VivaTango July 28

July 28th Live Music and Tango Videos – the best of Hollywood and Broadway for You. Emiliano Messiez, Born in Buenos Aires is a composer, pianist and music director. He is one of the most in-demand tango pianists in the US. Messiez is the pianist for the Broadway and West End hit shows “Forever Tango”, a show that has been seen by more than eight million people worldwide. He has also served as the music director and pianist for the successful shows “Impact” and “Tango Buenos Aires”, and is the creator of “Barolo Tango,” a live tango show based in Argentina. Messiez has performed with many of the world’s top musicians and has played in many of the top concert halls.

Tango in the Movies by Doctora Margarita aka Meg Farrell will be a presentation of famous video clips that review the history of Tango in motion pictures. Come and watch her enjoyable video clips and listen to the stories behind the movies. Meg will also DJ between live music sets during the milonga. Cost $20. Doors open at 7 PM and Tango in the Movies begins at 7:15 – don’t be late – Milonga with live music begins at 8:15. EVENT LINK

HOT DAYS ARE HERE BUT OUR DANCE FLOOR IS THE COOL PLACE TO BE

Last week the temperature outside was 98 degrees and our dance floor was 70 degrees at the start of the milonga and rose to 72 from the body heat of the dancers. Comfortable dancing conditions. Come join the other cool dancers.

WATER

The refrigerator at our venue stopped working one month ago. Since then, we have continued to provided bottled water for dancers, but it is room temperature. It appears that the refrigerator will not be replaced. We urge dancers to bring their water bottle from home. We will continue to supply the room temperature water plus individually wrapped treats and chocolates.

SAFETY

Our events require showing proof of full vaccination. You only have to show proof on your first visit. We also weekly remind dancers that they should not come if they have any symptoms or have been exposed to people who have Covid. Masks are recommended, but optional. This update is being written to encourage dancers to feel comfortable wearing a mask at our events.

Tango Partner App is a must have tool to find milongas and partners while traveling anywhere in the world.

I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or just want to say hello you can reply to this email.

Dennis

VivaTango Newsletter for July 21st 

July started with almost 70 happy dancers last week. Eleonora Kalganova created a wonderful night of Tango. Then Martin Almiron dazzeled another large turnout of tango dancers. The Pace continues this Thursday with Pablo and Iwona.

July 21^st Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu will continue their lesson series with the theme “Prolific Moments in Tango”. This series is aimed at helping dancers add creativity to their dance. The lesson this week is titled “Making the most of Embellishment Opportunities”.  Oz returns to VivaTango to DJ for the milonga this week. He plays wonderful tandas that capture the smoothness and emotion of Tango. Lesson starts at 7 PM followed by the milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or Both $20. Dancers must be fully vaccinated. EVENT LINK

SAFETY

Our events require showing proof of full vaccination. You only have to do this on your first visit. We also weekly remind dancers that they should not come if they have any symptoms or have been exposed to people who have Covid. Masks are recommended, but optional. This update is being written to encourage dancers to feel comfortable wearing a mask at our events.

Tango Partner App is a must have tool to find milongas and partners while traveling anywhere in the world.

I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or just want to say hello you can reply to this email.

Dennis

VivaTango Newsletter for July 14th

World Champion Talent is featured again this week at VivaTango in Princeton. Read all about Martin Almiron’s success at the world championships in his bio below. Hopefully you were in attendance last week July 7th to see Eleonora who is also world class and unmatchable in her unique style.

July 14th Martin Almiron and MayoK are at VivaTango Princeton. This is Martin’s first visit to Princeton. Martin was a finalist in both Salon Tango and Stage Tango categories at the World Tango Dance Championship, and also a finalist in the Salon Tango, Milonga and Walts categories at the Metropolitan Tango Dance Championship. He has danced in the best national and foreign theaters such as New York City Center, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Théâtre du Châtelet of Paris, Presidente Alvear Theater, Cervantes National Theater in Buenos Aires, National Theatre of Panama, Ruben Dario National Theatre of Nicaragua, among others; and worked with renowned choreographers, building a great career with his performances in the prestigious plays like “Evita” on Broadway, “Chantecler”, “Azares del Quijote y Gardel”, “Evitango” and “Evita Vive”. Martin will be available for taxi dancing during the milonga on Thursday. MayoK aka Urszula has traveled the world in search of tango adventure. She has organized several Havana Tango Marathons in Cuba. MayoK chooses and plays music like she is conducting a live orchestra to match the beating hearts of the dancers. Her music evokes deep emotions. Join her for “The Beating Heart Milonga”. Lesson starts at 7 PM and milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or both $20. EVENT LINK

July 21st Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu will continue their lesson series with the theme is prolific moments in tango. This series is aimed at helping dancers add creativity to their dance. The lesson this week is titled “Making the most of Embellishment Opportunities”. Lesson starts at 7 PM followed by the milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or Both $20. Dancers must be fully vaccinated.

SAFETY

Our events require showing proof of full vaccination. You only have to do this on your first visit. We also weekly remind dancers that they should not come if they have any symptoms or have been exposed to people who have Covid. Masks are recommended, but optional. This update is being written to encourage dancers to feel comfortable wearing a mask at our events.

Connect with tango community’s world wide on the Tango Partner app. www.TangoPartner.com  http://www.TangoPartner.com Here is a gift form Tango Partner: Tango Turk Radio  

I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or just want to say hello you can reply to this email.

Dennis

This week Eleonora Kalganova. Check out this amazing video: ELEONORA AT PLAY

July 7th Eleonora Kalganova and DimoN the TangoDJ return to VivaTango for a lesson and milonga. Eleonora’s bio would take pages to cover her history. She has performed in all the best places with all the best partners. Eleonora is known for her creative and playful embellishments and her expressive style. Check out her YouTube channel for hundreds of clips. Her most recent post on YouTube, from Boston, is here: ELEONORA will teach a lesson and DimoN will DJ for the milonga. Lesson starts at 7 PM and milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or both $20.  EVENT LINK

July 14th Martin Almiron and MayoK are at VivaTango Princeton. This is Martin’s first visit to Princeton. Martin was a finalist in both Salon Tango and Stage Tango categories at the World Tango Dance Championship, and also a finalist in the Salon Tango, Milonga and Walts categories at the Metropolitan Tango Dance Championship. He has danced in the best national and foreign theaters such as New York City Center, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Théâtre du Châtelet of Paris, Presidente Alvear Theater, Cervantes National Theater in Buenos Aires, National Theatre of Panama, Ruben Dario National Theatre of Nicaragua, among others; and worked with renowned choreographers, building a great career with his performances in the prestigious plays like “Evita” in Broadway, “Chantecler”, “Azares del Quijote y Gardel”, “Evitango” and “Evita Vive”. MayoK aka Urszula has traveled the world in search of tango adventure. She has organized several Havana Tango Marathons in Cuba. MayoK chooses and plays music like she is conducting a live orchestra to match the beating hearts of the dancers. Her music evokes deep emotions. Join her for “The Beating Heart Milonga”. Lesson starts at 7 PM and milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or both $20. EVENT LINK

SAFETY

Our events require showing proof of full vaccination. You only have to do this on your first visit. We also weekly remind dancers that they should not come if they have any symptoms or have been exposed to people who have Covid. Masks are recommended, but optional. This update is being written to encourage dancers to feel comfortable wearing a mask at our events.

Connect with tango community’s world wide on the Tango Partner app. TangoPartner.com www.TangoPartner.com

I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or just want to say hello you can reply to this email.

Dennis

VivaTango – June 30th

VivaTango’s dance floor last week was filled 60+ dancers enjoying theMilonga with live music. Note that start time will be 8 PM for this milonga. Doors open at 7:45

June 30th Is VivaTango’s traditional end of the month live music. The milonga will feature Maurizio Najt playing piano and Shinjoo Cho playing the bandoneon. Our world traveling DJ MayoK aka Urszula will be DJing between live music sets. Cost $20. EVENT LINK

MayoK aka Urszula

If you missed last week’s live music performance by Juan Villarreal and Patricio Crom here is a snippet of their performance:LIVE MUSIC

SAFETY

Our events require showing proof of full vaccination. You only have to do this on your first visit. Full vaccination requires getting boosters. We also weekly remind dancers that they should not come if they have any symptoms or have been exposed to people who have Covid. Masks are recommended, but optional. This update is being written to encourage dancers to feel comfortable wearing a mask at our events.

Tango’s cabeceo tradition is that eye contact plus a nod of the head seals a contract to dance a tanda. In the spirit of Tango etiquette, the right thing to do is if one of the partners is wearing a mask, the other should be prepared to wear a mask also. So, if you choose not to wear a mask you should have one handy in case the partner of your choice is wearing one.

I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or just want to say hello you can reply to this email.

Dennis

Dancers had double treat June 16

June 16th featured live music by Juan Villarreal and Patricio Crom who are touring the United States for the first time. Juan and Patricio have toured South America and Europe. And Meg Farrell DJed. Click on the link below to see video of musicians.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1otEmbEGdyAZ9nFk9n7J36t7zWXdVp7ui/view?usp=sharing

June 23rd will feature Helen Wang hosting the milonga and lesson at VivaTango. Lesson starts 7 PM followed by the milonga at 8:15. Lesson will be on the intimate Enganche move. See video below for preview of lsson. Learn how to get entangoed with the legs without getting entangled. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or Both $20. Dancers must be fully vaccinated. EVENT LINK

June 30th Is VivaTango’s traditional end of the month live music will be performed by Maurizio and Shinjoo. Our world traveling DJ MayoK aka Urszula will be DJing between live music sets.

SAFETY

Our events require showing proof of full vaccination. You only have to do this on your first visit. Full vaccination requires getting boosters. We also weekly remind dancers that they should not come if they have any symptoms or have been exposed to people who have Covid. Masks are recommended, but optional. This update is being written to encourage dancers to feel comfortable wearing a mask at our events.

Tango’s cabeceo tradition is that eye contact plus a nod of the head seals a contract to dance a tanda. In the spirit of Tango etiquette, the right thing to do is if one of the partners is wearing a mask, the other should be prepared to wear a mask also. So, if you choose not to wear a mask you should have one handy in case the partner of your choice is wearing one.

I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or just want to say hello you can reply to this email.

Dennis

VivaTango Newsletter

VivaTango hosts weekly milongas for you dancing pleasure. Plus lessons to add new elements to your Tango vocabulary and live music. June offers two live music events.

June 16^th will feature live music by Juan Villarreal and Patricio Crom who are touring the United States for the first time. Juan and Patricio have toured South America and Europe. This will be their first North American tour. Juan Villarreal is a singer, guitarist and composer; and Patricio Crom is an arranger, composer, and guitarist. They have released four albums. Dancers must be fully vaccinated. EVENT LINK

June 23^rd will feature Helen Wang hosting the milonga and lesson at VivaTango.Lesson starts 7 PM followed by the milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or Both $20. Dancers must be fully vaccinated. EVENT LINK

June 30^th Is VivaTango’s traditional end of the month live music. Musicians will be announced shortly. Our world traveling DJ MayoK aka Urszula will be DJing between live music sets.

SAFETY

Our events require showing proof of full vaccination. You only have to do this on your first visit. Full vaccination requires getting boosters. We also weekly remind dancers that they should not come if they have any symptoms or have been exposed to people who have Covid. Masks are recommended, but optional. This update is being written to encourage dancers to feel comfortable wearing a mask at our events.

Tango’s cabeceo tradition is that eye contact plus a nod of the head seals a contract to dance a tanda. In the spirit of Tango etiquette, the right thing to do is if one of the partners is wearing a mask, the other should be prepared to wear a mask also. So, if you choose not to wear a mask you should have one handy in case the partner of your choice is wearing one.

I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. If you have any comments, suggestions, questions or just want to say hello you can reply to this email.

Dennis

VivaTango resumes Thursday June 9th with weekly milongas. High lights for June events follow:

June 9^th will feature a milonga hosted by DJ Oz. This will be Oz’s DJ debut at VivaTango, but many of you have already danced to his DJing in NYC and Philly. The evening will also feature a lesson taught by Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu. Pablo and Iwona’s lesson will begin a new series called prolific moments in tango. This series is aimed at helping dancers increase creativity on the dance floor.Lesson starts 7 PM followed by milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or Both $20. Dancers must be fully vaccinated. EVENT LINK

June 16^th will feature live music by Juan Villarreal and Patricio Crom who are touring the United States for the first time. Juan and Patricio have toured South America and Europe. This will be their first North American tour. Juan Villarreal is a singer, guitarist and composer; and Patricio Crom is an arranger, composer, and guitarist. They have released four albums. Dancers must be fully vaccinated. EVENT LINK

June 23^rd will feature Helen Wang hosting the milonga and lesson at VivaTango.Lesson starts 7 PM followed by milonga at 8:15. Lesson $15, Milonga $15 or Both $20. Dancers must be fully vaccinated. EVENT LINK

June 30^th Is VivaTango’s traditional end of the month live music. Event details at TBD. Our world traveling DJ MayoK aka Urszula will be DJing between live music sets.

VivaTango Newsletter – May 26^th   

May will close out with live music by prestigious musicians this Thursday. Plan your Tango week around this Thursday event. Read about the musicians’ accomplishments below, and then read on to see the event highlights for June.

Live music by Emiliano Messiez and Leandro Ragusa on May 26^th, Plus DJ Kerry Kay will play tandas between live sets.

Emiliano was the pianist for the hit Broadway and London show “Forever Tango”, a show that has been seen by more than 8 million people around the world. He has also served as the music director and pianist for the successful shows “Impact” and “Tango Buenos Aires”, and he is the creator of “Barolo Tango,” a live tango show based in Argentina. Leandro, bandoneonist, is on tour from Buenos Aires. He performs at major tango festivals. Emiliano and Leandro will be performing at the Philadelphia Tango Festival (as members of the Orquesta Tipica Messiez) on Sunday June 5^th. They also released (as part of the quartet) a new album of Tango music this past October, just before their last performance at VivaTango. Kerry Kay will DJ this milonga as well as the June 5^th milonga with Orquesta Tipica Messiez at the Philadelphia Tango Festival.

Milonga starts at 7:00 and live music starts at 8:30. Cost $25. All dancers must show proof of full vaccination on their first visit. Masks are recommended, but are optional. EVENT LINK

June Events Preview!

June will feature two live music events plus great DJs and Lessons

June 2^nd, The Phalidelphia Tango Festival kicks off. There will not be an event at VivaTango on that night. We hope many of you will attend the festival.

June 9^th will feature a milonga hosted by DJ Ozgur. This will be Oz’s DJ debut at VivaTango, but many of you have already danced to his DJing in NYC and Philly. The evening will also feature a lesson taught by Iwona and Pablo.

June 16^th will feature live music by Juan Villarreal and Patricio Crom who will be featured musicians at the Philadelphia Tango Festival.

June 23^rd will feature Helen Wang hosting the milonga and lesson at VivaTango.

June 30^th Is VivaTango’s traditional end of the month live music. Musician details TBD. Our world traveling DJ MayoK aka Urszula will be DJing between live music sets.

News Flash

Ricardo Stella died this past week in Buenos Aires. Ricardo danced at VivaTango for many years and at Black Cat Tango before that. He was an important part of the Tango spirit in Princeton for the past two decades, and is known to many of you. The VivaTango Tango Family will miss Ricardo. There will be a local memorial service at a date TBD. Ricardo was 85 years old. I expect to have more information to share at our May 26^th event.