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21 Sunday Mar 2021
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in19 Friday Mar 2021
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inIt’s hard to believe that one year has already passed since the beginning of the pandemic.
It looks like finally there is some light at the end of the tunnel, so let’s all hope the light keeps getting bigger and brighter.
I wanted to share with you this concert that I recently did with the Tango trio and a singer at the Argentine Consulate in NYC.
Hope you enjoy it and please feel free to share with the Princeton Tango community.
Best regards,
Maurizio
16 Tuesday Feb 2021
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inLets see our dance friends again. Soon.
21 Monday Dec 2020
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inOne Year Ago VivaTango Holiday Party.
Share this memory to your Friends if you were one of the 70 dancers who enjoyed this event.
Have faith, more events will be coming! Be safe.
The VivaTango Family will have great reunions as soon as dancing is safe.
10 Thursday Dec 2020
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in
National Tango Day
Argentina
December 11, 2020
(a short version if you would like to attend a concert)
From https://www.philadelphiatangoschool.com/Live-Concert-International-Tango-Day-2020
Find the time in your time zone
Tickets
Regular Price: $15
Second Attendee in same household: $5
Buy regular tickets on our registration site
Sliding Scale: Paypal any amount to https://paypal.me/philadelphiatango with a note “tango day concert”
Free tickets: Email meredithklein@gmail.com to request.
BIOS
Born in Buenos Aires, Patricio Crom is an arranger, composer, and guitarist of Argentine music. He studied tango guitar at the Academia Nacional del Tango with maestro Anibal Arias. Patricio has recorded several albums, as well performed throughout South America, Europe, and Asia. In 2020, Patricio will release his fourth album with singer Juan Villarreal titled D arienzo en Guitarras. In addition to his musical activities, he is an accomplished puppeteer, a collector of antique Argentine guitars, and is preparing a documentary film on tango guitar.
Singer, guitarist and composer, Juan Villarreal was born in Puerto San Julian, Patagonia Argentina. He actively participates in different musical projects such as Orquesta El Arranque, Duo Villarreal Crom, Nidia y su Banda, El Muro Tango and Cruces del Plata. He has recorded several albums and performed concerts throughout America and Europe. In 2020, he will present a new album with guitarist Patricio Crom in tribute to Juan Darienzo called “D’Arienzo en guitarras”. In 2021, he will present the album “Camaradas” with Orquesta El Arranque and Maestro Victor Lavallén, historical bandoneonist in Osvaldo Pugliese’s orchestra.
10 Thursday Dec 2020
Posted Argentine tango, dance, Dancing, entertainment, milonga, music, socializing, Tango, Uncategorized
inNational Tango Day
Argentina
December 11, 2020
(the long version if you have a lot of time)
from: https://tangofolly.com/story/international-day-of-tango/
The International Day of Tango is celebrated annually on 11 December and started out as a joint birthday celebration for both Carlos Gardel, one the most famous and loved Argentine Tango singers of all time (“The Voice “, “The Creole Thrush”, “The Tango King”) and Julio De Caro, one of the most influential composers, violinists and orchestra conductors.
Carlos Gardel was born either in 1887, in Tacuarembó, Uruguay or in 1890 in Toulouse, France. By the age of 6 he was living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gardel was famous for the dramatic phrasing of his tango ballads and lyrics, which were played in nightclubs and in films in the 1920s and 1930s. Sadly, Gardel died in a plane crash in Medellín, Colombia in 1935 while on tour. Listen to Gardel and learn more about his life on TodoTango/Gardel.
Julio De Caro was born in 1899, the second of 12 children with Italian roots. In 1924, Julio made his first recordings of a new tango music style that he believed was at the same instrumental level as Carlos Gardel’s style at vocal level. De Caro’s music introduced a “softer” and more passionate violin, which forever replaced the somewhat “marching” tango-arrangements from earlier recording years. De Caro died on 11 March 1980. You can hear some fine examples of De Caro’s music on TodoTango/de-Caro.
The day of celebration was instigated by the composer, producer and talent scout, Ben Molar who was also a personal friend of Julio de Caro. However, it wasn’t easy to make the day an official celebration of tango! Molar first presented the idea to Ricardo T. Freixá the Secretary of Culture of the Municipality of Buenos Aires City in 1965. Freixá then had get the approval from all the arts organisations of that time; Sadaic , Argentores , Sade , Casa del Teatro, Sindicato Argentino de Músicos, Unión Argentina de Artistas de Variedades, Academia Porteña del Lunfardo, Radio Rivadavia, Fundación Banco Mercantil, La Gardeliana, Asociación Argentina de Actores and Asociación Amigos de la Calle Corrientes.
It took 11 years to pass and finally on 29 November 1977 the Decree No. 5830/77 was signed by the Municipality of Buenos Aires City. Some 13 days later during a tango festival organised by Molar at Luna Park, Buenos Aries, it was announced to some 15,000 dancers, musicians, singers, bands, broadcasters and journalists. Then on 23 December that same year, a decree was put forward and approved by the Secretary of Culture of the Nation, Dr Raúl Alberto Casa to make the 11 December a national day of tango in Argentina.
In 2009, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) approved a joint proposal by Argentina and Uruguay to include the tango in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.
Today, officially or not, this special day of celebration is recognised by tango enthusiasts and artists around the world.
Happy birthday Carlos. Happy birthday Julio. Happy birthday Tango.
From: http://russianbrides.blog/holidays/11th-of-december-international-day-of-tango-2/
December 11, the birthday of the Argentine singer and film actor, the famous “King of Tango” Carlos Gardel celebrates International Day of Tango – a dance festival, the philosophy of which is in the confrontation.
There are several versions of the origin of tango. The most common of them is that originally a dance of this kind appeared in the port suburbs of Buenos Aires, where at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries the cultural traditions of many countries of the world met and merged into one whole – the rhythms of the Cuban Habanera, the African candombe, the Argentine milonga, the Spanish flamenco, and some other European dances brought in by foreign sailors. And although in Argentina it was a dance of the poor neighborhoods, a dance of immigrants, soon the lyrical and passionate tango sounded throughout the country.
from: https://www.newyorklatinculture.com/carlos-gardel/
French-Born
Charles Romuald Gardès was born in Toulouse, France on December 11, 1890. His mother moved to Buenos Aires in 1893.
They lived at Calle Uruguay 162 in San Nicolás neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
It’s only recently been accepted that Gardel was born French.
The affinity makes sense. French and Argentines have a long love affair. Paris was the capital of the world and Argentina was one of the top ten richest economies. The Paris Tango Craze of 1913 made Tango dancing popular in Italy, New York, and then Buenos Aires.
Mi Noche Triste (My Sad Night)
Like many artists, Gardel started singing at parties and in bars. His version of Mi Noche Triste (1917) was a hit in Latin America. Gardel’s version was the first Tango with lyrics. The song was an instrumental from Buenos Aires. Gardel added unofficial lyrics from Montevideo, Uruguay. The pairing forever set the melancholy tone of Tango songs.
Percanta que me amuraste…
The Second International Latin Idol
Italian-American movie star Rudolph Valentino was the first Latin idol. Carlos Gardel was the second.
Back in the day in New York City, Latins in East Harlem would listen on the radio to Carlos Gardel and what was becoming Latin Jazz.
Tango got an international boost by the adoption of the phonograph. Many of the first recordings were of Tango. The technology spread Argentine Tango around the world.
Gardel’s musical style of simple guitar and voice played into the Gaucho myth of the Argentine cowboys. It’s one of Argentina’s founding stories. Interestingly, it was Valentino’s role as an Argentine Gaucho dancing a Tango that made him famous.
International Movistar
As Gardel’s popularity grew, he started making movies. He made some in New York City including The Tango on Broadway (1934).
Gardel’s American movies were some of the first Spanish-language movies that were not remakes of English productions. That made them especially popular.
In New York City, Gardel met a talented young bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla and invited him on tour. We are lucky that Piazzolla’s father declined the offer. Piazzolla went on to create Tango Nuevo, the Tango Jazz form which now dominates Tango music.
Gardel’s final film was Tango Bar (1935) which he shot at the Kaufman Astoria studios in Queens just before leaving New York for Medellín. It contains his famous song Por una cabeza. It’s funny that many people think the song is romantic, but it’s about horse racing.
Medellín, Colombia
Medellín, Colombia is the third city of Tango. Medellín has it’s own Tango culture. Men bond by drinking beers while listening to Tango songs.
Many Paisas of Medellín have an encyclopedic knowledge of Tango recordings in the way that some people memorize baseball statistics. Many Paisas can sing along. It’s one of the beautiful things that happens when you dance Tango with a Colombian. He is likely to sing along while dancing.
Gardel was on his way to perform in Medellín when his plane crashed while landing on June 24, 1935. The stars body was taken to New York City and Rio de Janeiro for idolation before Gardel was buried in La Chacarita, Argentina’s national cemetery.
25 Wednesday Nov 2020
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inBeing 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
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inThe 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
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inHello
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
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inViva 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