Polling has been reopened to give a fair chance to other milongas that were not listed earlier and to spread the message about the poll to those milongas further south. Re Milonga Corazon, which is moving to The Tango Room, please vote for all aspects possible when it was at Sophie's. Polling will end Jan. 31, 2019. Please share this post with others. Thanks! When I first … [Read more...]
HAPPY TANGO NEW YEAR!
Happy New Year to all you tango crazy people!!! … [Read more...]
Milonga openings and closings
Well, they came and went, in a matter of little more than a month. Marcos Questa's and Ruta Maria's La Viruta Milonga in Beverly Hills (co-hosted with L.A.'s Yolanda Rossi) was a promising venue that offered an upscale experience, with a nightclub feel. However, they made the announcement this past Monday before the farewell milonga for Romina Levin and Claudio Villagra that … [Read more...]
A preamble to a passionate love story: Argentine tango
A well written article on tango (and Orlando Paiva Jr.and I when we did Tango Masquerade) from my former assistant editor at The Malibu Times... By Olivia Damavandi - The Malibu Times The dance of tango, which has not changed much since its inception in the late 1800s, attracts people of all kinds from throughout the world, including a … [Read more...]
Tango vs. Salsa
I went salsa dancing the other night..and actually have gone more salsa dancing than tango in the past few months...this is after almost four years of dedicated tango dancing, going 2 to 4 times per week at least, with the salsa happening every couple of months or so. The energy and exercise is what I've been going for I think..and it is nice to see people I used to see 4, 6 … [Read more...]