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Thursday, May 17th at Viva Tango Michael Nadtochi -Three Patterns for Close Embrace-8pm-11:30pm

16 Wednesday May 2018

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This week, learn how to feel comfortable and make a good impression dancing close embrace. Michael Nadtochi will be teaching the three must have patterns for close embrace.

 

8 PM Doors Open

Lesson 8:10 to 9 PM

Milonga 9 to 11:45 PM

DJing by Michael

 

 

45 Stockton St,  Princeton NJ

Socialize at our food Table

Partner not needed

Beginners welcome

Off street lighted parking

Cost $15  (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.

 COMING EVENTS

5/24 Junior Cervila and Guadalupe Garcia ( $20 )

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

6/7 Michael Nadtochi   [Partners only class ends]

6/14  Johanna Copes

Thursday May 10th at Viva Tango, Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena, 8:00 to 11:45

05 Saturday May 2018

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Jacklyn and Roberto

Thursday May 10th 8:00 to 11:45

Essential Combinations For Tango Salon

Four-time US Tango Championships finalists, Jacklyn and Roberto will teach a lesson on “MUST HAVE COMBINATIONS FOR TANGO SALON”. Come see Jacklyn’s display of new Tango clothing.

8:00 Doors Open

8:10 Workshop by Roberto & Jacklyn

9 to 11:45 Milonga

Socialize around our food table

Partner not needed

 

Beginners and spectators welcome

Off street, lighted parking

Tango clothing on display

Cost $15 (full time students $5)

Details at: www.VivaTango.org   

 

 

Coming Events

5/17 Michael Nadtochi

5/24 Junior Cervila and Guadalupe Garcia ( $20 )

5/31 Rocio De Los Santos & Luciano Capparelli

6/7 Michael Nadtochi

6/14  Johanna Copes and Partner

******* In the neighborhood ***********

May 13th – Milonga Arrabal, Philadelphia with Eleonora Kalganova. Details are here. May 23rd – 30th – Havana Tango Marathon Tour

Join Roberto Pena & Jacklyn Shapiro (Four times US National Argentine Tango Finalists & Instructors), on the first Tango Havana Tango Marathon. Maestros Roberto and Jacklyn, alongside Cuban tango instructors and organizers of the community have custom-tailored this tour to enhance your tango skills during the marathon while giving you the full Cuban experience. May 23rd – 30th, 2018. For more information go to https://www.facebook.com/events/585495715130868/

 

Thursday, May 3d at Viva Tango – Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu, Milonga DJed by Svetlana 8pm-11:45pm

29 Sunday Apr 2018

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8 pm – Doors open

8:10pm – Class

9pm to 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

 

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. Iwonaexplored 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 **********

5/10 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

5/17 Michael Nadtochi

5/24 Junior Cervila and Guadalupe

5/31 Rocio De Los Santos & Luciano Capparelli

6/7 Michael Nadtochi

6/14  Johanna Copes and Partner

Special, Semi-Private, Partners-Only Advanced Series

Pablo and Iwona are offering a special learning opportunity on advanced sequences and musicality. This is a series of four semi-private, partners-only sessions, focusing on high level movements and musical interpretations. The series will start Thursday, May 17 and will take place at Suzanne Patterson Center from 6:45 to 8 pm. The class is limited to six couples, and the cost is $80 per person. To register, please contact Pablo and Iwona at connectiontango.princeton@gmail.com.

 Roaring 20’s Dance will be held May 5th, at the Suzanne Paterson Building. Great fun to come in 20’s dress and have a great time.

Thursday, April 26th – at Viva Tango – Live Music Milonga with Mauricio Najt. Great Tandas by Kerry Kay – 8pm – 11:45pm

22 Sunday Apr 2018

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 MAURIZIO is coming from NYC and wants to see all of you dancing. 

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:

5/3 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu – Svetlana DJing

5/10 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena – Roberto DJing

5/17 Michael Nadtochi – Michael  DJing

5/24 Junior Cervila and Guadalupe – Junior DJing

5/31 Rocio De Los Santos & Luciano Capparelli – Vittoria and Guillermo DJing

6/7 Michael Nadtochi

6/14  Johanna Copes and Partner

6/21 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

6/28 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

5/17 Pablo and Iwona will teach a partners only intermediate/advanced four week class beginning May 17 at 7 to 8 PM, just before the VivaTango event.

Roaring 20’s Dance will be held May 5th, at the Suzanne Paterson Building. Great fun to come in 20’s dress and have a great time.

Thursday, April 19th, At Viva Tango – Michael Nadtochi Workshop and Milonga, 8pm-11:45pm

14 Saturday Apr 2018

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We return to our 8 PM start time this week. Come celebrate the extended dancing and socializing time. Milonga music is happy, fast moving music. Footwork for dancing to this music is quick and joyful. There is a feeling of freedom and celebration. Come to this week’s lesson to learn the three patterns you need to know to look good dancing Milonga.

45 Stockton St Princeton NJ

8 PM Doors Open

Lesson 8:10 to 9 PM

Milonga 9 to 11:45 PM

DJing by Michael

 

                                                       Socialize at our food Table

Partner not needed

Beginners welcome

Off street lighted parking

Cost $15  (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.

Coming Events

4/26 Live Music

5/3 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

5/10 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

5/17 Michael Nadtochi – Michael  DJing

5/24 Junior Cervila and Guadalupe

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

5/17 Pablo and Iwona will teach a partners only intermediate/advanced four week class beginning May 17 at 7 to 8 PM, just before the VivaTango event.

The Phili tango festival starts Friday May 25th and runs through Memorial Day Monday May 28th.

Roaring 20’s Dance will be held May 5th, at the Suzanne Paterson Building. Great fun to come in 20’s dress and have a great time.

Thursday, April 12th, At Viva Tango – Jacklyn and Roberto, Workshop and Milonga. Evening starts 8:30pm !!

08 Sunday Apr 2018

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Four-time US Tango Championships finalists,

Jacklyn and Roberto,

have recently returned from Buenos Aires with fresh lesson material.

Learn about “Rhythmic Milonguero Traspie Combinations

                                      8:30 Doors open

                                              Dancing with Princeton Adult Students  Graduates

9:10 Workshop by Roberto & Jacklyn

10 to 11:45 Milonga

Socialize around our food table

Partner not needed

Beginners and spectators welcome

Off street, lighted parking

Cost $15 (full time students $5)

Coming Events

4/19 Michael Nadtochi – Michael DJing

4/26 Live Music

5/3 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

5/10 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena

5/17 Michael Nadtochi – Michael  DJing

5/24 Junior Cervila and Guadalupe

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

Pablo and Iwona will begin a class for dancers who have had some beginner lessons, but need the next step in learning. This will be a 4 week series starting April 19 here at the Suzanne Paterson Building from 7 to 8 PM.

Join Roberto Pena & Jacklyn Shapiro (Four times US National Argentine Tango Finalists & Instructors), on the first Tango Havana Tango Marathon. Maestros Roberto and Jacklyn, alongside Cuban tango instructors and organizers of the community have custom-tailored this tour to enhance your tango skills during the marathon while giving you the full Cuban experience. May 23rd – 30th, 2018. For more information go to https://www.facebook.com/events/585495715130868/

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