The tango show “Tangauchos” by La Compagnia de Mariano Galeano is coming to Belgium in August with performances in Brussels and Leuven. We know Mariano from his appearances in various events in Belgium, like the 2009 Brussels Tango Festival. In Tangauchos he combines Argentinian folklore and the urban music from Rio de la Plata, in […]
Read MorePatio de Tango (Bouche-à -Oreille, Etterbeek) welcomes another special guest: the Alexandro Ziegler quartet plays a concert at the popular milonga on Thursday February 17th: “a bandoneón, a double bass, a violin, (a) piano, a samurai hairstyle, two red shoes and one Borat moustache” says one fan who saw them in 2010 and she adds: “absolutely […]
Read MoreThanks to everyone who voted for the popular pictures of 2010, and here are the results: the most popular photo of 2010 is not one of a demo, of maestros, of spectacular moves, it is an intimistic portrait, taken in the Patio De Tango, in the beginning of October. In the foreground you see Karin […]
Read MoreOn Sunday Oct 3, Nosotros organizes a special fundraiser event “Tango Solidario” for a very noble cause: buying instruments so a group a of talented Argentinian kids can continue a musical training that gives them opportunities, pride and dignity. The goal of the evening of 3 / 10 will be to raise funds for Orchestra […]
Read MoreIt’s that time of the year again! Dirk and me continue Olivier’s initiative of organizing open-air milongas in the kiosque of the Parc de Bruxelles / Warandepark. This year, they start on July 10th, and from then on every 2 weeks until the last one, on September 4th. We start at 17h and continue dancing […]
Read MoreLa Cantante de Tango is now on the screens (in Brussels: Vendome, Antwerp: Cartoon’s, Gent: Sphinx, Liege: Sauveniere, Namur: Cameo2). I was at the avant-premiere and the milonga afterwards at the Bouche-Ã -Oreille. Three good reasons to see the movie: the music: all the songs Helena (Eugenia) sings in the movie are recorded live, no tricks, […]
Read MoreIt’s that time of the year again! In one week, the Bussels Tango Festival starts its 5-day tango extravaganaza of workshops and salon with a supreme selection of maestros. I will be taking pictures again, I have incited some friend photographers from abroad, and for the first time, we will shoot a movie! On Friday […]
Read MoreWe’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?” […]
Read MoreThe producers of Witse (weekly police series on Flemish TV één) are going to shoot an episode with a tango theme. They are looking for extras (‘figurants‘) for two shooting days: Tuesday Mar 2, 14:30-21:30 @ Cellule133a : 8 couples (dancers) and 2 for the bar Monday Mar 8, 08:00-17:15 @ Tangueria: 4 couples (dancers) […]
Read MoreThis has not been a great week in tango history: two famous tangueros have died within days of each other. Earlier this week we heard that Tete (Pedro Rusconi) had died. He was one of the tango icons, had been dancing since the fifties and was famous for his tango vals style. Â
Read MoreI wish you all a merry Christmas and a splendid 2010, with lots of nice friends, fascinating classes and excellent dancing. I hope to see all of you a lot in the coming year and hope to have the privilege again to take pretty pictures of all of you.  Also a big thanks to all those who […]
Read MoreWe have decided to replace the December photo by another one, and to make things even more creative, we let you choose your own picture for your own calendar! That’s right, you can pick any picture out of my Tango archive and we will print it and make December 2010 your own personal month! Do […]
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