photos were just posted here: http://www.close-embrace.com/thegates022705/index.htm
It was a very, very cool place to tango. Thanks to Gerald, Joy, and Lucille for organizing, and Trey and Guy for music. (And Ko and Shi-noh for hot wine!) A bunch of people came up to Lucille thinking she was Jeanne-Claude; must be that gorgeous hair. We eventually wound up getting busted by a park ranger for playing amplified music sans permit, but not before we got a good two hours of dancing in. And well, I guess that's part of the fun of hitting and then running anyhow.
The specatacle of the Gates themselves is astounding. They made the bleak winter landscape of Central Park come alive, not just with vibrant color, but with crowds and crowds of people from NYC and from all over the world. (I met a man in a milonga last week who had made the trip from Germany solely for the purpose of seeing the Gates.) The pathways were crowded with all sorts of characters (the least strange of which were the tango dancers with blue scarves); and everywhere total strangers were talking to each other about the Gates, the sunny day, whatever. Anything that can inspire that sort of sense of community and nice feeling must be a very, very good thing. (Even if it has a $21 million price tag! :)
abrazos, Jennifer
This was on Tango-A ... (great idea!!!) ... anyone been there????
I'd love to see picture! [would have loved to see "The Gates" (after "The Reichstag" ant "The Wall"), even more to take part in a hit&run-milonga under the gates!]
Please: comment!!! Christian
On 26 Feb 2005 at 15:16, Lucille Krasne wrote:
Sunday, unless major storm---last day of the Gates---we'll be at Bethesda Fountain at 1pm, where------
Gerald Wagner and wife, Joy Low, will have brought a bunch of shiny blue fabric and where some tango dancers will arrive to dance through the Gates. Someone will be pulling boom box and speakers. Gerald had originally planned it to happen last week but weather was very bad. It hopefully will be sunny tomorrow and in high 30's. Why not just show up if you can with or without fabric? Bring cameras and thermos!
Lucille PS Remember Hit and Run Rules to Live By: free or cheap space, open to public, little or no red tape, interesting environment. And run or tango away quickly when chased by cops.
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