Monthly Archive for September, 2009

Tango is part of the “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”

Javier & Stella The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation aims to preserve a list of legacies under threat from global change. Argentina and Uruguay, where the dance originated, jointly submitted it. UNESCO said heritages seeking approval, transmit from “generation to generation” and give “communities and groups a feeling of identity”. It added that the dance “embodies and encourages diversity and cultural dialogue.” Argentinian official Hernan Lombardi said he was “very proud that the music and dance of the Tango have now been safeguarded for humanity.
(via bbc.co.uk)

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More classes listed!

This is about the moment all the tango classes start again, and there are now over 150 classes to choose from in the courses overview. Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia, beginners or experts, in the week, in the weekend, check it out!

Requested: tango dancers to play in a movie

The director Stéphane Giusti is shooting a movie with some tango scenes (in Cellule133a) and needs some dancers as extras and (stunt) doubles. What he needs is:

Pour le téléfilm “Après toi” de Stéphane Giusti avec Aure Atika, Malik Zidi et Karina Testa et dont le tournage des scènes tango se passera à la Cellule133a pendant 4 jours, la production recherche:
• des danseurs de tango pour de la figuration (12 couples),
• 4 danseurs / danseuses pouvant faire la doublure des acteurs (Aure Atika, Karina Testa et Malik Zidi),
• ainsi que des figurants de tout âge et tout profil.

The shooting is done between Sept 21 and Oct 20. If you want to participate, please send your coordinates (name, birth date and GSM) and 2 recent photos (face/complete) to cinextra@yahoo.fr, the casting agency will contact you!

Aure Atika Malik Zidi Karina Testa

Photos: last Milonga @ Kiosque of 2009

Milonga @ Kiosque #6
Every summer has to end at some point, and we ended it with a bang. A brilliant sun, a bunch of sharply dressed dancers and a dozen bottles of cava. The last Milonga @ Kiosque was a worthy end of a splendid season of outdoor milongas in the middle of the cutest Brussels park.
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NEW: Overview of tango courses in Belgium

I’ve put some time in the creation of a better database for tango courses in Belgium, just in time for the start of the new academic year. The list I had before was incomplete and outdated, and I started from scratch a week ago. I received already a lot of data from different teachers all over Belgium and the results are here:

milonga.be courses/lessen/cours
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Belgian couple in the Mundial de Tango

Belgisch koppel op de Mundial de Tango in Buenos Aires
There was a Belgian couple from Gent in the Mundial de Tango 2009 in Buenos Aires. I hadn’t heard from the Belgian qualifications (two years ago it was called the Tango Marathon) and to be honest, I have never seen the dancers, Yannick Vanhove & Lieske De Vuyst, before either. Seems there must be an underground tango scene in Gent …
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