This Thursday’s milonga will feature Meredith Klein and Andres Amarilla who are widely connected to the international tango community and each year produce the amazing Philadelphia Tango Festival. This Thursday Meredith and Andres will be teaching a lesson on “Sacada sequences that help you develop fluidity and elasticity to benefit your whole dance”. Leaders, do you shy away from sacadas for fear of stepping on the follower’s foot? Followers, do you have the confidence to take a large bold steps to enable the sacada to take place and look graceful? Come this Thursday and learn.
Details of this event and the remaining April events at VivaTango are described below. Take special note of your second opportunity to dance to live tango music this month. Also, described below is a preview of the milonga evens in May.
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ABRAZOS!
Winnie Cheung’s Duo will bring live music to VivaTango. The event begins at 7:00 with a workshop where they will play, dance and instruct about the different musical layers of some iconic tangos to see how the magnetic push-and-pull happens within the music and the dance. Then they will play live music during the milonga. Winnie’s purpose in life is to make the world a better place, one tango at a time. She has played over 300 tango events in the USA, Canada, Asia, Argentina, and even Antarctica. Kerry Kay will DJ between live sets.
May 4th Helen Wang returns to VivaTango to host the milonga. Helen to teach an all-levels lesson about at 7 PM. The Milonga will follow the lesson at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or Both $20.
Thursday May 11th Milonga will feature Pablo Garcia Gomez & Iwona Ionescu who will teach a lesson titled “The gancho exchange: safe ganchos for leaders and followers”. Pablo and Iwona are the instructors for the Princeton Adult School Tango classes, and they are popular instructors at VivaTango and other tango events. MayoK the TangoDJ will host the Milonga that will follow the lesson. All levels lesson starts at 7:00, Milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15, Both $20.
Thursday May 18th Jackie Ericson Phan and Sean Ericson This is their first appearance at VivaTango – come support them. Sean represented the United States at the Tango Mundial in Argentina after winning the ATUSA tango championship stage category. Jackie is one of the DJs selected for this year’s Philatelphia Tango Festival. Jackie and Sean are the instructors for the Princeton Tango Club. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or Both $20
Thursday May 25th Live Music for your dancing pleasure. Musicians to be announced shortly.
Thursday June 1st Eleonora Kalganova and DimOn the TangoDJ.
OTHER TANGO EVENTS
Monday night Tango in Red Bank
Speakeasy Milonga in Patterson April 22
Phadelphia Tango Festival May 26 through Monday, May 29
SAFETY
We remind dancers that they should not come if they have any symptoms or have been exposed to people who have Covid.
WATER
We urge dancers to bring their water bottle from home to cut down on single use bottles. There is a chilled water fountain next to the bathroom to refill your water bottles with chilled water and a cold/hot water dispenser in the entry to help keep you hydrated.
DIRECTIONS
VivaTango is located at 45 Stockton Street, Princeton New Jersey. We have an off-street parking lot at the venue. The dance floor is in the smaller of the two buildings. The venue is easily accessed by rail from NYC and Philly. Just get a ticket to Princeton (not Princeton Junction. You get off the train at Princeton Junction and take a shuttle train to Princeton.) The venue is 8 blocks from the Princeton Train Station (0.8 mi.).
FREE EVENTS FOR VOLENTEERS
VivaTango continues to need help to make events run smoothly. Volunteering is a great way to get to know your fellow dancers. If interested contactSylvie
Thanks for dancing at VivaTango. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please email me at Dennis
Viva Tango Inc. 