Category: performance

Announced: Christian Marquez ‘EL TOTI’ & Anabela Brogioli in Belgium!

Next weekend, Valeria & Anibal have invited Christian ‘El Toti’ Marquez & Anabela Brogioli for a series of workshops and demos. Some of you might remember Christian from the 2012 Brussels Tango Festival. Expect some pretty amazing footwork. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z4ZIUBu7xw For details, check the Facebook event

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Broken Tango in Belgium

BROKEN TANGO 2.0 springs from the purest and darkest soul of the city to eventually arrive to the latest forms of interpreting tango in the particular R.E.A Dance Company’s way. We didn’t want to get stuck to the original and traditional tango, but to show how that early twentieth century dance has continued to live […]

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Photos: Au cafe du Port

The musicians of the Bruxelles Aires Tango Orchestra, together with a number of tango dancers and actors, created the performance ‘Au cafe du port’ that they just showed 6 times in a row, and every evening was sold out. Live music, live dancing and a delightful little story, all set in an imaginary Buenos Aires […]

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This weekend: Tango Folies

This weekend there will be a series of workshops, presentations and a milonga under the flag of “Tango Folies”, to celebrate the retirement of Fedor Villafane. If you have been dancing for less than 10 years, this name might not ring a bell, but Fedor has played an important role in the development of tango […]

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Photos: Terra Tango @ Gent

Terra Tango opened last weekend in the Capitole in Ghent. The tango show was created by Vincent Morelle and featured 8 dancers and the excellent Cuarteto SolTango. We saw a lot of excellent dancing, inspired by Vincent & Maryline’s theatrical style, with interesting elements like back screen projection and acrobatics. I took some pictures from […]

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Announced: Terra Tango, Sept 2012

With a suitcase of misery at their feet, an immigrant from the mainland dreamt of a new departure, a new start. Through a century of tango music, the Soltango quartet paints its own universes. Torn between the extremes of sorrow and longing, of resignation and rage, of passion and love, the dream reveals itself; it […]

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Liz & Yannick European champions Tango Salon

Lieske De Vuyst and Yannick Vanhove, a Belgian tango teachers couple, have won the European championship of tango salon in Rome. They also made it to a second place for tango escenario. The jury had a number of tango legends amongst its ranks: Maria Nieves, Carlos & Rosa Perez, Pancho Martinez Pey, Fernando Gracia & […]

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Saturday: tango in the metro

UPDATE: due to dramatic events the Brussels metro has been shut down, and Tango in the metro has been cancelled!   This Saturday April 7th, join 60 tango couples from 3 until 4 pm in 15 metro stations of Brussels… And bring along your tango shoes of course! The STIB/MIVB will be playing tango music […]

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Photos: Pibe Avellaneda @ Casa 32

Pibe Avellaneda came to Antwerp to give some workshops and also performed at the ‘Bal Masqué’ in Casa32. His partner of the evening was Valeria Maside. Avellaneda represents more than 50 years of tango experience, and the combination with the smile, the elegance and the -let’s be honest- great legs of Valeria made for an […]

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Photos: Gran Milonga in Brugge

In the beautiful foyer of the 1869 Brugse Stadsschouwburg, there was an equally classy milonga, organized by Pasos de Brujas. The planned demo by Alma & Aldo had been cancelled, but we were lucky to have Sonja & Sven and their mentors Marisa & Oliver in the milonga, who gave us a double demo.

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Photos: El Pibe Sarandi in BRYC

Last weekend Brussels welcomed El Pibe Sarandi, a Buenos Aires maestro with more then 50 years of tango experience. Benedicte and Jens-Ingo invited him to the Brussels Royal Yacht Club. He gave a demo together with Benedicte of his smooth milonga style. The BRYC is a beautiful place to dance; check out the collection of […]

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Photos: La Tentation

Every now and then Dante & Monik organize a milonga with performances in La Tentation. This weekend it was the Enrique Nicolas Tango Quartet performing, as well as a demo of both Monik & Dante (tango) and Julio Garrido (zapateo).

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