Festival in Antwerp: Tiempo Argentino

Tonight is the start of the Antwerp Tango Festival Tiempo Argentino. This is what is in store: THU, Oct 30: Opening milonga @ Ballroom Atheneum Deurne (20:00) FRI, Oct 31: First Grand Gala Ball @ Art Nouveau hall Grand Cafe Horta (21:00) SAT, Nov 1: Second Grand Gala Ball @ Art Nouveau hall Grand Cafe […]

Tango Toppers: Rodolfo Biagi

Number three in our series of Tango Toppers: Rodolfo Biagi. Rodolfo Alberto Biagi was born in the Buenos Aires district of San Telmo on March 14, 1906 to Sixto & Ana Maria Gil Landaburu. At the age 13 he graduated from the Conservatory de la Prensa where he had originally studied to be a concert […]

Photos: La Tangueria – Alex & Mimma

Last Sunday was a Tangueria milonga with some special guests: Alex & Mimma from Rome. They started with a choreography they created for an opera and continued with some more fine tango. Their encore was a milonga that was really well appreciated, as you can see on the video below.

Tango Toppers: Astor Piazzolla

Number two in out Tango Toppers list, and quite a famous one: Astor Piazzolla. Ástor Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. An excellent bandoneonist, he […]

Photos: Urbango – “Aires de dos orillas”

Tango Toppers: Osvaldo Pugliese

Getting to know tango music is quite a task. While you may hear it being played everytime you dance, you don’t always know the names of the composers and performers. Who’s song is ‘Poema’? (Francisco Canaro) Who wrote ‘Llorar por una mujer (“quererla y no tenerla“)? (Enrique Rodriguez) Who plays ‘La Cumparsita’? (just about everyone) […]

Last Tango in Brussels @ Tangueria

The milonga at La Tangueria this weekend had a kind of a special event: it was the Dirk’s last Belgian milonga before he left for Buenos Aires. He go to show off and kissed a lot of women, so he was beaming. We wish him great times in Argentina and hope he starts writing soon […]

Photos: Atelier 11 @ Antwerpen

Elfje has just organized her first milonga at her new atelier/garage/home: Atelier11. She had taken care of a nice wooden floor, cosy decoration and excellent food. The music was spun by James and Peter E., and the rest of us just danced.

Photos: milonga @ Pianofabriek, Oct 2008

One of the milongas we missed during the summer months is Sergio & Gisela’s milonga at the Pianofabriek. So we were happy to go there again on Sunday. The Pianofabriek has been renovated, the actual tango venue was lightly larger, but luckily as hot as ever and with the same solid pilars in the middle […]

Photos: Nuit Blanche @ Vaudeville

Last Saturday was also Brussels’ yearly Nuit Blanche. For us tango lovers, this meant a milonga at the Vaudeville, our favourite venue from previous Brussels Tango Festivals. Peculiar about this night was that there were almost more spectators than dancers. And that it stopped at 1AM.

Photos: Quilombo & Nosotros milonga

This was a busy weekend. On Saturday Nosotros, in collaboration with Bouche-à-Oreille, had organized a milonga with a little extra: a concert by the Quilombo quintet. Five young musicians from Antwerp played Piazolla-style tango with pinch of modern influences (Nirvana comes to mind). Pictures of Quilombo

Photos: Milonga @ Kiosk #6

It was the last edition of this season, and what an edition it was. The one with the best weather, the most dancers, the most smiles and the most surprises for Dirk. He got lots of people showing up in his tango-battle-colours red & black, he got to hand out roses to his partners, he […]