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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Maryline & Vincent @ Garage 29

It’s always a pleasure to see Maryline & Vincent perform, and so I didn’t want to miss the demo they would give after their workshop at Garage29. It was also the first time I went to this … garage, and I rather liked its character. The light was a bit difficult on the dancefloor, but […]

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Looking for tango extras in “Mr. Morgan’s Last Love”

Pour le tournage du film “MISTER MORGAN’S LAST LOVE“, avec MICHAEL CAINE et CLÉMENCE POÉSY, nous recherchons des FIGURANTS-DANSEURS pour une ou plusieurs journées entre mi-novembre et décembre 2011 à Bruxelles. Pour plusieurs séquences qui se déroulent dans une école de danse, nous recherchons : Des danseurs de tous types et de tous niveaux (hommes […]

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Brussels Tango Marathon: the last days of summer

I don’t know how many candles they have burnt to accomplish it, but the organizers of the BTM, Elfje, Emilie, Laura and Oliver, got more summer in 3 days than we have gotten the three months before. With a lot of visitors from all over Europe, excellent food and fine DJs, this made it an […]

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Photos: Bruxelles Aires in the metro

This weekend, in order to promote public transport, there were a number of concerts in metro stations all over Brussels: Musicometro. I had the pleasure to meet and accompany the Brussels tango quartet Bruxelles Aires, performing in Brussels Central.

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Photos: Final Milonga @ Kiosque of the season

Just when the logistics of organizing the Milonga @ Kiosque had become a routine, we were taught a lesson by the forces of Random Error and Elaborate Sabotaging. When we arrived, the gates were not open, so we had to carry everything by hand to the Kiosque, and when we had done that and tried […]

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Photos: Milonga @ Kiosque #5

DJ Philippe did an interesting educational experiment last Kiosque: he had printed out all composers, orchestras and singers, and kept us informed during every tanda who was playing. It was a nice touch to a cosy milonga. There was rain announced, but our own guardian milonguero from above kept it dry. We had cake and […]

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Photos: El Flaco Dany in Brussels

The legendary Flaco Dany visited Brussels and we saw him at a very unique location: the Brussels Royal Yacht Club. It had been years since there was a milonga in this place. Dany gave a demo of four milongas, and I don’t mean slow ones, in a row and, together with Lucia Mirzan, showed everyone […]

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“La Tubatango” in Patio de Tango

For those of you who like dancing to live bands, there is the concert of Tuba Tango this Thursday at the Patio de Tango. This is an rather unusual tango orchestra, with bandoneon, clarinet, guitar and, obviously, a tuba. They’ve existed, with changing musicians, since 1967. Catch them on their European tour! La Tubatango’s objective […]

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Exceptional: El Flaco Dany workshops + milonga in BRYC

Legendary Argentine maestro Daniel Garcia, nicknamed El Flaco Dany, is coming to Belgium! Some call him the best milonga con traspie dancer in the world. In any case, he has been dancing for 50 years and is a famous teacher and performer. He will give workshops on Friday 26, Saturday 27 and Sunday 28, you […]

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Photos: Marathon del Chocolate

This weekend saw the first edition of the Brussels Marathon del Chocolate. Sidar, Andrej and a busload of friendly volunteers made it a smooth, cosy and welcoming couple of days. DJs from all over Europe, and dancers from all over the world came together for dozens of hours of dance pleasure and here and there […]

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Photos: Milonga @ Kiosque #4

The fourth edition of the Kiosque milonga was a delight. Apart from some sporadic drizzle, it was a perfect outdoor dancing occasion. DJ Mala not only took care of beautiful music, she also made a delicious Баница for the dancers. We saw some new faces, visitors from the Marathon del Chocolate, and others who just […]

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