Category: festival

Brussels Tango Festival forum: looking for a partner or a place to stay?

We’ve just launched the Brussels Tango Festival forum, where visitors to the 2010 edition of the Brussels Tango Festival (1 Apr – 5 Apr) can post their questions: “I’m looking for a tango partner, leader, advanced, for X and Y workshop.” “I’m coming to Brussels for 3 days, could I stay at some tanguero/tanguera’s place?” […]

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aRealidades in Stockholm

If you’re wondering why there’s no new photos for Belgian events the last days: I’m currently in Stockholm taking pictures (under my Tango Paparazzo alter ego) for the aRealidades tango festival. [flickr album=72157622631123848 num=10 size=Small]

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Milonga Criolla at Moskow Tango Festival

At the recent Moscow Tango Festival, there were two demos on “Milonga Criolla”, the familiar milonga by Francisco Canaro (with Roberto Maida). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rso4ngRicKk Chicho Frumboli y Juana Sepulveda

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BTF: taking pictures

Taking pictures at the festival was very rewarding: the venues are special, the people are beautiful, the lighting is challenging and you get lots of compliments. This year, it was even more fun for me, because I had invited a different friend photographer each evening. None of them are tango dancers or had a lot […]

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BTF: looking for videos

I’ve seen lots of people record performances with their cameras/phones but I haven’t seen too much of them show up on e.g. Youtube. Here’s what i have found until now, and I’d be very happy to receive some hint on where to find more videos. Or if you have one but you didn’t upload it […]

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BTF-5: Closing night @ Bains::Connective

(Check out all photos of the Brussels Tango Festival 2009) The last chance to dance at the festival, and with the visiting maestros, was at the swimming-pool-converted-to-milonga Les Bains. Less crowded than the other days, the dance-floor allowed a pleasant dancing experience and made people forget about their sore feet and lack of sleep. A nice […]

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BTF-4: Surprise @ Vaudeville

(Check out all photos of the Brussels Tango Festival 2009) On Sunday all the festival participants with any life left in their feet gathered at the Theatre de Vaudeville for the much anticipated Surprise & Impro evening. The maestros were put in a circle and the audience got to pick and choose the couples. Some of […]

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BTF-3: Exhibition @ Concert Noble

(Check out all photos of the Brussels Tango Festival 2009) This year the Concert Noble was even bigger than last year: an extra room for dancing and the live concert by Hyperion. The Concert Noble is definitely not the easiest place to take pictures, but it is by far the most exclusive chique venue of this […]

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BTF-2: Exhibition @ Albert Hall

(Check out all photos of the Brussels Tango Festival 2009) Exhibition Night 1: half of the maestros Paula & Mariano Cecilia & Horacio Sigrid & Mazen

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BTF-2: Elastico Tango

(Check out all photos of the Brussels Tango Festival 2009) Friday was a beautiful spring day, and the place to take your tango aperitif on a terras was Cafe Central, on St-Géry/Sint-Goriks. Not only for the sun and the beautiful people, but also for Odile Gheysens & Eric Lecomte with their performance “Elastico-Tango”, which involved dancing […]

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BTF-1: Maison des cultures et … @ Molenbeek

(Check out all photos of the Brussels Tango Festival 2009) The opening milonga for the festival was held in the “Maison des cultures et de la cohésion sociale“, a big name for a new venue in the heart of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. As the mayor Moureau explained, it was kind of the unofficial opening of the renovated […]

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Festival fever: 2 days to go

The Brussels Tango Festival is about to start and here’s some last-minute practical information: The first milonga on Thursday will have a guarded parking on the Place Communale of Molenbeek (500m from the venue). Check out the exact location here: Parking at Maison des Cultures. Print out the memento to have an easy overview of […]

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