The Patio is getting a good reputation for live tango concerts. Last week’s performance of the Alejandro Ziegler Quartet was a good example of why that is. With piano, double bass, violin and bandoneon, they played immaculate versions of famous tango songs. Not only that, once the first two numbers were over and the audience […]
Read MoreLast Sunday the lights in the Pianofabriek inspired me to experiment a bit with light and shadows. The results were interesting, and call for more elaboration. (As if I need an excuse to take pictures…) Sergio put up some great tango music, with little cortina gems of disco, funk and soul. Ah, the seventies …
Read MorePatio de Tango (Bouche-à -Oreille, Etterbeek) welcomes another special guest: the Alexandro Ziegler quartet plays a concert at the popular milonga on Thursday February 17th: “a bandoneón, a double bass, a violin, (a) piano, a samurai hairstyle, two red shoes and one Borat moustache” says one fan who saw them in 2010 and she adds: “absolutely […]
Read MoreAlmost a year ago, we published a call for actors for the Flemish police series Witse, who were preparing an episode around a tango theme. A lot of you participated in the shootings in Tangueria and Cellule, and now that it has been shown on TV, they also published the program “Paso Dramatico” on Youtube. […]
Read MoreThanks to everyone who voted for the popular pictures of 2010, and here are the results: the most popular photo of 2010 is not one of a demo, of maestros, of spectacular moves, it is an intimistic portrait, taken in the Patio De Tango, in the beginning of October. In the foreground you see Karin […]
Read MoreI have published a lot of pictures on this site in the last year and even I am curious to know which ones you liked most. So I did the following: I took all the pictures in the Milonga.be favourite tango pictures album, counted the number of views, comments and favourites and ranked the highest […]
Read MoreThe demo of the Argentinian champions at the Patio de Tango was outstanding, and the crowd kept asking for ‘Otra’!
Read MoreDid you know that the Pianofabriek milonga is one of the oldest in Brussels? It has been held for almost twenty years (since 1992) by Sergio & Gisela. I went there last Sunday to take pictures. As usual, the place was packed with beautiful people, and I was having fun taking pictures of that. Some […]
Read MoreNosotros has invited MarÃa Inés Bogado and Sebastián Jimenez, the 2010 world champions in tango salon & vals, to Brussels. They will give two days of workshops (18/19 Dec) and also perform at a special Saturday Patio de Tango. For details on the workshops, check the Nosotros website. We have 4 free tickets for the […]
Read MoreTangoquerido had invited two young Argentinian dancers to the WABO practica: Mario de Camillis and Barbara Wainnright. Their demonstrations were dynamic and skillfull, and their little act with the old milonguero couple (and that’s all I will tell – no spoilers) is original and funny.
Read MoreNosotros organized a fundraiser two months ago, and Diego lets us know that he travelled to Argentina to buy the promised instruments and hand them over to the kids at the Orchestra School Ingeniero White.
Read MoreTangoquerido has invited Mario de Camillis et Barbara Wainnright to Brussels for some workshops and a demonstration. They are two young dancers from Argentina, who started dancing together in 2009 and fared very well in the VII Tango World Championship and the VII Tango Metropolitan Championship, both in Buenos Aires. The workshops are on Friday […]
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