The new edition of the Brussels Tango festival has been announced! In less than 3 months we can all rejoice in 5 days of tango workshops and salons: Thursday April 2nd until Sunday April 6th. In the list of visiting maestros we see a lot of familiar names and some new ones: Cecilia Garcia & […]
Read MoreLa Tangueria hosted a great New Year’s Party to guide us from 2008 into 2009, which of course is supposed to be a much better year than the previous. After the abundant dinner with food brought by the guests, tables were removed from the dance floor and all the calories were transformed into tango pleasure. […]
Read MoreIt had been a while since I went to Cellule133a on Friday and I had forgotten how easily it drags you way into the Saturday. I arrived around 11 and a couple of drinks and dances later time had somehow fast forwarded to 5AM. But it was cosy and I have some pictures to prove […]
Read MoreWith Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve falling on Wednesdays, there are some changes in the regular programming of milonga/practica activity: No milonga @ Tango Bar on Dec 24 and Dec 31 Most practicas during the week postponed too Several New Year’s Eve bals around the country Basically what’s left for milonga activity is: Friday […]
Read MoreA lot of people found the way to Humbeek for Gisela & Sergio’s yearly “Bal de Noël” or Christmas milonga. Sergio even mentioned that the people coming from Lille came by *bus*! Also lots of Dutch guests, and of course an abundance of Belgian tangueros. The venue was nicely decorated, the dancers were looking sharp […]
Read MoreOp 25 september werd Greet Nelles uit Herent het slachtoffer van een zeer ernstig verkeersongeval. Greet herstelt beetje bij beetje maar de weg is nog lang. Ria en Luc, de ouders van Greet, zijn lid van tangoclub El Balcon. Met dit benefiet bal willen wij onze morele steun betuigen aan Greet en haar familie. De […]
Read MoreI found out that the best time to arrive at the Pianofabriek milonga is 17h. Plenty of space on the dancefloor, and the tables are there for the picking. Once it turns 19h, the place is packed. Dancing remained comfortable, for some reason, and so that’s what I did. Some pictures of the evening:
Read MoreTango Topper of today: Enrique Rodriguez, responsible for the famous “Llorar, llorar por una mujer es quererla y no tenerla.” Enrique RodrÃguez was a complete functional musician, besides playing bandoneon, he equally played piano and violin or brandished the baton. He was talented and was fast to easily write simple arrangements and versions of consecrated […]
Read MoreThis weekend, Theresa had prepared us another of those rare pearls of tango bliss: the Dieweg milongas. Yes, the floor was slippery and yes, there were more dancers than ever, but that didn’t stop anyone from having a wonderful time. In between dancing, I took some pictures of nice abrazos, concentrated dancing, deeply connected couples […]
Read MoreThe Tangueria welcomed some Argentinian visitors this Sunday: Gaby & Luis, who gave some classes first and of course performed during the milonga later that evening.
Read MoreThis weekend was my first tango evening in Gent, visiting Polariteit on Friday. The weather sucked (we saw a car crash while driving into Gent) but inside it was warm and the local tangueros were very hospitable.
Read More(NL) Als je wil, kan je elke week op donderdag avond de newsletter van milonga.be ontvangen, met daarin de tango agenda voor de volgende 10 dagen (twee weekends!). Je vindt er alle salons, workshops, concerten en andere tango evenementen voor gans België. Tevens kan je zien welke foto’s gepubliceerd zijn en welke internationale festivals er […]
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