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Tango in Belgie / Tango en Belgique

Comment on Most popular milonga.be photo of 2011 by Tadas Thursday, 19 January 2012, 3:20 pm

In my humble personal opnion cabeceo is one of the most attractive aspects of tango. If you’re able to capture that moment of extreeme intensity when its seems as you can cut the air with a knife you should, without a doubt, do it.

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Tadas

Comment on Video: marathon del chocolate by Luigi Rossi Thursday, 18 August 2011, 10:10 am

Formidable. Vraiment beau. Je suis en vacance à la mer mais en regardant le video j’ai regretté de ne pas etre à Bruxelles. FélicitationsLuigi

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Luigi Rossi

Comment on Video: marathon del chocolate by Gallez Odette Monday, 15 August 2011, 11:25 am

Magnifique vidéo… trop court !

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Gallez Odette

Comment on Tangauchos in Belgium by Markus Thursday, 28 July 2011, 6:39 pm

How do we get the tickets; do we have to fetch them somewhere?

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Markus

Comment on Tangauchos in Belgium by Sam Saturday, 16 July 2011, 12:51 am

oups… this one is the good one!http://www.flickr.com/photos/pforret/3411123643/in/set-72157616341242902

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Sam

Comment on Tangauchos in Belgium by Peter Friday, 15 July 2011, 7:49 pm

Markus: yesPatricia: yesFlorentina: yesSam: that is a Mariano-look-a-like, it’s not him. Try again!

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Peter

Comment on Tangauchos in Belgium by Patricia Friday, 15 July 2011, 5:46 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pforret/3411485148/in/set-72157616341242902

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Patricia

Comment on Tangauchos in Belgium by Florentina Friday, 15 July 2011, 4:32 pm

j’ai trouvé!!!!http://www.flickr.com/photos/pforret/3411931908/in/set-72157616341242902Florentina

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Florentina

Comment on Tangauchos in Belgium by Sam Friday, 15 July 2011, 4:27 pm

here you are sir ))http://www.flickr.com/photos/pforret/3407723795/in/set-72157616341242902

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Sam

Comment on Tangauchos in Belgium by Markus Friday, 15 July 2011, 4:23 pm

OK, here comes the link to a picture of Mariano Galeano:http://www.flickr.com/photos/pforret/3408535446/in/set-72157616341242902/Recognise him?

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Markus

Comment on Buying tango shoes by Lisa Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 5:48 pm

Lol, what you wrote is so true. Having so many pairs of shoes goes beyond just a simple “need” as far as dancing. Accessorizing is something that women are loved for . My particular favorite brand out of all of the shoes on this page would be the Neo-Tango, they are just lovely!

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Lisa

Comment on Belgian couple in the Mundial de Tango by Janis Kenyon Saturday, 28 May 2011, 4:43 pm

It’s common knowledge in Buenos Aires that the World Cup of tango (formerly Campeonato Mundial de Tango) is arranged every year. Those couples who have “paid their dues” by studying, teaching, and performing with the members of the Asociacion de Maestros, Bailarines y Coreografos de Tango Argentino are acknowledged. It’s impossible for a foreign couple to arrive in BsAs without being seen by the judges and win the competition. The winners are “selected” by the judges to launch the careers of promising performers who want to present themselves as salon dancers. They don’t have the skills to improvise tango on a social dance floor, so they continue to teach choreography around the world. Tango is a business for them. The world tango competition winners have been arranged since the first year. The city competition is the same. The prize money has increased substantially, but the number of participants has dropped.I hope that foreigners have realized they don’t have a chance at winning unless they host the festival director at a local festival like Japan did in 2009 when a Japanese couple won the world salon competition. Judges must agree on who will be chosen to win the title. Tallying the points has no relevance. It’s all about who you know, not how you dance. It is unfortunate that couples come to Buenos Aires to represent their countries with the hopes of bringing home a title. The judges know who will win before the competition begins. It’s not an unbiased competition at all. It’s the same in most international dance competitions. It’s about how well the judges know you.

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Janis Kenyon

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Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Tangobsession » 04/06/2011 – Grande soirée d’Ouverture de notre a.s.b.l WAW !

Comment on Announcing: Marathon del Chocolate in August by Sidar Ok Thursday, 21 April 2011, 2:18 pm

Looking forward to it !

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Sidar Ok

Comment on Photos: Pianofabriek, Feb 2009 by Carolien Jongbloed Sunday, 6 March 2011, 6:43 pm

Beste mensen,Deze avond op 6 maart ben ik met Dirk Wouters komen dansen.Tot mijn grote spijt heb ik mijn dansschoenen vergeten mee te nemen. Het is een blauwe stoffen bloemenzak met zwarte gesloten schoenen. Dirk wouters volgt bij u les. Is het mogelijk deze zak indien gevonden aan hem te bezorgen?Met vriendelijke dank.Carolien Jongbloed, info@carolienjongbloed.be

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Carolien Jongbloed

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Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Argentina Baila

Comment on Announced: Alejandro Ziegler Quartet – free tickets to win! by Peter Thursday, 17 February 2011, 9:58 am

And the winners for tonight’s milonga are:Kamila Xenie, Sebastián, Philippe & Bea!Thanks for the anecdotes!

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Peter

Comment on Announced: Alejandro Ziegler Quartet – free tickets to win! by bea Sunday, 13 February 2011, 10:23 pm

maybe it’s too late but anyway…an echo to the first story – this one is about the leader who never remembers the follower, even after 4 times dancing together. Yes, some months passed by in between but still…and then suddenly, at the 5th time dancing together, a “declic” in his mind? Because, after this one, the memory became better. Thanks to the new shoes maybe? Who knows what’s on a man’s mind …

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | bea

Comment on Announced: Alejandro Ziegler Quartet – free tickets to win! by Philippe Friday, 11 February 2011, 8:11 am

Some years ago in Buenos-Aires, i was taking a private class with Javier when he told me a funny anecdote about a russian guy who was asking him to explain a lot of technical details about the right way to do a giro and which leg he had to use first when beginning the turn. Javier was astonished and tought it was a really strange question…so this is what he answered to him : “When you are badly sick and you need to go urgently to the toilet, do you first ask yourself which leg you have to use first to go to the toilet door in your back or do you simply go there as fast as you can ? So, it is the same with tango: be natural, don’t think and go where you have decided to go”This is one of Javier’s funniest ways of teaching tango… but it is so true…

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Philippe

Comment on Announced: Alejandro Ziegler Quartet – free tickets to win! by Sebastian Gonzalez Monday, 7 February 2011, 8:47 am

Years before I even knew I would dance tango one day, I went to the Cellule by invitation of a friend who used to dance there. She danced the whole night through, and I shared the evening with her during her pauses, and with another friend who came along and didn’t dance either. We talked and watched the dancing over a few beers. It was my very first time at a milonga, and I was amazed to see this kind of hidden place, in which incredibly good dancers got carried away at the pace of this beautiful music from other times, yet they were all quite young.At one moment I went to fetch a couple more beers for me and my friend. On my way back to our table, I saw a girl looking at me intently in the eye. Her gaze was fixed, without hesitation. And she was beautiful… very much so. It lasted for just a couple seconds, as I went by with with the drinks in my hands. I never had this kind of gaze before from such a woman. I wondered what it was that provoked this unexpected interest. I wasn’t wearing anything special, nor did I behave in a particular conspicuous way. As I was not used to it, this brief instant got imprinted in my memory. Only years after I understood, when I started to learn tango lessons. When my teacher from Buenos Aires told me about the milonga codes, I understood then that she simply wanted to dance. What a lost opportunity! Never again have I seen a woman using this code in a milonga, at least not so clearly as she did.

Source: Comments for Milonga – Tango in Belgium | Sebastian Gonzalez

Milonga.be – favourite tango pictures

Pictures of tango in Belgiumfor the <a href="http://www.milonga.be">www.milonga.be</a> site

Reply to Cortinas Thursday, 11 December 2008, 2:46 pm

Jacques Monteyne posted a reply:

Très juste : les cortinas ne doivent pas être dansables, et assez calmes et certainement pas une intrusion désagréable et qui casse l’atmosphère….
C’est difficile d’être DJ et on les félicite )

Source: Milonga.be – favourite tango pictures | Jacques Monteyne

Reply to Cortinas Sunday, 21 October 2007, 11:15 am

tangoteca_johan posted a reply:

My 2 eurocents…
1) Technically, it is a complicating factor: if you use 2 cd players for mixing tandas you almost need a 3rd one for playing cortinas
2) I heard djs who paid more attention to the cortinas than to the tanda music – I’m not sure if that is a good thing
3) Musical taste ? I prefer "no cortinas" over aggressive, intrusive, irritating… cortina music
4) The most difficult part ? How to avoid that people start dancing on the cortina music ? Nowadays even in Buenos Aires it happens that when using "tango no bailable" as a cortina, people start dancing. It seems that the concept of "danceability" has shifted (thank you electrotango?)
In short : I fear the concept as much as I appreciate it….

johan

Source: Milonga.be – favourite tango pictures | tangoteca_johan

any pictures of Salon in Maison Du Peuple? Monday, 8 October 2007, 1:27 pm

Peter Forret posted a new topic:

Did anyone take pictures at the Salon last Saturday?
I’d like at least some shots of the venue and Andrea Reyero and Sebastian Misse .

Source: Milonga.be – favourite tango pictures | Peter Forret

Reply to Cortinas Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 12:04 pm

Peter Forret posted a reply:

It’s almost as if some DJs don’t want to use the cortina at any price. Maybe it’s a European thing? I prefer to have cortinas, actually.

Source: Milonga.be – favourite tango pictures | Peter Forret

Cortinas Tuesday, 11 September 2007, 11:08 am

Jacques Monteyne posted a new topic:

Lors des bals à Bruxelles, l’usage de la cortina et des tandas n’est pas encore bien entré dans nos habitudes. Or c’est un excellent moyen de "remettre les pendules à l’heure", de réinviter, de se calmer un peu.
Des avis ?
Jacques

Source: Milonga.be – favourite tango pictures | Jacques Monteyne

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