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Thursday, October 20th, 9 PM – Meredith Klein y “El Chino” at Viva Tango

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Meredith Klein y “El Chino”
 VivaTango Thusday Oct 20th, 9 PM

Performance

DJing – Carrie Fertig (Scotland/US)

45 Stockton Street Princeton NJ
9 PM Doors Open
9:10   Workshop
Milonga  9:45 to 11:45
Performance 10:30
Socialize around our food Table
Partner is not needed
Beginners and non-dancers welcome
Off street lighted parking at door
Cost $15  (full time students $5)

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Marcelo “El Chino” Gutierrez is from Argentina. He has toured South and North America, Europe, Asia teaching and performing. He is currently on a US tour.
El Chino has benefited both from being able to study with such old school masters as the Dinzels, Nito and Elba, the Rivarolas, Teresa Fernández (Todaro system) and Victor Arne; and from being part of the tango revolution that started with Gustavo Naveira and came to be known as Tango Nuevo. His teaching focuses on stability, groundedness, comfort, natural body movement, core leading and following. Just a few classes with him can drastically improve your dancing and change your entire outlook of tango.

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Meredith Klein moved to Buenos Aires to study Argentine Tango. She traveled throughout the world, teaching and performing in Australia, Turkey, Lebanon, Poland, Cyprus, Brazil, Argentina, and Canada, as well as in 30 different cities in the United States. In 2008, she established the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School, of which Meredith is now Director.

 

10/30 Sunday – HALLOWEEN MILONGA. Costume Party!! Performance by Olga Pisano and Juan Alessandrini.

11/3 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

11/10 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena – Lesson, Performance and Jacklyn DJing

11/17 Jacklyn Shapiro and Roberto Pena – Lesson and Jacklyn DJing

11/24 Thanksgiving no event

12/1 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu – Lesson and Performance

12/8 Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova – Michael DJing

12/15 Holiday Party

Thursday, October 13th – Argentine Tango Evening with Michael & Eleonora – Workshop, Performance and Milonga at Viva Tango

13 Thursday Oct 2016

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Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova

Argentine Tango Workshop and Performance
at VivaTango , Thusday Oct 13th

MishaElla

9 PM Doors Open
9:10   Workshop
Milonga  9:45 to 11:45
Performance 10:30
DJing by Michael

45 Stockton Street , Princeton NJ

Socialize around our food Table
Partner is not needed
Beginners and non-dancers are welcome
Off street lighted parking at the door
Cost $15  (full time students $5)

When Michael & Eleonora met, they both realized that each one of them had a tattoo of a black panther… Perhaps this was a coincidence, but they believe that it was rather a sign of fate! Shortly after they decided to continue this exciting journey through life and dance together, forming a dance partnership based on respect for one another artistic views and desire to take Argentine Tango to a whole new level: exploring possibilities of fusing the most traditional form of this beautiful dance – tango being a social dance based on musicality & elegance with a more flexible and modern approach of a performing artist using the body as an instrument that is not limited to one particular style of movement or discipline. Come see their performance.

Special Appreciation

Thanks to Joanne for bringing the cake with Carmel frosting and to David Kalmus for bringing the bottle of Malbec wine.
Thanks to volunteers Jonathan, Warren, Julia and Betty for help.

UPCOMING EVENTS AT VIVA TANGO

10/20 Meredith Klein and Marcelo “El Chino” Gutierrez – Lesson and Performance

10/27 Live Music by Maurizio Najt

10/30 Sunday – HALLOWEEN MILONGA. Costume Party!! Performance by Olga Pisano and Juan Alessandrini.

December, 15  HOLIDAY MILONGA

WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS IN THE NEIGHBOHOOD

Maria Volonté & Kevin Carrel Footer, Blue Tango Project, Concert and Live Music Milonga , Sunday, October 16, 2016.

Oscar Casas in Philadelphia , Workshops and Milongas, October 28 – 30

Thursday, October 6th – Tango Lesson and Guided Practica by Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu + Milonga with amazing guest DJ Sorawis Peace Sangtawesi

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Tango Lesson and Guided Practica by Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu and Milonga with amazing guest DJ Sorawis Peace Sangtawesin

       NOTE NEW START TIME  9 p.m. – Midnight

VivaTango switches to Tango Café this week with new start time
Lots of low light dancing and comfort food and beverages.

pabloiwonaWorkshop Topic:  The phrase as a musical guide: Sequencing movements within phrases.
Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu will be teaching a short lesson followed by a guided practica where you can polish the lesson’s steps or learn how to embellish the lesson steps.
Milonga with music by Sorawis Peace Sangtawesin. Peace is a recent PhD from Princeton, tango dancer and popular DJ. Dance to the passionate sounds of classical tango.

Cost $15 and $5 for students
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 tables
Partner is not necessary

NEWS AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Come and say farewell and thank you to Dennis Matthies who will be departing to Florida for the winter!!! Viva Tango expresses deep gratitude and appreciation to Dennis. Dennis is the heart and the steam engine of the Viva Tango events. He is incessantly working on bringing the best teachers and performers to the Viva Tango circle, organizing logistics  and negotiating prices, dates, schedules and doing it purely from the love of the dance and the community. Without him Viva tango would not enjoy such a great success. Thank you Dennis!!

ARGENTINE TANGO BASICS CLASSES at Suzanne Paterson Center:
Please check the course description for the times as they vary by date of class.
code: 055 / $80.00
5 Session(s)
Thurs  6:15–7:15 pm, Nov. 10, 17;  7:30–9:00 pm, Dec. 1, 8, 15;
No class 11/24
Instructor(s): Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

Special ‘Thank yous’ for September, 29th Viva Tango night go to:
Shock for bringing the great white Burgundy wine – Macon-Villages
JoAnne Barker for bringing the tasty chocolate cake
Karl Hoelpr for bringing the flower arrangement
And to volunteers: Jonathan, Warren and Julia

At Viva Tango you enjoy large hard-wood dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance
Socialize around VivaTango’s Food and Beverage tables
Partner is not necessary – Beginners welcome
Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton
Cost $15 and $5 for students
Details at http://www.VivaTango.org

UPCOMING EVENTS AT VIVA TANGO

10/13 Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova

10/20 Meredith Klein and Marcelo “El Chino” Gutierrez – Lesson and Performance

10/27 Live Music by Maurizio Najt

10/30 Sunday – HALLOWEEN MILONGA. Costume Party!! Performance by Olga Pisano.

December, 15  HOLIDAY MILONGA

Thursday, September 15th Viva Tango hosting an evening with Maria Elena Ybarra and Facundo Barrionuevo – Lesson and Performance , Maria Elena DJing

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8:00pm          – Doors Open

8:15pm          – Lesson

9:15 – 12pm – Practica, Performance, Socializing around Food table

Class and Milonga only $15

Maria Elena Ybarra is a Professional Tango dancer from Argentina who studied with the famous maestros in Buenos Aires; among them are: Carlos and Maria Rivarola, Carlos and Rosa Perez and Natalia Games and Gabriel Angio. Maria Elena has been teaching tango in Buenos Aires and throughout the US, participating in Festivals including: The Boston Tango Festival, Valentango in Portland- Oregon, Denver Labor Day Tango Festival, Princeton Tango Festival, Ann Arbor Fire & Ice Tango Festival, Portland October Fest, Tango Sutra DC, Albuquerque Tango Festival, San Diego Tango Festival and Tango Element. She has also taught workshops at CU Tango-Illinois, University of Texas at Austin and Vanderbilt University, in addition to regular classes at Yale University. Princeton University and Columbia University. She also performs at various venues in New York City and Buenos Aires. Maria Elena’s classes are clear, dynamic and fun providing her students with a solid but versatile technique. Her dance is elegant yet earthy and playful.
Facundo Barrionuevo learned Tango from the most reputable Argentine Masters; such as, Gabriel Angio and Natalia Games, Fernando Santillan and Andrea Metz, Cristian Marquez and Virginia Gomez. Facundo’s Tango combines elegance and finesse. He currently teaches classes at different milongas and studios in Buenos Aires. Facundo has performed at numerous Tango shows including: Cafe Homero, Casa de Tango Pigmalion, Centro Cultural Konex, Teatro del Viejo Mercado, Aroma a Tango and Salta y Resto.  He has taught and performed in Japan, Qatar, Dubai, India and Armenia is now visiting us in Princeton.

Viva Tango Inc.‘s events are EVERY THURSDAY at the Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton St, Princeton. Dance on one of the best & large wooden dancing floor. Mingle with other Tangueras & Tangueros and enjoy tasty foods at our food table. Off-street parking at the entrance and great AC system. No partner necessary. Cost $15 (Students $5).

SPECIAL EVENTS

Sept 17, Philadelphia, PA – Unity Milonga with Live music of Oscuro Orquesta Tipica .  Many friends of Viva Tango support this event !!!  Check it out : http://www.unitymilonga.com or  share it on Facebook:  Unity Milonga at Philadelphia <- PLEASE COME TO THIS GRAND EVENT !!

OPPORTUNITIES AT VIVATANGO IN FALL 2016
Friends of VivaTango, we are looking for volunteers to help us with food table!!!
Volunteers enjoy FREE admission.

VivaTango strives to layout the best food and beverage tables for all its events.       We are looking for people to be our food persons!!!  This team would jointly buy AND/OR cook the food each week and set up the table.    Exercise your organizational skills or perfect your favorite recipes (no garlic please 🙂 ) – we would greatly appreciate your help!!

The team needs to have space to store serving dishes between events. If you want to know more please send email to Dennis Matthies at PrincetonTiger74@gmail.com

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT – TANGO – article by Veronica Toumanova

https://www.facebook.com/notes/veronica-toumanova/why-tango-dancers-loose-interest-in-improving-their-skill/10151876920837499

Evenings at Viva Tango

9/22 Live Music with Maurizio Najt and Bandoneonist

9/29 Dragan Ranitovic and Olga McGuire – Lesson and Performance

10/6 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

10/13 Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova

10/20 Meredith Klein and Marcelo “El Chino” Gutierrez – Lesson and Performance

10/27 Live Music by Maurizio Najt

Thursday, September 8th Viva Tango hosting an evening with Michael Nadtochi and Eleonora Kalganova

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Michael Nadtochi and Eleonora Kalganova

8:00pm          – Doors Open

8:15pm          – Workshop

9:15 – 12pm – Practica, Socializing around Food table

Class and Milonga only $15

Viva Tango Inc.‘s events are EVERY THURSDAY at the Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton St, Princeton. Dance on one of the best & large wooden dancing floor. Mingle with other Tangueras & Tangueros and enjoy tasty foods at our food table. Off-street parking at the entrance and great AC system. No partner necessary. Cost $15 (Students $5).

COMING EVENTS

Sept 17, Philadelphia, PA – Unity Milonga with Live music of Oscuro Orquesta Tipica .  Check it out : http://www.unitymilonga.com or  share it on Facebook:  Unity Milonga at Philadelphia

Workshops at the Neighborhood:

September 10. Philadelphia – Robin Thomas: Movement and Musicality Intensive Workshop http://www.philadelphiadance.org/tango/index.php?eID=2769

Evenings at Viva Tango

9/15 Maria Elena Ybarra and Facundo Barrionuevo

9/22 Live Music with Maurizio Najt and Bandoneonist

9/29 Dragan Ranitovic and Olga McGuire – Lesson and Performance

10/6 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

10/13 Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova

10/20 Meredith Klein and Marcelo “El Chino” Gutierrez – Lesson and Performance

10/27 Live Music by Maurizio Najt

Thursday, September 1st – Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu with Guest DJ Maria Aldrete

27 Saturday Aug 2016

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Thanks everyone for coming to our celebratory evening on August 25th!

It was our pleasure to have you here.  Please come again!!

Please like our Facebook page and see photos!!  https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Viva%20tango

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Thursday, September 1st – Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu with Guest DJ  Maria Aldrete

Doors open at 8 pm.  Cost $15 and $5 for students  pablo

8:15 pm – 9:30 pm   Class by Pablo and Iwona

9:30pm – 11:30pm  – Milonga, Guest DJ  Maria Aldrete

Address: Suzanne Patterson Building at 45   Stockton St, Princeton
 NJ

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 to listen, watch dancers, enjoy food and socialize

COMING EVENTS

Sept 3, East Brunswick NJ – Milonga Fernet with ANGELES CHANAHA https://www.facebook.com/events/1097670896992553/
BEGINNER CLASSES

Beginner Tango Series with Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu:
This is an 8 week series. Classes will be held on Tuesday evenings beginning in November. Contact Pablo and Iwona at: connectiontango.princeton@gmail.com

Beginner Tango Series with Robin Thomas
This is a 10 week series beginning September. Please see the news onhttps://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=princeton%20tango%20club

Evenings at Viva Tango
9/8 Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova

9/15 Maria Elena Ybarra and Facundo Barrionuevo

9/22 Live Music with Maurizio Najt and Bandoneonist

9/29 Dragan Ranitovic and Olga McGuire – Lesson and Performance

10/6 Pablo Garcia Gomez and Iwona Ionescu

10/13 Michael Nadtochi & Eleonora Kalganova

10/20 Meredith Klein and Marcelo “El Chino” Gutierrez – Lesson and Performance

10/27 Live Music by Maurizio Najt

 

Thursday, August 25th – VivaTango’s 5th Anniversary Milonga ! Please come and celebrate with us

20 Saturday Aug 2016

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VivaTango’s 5th Anniversary Milonga

8 PM Thursday August 25th
45 Stockton Street Princeton NJ
Live Music

Tango Ware Boutique

Come to dance or just to watch and listen and socialize
Our famous food and beverage tables await you
Cost just $20 ($5 for students)
No partner necessary

PRINCE TANGO TRIO

   emilio_sollaEmilio Solla is a Grammy Nominated Argentina born and NY based pianist & composer. Frequent performer at the Zink Bar in NYC and has performed at Lincoln Center. His first band, Apertura, was praised by Astor Piazzolla himself as one of the most interesting new sounds in the Buenos Aires scene in 1986.

Pablo Lanouguere is an Argentina born Electric and Double Bass performer. He has Pablo Lanouguere (2)toured the USA performing with Alejandro Ziegler Quartet and has played in New York City with musicians such as Frank Perowsky, Raul Jaurena, Emilio Solla, Kayo Hiraki, among others.

Wendy Zoffer is a versatile flautist. She is the Founder/Director of the respected WendyStanding2company, Princeton Music Connection, which provides live bands for events in the New York Metropolitan Area and nationally.  Prince Tango will be featuring songs from her CD Bird of Beauty, (on sale at the Princeton Record Exchange and Amazon and CDbaby.com) adapted for the Tango.

JACKLYN SHAPIRO

Jacklyn along together with Roberto Peña were Third Place Champions in the 2016 USA Tango Chanpionships in the Stage Tango category. Jacklyn is also the owner of the Adorno Dancewear Boutique. She will entertain us with two of her songs. Sample her singing on this video: https://www.facebook.com/soulcontract/videos/vb.557161091004150/1042065452513709/?type=2&theater

Adorno Dancewear Boutique

This Boutique will be at VivaTango for our 5th anniversary event. See Jacklyn’s image010hand-made Tango dance ware clothing line and the latest in tango shoes on display. For more photos of the wares check out this link: https://www.facebook.com/adornodancewear/photos

 

 

Plus more Surprises, Gifts, and Prizes!!!

Thursday, August 11th Viva Tango hosting an evening with Michael Nadtochi and Eleonora Kalganova

06 Saturday Aug 2016

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8:00pm – Doors Open

8:15pm – Lesson

9:15 – 12pm – Practica, Socializing around Food table

Class and Milonga only $15

Viva Tango Inc.‘s events are EVERY THURSDAY at the Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton St, Princeton. Dance on one of the best & large wooden dancing floor. Mingle with other Tangueras & Tangueros and enjoy tasty foods at our food table. Off-street parking at the entrance and great AC system. No partner necessary. Cost $15 (Students $5).

Announcement !!!!

Mark the date!  Thursday, August 25th – Special Milonga celebrating 5th anniversary of VivaTango !! Volunteers needed for festive food donations and room setup. Any suggestions for making this evening very special are welcome!! Please contact : princeton.vivatango@gmail.com

Friends of VivaTango,

VivaTango strives to layout the best food and beverage tables for all its events. We have had several great chefs who did this for us in the past. David and Dennis have done this now for the past few years. Our average number of dancers have doubled during this time, and we now want to go to a two person team to do the food each week. So we looking for two Tango Heros to be our food persons.  This team would jointly buy the food each week and set it up at the Suzanne Paterson Building. The team needs to have space to store serving dishes between events. If you want to know more please send email to Dennis Matthies at PrincetonTiger74@gmail.com

Thursday, August 4th – Viva Tango : Class with Pablo and Iwona, Milonga -DJ by Peace

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Doors open at 8 pm.  Cost $15 and $5 for students  pablo

8:15 pm – 9:30 pm   Class by Pablo and Iwona

9:30pm – 11:30pm  – Milonga, Peace  is DJing

Address: Suzanne Patterson Building at 45   Stockton St, Princeton
 NJ

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 to listen, watch dancers, enjoy food and socialize
Restroom renovations are complete – COOL Air Conditioning

Announcement !!!!

Mark the date!  Thursday, August 25th – Special Milonga celebrating 5th anniversary of VivaTango !! Volunteers needed for festive food donations and room setup. Any suggestions for making this evening very special are welcome!! Please contact : princeton.vivatango@gmail.com

Thursday, July 21th – Class by Michael Nadtochi and Eleonora Kalganova

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Viva Tango hosting an exciting evening with
Michael Nadtochi and Eleonora Kalganova
Workshop
Milonga

Additional Announcement.   The bathrooms’ repairs in the facilities are finished!!

Michael Nadtochi is available for a one hour private lesson at 7 PM,  schedule this by emailing mnadtochi@mac.com

MishaElla

7:00 pm

8:00pm – Doors Open

8:15pm – Lesson 

9:15 – 12pm – Practica, Socializing around Food table

 Class and Milonga only $15

Viva Tango Inc.‘s events are EVERY THURSDAY at the Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton St, Princeton. Dance on one of the best & large wooden dancing floor. Mingle with other Tangueras & Tangueros and enjoy tasty foods at our food table. Off-street parking at the entrance and great AC system. No partner necessary. Cost $15 (Students $5).