Milonga/Salon
Last weekend was the first edition of ‘Milonga de Gante’, a new monthly dance event started by Ilse and Ludo. In one of the better lighted neighbourhoods in Gent, we were welcomed in a part-time film studio with some pretty decoration. We also got a demo by Koos & Astrid, who will be giving a […]
Read MoreLike last year, I wanted to start the New Year in a tango atmosphere, and that’s why we went to Tangueria to spend the last hours of 2009 and count down to 2010. DJ Emilie was choosing the tandas while we nibbled on panettone and drank bubbles.
Read MoreDec 3 was the last milonga Patio de Tango of the year. A lot of people had made an effort to look even better than normally. We saw lots of red and that makes for pretty pictures.
Read MoreThis weekend I was invited by Tristan from Tango De Carmen to visit an special milonga: in the Roma, a beautiful renovated old cinema from 1928, with the excellent quartet Tanguarda from Rotterdam and with live performances of Geraldine Rojas and Ezequiel Paludi, tango superstars. As I expected, seeing Geraldine dance in real life is […]
Read MoreTangueria had some Argentinian visitors this Sunday: Natalia Games & Gabriel Angio, a couple that has been dancing since 1991, when most of us had hardly heard from tango, even before we could have seen it in ‘The Tango Lesson’ (1997) or ‘Scent of a woman’ (1992). They looked very young and dynamic and showed […]
Read MoreLast weekend took us to a place where no on had been before to tango: the top floor of the Brussels Hilton hotel. Monik and Dante had organised an evening full of surprises, and they sure delivered. There were tango performances by them and by Cythia and Ernesto, there was some Argentinian folk music and then there […]
Read MoreI came across an interesting concept in the London tango scene via Facebook: One of the most interesting developments has been the introduction of the ‘Tango de Salon room’ at 33 Portland Place (London). Apparently, it was started up a few weeks ago and the first two sessions were overseen by Adrian Costa. The aim […]
Read MorePictures from the last monthly Pianofabriek milonga. It was nice but it was first and foremost hot!
Read MoreLast Thursday the Patio de Tango was a crowded place, not only because of the dancers, but also because of the 12-person orchestra on stage: Orquesta Tipica Ciudad Baigon, straight from Buenos Aires. Not only was the music excellent, the musicians were also popular, specifically some of the bandoneon players, as the ladies in front […]
Read MoreFinally: a picture of Italy’s prettiest tango couple! The first picture of the three above: Nicolas and his Polish partner Oliwia, who will be teaching some workshops and performing this weekend, check the Brussels agenda!
Read MoreEvery summer has to end at some point, and we ended it with a bang. A brilliant sun, a bunch of sharply dressed dancers and a dozen bottles of cava. The last Milonga @ Kiosque was a worthy end of a splendid season of outdoor milongas in the middle of the cutest Brussels park.
Read MoreThis Saturday 5 Sept will be this season’s last edition of Milonga @ Kiosque and we want to make it a special one! We would like to take the whole ‘Buenos Aires’ style one step further and would like you to dress in white, (light) blue and a touch of yellow/gold, in honour of the […]
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