This is your only chance to dance with us next week. Viva Tango will be closed on Thursday, February 16th.
Your only chance to dance with Viva next week
11 Saturday Feb 2012
Posted in Tango
Tag Archives: Argentine tango
It’s not the 4th of July
09 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted in Tango
Tags
Argentine tango, dance lessons, Philadelphia, Princeton, Romance, Tusk Restaurant, Valentine's Day, VivaTango
But we’ll have pinwheels tonight anyhow, thanks to Lesley Mitchell. She’s teaching rocking turns from backward ochos – pinwheels, if you will. You don’t want to miss this. Lesley’s going to keep at it until every last one of us perfects that rocking step! It’s all happening tonight at 8 pm at the Suzanne Patterson Center.
Here’s another thing you don’t want to miss:
My Funny Valentine Milonga next Tuesday at
We really want you to be our Valentine.
And finally here’s something you will miss – There will be no Viva Tango Practica next Thursday, February 16th. We’re giving our all to love on Tuesday, Valentine’s Day. We’ll just be pooped out on Thursday.
And the losers are…
07 Tuesday Feb 2012
Drum-roll, please. We know you’ve had your Oscar nomination in hand for weeks now. We know you’ve been working on your acceptance speech. And we also know Meryl Streep is going to win anyhow. So predictable. That got us to thinking; It’s usually the losers who are more interesting, more provocative, more fun.
Naturally we concluded you’d like to see the losers in our Valentine’s Day Milonga naming contest. Some of them really deserved their nominations:
-
I’m Never Dating Again Milonga
-
Droopy Red Rose Milonga
-
Stupid Cupid Milonga
-
Love’s a Bore Milonga
-
Wish You Were Elsewhere Milonga
-
The Valentine Blahs Milonga
-
Lost Love Milonga
-
I Hate Valentine’s Day Milonga
That should help clarify exactly what your own position is. Whether you love it, hate it, or feel supremely indifferent to Valentine’s Day, you don’t want to miss the fun we’ll be having at My Funny Valentine Milonga next Tuesday at the beautiful Tusk Restaurant. Romantic music, good dancers, bar service, all excellent reasons to join us at 8. You might even be the target of one of Cupid’s stray arrows.
Just remember to thank us in your acceptance speech.
Don’t cry for me Argentina
06 Monday Feb 2012
Posted in Tango
Tags
Argentine tango, dance, dance lessons, Philadelphia, Princeton, Romance, Tango Lessons, Tusk Restaurant, Valentine's Day, VivaTango
In fact, smile, because Lesley Mtchell says “This is our 20th year of teaching tango and I’m still enthralled. Thank you Argentina!” Lesley has lived in Buenos Aires, speaks Spanish fluently, knows where to buy the best custom made tango shoes, can spot a Malbec at 50 paces, and knows who dances at which milongas each night in BsAs. That’s cultural immersion, a Norteamericana by birth, a Porteña at heart.
Lesley will be back at Viva this Thursday at 8 with a lesson in pinwheel turns (not molinetes.) You’ll be saying muy gracias before the night is out and smiling too.
And here’s another reason to smile: You’re just a week and a day away from My Funny Valentine Milonga at the beautiful Tusk Restaurant.
This is turning out to be a very warm, smiley winter, don’t you think?
No one’s in the kitchen with Nelly
02 Thursday Feb 2012
Posted in Tango
She’s in there all alone, so you know the food’s going to be good.
We’ve got Vittoria and Guillermo (Porteño?: √.) We’ve got voleos (Tango?: √.) We’ve got Villa Urquiza (Style?: √.) We’ve got Nelly’s food (Delicious?: √.)
All we need to make the evening great is you (Photogenic?: √.)
 |
| January 26, 2012 |
Join us at the Suzanne Patterson Center tonight at 8 pm to start practicing your tango moves for Valentine’s Day.
My Funny Valentine Milonga
31 Tuesday Jan 2012
Posted in Tango
Kick up your heels
30 Monday Jan 2012
Posted in Tango
Tags
Argentine tango, dance lessons, Princeton, Tango Lessons, Tusk Restaurant, Valentine's Day, VivaTango
That’s what you’ll need to do when Vittoria and Guillermo return this week. These dancing professionals have spent 10 years perfecting the art of Argentine tango on stage and off. They’ve suspected from the beginning that it would come down to two things: Villa Urquiza and voleos. And it has. This Thursday they’ll be teaching a turn with voleos in their Villa Urquiza style. If you need a Villa Urquiza refresher, here’s Hiroshi and Kyoko, the 2010 Mundial Champions, dancing in that style:
If you need a voleo refresher, it’s that kick that can be lethal if done incorrectly or led badly. It’s also that kick that looks extremely inelegant if you don’t get your heel and toe in exactly the right position. You’ll want to come to SPC at 8 on Thursday to get this right. The future of tango depends on it.
And while we’re talking about the future, don’t forget the beautiful one we have planned for you, our (anti?) Valentine’s Day Milonga at Tusk Restaurant. If you were hoping to eat at Tusk before the milonga, better call right away, 908 829-3417.
Spin the bottle, wheel, pin, instructor
19 Thursday Jan 2012
We’ve got a surprise for you tonight. In fact, we’ve got a surprise for us tonight. A surprise instructor.
Well, maybe not that much of a surprise. We’ve narrowed it down to two of the best instructors we could possibly have, Lesley Mitchell or Kelly Ray. Lesley and Kelly have been teaching tango in Philadelphia for 20 years, are hosts of Philadelphia’s original weekly milonga, and will be among the hosts for this Saturday’s Unity Milonga. If you know a good dancer from Philly, you can be sure they’ve taken lessons with Lesley and Kelly.
Both are clear and precise in their instruction. That’s a good thing because tonight’s topic is pinwheel turns from back ochos (that’s a molinete to you advanced tangueros) and rocking turns. You’ll be spinning before you know it, and doing it right.
Come be surprised and spin with us tonight – 8 pm at the Suzanne Patterson Center. Admission $12, $5 for students.
Start swooning now
02 Monday Jan 2012
Posted in Tango
Villa Urquiza is a barrio of Buenos Aires, famed for its Sunderland Club and for the Villa Urquiza style of tango with its smooth, elegant, precise walk. This week our instructor is Marcelo “Chulo” Manfredi, a Villa Urquiza native. We’re thinking everyone is going to be a lot suaver when he’s done. You’ll have to come to SPC Thursday at 8 p.m. so you don’t miss out. We will have smelling salts available if you’re overcome with it all or just that charmed by Chulo. It could definitely happen.
Thanks to everyone who turned out for our Holiday Milonga. It was a perfect evening with beautiful music, scrumptious food, festive decor and wonderful people. Yes, that means you! See for yourself in this week’s Picasa album. It went so well we’re going to see if we can do that milonga trick again soon.
Viva Tango Inc. 