Photos: Valentine Milonga @ Maison du Peuple

What better way to spend Valentine than a good milonga where you can dance with that special one, or where you can forget about the fact that the special one is not there? That’s why Gisela & Sergio organized a Valentine salon, with plenty of hearts and way too much red light, which is why […]

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Photos: Nosotros 6th Anniversary, Feb 2009

Eugenia & Diego from Nosotros held their 6th anniversary milonga last Saturday, and, just like last year, they sure knew how to welcome their guests. There was live music by Cimadevilla (bandoneón) et Di Paolo (guitar), with even Eugenia singing at some point. At midnight there was champaign and cake for everyone. And in the […]

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Photos: Pianofabriek, Feb 2009

Sergio has gotten into the habit of using Earth, Wind & Fire‘s Greatest hits for cortinas and I think that’s just great. It also helps keeping the energy and the temperature high, as we noticed again at last weekend’s Pianofabiek milonga. I arrived a bit late and had to rush to take enough pictures in between […]

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Photos: El Dorado, Jan 2009

The first milonga of the year in El Dorado and while quite a lot of people are trying to quit smoking in the New Year, others on the other hand took up smoking next to the dance floor. We had grown used to the unwritten code that, except for La Cellule, all tango venues around […]

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Announced: Brussels Tango Festival 2009

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 & […]

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Photos: New Year’s Eve @ Tangueria

La 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. […]

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Photos: Milonga @ Cellule133a

It 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 […]

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Agenda changes: Christmas / End of Year

With 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 […]

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Photos: Bal de Noel @ El Dorado

A 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 […]

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Nu zondag: Benefiet voor Greet – Herent

Op 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 […]

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Photos: Pianofabriek, Dec 2008

I 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:

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Tango Toppers: Enrique Rodriguez

Tango Topper of today: Enrique Rodriguez, responsible for the famous “Llorar, llorar por una mujer es quererla y no tenerla.” Enrique Rodríguez 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 […]

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