25 Wednesday Nov 2020
Posted in Tango
Being Thankful can be challenging during times like these.
One of the benefits of missing your friends and Dance Partners is that we get to feel the missing. It would be a tradigy if we weren’t missing anyone. Sure this thing could all be over sooner. So why not make a call, email, facebook or otherwise to a tango buddy and let them know you are Thankful that you are missing them. And how important they are to tango.
10 Tuesday Nov 2020
Posted in Tango
The term “Hello World” refers to software programming. When someone begins to master programming their first message is “Hello World”.
Well the purpose of this posting is to see if you are being reached.
Please send an email to INFO@VIVATANGO.ORG that you have received this notice so we know that this is worth the effort.
Now as a 2nd test I am copy pasting a notice with links to see if it works
Thanks for your Tango , mikeL
7:00 pm – 8:00 pmONLINE – Pre-Intermediate Tango for Couples with Andres & Meredith8:15 pm – 9:15 pmONLINE – Chacarera and Zamba – Argentine Folklore with Luis & Amelia
2:00 pm – 3:15 pmHYBRID – Socially-Distanced Concert of Classical & New Music
4:00 pm – 5:30 pmONLINE – Intermediate-Advanced Tango for Couples with Andres & Meredith
1:00 pm – 2:00 pmONLINE – Tango Technique with Andres and Meredith
7:00 pm – 8:00 pmONLINE – Tango Technique with Meredith Klein
7:00 pm – 8:00 pmONLINE – Tango Technique for Individuals w. Andres Amarilla
7:00 pm – 8:00 pmONLINE – Pre-Intermediate Tango for Couples with Andres & Meredith8:15 pm – 9:15 pmONLINE – Chacarera and Zamba – Argentine Folklore with Luis & Amelia
31 Saturday Oct 2020
Posted in Tango
Hello
Tonight is Halloween Eve and I am listening to
Mark Sakowski live in
“Uno Tango Club” with DJ Mark Sakowski.
Michael L.
06 Tuesday Oct 2020
Posted in Tango
Viva Tango misses all of the Tango Dancers who have danced on our floor in the past years. We hope you are all staying safe and looking forward to starting again. Viva Tango will be looking forward to seeing you again, once the health situation becomes safe again.
Viva Tango hosted great Holiday Parties, monthly milongas with live music by great Tango musicians, monthly lessons by Michael Nadtochi, Roberto & Jacklyn, and Pablo & Iwona. In addition, there were performances and lessons by guest Tango stars that were touring the US. So many memories remain from those days.
Viva Tango is looking forward to the Future! We will be back with more of the same, and great dancing to create new memories. When it is safe to dance again, there will be review classes to brush up on your skills, and beginner classes for those interested in starting. We will resume our lesson schedule and monthly live music milongas. We will celebrate with the best Tango Party ever to start down the road of new memories.
HUGs to All
08 Sunday Mar 2020
Posted in Argentine tango, dance, Dance Lesson, Dancing, entertainment, milonga, music, practica, Princeton, Tango
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Dear VivaTango Family
We have been hiding out for a full month now, trying to pick up the pieces of our projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We know many of you have tried to reach us, and we apologize in advance if we have not yet returned your messages. We are ok, but we are separated from each other for the time being. Roberto left a week early to Argentina to finalize and organize the Buenos Aires tour in the beginning of March, and Jacklyn and the tour group never had a chance to make it over to BA because of the start of the quarantine and travel restrictions. Currently, Roberto is still stuck in BA awaiting the first opportunity to return to U.S. We wanted to thank everyone who called, supported, and reached out to us during this difficult time.
We have been brainstorming a bunch of ideas as to how we will overcome this chapter. As many of you know, we are full time tango instructors and organizers, whom are one of many in a difficult spot right now.
Well, the stars aligned and the time has come release our new idea. We have been wanting to launch a line of ADICTANGO apparel for quite a while now, but were always pre-occupied with other tango projects that needed our attention. Now that we have the time, and we are off from teaching lessons – we have the chance to express our tango creativity in a totally new way.
We are presenting the LAUNCH OF ADICTANGO APPAREL. All of our designs are original pieces created and produced by both of us – all photography, artwork, and design elements are unique. Each piece has a story. Right now, we are focusing on awesome tango t-shirt designs and then hope to expand to other clothing categories.
So what inspired us? Well, year after year of waking the streets of Buenos Aries and pretty much scouring all the souvenir shops for gifts for people back home – we could never come across anything of quality or really nice to bring back as gifts. Usually stuff was just cheapy and cheesy. You would think that in the Mecca of tango, we could find a cool tango inspired shirt. Nope, nothing worthwhile. Then, we had a light bulb moment – to design tango inspired wardrobe staples. Starting with t-shirts first.
Check out our first design on our online store. This one took us a while to create, hundreds of pics of the same shot to get the perfect angle. So, we are excited to share it with you. We will be releasing new deigns as we create them soon – but didn’t want to wait any longer to launch.
If you’d like to support us through this difficult time – if you love our lessons and events, this is the way to help us in this moment so we can continue bringing you top quality tango instruction and events when this pandemic passes. We will be on our feet again, but now we need your help. We are not asking for a donation, but to consider purchasing of one of our pieces so we both have something in exchange! We will be forever grateful and hope to see you rockin our ADICTANGO shirts traveling, at your next festival, practica, class – where ever tango takes you!
We love you all, stay safe and healthy until we see you again.
Online store link below: first design release. Limited edition.
https://teespring.com/stores/adictango
UPDATE ON VIRTUAL TANGO ACTIVITIES
VivaTango Family,
We hope all of you are well. The Coronavirus has affected all of us. I am sure you are all missing the tango connections at Milongas. The instructors and musicians are particularly impacted by the social distancing. The instructors and musicians have adapted to this new world in creative ways. This email shares what is going on with those instructors and musicians that you enjoy connecting with at VivaTango. Check out their activities and support their efforts to uplift your spirits and keep all of us in the embrace of the Tango Family.
Michael Nadtochi:
To keep the tangueros and tangueras around the globe busy while in quarantine Silvina & Michael have filmed a few free online tango classes and created a page on Facebook. This page gained almost 2000 followers in the first week. Here is the page for you to follow: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FreeTangoVideos/
Michael is also sending a weekly newsletter. If you are not receiving this just contact him through his Facebook page and ask to be added to the mailing list.
Michael has set a ‘donate button’ on the page of his website where he hosts a collection of free tango lessons. Some dancers have been gracious to donate! https://www.theartoftango.club/videos
Roberto and Jacklyn:
Their March Tango Tour to Buenos Aires was canceled for the safety of the dancers. Roberto, who traveledt to BA to arrange the final details in advance for the tour guests is now stuck in Argentina. American Airlines is only scheduled to fly in May, so his return date is in a holding pattern. Jacklyn is in Philadelphia. Jacklyn is working on several new ideas. One of them is tango t-shirt designs. An online store will be set up when these are ready. We will let you all know when this is. Were you at the Tango Fashion Show that Jacklyn performed at VivaTango? If not, you missed seeing the remarkable creativity of Jacklyn’s designs. She makes Tango Fashions that make Tango Dancers. This is the time to reach out and support Roberto and Jacklyn. https://adictango.com/
Pablo and Iwona:
Pablo and Iwona are well. They are not offering any classes at this time, and we will resume teaching as soon as the social distancing period ends. They wish everybody good heath,
Eleonora Kalganova:
Eleonora and family are in New York City. She has created virtual classes online which you can attend on Zoom. The the next class is this Sunday April 5 starting at 2 PM. You can register by going to the event link https://www.facebook.com/events/207389827261082/
Maurizio Najt:
A man of many talents. Maurizio is now offering online piano lessons for classical and/or tango music, as well as general music and composition lessons. Besides being a musician, He is also a Spanish language instructor. For many years he taught medical Spanish to the students at Einstein School of Medicine in the Bronx, and he also taught at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. So, he is also offering online Spanish language classes as well. All you tangueros or tangueras who want to brush up your piano skills or your Spanish language, … or maybe learn some Tango lyrics or terminology, should message Maruizio at https://www.facebook.com/mnajt
29 Saturday Feb 2020
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A Milonga DJed by Roberto and Jacklyn will follow the lesson.
45 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ
9:00 Lesson 10:00 Milonga
Socialize around our food tables
Partner not needed
Beginners and spectators welcome
Off-street, lighted parking
Cost $15 (full time students $5)
Save the Dates !!!
COMING EVENTS – SAVE THE DATES
3/12 Michael Nadtochi
3/19 Pablo and Iwona
3/26 Milonga with Maurizio Najt and Javier Sanchez and DJ DimOn
4/16 Milonga with Cuarteto Rotterdam Quartet from Germany
4/23 Milonga with Emiliano Messiez and Leandro Ragusa
22 Saturday Feb 2020
Posted in Argentine tango, dance, Dance Lesson, Dancing, entertainment, milonga, music, practica, Princeton, Tango
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dance, dance lessons, Late Food, Meetup, milonga, Philadelphia, socializing, Valentine's Day, VivaTango
Live Music Milonga with Maurizio Najt on piano and Shinjoo Cho bandoneon
LIVE MUSIC for our Sadie Hawkins Milonga. There will be great music, dancing, food and fun at this Milonga. Maurizio Najt and Shinjoo Cho team up again to play tandas for your dancing pleasure. If you missed them at VivaTango’s New Year’s Eve Party this is your chance to hear them, and if you were at the New Year’s eve party, come and relive that wonderful night. Marrizio is New York City’s Tango pianoist and Shinjoo is cofounder of Philadelphia’s Oscuro Quintet. Two outstanding musicians for your dancing pleasure. The magnificent Kerry Kay will DJ between live sets.
9pm to Midnight – Milonga
Suzanne Patterson Building
45 Stockton St, Princeton
Large hardwood dance floor
Off-street parking at the entrance
Partner is not necessary
Beginners welcome
Cost $20 and $5 for students
SAVE THESE DATES
3/5 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena
3/12 Michael Nadtochi
3/19 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu
3/26 Live Music – Maurizio Najt and Javier Sanchez plus DJ DimOn
Maurizio Najt, Piano, is a graduate of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires. He performed with “Amigos del Tango”; Forever Tango Orchestra; New York Tango Trio and other groups. Maurizio has performed in Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall, Winter Garden, Philadelphia Kimmel Center, and the Argentine Embassy in Washington DC and Tokyo. He co-produced and directed the show “Crónicas de Buenos Aires”, a multimedia and educational review of the history of Argentine tango in music and dance.
14 Friday Feb 2020
Posted in Argentine tango, dance, Dance Lesson, Dancing, milonga, practica, Princeton, Tango
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Sara and Ivan are resetting the paradigms of traditional tango for modern times. With the precision of Swiss watch mechanics, combined with the spark and distinctiveness of a fine contemporary innovative design. Their dance is pure joy, their technique is pushed to perfection, their style is simply so authentic, so original.
Advance tickets for Workshop and Milonga at $35 on FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/events/1455545507975503/
or EVENTBRITE
Thursday Tango at VivaTango always has hot dancers,
great food and talented instructors.
A Milonga DJed by Roberto and Jacklyn will follow the lesson.
Join us to add a creative ending to your Thursday.
VivaTango always has hot dancers, great food and talented instructors.
9:00 Workshop followed by Milonga
Address : 45 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ
Socialize around our food tables
Partner not needed
Beginners and spectators welcome
Off street lighted parking
08 Saturday Feb 2020
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Tango on Vanentine’s eve. Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu will teach a lesson on “Salida Americana” – the step of opportunities: exploring advanced fun movements from the traditional step.
Kerry Kay will DJ the Venentine’s Eve Milonga that follows the lesson.
Note the start time is 9 PM. Pablo and Iwona will be starting a 6 week beginner series of lessons at 7:30pm-9pm on Thursdays which will be taught on VivaTango’s floor. You must register for this series through the Princeton Adult School web site. This Series is for
– People with no experience in tango
– People with some tango experience who would like to review tango fundamentals
– Followers and leaders who would like to learn each other’s roles.
Pablo, who is originally from the suburbs of Buenos Aires, has studied tango with various master teachers in his home country and in the United States.
Iwona explored a few other forms of dance before taking up tango, which she has studied in depth and practiced locally. Pablo and Iwona teach the Argentine tango classes at Princeton Adult School and they teach regularly at Viva Tango in Princeton, where they are artists in residence.
COMING EVENTS – SAVE THE DATES
2/20 Ivan Herrera and Sara Gardner with Roberto and Jacklyn
Tickets for 2/20 are available through AdicTango’s website and Facebook page. There will be a workshop starting at 9 PM, and a milonga starting at 10:30.
31 Friday Jan 2020
Posted in Argentine tango, dance, Dance Lesson, Dancing, entertainment, milonga, music, practica, Princeton, Tango
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Argentine tango, dance, dance lessons, dance performance, entertainment, Late Food, practica, socializing, Tango, Tango Lessons, VivaTango
Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton
Large hard-wood dance floor with off-street parking
Socialize around VivaTango’s Food and Beverage tables
Dress to match your Tango Passion
Partner is not necessary – Non dancers are welcome
Michael Nadtochi has been a professional dancer for more than two decades. His vast dance experience consists of performing, competing, choreographing and educating dancers and professionals all over the world. For the past 14 years Michael focused entirely on performing and teaching the art of Argentine Tango. He has traveled the world, took part in major international tango festivals where he taught and performed at some of the most spectacular venues. Germany, Italy, Denmark, Turkey, Russia, Belarus, Cyprus, Malaysia, Canada, Scotland are among the countries that he visited as special guests and performing artist. He has taught and performed in the major tango festivals in the USA, and he has been one of the dancers at Malbec & Tango House NYC – the first authentic nightly Argentine Tango show produced in USA.
Hold the Dates !!!
2/13 Iwona Y Pablo will teach a short ~ 30 min Class. They also start at 7:30 till 9 a beginners class via the Princeton Adult School. This is a great opportunity to get back to basics and/or learn the opposite side. See more details below.
2/20 Ivan Herrera and Sara Gardner with Roberto and Jacklyn
Iwona and Pablo are holding the usual spring, 6-week series starting Thursday February 13. This class is for:
– People with no experience in tango
– People with some tango experience who would like to review tango fundamentals
– Followers and leaders who would like to learn each other’s roles.
This class has become very popular among new and experience dancers and it fills pretty quickly. If you or someone you know are interested, make sure you sign up soon via the Princeton Adult School. Here’s the link:
