Viva Tango’s regular Thursday classes and practica will not be held this week July 3rd. Our dance floor will be resurfaced during the shutdown period surrounding this July 4th Holiday. COME DANCE ON THE BRAND NEW DANCE FLOOR THURSDAY JULY 10TH.

The Princeton Tango Club has a wonderful series of tango lessons for beginners. This is a six week series of lessons that progress through the basic tango dance skills and steps. Tonight Monday is the second lesson in the series. Don’t worry if you missed the first lesson, you can easily start with the second lesson. Lessons start at 7 PM and only cost $10. The instructors Robin and Kat are excellent. See the Princeton Tango Club web site for location details https://www.princeton.edu/~tango/

Milonga with Live Music by Wendy Zoffer and Maurizio Najt – Sunday June 29th

6 – 9 PM – Live Music, food, socializing in cozy club atmosphere.
Location is Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton.
Large and beautiful dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance.
Partner is not necessary.
Cost $15

Maurizio Najt, piano-Graduated from the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Buenos Aires, Mr. Najt played an important role as a tango pianist in the New York tango scene, performing with “Amigos del Tango”, and the “New York Tango Trio” with whom he performed at Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires in 2002 for the Festival de Música Internacional. In 2006, he played keyboards for the Forever Tango Orchestra (Luis Bravo’s Tony winning production) under the direction of legendary bandoneonist Víctor Lavallén; touring the US, Mexico, Japan and China. Maurizio has performed at numerous venues including Lincoln Center Plaza, Alice Tully Hall, Winter Garden, El Museo del Barrio in NYC, and the Argentine Embassy in DC and Tokyo. From 2004 to 2008, he toured Japan, Korea and Hawaii with Japanese tango diva Anna Saeki. He composed the soundtrack for various independent film productions and documentaries, and for the acclaimed off-Broadway musical theater “Don Quixote” which was nominated for an “ACE” award as well as composed and recorded the original music for “A Tango for Tita” a children’s tango musical. dMr. Najt is the Ballet Pianist for the Astoria Fine Arts Center and the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. Recently, during the summer of 2013, he performed with the Forever Tango Show at the Kerr Theatre on Broadway.
Wendy Zoffer, flute-Originally from Montreal, Wendy is a versatile flautist and vocalist. She is often featured at Grounds for Sculpture and Princeton University Events, The Governor’s Mansion, and numerous hotels, clubs, and venues in the New Jersey/New York/Philadelphia metropolitan areas. Ms. Zoffer is also lucky to have worked with notable jazz musicians such as Richie Cole, Glen McClelland (Ween/Blood, Sweat & Tears), Gerry Hemingway, Gary Oleyar (Loggins & Messina) and Gary Mazzaroppi. She is featured as a vocalist and flautist with Z Jazz Group which is available for bookings everywhere. Her CD, Bird of Beauty, includes jazz standards, blues, sambas, and swing. Wendy’s Children’s CD Sing Me a Day, includes her singing 12 of her original folk songs for young children. Both CDs are for sale at the Princeton Record Exchange and online at Amazon and CDbaby.com. As the Founder/Director of the respected company, Princeton Music Connection, Wendy books the best live bands, DJs, classical, and jazz, for weddings, parties, and corporate events in the New York Metropolitan Area and nationally. Ms. Zoffer is honored and excited about playing with Prince Tango since dancing Tango is one of her favorite passions.

Thursday June 26th – Anton and Jody Teach & Lead Practica

8:00 PM – An all level class (beginners are welcome) Fundamentals of Tango.
8:45 Intermediate class will feature Milonga con Traspié
9:45 – 11:45 – Practica, food, socializing in cozy club atmosphere.

Location is Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton.
Large and beautiful dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance.
Partner is not necessary.
Cost $15

Directions and Details at http://www.VivaTango.org

Sunday June 29th – Milonga with Live Music by Prince Tango

6 – 9 PM – Live Music, food, socializing in cozy club atmosphere.

Location is Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton.
Large and beautiful dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance.
Partner is not necessary.
Cost $15

Are You in this Picture from Last Thursday?? Be in the Picture This Week!!

Beginner Series
Princeton Tango Club will hold a 6 week progressive beginners series of classes beginning this Monday June 23rd starting at 7 PM in the Carl Field Center on Princeton Campus. For details go to http://www.princeton.edu/~tango/

1. Richard Council teaching Elegant Movement Fundamentals and Switching Spaces – creating sharp and dynamic rotations in very little space.
2. Grace Stanley author of “The Healing Dance” will be at VivaTango
3. Food by Mercedes
4. Your Friends will all be at VivaTango Tonight

8:00 PM – An all level class (beginners are welcome) Richard’s lesson will be Elegant Movement down Line of Dance.
8:45 Intermediate class: Less will teach Switching Spaces – how to create sharp and dynamic rotations in very little space.
9:45 – 11:45 – Practica, Food, Socializing in cozy club atmosphere.

Location is Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton.
Large and beautiful dance floor with off-street parking at the entrance.
Partner is not necessary.
Cost $15

HOLD THE DATE SUNDAY JUNE 29TH VivaTango will hold a milonga with live music to dance to. Dancing from 6 to 9 PM at the Suzanne Patterson Building

Bio: Richard Council began dancing tango in 2001 and has since taught and performed on stage and television throughout the United States and abroad. In 2003 he, with partner Colette Hebert, won the US IDO Argentine Tango Championships in Miami, Florida. They were finalists in the Tango Salon division and semi-finalists in the Stage Performance division of the World Championships held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2005. He has been an invited performer on the Susana Gimenez Show in Argentina, the Tango Libertad Festival in Japan and many milongas and theaters in those countries as well as all over the United States. He has taught and performed at the Portland Tango festivals a number of times. In addition to performing with Hebert in the short film “The Heart of Tango” he has also had the pleasure to share the stage with company members of Tango X 2, Forever Tango, Tango Fire, Tango Argentino and more.

Richard’s reputation as a tango dancer and educator has begun to spread to more and more cities around the United States. He makes every effort to break concepts down into a manageable yet sophisticated vocabulary encouraging others to dance to their fullest potential and with their own voice. He is appreciated for his elegant approach to tango and the clear and precise methodology of his teaching. Richard continues to sharpen his skills as a dancer and teacher so that he might educate others in the rich language that is Argentine Tango.