ChuLo will sweep you away

31 Thursday May 2012

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Right after he puts you on the merry-go-round.  Tonight’s lesson is about calesitas and planeos, two moves that will let the beautiful tanguera in your arms shine. And Marcelo ChuLo Manfredi will provide the polish. It’s 8 o’clock tonight at SPC. Admission is $12 or $5 for students with ID.

We’ve added several more pictures to the album from Monday.

May 24, 2012

If you didn’t see yourself there before, you’re there now.

Mark your calendars for our next milonga – Saturday, June 30 at All Saints. That’s the night Viva will  sweep you away. We’re into this sweeping thing, but rest assured, there’s no housework involved. 

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We’re commemorating everything

28 Monday May 2012

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We’ve got  birthday pictures from last week, merry-go-rounds and pivoting sweeps for this week and a milonga coming up on June 30th. Summer’s off to a good start.

Join us Thursday at 8 for ChuLo‘s lesson on calesitas and planeos, two very flashy moves that will make your tango look ready for prime time. That’s at SPC. Admission $12 or $5 for students with ID.

May 24, 2012

If you would like to have a birthday dance at a practica, please let us know. On the other hand, if you’d like one of your friends to have a birthday dance, it’s probably a good idea to let them know, or you may be in for an unanticipated planeo or two. One way or another someone will be memorialized.

Oh, you know where this is leading…We wish you a Happy Memorial Day!

Fly in 3/4 time

24 Thursday May 2012

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No, this isn’t an airline advertisement. It’s ChuLo’s description of the joys of doing the Argentine vals – flying with a dreamy feeling. To make it dreamier still, Marcelo ChuLo Manfredi will be teaching some nice flowingcombinations tonight, including turns and sacadas, all in 3/4 time, of course.  If your vals is anything less than airborne, you need to take this class. That’s tonight at 8 o’clock at the Suzanne Patterson Center.

We’ll also have a birthday dance (shhh…it’s a secret) but we won’t be divulging how many frequent flyer miles the birthday person has accumulated.

If you haven’t done so already, mark your calendar for Viva Tango’s next milonga, Saturday June 30th at All Saints.

That completes our flight plan for today.

 

Waltz away dreaming

21 Monday May 2012

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No, not with George Michael.  We’ve got someone better – ChuLo. Marcelo Manfredi  will teach vals turns and sacadas  Thursday at 8, thereby inducing a dreamy feeling in all.

We’ve also got some dreamy photos (OK, maybe nightmarish) from last week and a few stragglers from prior weeks. Very impressionistic. Or not. Several of them are action photos shot in the dark by our (umm, how shall we say?) sight-challenged photographers. See them here.

Finally, we’re dreaming of our next milonga. It will be Saturday, June 30 at All Saints.

Start practicing with us this Thursday, May 24 at SPC. Until then, sweet dreams to you.

Getcha ganchos here

17 Thursday May 2012

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Special this week ChuLo is offering mini ones for $12 – small, easy and ready to use on the crowded dance floor. 

Join us at 8 o’clock tonight at SPC when Marcelo “ChuLo” Manfredi  will demonstrate how to make those ganchos sharp, clean and effective. If you’re not getting that satisfying knee lock thunk when you or your partner kicks, your ganchos probably need some guidance.

Once you’ve worked on your kicks, you can kick back and enjoy some tasty snacks, some good music, and lots of nice people who want to tango with you and will probably let you practice those ganchos!

That was one good party

14 Monday May 2012

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We had a great time. Spectacular live music, great food, lots of very good dancers (foremost among them Pennsylvanians Edilia, Fanny and Ted), great energy.  It’s starting to feel like a real Buenos Aires milonga. When 50 or 60 people are swirling around the dance floor, you can start to believe for a moment that you’ve been transported to Argentina.

Special thanks to Pablo Mosteiro Romero for a wonderful performance and to Central Jersey Dance Society for their help and support.

We were having so much fun we forgot to take pictures. These three are it. But there is a video of Pablo’s performance on Facebook which you can see here.

Join us this Thursday at 8 o’clock for a lesson by Marcelo ChuLo Manfredi. ChuLo is   going to do his best to make you think you’re always at a milonga in Buenos Aires. And it’s definitely time to start practicing for our next milonga.

Live music on Thursday

08 Tuesday May 2012

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Pablo Mosteiro Romero will be performing at Viva on Thursday May 10 at our May Milonga. Pablo is a composer, a pianist and a singer. This very talented artist is also the creator and host of Death of Tango, a Saturday evening (6-8pm) radio show on WPRB 103.3FM.

Pablo’s tango immersion will be evident when you see him perform. He plays tango on the radio, plays tango on the piano, sings tango, composes tango and even dances tango. You don’t want to miss this.

Join us Thursday at 8 at the Suzanne Patterson Center where you can see at least three, and probably four, of Pablo’s talents on display.

Refreshments will be provided but please feel free to bring a bottle of wine to share.

Admission $15, $7 for students with ID

Throw your weight around at 8

03 Thursday May 2012

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Throw your weight around with us, tonight at 8 o’clock. Vittoria and Guillermo will teach a turn with a triple weight change. Nobody does it better.

This comes in handy quite a lot, particularly if you’re inclined to vals. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – If a man can get the embrace and the weight changes right, he’s halfway to being every woman’s dream tanguero. Let Vittoria and Guillermo show you how tonight at SPC, 8 pm. Admission $12, $5 for students with ID.

Viva has been unable to obtain any space for a Saturday milonga in May. We’re not letting that stop us, however. Next Thursday, May 10, we’re having our May milonga at SPC. It will be such a special  night you’ll think you’ve already made it to the weekend.

There will be live music by Princeton’s own Pablo Mosteiro Romero, creator and host of The Death of Tango on 103.3 FM. Wait until you hear Pablo sing and play the piano! You can do that while you’re nibbling on Nelly’s scrumptious food, sipping a glass of wine and dancing tango. We think that perfectly completes all the ingredients you need for a heavenly Thursday.