Photos: Milonga du soleil

The summer is an active tango time in Brussels, an example of that is the new milonga on Saturdays: Milonga du Soleil. Last week’s edition featured a demo from a couple teachers from Paris: Ariane and Ozgur. Ozgur has been coming to Brussels often, and never fails to look good on pictures, partly because he […]

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Video: marathon del chocolate

Brussels will soon have its first Marathon del Chocolate and the organizers keep on finding original ways to let people know. Some weeks ago, Jasna & Virginie filmed some Brussels tangueros dancing in several places in Brussels, some of them less obvious and made this nice movie: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnR_cITgEGI

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Kiosque #2: the photos

It was kind of an unusual Kiosque this Saturday. When we arrived to set up the milonga, there was a guy sleeping in the kiosque. As we started making a bit of noise, he got up, apologized and moved to a tent just outside the kiosque to resume his sleep. Because it started raining around […]

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Tangauchos in Belgium

The tango show “Tangauchos” by La Compagnia de Mariano Galeano is coming to Belgium in August with performances in Brussels and Leuven. We know Mariano from his appearances in various events in Belgium, like the 2009 Brussels Tango Festival. In Tangauchos he combines Argentinian folklore and the urban music from Rio de la Plata, in […]

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Kiosque #1: the photos

DJ Jens-Ingo’s debut at Milonga @ Kiosque was a clear success. His musicality, combined with the bursts of sun and a cool breeze, made for a crowd ful of smiling dancers: Next edition: July 16 with DJ Mala! See all photos in the Kiosque album

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This Saturday at 6PM: Kiosque with DJ Jens-Ingo

Silly me, I forgot to put the starting hour on the flyer: the milonga @ Kiosque starts at 6PM (18:00), until 11PM (23:00). First edition: this Saturday, with DJ Jens-Ingo. If you want to dance in the sun, come early!

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Tango Masivo in Belgium!

The newly started ‘Tango Masivo‘ comes to Belgium. Some of you might have seen Kay Sleking (guitar/bass) in Milonga de Gante with a duo, but now he comes with a big group of musicians! Wednesday 15/6 – 14h00-17h30: Masterclass tango music (Antwerpen) – organized by TangoAlegre (Astrid) Wednesday 15/6 – 20h30-01:00: Milonga with Cuarteto TANGO […]

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Opening night Tangobsession

Update: some pictures from the evening (album: Tango Bar) —– This weekend is the official opening of a new Brussels tango school: Tangobsession (Adia & Riccardo). They have invited Jenny Gil et Frank Obrégon, who were also here for the Brussels festival in April. Jenny et Frank will be giving workshops from Thursday 2 June […]

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Summer 2011 arrives: Milonga @ Kiosque!

Just like the past seven years, Brussels gets its own outdoor milonga in ‘La Glorieta‘ style again! Starting on Saturday July 2nd and the every 2 weeks until Sept 10. Good music, happy faces and with some help from above: beautiful sunlight. Don’t miss it!

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Tango Antwerp Festival

Today the Antwerp tangofestival starts: “4 days of tango marathon, 3 days of live tango music, 4 days of workshops & seminary“. Thursday: New Talent Night (Annelies & Geert, Sonja & Sven, Lieske & Yannick, Karolien & Tom) Friday: Opening Night (Cuesta Arriba / Thierry Le Cocq & Alessia Lyndin – Pasquale Bloise & Frederike […]

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Announcing: Marathon del Chocolate in August

Brussels had its first ever tango marathon last year, and now we can announce there will be not one, but two marathons in 2011! Sidar and his team have announced the “Marathon del Chocolate” on 12-14 August 2011. Three days of dancing, with food and drinks, international DJs, Belgian chocolates and waffles, Argentinian empanadas and […]

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BTF2011: La Nuit des Maestros

One of the traditions of the Brussels Tango festival is the “Nuit des Maestros” concert on the Grand Place. Moira & Gaston Cecilia & Serkan

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