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Thursday April 5th, Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu, Milonga DJed by Kerry Kay – 9pm-11:45pm

01 Sunday Apr 2018

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9 pm Mini Lesson

9:40 to Midnight Milona

Guided Practica following lesson

Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton

Large hardwood dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance

Socialize around VivaTango’s Food and Beverage tables
Partner is not necessary – Beginners welcome

Cost $15 and $5 for full time students

 

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 currently artists in residence.

Coming Events

4/12 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena and PAS graduation celebration

4/19 Michael Nadtochi – 8 PM START TIME

4/26 Live Music Milonga

Thursday, March 29th at Viva Tango – Blue Moon Milonga. Live music by Nick Franco and Dmitri DJing

25 Sunday Mar 2018

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Once in a Blue Moon there are 5 Thursdays in a month. So we celebrate this Thursday with special live music at our Blue Moon Milonga

Thursday March 29th from 9 – 11:45
Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton

Nick Franco playing live music and Dmitri DJing
Large hard-wood dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance

Socialize around VivaTango’s Food and Beverage tables
Partner is not necessary – non dancers are welcome.

Cost $15 and $5 for students 

Nick Franco, became enamored with the passion of tango music during his graduate school days at the University of Miami in FLA.  There, he lived in an apartment next to “Portenos”, a couple from Buenos Aires, who played tango tapes whenever they were home. Nick has performed as a soloist and in five to fifteen piece orchestras at private homes and clubs, at public venues, and on cruise ships throughout New England, from Palm Beach to Miami Beach, Fla, in the Baltimore/ Washington, DC area  and in Pennsylvania. 

SPECIAL THANKS FROM VIVA TANGO !!!

To people who prepare the food. Thanks to JoAnn who brings a cake each week.

Thanks to  Jonathan, setters up and clean up crews.

Thanks to everyone who comes each time to our events!

COMING EVENTS

4/5 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu with Kerry Kay

4/12 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

4/19 Michael Nadtochi

4/26 Live Music

5/3 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

5/10 Michael Nadtochi

5/17 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

5/24 Junior Cervila and Guadalupe

5/31 Rocio De Los Santos & Luciano Capparelli.- Tango Trace

COME TONIGHT – SNOW IS CLEARED. Thursday, March 22d at Viva Tango – Milonga. Live music By Maurizio Najt. Great Tandas by Kerry Kay

17 Saturday Mar 2018

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DANCE TONIGHT AT THURSDAY NIGHT TANGO. The roads have been cleared, the bright sunny warm day is drying the roads. Our parking lot is cleared and dry. MAURIZIO is coming from NYC and wants to see all of you dancing. David is buying the food. Please come out tonight and support Maurizio and VivaTango. Celebrate the first day of Spring

 

 

Maurizio Najt: Piano, is a graduate of the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires.  He performed with “Amigos del Tango”; Forever Tango Orchestra; Lincoln Center Plaza, Alice Tully Hall, Winter Garden, and the Argentine Embassy in Washington DC and Toyko.

 

 

Kerry Kay: Just returned from Austrilia will DJ this Milonga. She will be spinning your favorite tandas and inserting her collection of cortinas.

 

 

 

Doors Open at 9 PM.

Susanne Patterson Center at 45 Stockton St., Princeton, NJ

Socialize around our food Table

Partner not needed. Beginners and spectators welcome

Off street, lighted parking

Cost $15 (full time students $5)

Coming Events

3/29 “Blue Moon Milonga” Live Music by Nick Franco and Dmitri DJing

4/5 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu with Kerry Kay DJing

4/12 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

4/19 Michael Nadtochi

4/26 Live Music Milonga

Today – Thursday, March 15th at Viva Tango – Jacklyn Shapiro And Roberto Pena – Creative Rebotes and Rhythm Variations Class And Milonga – 9pm – 11:45pm

10 Saturday Mar 2018

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Jacklyn and Roberto

Thursday March 15th 9:00 to 11:45

Creative Rebotes and Rhythm Variations

 

Four-time US Tango Championships finalists, Jacklyn and Roberto, have recently returned from Buenos Aires with fresh lesson material. Learn what a rebote is. Their workshop this week will teach “Creative Rebotes and Rhythm Variations”

 

 

 

45 Stockton Street, Princeton, NJ

Doors open 9 PM

Workshop 9:10

Milonga  from 10 PM to 11:45 PM

Socialize around our food Table

Partner not needed

Beginners and spectators welcome

Off street, lighted parking

Cost $15 (full time students $5)

Coming Events

3/22 Live Music  by Maurizio Najt and Kerry Kay DJing

3/29 Live Music by Nick Franco and Dmitri DJing

4/5 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

4/12 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

4/19 Michael Nadtochi

4/26 Live Music Milonga

 

 

Thursday, March 8th at Viva Tango Michael Nadtochi and Zoya , Class and Milonga DJed by Michael 9pm-11:45pm

04 Sunday Mar 2018

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Michael Nadtochi and Zoya

Sacadas in Close Embrace

Thursday March 8th 

9pm – 11:45pm

 Tango Thursday – Close embrace looks good and feels good until the leader kicks his partner’s ankle. What can the leader and follower do to avoid this when the feet cannot be seen? Come learn how to do Sacadas in Close Embrace. This is an essential skill! Treat your taste buds to delicious foods, and enjoy 2 hours of social dancing to your favorite Tangos and a Latin Break.

9 PM Doors Open

Lesson 9:10 to 10 PM

Milonga 10 to 11:45 PM

DJing by Michael

Socialize around our food Table

Partner not needed

                                                     Beginners and non-dancers welcome

Off street lighted parking at door

Cost $15  (full time students $5)

 

 

 

 

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.

******* UPCOMING EVENTS **********

3/15 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

3/22 Live music by Maurizio Najt with Kerry Kay DJing

3/29 Special 5Th Thursday MILONGA

 

 

 

Thursday, March 1st at Viva Tango Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu ,Milonga DJed by Svetlana 9pm-11:45pm

25 Sunday Feb 2018

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Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

Milonga DJed by Svetlana

Learn about  “Adding flow and style with contrapositions” in Pablo and Iwona’s lesson. Take advantage of the guided practice session after the lesson.

Meet new Friends in the milonga that follows. Warm up in the hot embrace of Tango!

9 pm Mini Lesson

9:40-11:45 pm  Milonga

Guided Practica following lesson

 

 

 

Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton

Large hardwood dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance

Socialize around VivaTango’s Food and Beverage tables
Partner is not necessary – Beginners welcome

Cost $15 and $5 for full time students

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 currently artists in residence.

******* UPCOMING EVENTS **********

3/8 Michael Nadtochi

3/15 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

3/22 Live music by Maurizio Najt with Kerry Kay DJing

Argentine Tango Basics Class taught by Pablo and Iwona .Began Thursday February 15th at 7:30 just before VivaTango events. This is an 8 week progressive class taught by Pablo and Iwona. Registration is required through the Princeton Adult School.

*** Tuesdays at West Windsor Arts Center :  Pablo & Iwona will no longer teach this class

Thursday, February 22d, At Viva Tango live music by Javier Sanchez – bandoneon, Milonga, 9pm-11:45pm

18 Sunday Feb 2018

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Live Music by Javier Sanchez

Milonga 

Javier will be DJing and playing the Bandoneon

                        Thursday February 22 from 9 – 11:45. 

 

Javier Sanchez – Bandoneón, has toured the world with Orquesta Típica, Tango Pasión, Tango Viaje al Sentimiento, Pedro Chemes Group, Tango Emotión, Tanguera and Quinteto Típico Buenos Aires. Javier has performed in Buenos Aires tango shows including Café Tortoni, Chiquin Buenos Aires, Pigmalión Tango, El Viejo Almacén, Esquina de Carlos Gardel, Tango Porteño, Piazzolla Tango. Javier has numerous recordings.


Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton
Large hard-wood dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance

Socialize around VivaTango’s Food and Beverage table

Dress to match your Tango Passion
Partner is not necessary – Non dancers are welcome

Cost $15 and $5 for students  

 

******* UPCOMING EVENTS **********

3/1 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu 

3/8 Michael Nadtochi

3/15 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

3/22 Live music by Maurizio Najt with Kerry Kay DJing

Argentine Tango Basics Class taught by Pablo and Iwona .Begins Thursday February 15th at 7:30 just before VivaTango events. This is an 8 week progressive class taught by Pablo and Iwona. Registration is required through the Princeton Adult School.

*** Tuesdays at West Windsor Arts Center by Pablo & Iwona, very lovely and convenient – class and Practica, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Please come to perfect your skills during the week under the gentle but firm guidance  http://www.jerseydance.com/Calendar.html

Thursday, February 15th at Viva Tango – Jacklyn Shapiro And Roberto Pena – Class And Milonga – Notice Time Change 9pm – 11:45pm

11 Sunday Feb 2018

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Jacklyn Shapiro And Roberto Pena

Back from Buenos Aires

Creative Tango Salon Combinations

Four-time US Tango Championships finalists, Jacklyn and Roberto, have returned from Buenos Aires with fresh lesson material. They will teach Creative Tango Salon Combinations emphasizing Direction and Importance of Line of Dance! They will share the highlights of their just completed tour. Jackie will be displaying the latest dress and shoe styles she brought back from BA !!

9:00 PM – Doors Open, Workshop – Lessons from Buenos Aires

9:45 Milonga, Food and Shopping

DJing by Roberto

 

 

 

Socialize around our food Table

Partner is not needed

Beginners and spectators welcome

Off street, lighted parking at door

Cost $15 (full time students $5)

 

******* UPCOMING EVENTS **********

2/22 Live Music and DJing by Javier Sanchez

3/1 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu 

3/8 Michael Nadtochi

3/15 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

3/22 Live music by Maurizio Najt with Kerry Kay DJing

Argentine Tango Basics Class taught by Pablo and Iwona .Begins Thursday February 15th at 7:30 just before VivaTango events. This is an 8 week progressive class taught by Pablo and Iwona. Registration is required through the Princeton Adult School.

Thursday, February 8th at Viva Tango – Michael Nadtochi with Gentle Boleos & Enganches class, Milonga, Plus Appetizers for Valentines Day with special foods, surprise musician and gifts. Wear Red! 8pm – 11:45pm

04 Sunday Feb 2018

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Viva Tango Thursday, February 8th 

come to learn the art of

Gentle Boleos and Enganches 

NEWS FLASH! Sylvie has whipped up a fantastic food table of Valentine’s Day Appetizers. Plus there will be a surprise musician and surprise gifts. Appetizers include Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Heart shaped brownies, and Joanne is bringing a Banana Bundt Cake. Menu for the evening also includes Tomato pie, Pecan cheese balls, Ceasar salad, Guacamole dip, Cold cuts and Fruits. WEAR RED! Come to VivaTango tonight – let this be your appetizer for Valentine’s Day

 

8 PM Doors Open

Lesson 8:10 to 9 Gentle Boleos and Enganches

Milonga 9 to 11:45

DJing by Michael

 

 

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.

 ******* UPCOMING EVENTS **********

2/15 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena – Back from BA

2/22 Live Music and DJing by Javier Sanchez

3/1 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu 

3/8 Michael Nadtochi

3/15 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

3/22 Live music by Maurizio Najt with Kerry Kay DJing

Argentine Tango Basics Class will begin Thursday February 15th at 7:30 just before VivaTango events. This is an 8 week progressive class taught by Pablo and Iwona. Registration is required through the Princeton Adult School.

Thursday, February 1st Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu Class, Milonga DJed by Dmitri Thursday 8pm- 11:30pm

27 Saturday Jan 2018

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Learn about  “Elegant and Playful Tango Kicks” in Pablo and Iwona’s lesson. Meet new Friends in the milonga that follows. Warm up in the hot embrace of Tango! 

Find out about  the 8 week, progressive Tango Basics classes that will start in 2  weeks.

8pm-Doors Open

8:10pm Class

9pm-11:30pm  Midnight MilonGa

Guided Practica following lesson

Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton

Large hardwood dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance

Socialize around VivaTango’s Food and Beverage tables
Partner is not necessary – Beginners welcome

Cost $15 and $5 for full time students

Details at www.VivaTango.org

 

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 currently artists in residence

******** COMING EVENTS **************

2/8 Michael Nadtochi

2/15 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

2/22 Live Music and DJing by Javier Sanchez

3/1 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

3/8 Michael Nadtochi

3/15 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

3/22 Live  Maurizio and Kerry DJing

 Weddings Announcement. January is wedding month at VivaTango. Last January we hosted a reception for our friends Vittoria and Guillermo. This January we extend our best wishes to Junior and Guadalupe who will be married the day after VivaTango’s coming event. Junior and Guadalupe will be Guest Performers and instructors in May, when we can wish them well in person.

***** IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD  *****

Argentine Tango Basics Class will begin Thursdays at 7:30 just before VivaTango events. Pablo and Iwona will teach. Registration required through Princeton Adult School, session starts Feb 15.

Princeton Tango Club. Robin Thomas soon starts his classes at Friends Center in Princeton. Please sign for the email announcement at Princeton Tango Club.