red traffic lights, and people suddenly jumping out for a quick tango. Returning from practice recently, the drawbridge back to Portland (Maine) was open. (This delay was clearly caused by my thinking, as I came to practice "Gee, I've never seen this bridge open.") After a few minutes of twiddling our thumbs, my friend in the car behind me hopped out, knocked on my car window, persuaded me to get out (not hard, for anyone who knows what a tango fiend I am!), and we danced a few measures next to the car (to the music of our hearts, since I had no tango tape with me). Then back to our cars, hopefully leaving several mystified and intrigued drivers around us. Last Thanksgiving, the last-Friday dance at Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain (Boston) was cancelled on short notice. (Just for that night -- it's alive and well still.) I was supposed to meet a friend there, and had come by public transportation, so had little choice but to sit forlornly on the steps waiting. A few people came by; "No-one's here"; and they left. A few more people came by and stopped to commiserate about the vanished dance. Another person arrived, with a CD player and batteries. AHA! We put the CD player on the steps, and danced. Occasionally a car would come up the narrow street; we danced over to the curbs, let them pass, and then took over the road again. Magnificent! --Sharon

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:10:47 +0100 From: Anders Torne <andto @IDA.LIU.SE> Subject: Tango in Minneapolis and Paris? Dear Tango-list, anybody that can help me with the following: =2E... by the way - I had a good time in San Fransisco (thanks all of you who ga= ve me good info) - went to Broadway, Mark = Hopkins Hotel and Stanford - missed the Danceasy in El Corrito - sorry fo= r that (promised somebody) but my battery was = running out fast towards the end of the week (I had work to do daytime, y= ouknow). =2E.. Anyway here are my questions- 1. I am going to Minneapolis 15-21/3. Anybody can give info? (where to Ta= ngo of course) - I found the = http://indy.cvm.umn.edu/tango/ - link. Is there more? 2. Going to Paris (FRA) 22-24/3. Looked up http://perso.club-internet.fr/= tango/ but couldn't find Los Latinos and Cafe = Opus, and there are no milongas in the middle of the week!! Can this real= ly be true? - in the heart of european = tango... I am there a monday to wednesday - please, there must be somethi= ng? Kind regards, Anders "Lonely nights without Tango" Torne

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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:28:39 -0500 From: Helaine Treitman <treitman @GIOTTO.ORG> Subject: Re: VW commercial On Monday, February 22, 1999 9:01 AM, Tom Ronquillo [SMTP:chitiger @MAIL.DAVE-WORLD.NET] wrote: > Kathy Seymour wrote: > > > Volkswagen is currently airing a commercial for the VW Passat on American > > TV, > > and the music that 'drives' (pardon the pun) the commercial sounds like a > > Tango to me. Can anybody identify it? > > The song featured in the VW commercial is "Palomita Blanca," a tango vals. > Wouldn't it have been a more interesting commercial if the man and woman had > exited their vehicles and danced in the street for a moment before driving > off again? Thanks, Tom, for naming the vals. Though it's such a familiar one, I couldn't find it on any of my CD's. My husband Marc, who doesn't dance, told me there was a VW commercial with a tango vals. (I was proud of him for recognizing it.) And he told me the whole exchange between the man and the woman at the traffic light is like a tango. So I saw the commercial and I agree with Marc - it was already a tango without their having to dance. When you have your baby in the back seat, you don't get out of the car and dance with someone else's spouse who has their baby in the back seat, though I think that kind of thing happens in Finland. Tangos happen in life even when you're not dancing. I think the commercial was written by someone who understands and dances tango. Saludos, Helaine > > El Tigre > ********************************************************* > Tomas (El Tigre) Ronquillo (chitiger @mail.dave-world.net) > c/o The Tango Society of Central Illinois > 1214 East Grove Street > Bloomington, Illinois 61701 > > Not just a dance; an obsession. > *********************************************************

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:50:52 -0600 From: Tom Ronquillo <chitiger @MAIL.DAVE-WORLD.NET> Subject: Re: Dancing in the Streets (was: VW commercial) I had long thought of Sharon Pedersen as a tango fanatic until I read: > ... and we danced a few measures next to the car (to the music of our hearts, since > I had no tango tape with me). No tango tape? Sharon: driving around without tango tapes or CDs in the car is unacceptable behavior for true tango fanatics. How can we expect to indoctrinate unsuspecting hitchhikers or other captive passengers in our vehicles if we fail to have tango music immediately at hand? At least offer some excuse for this lapse. Like maybe, you lent your tapes to Daniel Trenner at the last workshop and he hasn't returned them yet. El Tigre ********************************************************* Tomas (El Tigre) Ronquillo (chitiger @mail.dave-world.net) c/o The Tango Society of Central Illinois 1214 East Grove Street Bloomington, Illinois 61701 Not just a dance; an obsession. *********************************************************

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:26:16 -0800 From: Greg Olsen at Work <golsen @NONSTOP.COM> Subject: Re: Dancing in the Streets (was: VW commercial) > >No tango tape? Sharon: driving around without tango tapes or CDs in the car is >unacceptable behavior for true tango fanatics. How can we expect to indoctrinate >unsuspecting hitchhikers or other captive passengers in our vehicles if we fail to >have tango music immediately at hand? > I used to torture my riders in the casual carpool with tango and found that about 1 in 4 riders liked tango. I even had a rider who took up AT after riding with me. (For those of you outside the San Francisco Bay Area, the casual carpool is where riders queue up at certain designated places for drivers to pick up in order to qualify for the carpool lane across the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The riders benefit by a free ride into the City and the drivers benefit by saving time and the bridge toll since carpools cross for free.) Happy trails, Greg Olsen

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:31:01 EST From: "Donna Sotiropoulos To Listserv @Mitvma.Bitnet" <VERGAD @AOL.COM> Subject: (no subject) Tango -List There really will be Tango in the street or at least on the sidewalk at Camera 3 in San Jose on Mar. 5th for the opening of the movie "Tango." TO get your tickets early call Pam Kelly at(408) 998-3022. It will be a real event that leads up to the 12th of March and the premier of "Tangoing" to benefit the MayView community Health Clinic in Palo Alto and Mountain VIew.

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 14:32:05 EST From: Jeanne Hill <GeneJeanne @AOL.COM> Subject: YANINA & MARCELO Hello - Yanina & Marcelo are winding down their stay in the SF Bay Area. They will continue to give their Wed. and Fri. classes, 8-10 PM, at the Lafayette Dance Center, 3369 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, $15. For a recap of their remaining events: - Feb. 27, 1-4 PM, workshop at the 449 Powell St. Studio, 449 Powell St., San Francisco, CA, $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Call Jeanne (925) 283-0191. - Feb. 28, 1-4 PM, workshop at the Step One Studio, 2005 19th St., T St., Sacramento, $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Call Ed Loomis (916) 991-3193. - Mar. 6, 8-9 PM, class at Danceasy, 9951 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, $10 class and Milonga. Call Gale Robinson (510) 524-9100. - Mar. 13, 1-4 PM, workshop at Danceasy, 9951 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Call Gale Robinson (510) 524-9100. - Mar. 13, 8:30-9:30 PM, class at La Milonga de Jeanne, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette, $15 class and dance, $10 dance only, dance from 9:30-1 am. Call Jeanne (925) 283-0191. *************************** The Milonga de Jeanne on March 13 will be Yanina and Marcelo's last Milonga before departing for Argentina. This will be a farewell event and everyone is invited. Bring your favorite refreshment to wish them a bon voyage and speedy return. We will have entertainment and good fellowship. ********************************* Jeanne Hill

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:01:39 -0500 From: Sharon Pedersen <pedersen @BOWDOIN.EDU> Subject: Re: Dancing in the Streets (was: VW commercial) Tom Ronquillo wrote: > No tango tape? Sharon: driving around without tango tapes or CDs in the car is > unacceptable behavior for true tango fanatics. How can we expect to indoctrinate > unsuspecting hitchhikers or other captive passengers in our vehicles if we fail to > have tango music immediately at hand? In defense of my fanatical name :-), I have to say that I did have tango CDs in the car (for the practice), but my car has no CD player. For the car Tape player, I had a Spanish study tape and was blamelessly doing my Spanish homework when James knocked on my car window for a dance. But maybe a true fanatic would have simply cranked up the volume and danced to the impassioned prose of "What is this? --That is a book. And this? --That is a table." Can I have my fanatical laurels back if I promise to make some tango tapes to keep in my car all the time? --Sharon (bloodied, but unbowed)

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:18:01 EST From: Stephen Wong <PVD1994 @AOL.COM> Subject: Tango in Chicago I will be in Chicago March 3 to March 7, 1999 and would like to find out the milonga schedule for the city. thanks, PVD1994

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:37:04 EST From: Fernando Filippelli <ferfilip @E-MAIL.COM> Subject: Tango in Milano I will be visiting Milan pretty soon and I was wondering if someone could direct me where to go or whom to contact to find out about Milongas and schedules. Thanks. Fernando.

Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 00:07:17 -0500 From: "Walter M. Kane" <oldzeid @FRONTIERNET.NET> Subject: Re: Re. Planet Tango milonga on the 27th Dear Tango-List The following message, forwarded from Alberto Paz is self explanatory. Tangringo

> From: Tango Man <planet_tango @yahoo.com> > To: Walter Kane <oldzeid @frontiernet.net> > Subject: Re. Planet Tango milonga on the 27th > Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 2:11 PM > > Dear Walter, > Before we left for Anchorage last week I was under the impression that > my compatriot Marcelo Solis would do me a favor to play the music at > our milonga next Saturday. I had not spoken with Marcelo directly so I > took a chance of "delegating" that task and subsequently I was > informed by Jeanne Hill, Marcelo's agent and manager that there was > some sort of misunderstanding and that Marcelo was not be available > next Saturday because of a prior commitment. > Since the computer set up at our igloo here does not allow me the > posssibility of contacting the Tango-L directly, and since Jeanne > requested that I post a public correction to my announcement last > week, I wonder if I can impose on you to forward this message to the > Tango-L? > If anybody would ask if there will music at the milonga this Saturday, > please tell them that the answer is yes. > Tangazos to all our friends, > > Alberto > > >Alberto - > >There appears to be some misunderstanding. Marcelo >never agreed to > teach or provide the music for your >Milonga on the 27th because he > had a previous engagement. > >If Marcelo were to teach, both he and Yanina together >would give the > class and not he alone. > >If you want Marcelo and Yanina to teach and provide >the music, they > would consider it depending upon what >you are willing to pay them for > the class and DJ job. > >Please let me know if you want to hire them for Feb. >27 and we can > discuss the terms. > > >Thank you, Alberto. > >Jeanne > >Agent and Manager > >for Marcelo Solis and Yanina Messina > > >PS In the event that you do not hire them, may I >suggest that you > print a correction on the Tango-L to >this effect. > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:03:22 +0100 From: Jacques Gauthier <salsa-m @LYCOSMAIL.COM> Subject: About Tango in Frankfurt (Main) Germany Hello, I got to visit one of the local Tango scenes in Frankfurt Germany last Friday. (Thanks to the people who sent me some webpages info for Frankfurt). The place I visited was the "Lehrerkooperative" on Wasserweg 30, in Frankfurt. This place is apparently a cooperative of Tango teachers in Frankfurt. I found the people there to be very friendly to visitors. We danced there from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Then, I was invited to come to another Tango place, in Hochst (with a umlaut over the "o"). The address there was Bolongarostr. 113. It was not mentionned in any of the webpages I had checked for Frankfurt. According to some of the locals, there are many such Tango places not mentionned on the Internet. The place Hochst was actually closer to where I was staying in Eschborn making it cheaper for me to go by Taxi. I was therefore very interested in finding out about it. Two of the ladies from the "Lehrerkooperative" gave me a lift there. It was a nice room about the size of the "Tangueria" in Montreal but with a higher ceiling, and no supporting beams in the center. The room was pretty much smokeless (a welcome change from some of the smoke-filled rooms I sometimes attend, in Montreal). The ceiling also had chandeliers and a Disco ball. The preferred style of Tango I saw there was "Fantasia" although the pamphlets I gathered offered also lessons in "Salon style". (As well as Milonga, Vals, Flamenco and Salsa/Merengue) Three people from the "Lehrerkooperative" commented to me that the style I danced was different from what they usually dance in Frankfurt. (My Tango lessons were in "Salon style".) I do not know if it's because "Salon style" is not danced much there or if it's because my Tango is so rusty that it's not recognizable as: "Salon style" . :-( It was fortunate for me that the people I spoke with spoke English better than I spoke German. In some instances, they even used some French words. I enjoyed my evening, dancing with several ladies and even got to dance a Salsa at the end of the evening. (Although in the middle of the song, we switched to Milonga we referred to it as: Salonga. ) To the people wanting to go to the "Hochst" place, it is within walking distance of the "Lindner Congress Hotel". (Taxi drivers will know where it is). I walked in there at the end of my evening and asked the reception if they would be kind enough to call me a cab. This hotel has a webpage: http://www.lindner.de For the people on this list, here are three new links for Tango in the Frankfurt area: The Lehrerkooperative: http://home.t-online.de/home/06991395261/ Event calendar (incl. Workshops) for Frankfurt/Mainz/Wiesbaden area http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~garrit/tango/tangoffm.html http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~garrit/tango/geo/ball.html I got these links from the pamphlets of information I gathered at the place in Hochst. I plan to add them to my own collection of Tango links when I return to Montreal. Best regards, & Alles Gute ! Jacques G.

Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:38:30 EST From: Digest Polly McBride <ATANGO2 @AOL.COM> Subject: Web Page Hello Listers, This is the address of yet another Tango Page. <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/atango2/index.html"> http://members.aol.com/atango2/index.html</A> Polly McBride, Portland, Oregon

Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:50:34 -0800 From: Miguel Villanueva <miqraq @IBM.NET> Subject: Re: Tango in "Alice et Martin" Larry, Check this web site: http://us.imdb.com/Title?Alice+et+Martin+(1998) You'll find complete information on this movie. In this site "http://us.imdb.com" you'll find information on every movie in the planet. Miguel Villanueva Corona, CA Larry Carroll wrote: > Juliette Binoche's latest movie, "Alice et Martin," was released in > November in France. She is a violinist in a Argentine tango band, & > she dances the tango with her boyfriend. I've been looking forward > to this film, but so far I haven't seen any mention of it in the > US. Does anyone know if it has been (or will be) released here? > > Larry de Los Angeles > http://world.std.com/~larrydla > > P.S. The directors name is Andre Techine, with accents over the > letter E's. How is his name pronounced? > > ___________________________________________________________________ > You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. > Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html > or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 23:33:20 +0100 From: "Gabriella C. Marino" <gcmarino @IOL.IT> Subject: Practicas in BsAs Dear friends, I'll be visiting friends in Buenos Aires from 6 to 20 March and would like to know which are the best practicas, lessons and milongas to attend at the moment in the city, and what else is interesting to do. Ciao, Gabriella Parma, Italy http://users.iol.it/gcmarino/index.htm

Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:05:13 EST From: Graciela Badt <Gratyb @AOL.COM> Subject: tango in Greece I will be in the city of Athens and the island of Crete for one and a half weeks in April. Any information regarding tango in that area will be appreciated, particularly the times and places of any milongas there. You may e-mail me directly at gratyb @aol.com Thank you Graciela

Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:48:56 -0600 From: Roger Fritz <fri @ITIS.COM> Subject: Tango in Wisconsin? Can anyone point me to Argentine tango instructors, lessons or milongas in Wisconsin? I've searched the web and the closest I've found is in Chicago and the twin cities. I live in Madison. Is there anything in Milwaukee, the fox valley or elsewhere?

Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 09:08:04 -0800 From: phyllis victory <victory @MARS.ARK.COM> Subject: a good laugh morning list. i am a new member, and if this is a redundant news item, please forgive; however this web site address is a door to humour which is sooo good, i had to pass it on. it contains a list of how to recognize if you are a tango junkie. enjoy... http://www.javanet.com/~kells/tSymptoms.htm nameste. phyllis victory

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