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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Photos: Jardins du Dieweg, Nov 2008

This 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 […]

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Photos: Gaby y Luis @ Tangueria

The Tangueria welcomed some Argentinian visitors this Sunday: Gaby & Luis, who gave some classes first and of course performed during the milonga later that evening.

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Photos: Milonga @ Polariteit

This 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.

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Wekelijkse newsletter / mailing hebdomadaire / mailing semanal

(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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Photos: Milonga @ El Dorado, Humbeek

Photos from the milonga Gisela & Sergio organized at El Dorado last Sunday.

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Photos: Ultima Milonga @ La Luna (Antwerp)

La Luna had its last milonga this Saturday at Diksmuidelaan, Berchem, before Daniel & Lin move to their new location. It was a crowded, hot night and the floor was packed, thanks to DJ Ben and lots of liquids.

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Tango Toppers: Juan D’Arienzo

Today’s Tango Topper is Juan D’Arienzo Juan D’Arienzo (1900-1976) was an Argentine tango musician, also known as “El Rey del Compas” (King of the Beat). Departing from other orchestras of the golden age, D’Arienzo returned to the 2×4 feel that characterized music of the old guard, but he used more modern arrangements and instrumentation. His […]

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Tango relationship survey

Clay Nelson, of Portland, Oregon, has created a Tango & Relationships Survey. He asks for the influence of tango on relationships, the problems that may arise from it and the way it changes what people want from a relationship. No shocking revelations in there, but quite interesting at times. You can take the survey and […]

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Tango Toppers: Carlos Di Sarli

Today’s Tango Topper is Carlo Di Sarli. Carlos Di Sarli (January 7, 1903 – January 12, 1960) was an Argentine tango musician, orchestra leader, composer and pianist. Before starting his own tango orchestra, he played in Osvaldo Fresedo’s orchestra. He developed smooth, clean-sounding, powerful arrangements which his Orquesta típica and recorded 27 albums and 512 […]

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Photos: Tiempo Argentino – Sunday @ Antwerp

The Sunday milonga of the festival was in an equally impressive location: the Bourla theatre. The shape of the dancefloor was slightly unusual, and so was the choice of music. The maestros did a last performance all together.

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Photos: Tiempo Argentino – Saturday @ Antwerp

The Saturday milonga of the Tiempo Argentino festival was in Antwerp’s Horta salon, a magnificent Art Nouveau building. It was the appropriate setting for the demos of the maestros: Marcela & Stefano Celine & Damian

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