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Tango Vals Lesson was Popular: 40+ Dancers in the class and 60+ Dancers at the Practica

18 Sunday May 2014

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Some of the 40+ Dancers at Vals Lesson

Some of the 40+ Dancers at Vals Lesson

If you were not at Viva Tango this past Thursday you missed a fantastic lesson. Antón Gazenbeek, together with Jody Person taught Tango Vals in the Criollo sytle to the 40+ dancers who came for the lesson.This is one of their specialities for which they have a worldwide reputation. The lesson was followed by the Practica which had 60+ dancers who were dancing the entire evening. The food and beverage tables had the lots of healthy choices including Kerry’s homemade pasta. The sweets included Joanne’s homemade a cake and brownies.

The Vals Criollo masters will return this coming Thursday, May 22 to teach additional Vals Criollo skills and steps. At the conclusion of this week’s lesson Anton and Jody will do a performance of Tango Vals. The photo above shows some of the 40+ dancers who participated in the lessons. Vals Criollo, the Argentine form of tango vals, is a beautiful, fun and joyous dance. The Viva Tango classes this Thursday will focus on the fundamental concepts, the structural secrets and musicality of vals. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to learn this beautiful dance from these masters.

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8:00 PM – All level class (beginners are welcome) Fundamentals of Tango Vals.

8:45 Intermediate class: Secrets and musicality of Tango Vals.

Performance of Tango Vals after the lesson by Anton and Jody

9:30 – Midnight – Practica, food, socializing in cozy club atmosphere.

Location is Suzanne Patterson Building at 45 Stockton St, Princeton. Large and beautiful dance floor.

Plenty of parking near the door.

Partner is not necessary.

Cost $15

 

 

 

Thursday, 5/15 – Anton Gazenbeek Y Jody Are Back

09 Friday May 2014

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Anton Gazenbeek and Jody are back, Thursday, May 15.

This young, hardest working Tango instructor, performer, historian is coming back and will teach with his partner Jody:
8:00 PM – An all level class (beginners are welcome) on tango de Salón in the style of Maestro Antonio Todaro.
8:45 Intermediate class.
9:30 – Midnight – Practica, food, socializing in the cozy, best dancing floor from here @ Suzanne Patterson (45 Stockton St, Princeton) to Buenos Aires.
Plenty of parking near the door. Partner is not necessary.

Anton Gazenbeek and Jody @ Viva Tango Inc.

Anton Gazenbeek

Today, Thursday, April 10th ** Vittoria and Guillermo

10 Thursday Apr 2014

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Vittoria and Guillermo will come back to Viva Tango Inc., TODAY, Thursday, April 10th.

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This week’s all levels class will emphasize, as usual on the all important Fundamentals.

Today, Thursday, April 10th:
8-8:45 PM all level fundamentals class (beginners are welcome).
This a great class to brush the dust off those basics and warm up.

8:45–9:30 Intermediate class. Teaching an old milonguero’s figure: simple turn with parada, a fundamentally simple move for the dance floor, applicable to different orchestras by changing the tempo.

9:30–11:30, practica, food, and socializing. No partner necessary.

Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. $15. 

 

Today, Thursday 2/20 – Pablo and Iwona Teaching with Peace DJing

20 Thursday Feb 2014

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There are several things to celebrate. The bitter cold is gone, the snow is finally melting and Team USA is doing great in Sochi especially Meryl Davis and Charlie White capturing USA’s first Olympic gold medal in Ice Dancing.  So come to Viva Tango Inc’s dance floor and dance for joy!

Today, Thursday 2/20, 8:30 PM @ Suzanne Patterson
Pablo and Iwona will be at Viva Tango Inc. teaching musicality; dancing to various tango music styles.
Pablo (1)

A special guest Peace of PU Tango Club; will be DJing.

Viva Tango has New Start Time 8:30 – Join the Crowd again this Thursday

09 Sunday Feb 2014

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Viva Tango has been having 50+ dancers this winter. Our dance floor can hold a lot more without crowding. Join again this week or if you have not been here recently please come and enjoy the evening with us. We will be entering a two month period of 8:30 PM start times. Which is about the time most of you arrive anyway – Fashionable hour for nightclub dancing!

2012 FebruaryLast week leaders outnumbered followers again. So ladies please come this week. In recognition of Valentine’s Day each lady will get a rose this week.

What better way is there to usher in Valentine’s Day than to dance La Cumparsita at the stroke of Midnight on Valentine’s Day eve. Wear Red!

The evening will begin with a one hour intermediate tango class by Vittoria and Guillermo. They will teach us how to make your partner feel like they are dancing on a cloud. This lesson will be followed by open dancing in Viva’s night club atmosphere. Food and refreshments are available. Beginners are always welcome – experienced dancers will be happy to dance with you during the open dancing at your level and give you some help. Non-dancers are welcome to come enjoy the atmosphere, socialization, and food.

Thursday, Feb 13: 8:30-9:30 PM – Intermediate class led by Vittoria and Guillermo

9:30–Midnight, practica, food, and socializing. No partner necessary. Beginners and non-dancers welcome. Welcome in Valentine’s Day at Midnight.

Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. $15.

See  www.VivaTango.org for details

 

NOTE THE NEW START TIME

Come to Viva Tango and Welcome Vittoria and Guillermo’s Return

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Take advantage of the break in weather and come dance this Thursday at Viva Tango’s great dance floor, see your friends and meet new ones. This week’s all levels class will emphasize fundamentals: and a variation including a Double Sacada with a Suspension will be taught at the intermediate class.

 

Thursday, Feb 6: 8-8:45 PM all level fundamentals class (beginners are welcome).

8:45–9:30 Intermediate class on Double Sacada with a Suspension

9:30–11:30, practica, food, and socializing. No partner necessary.

Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. $15.

 

See  www.VivaTango.org for details

The HOTTEST Tango Instructor is at Viva Tango Tonight

30 Thursday Jan 2014

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Anton Gazenbeek

The Boston Globe says “His dance is fiery, sexy, & spectacular”.  Argentina’s national newspaper, Clarín, says he “extracts the meat of Tango like an expert”. He is Anton Gazenbeek, the guest instructor at Viva Tango tonight, Thursday January 30th.

Anton will teach the all level class tonight and the intermediate class. The class will focus on the Tango Salón style of Maestro Antonio Todaro. The classes will be followed by a guided práctica and dancing to music by Anton’s DJing.

It may be cold outside, so come to Viva Tango for the heat and passion you need to survive this winter! Fortunately, there is no snow in the forecast.

Thursday, Jan 30: 8-8:45 PM all levels class (beginners are welcome).

8:45–9:30 Intermediate lesson.

9:30–11:30, practica, food, and socializing. No partner necessary.

Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. $15

See  www.VivaTango.org for details

 

Anton Gazenbeek at VivaTango Thursday Jan 30

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Last week was another great tango event with over 50 dancers. Are you in the photo below? If not be sure to come this week to see Anton Gazenbeek.
VivaThe following links will take you to Anton’s Web Page with bio and videos. The second link gives a more extensive outline of his many accomplishments:

http://www.antontango.net/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3n_Gazenbeek

Anton Gazenbeek

Anton Gazenbeek moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2003 to carry out research for a series of books and documentaries he was writing. During his early time there, he was discovered by Graciela Cabrera, a famed choreographer and began to perform nightly at the many tango show houses in the city, becoming the only foreigner at that time to ever have done so. When the famed dance couple Carlos Copello and Alicia Monti separated after 18 years of partnership, Antón was called in as Carlos’ replacement and the couple performed with Horacio Salgán, Alberto Podestá (es), Ubaldo de Lío (es) and Ariel Ardit as well as conducted numerous tours to China, Japan, Korea and the United States.

Upon the completion of his partnership with Alicia Monti, Gazenbeek formed a dance couple with the young dancer Natalie Laruccia with whom he toured North America and Asia and gave countless performances across Argentina. Performances at Lincoln Center and on television followed including a special presentation at the World Tango Festival which was an unprecedented success.

Mr. Gazenbeek has performed at all the major tango show houses and milongas in Buenos Aires as well as on tour in Europe, Asia, and the United States where he frequently performs with world-renowned symphony orchestras. He has partnered with some of the top female tango dancers in the world including Guillermina Quiroga, Johana Copes, Alicia Monti, Susana Rojo, Carolina Jaurena, Carina Losano, and Annatina Luck. In addition to performing with these professional dancers, Antón has performed with Margarita Guillé, Ofelia Rosito, and Nina Balbuena all three of whom are referred to as the “royalty of tango” in Buenos Aires. He specializes in the style of Antonio Todaro, is the only surving proponent of authentic Tango al Revés in the world and a master of all the styles of Argentine Tango from Canyengue and Orillero to the modern styles of today.

 

Thursday, Jan 30: 8-8:45 PM all level class (beginners are welcome). 8:45–9:30 Intermediate. 9:30–11:30, practica, food, and socializing. No partner necessary.

Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. $15.

Today, Thursday, Jan 16 – Lesley Mitchell

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Were you one of the 50+ tangueros @ Viva last Thursday? Stop (parada) by and have a sandwitch (sanguichito) with us (below).

Viva Tango inc. welcomes the lovely Lesley Mitchell today, Thursday, who will teach Tango paradas and sanguichitos.

Lesley (see pic below) and her husband Kelly Ray need no introduction to our veteran tangueros. For sake of our new patrons, they have been a Philadelphia Tango icons for a long time. More info. @ http://www.dancephiladelphia.com/.

This coming Thursday, January 16:
8-8:45 PM all level class (beginners are welcome).
8:45–9:30 Intermediate.
9:30 –Midnight, practica, food, and socializing. No partner necessary.
Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. $15.

Lesley

Today, Thursday, 12/12 – New Year Eve Milonga – Tuesday, December 31st @ Susanne Patterson

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Today, Thursday, December 12, Viva Tango Inc. will have our resident Argentine Tango teachers, Iwona Ionescu and Pablo Garcia Gomez, who will teach and DJ.

Please join us. Doors open at 8 PM. At 8:30 we’ll have 1 hour intermediate level class, and then practica, food and socializing. No partner is necessary for $12. Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton, NJ.

Coming Events:

Thursday, Dec 19 – Live Music Holiday Milonga with Emilio Teubal on piano and Ariel on Bandoneon – Great Tanguero duo, holiday food and spirit Dress for milonga dancing

Tuesday, December 31 – Milonga New Year Eve Extravaganza.

 Live Music with pianist Maurizio Najt

 Tell your friends and start making your plans and register via vivatango.org Paypal menu tab or
at Viva’s Practica on Thursdays December 12 and 19 

Gentlemen: If you’ve got a tuxedo, dust it off.
Ladies: Start shopping your closet for your most glamorous, glitziest outfit.
Pricing will be $25 per person until December 24,
$30 per person from December 25 through December 30
and $35 at the door.
The sooner you commit, the happier and readier we’ll be.
Put it on your calendar now. Tuesday, December 31,
9 to 1, Viva’s New Year’s Eve Milonga Extravaganza.