The summer is an active tango time in Brussels, an example of that is the new milonga on Saturdays: Milonga du Soleil. Last week’s edition featured a demo from a couple teachers from Paris: Ariane and Ozgur. Ozgur has been coming to Brussels often, and never fails to look good on pictures, partly because he makes his partners smile. And some of the people watching too.
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Monthly Archive for July, 2011
Brussels will soon have its first Marathon del Chocolate and the organizers keep on finding original ways to let people know. Some weeks ago, Jasna & Virginie filmed some Brussels tangueros dancing in several places in Brussels, some of them less obvious and made this nice movie:
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It was kind of an unusual Kiosque this Saturday. When we arrived to set up the milonga, there was a guy sleeping in the kiosque. As we started making a bit of noise, he got up, apologized and moved to a tent just outside the kiosque to resume his sleep. Because it started raining around 5pm, lots of non-tango people came to look for shelter under the kiosque roof and watched intrigued as the first tangueros arrived and started dancing.
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The tango show “Tangauchos” by La Compagnia de Mariano Galeano is coming to Belgium in August with performances in Brussels and Leuven. We know Mariano from his appearances in various events in Belgium, like the 2009 Brussels Tango Festival. In Tangauchos he combines Argentinian folklore and the urban music from Rio de la Plata, in all its facets. He shows that, while they use common basic techniques, the styles developed on their own. In some pieces you even see four styles next to one another: salon, milonguero, fantasia, modern.
Tangauchos sera en tournée en Europe à l’été 2011. Allez les voir, cela vaut la peine. C’est vivant, avec des styles variés, un scénario plein de petites histoires, et très impressionnant sur le plan technique.
via Un très beau spectacle
The dancers: Mariano Galeano & Guadalupe Garcia , Pedro Zamin & Florencia Mendez, Roberto Leiva & Marcela Vespasiano.
The dates:
- Tuesday August 2, in Brussels (via Nosotros)
- Friday August 12, in Leuven (via elpeligroso.be)
Thanks to Nosotros (thx Eugenia & Diego), we have 4 tickets to give for the Brussels performance, they will go to the first 4 commenters on this post (on www.milonga.be, dear Facebookers) with a link to a picture of Mariano Galeano from the Brussels Tango Festival photos. Each link has to be different: so not the same picture every time! The contest is open now!
DJ Jens-Ingo’s debut at Milonga @ Kiosque was a clear success. His musicality, combined with the bursts of sun and a cool breeze, made for a crowd ful of smiling dancers:
Next edition: July 16 with DJ Mala!
See all photos in the Kiosque album
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