Tango in Belgie / Tango en Belgique
The second edition of the Milonga de Gante was again a success. Astrid and Koos gave a workshop before the milonga, DJ Nina (aka DJ Mala as she was known in Sofia) played some excellent tandas until 1AM and got lots of compliments in return. Ilse and Ludo can be proud of their event, it keeps Gent an interesting place to dance. (Note to self: take some red-light district pictures next time. Everybody loves red.)
Last weekend was the first edition of ‘Milonga de Gante’, a new monthly dance event started by Ilse and Ludo. In one of the better lighted neighbourhoods in Gent, we were welcomed in a part-time film studio with some pretty decoration.
We also got a demo by Koos & Astrid, who will be giving a class before all the next milongas.
Like last year, I wanted to start the New Year in a tango atmosphere, and that’s why we went to Tangueria to spend the last hours of 2009 and count down to 2010. DJ Emilie was choosing the tandas while we nibbled on panettone and drank bubbles.
Continue reading ‘Photos: Sylvester milonga 2009-2010 @ Tangueria’
Dec 3 was the last milonga Patio de Tango of the year. A lot of people had made an effort to look even better than normally. We saw lots of red and that makes for pretty pictures.
This weekend I was invited by Tristan from Tango De Carmen to visit an special milonga: in the Roma, a beautiful renovated old cinema from 1928, with the excellent quartet Tanguarda from Rotterdam and with live performances of Geraldine Rojas and Ezequiel Paludi, tango superstars.
As I expected, seeing Geraldine dance in real life is quite a treat. Not only are her and her husband amazing performers, she also is gorgeous in every single picture I took of her – and I took quite a lot of them.
They also brought some friends who did their own routine, but that was not of the same level.
Continue reading ‘Photos: Geraldine & Ezequiel in Antwerp’
Tangueria had some Argentinian visitors this Sunday: Natalia Games & Gabriel Angio, a couple that has been dancing since 1991, when most of us had hardly heard from tango, even before we could have seen it in ‘The Tango Lesson’ (1997) or ‘Scent of a woman’ (1992). They looked very young and dynamic and showed some excellent dancing during their four dances.
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