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Wonders never cease and we start at 8 this week

02 Monday Apr 2012

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Lesley Mitchell‘s magic is working. There is a man (who shall remain nameless, but he’s closely associated with Viva) who did a milonga for the first time. Successfully! You had to see it to believe it. Lesley will be back at SPC this Thursday to continue transforming the left-footed into the fleet-footed. Practica starts at 8, lesson at 9. This is working so well that we’ve asked Lesley to come back next week too, when we return to the 9:15 start time for another three weeks.

We’ve been hoarding pictures all month. We could say the dog ate them, but… Only a few are slightly pre-chewed.  See the Picasa album here.

Don’t forget our first Saturday milonga is coming up April 14th at All Saints Church. It will include a Meetup for members of the Tango Meetup Group and a Beginners Lesson by Lou Becerra of Central Jersey Dance Society for people who have not taken tango lessons before.

You’ll do a milonga to a milonga at a milonga

29 Thursday Mar 2012

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If you understand that sentence,  you’ve already passed the entrance requirements for Milonga University. Distinguished Professor  Lesley Mitchell will be on hand tonight – 9:15 at the Suzanne Paterson Center – to conduct a further symposium in the uses, abuses, derivations and applications of milonga steps, milonga music and navigating your way around a crowded milonga dance floor.

If all your teachers had been this good, you’d have multiple PhD’s by now.

Join us for an evening of fun with tango, great snacks and nice people. By the time we pass out the Blue Books, you’ll be ready to ace the whole milonga thing.

And speaking of milongas, we’re going to have one! Our  Milonga Magnolia will be on Saturday, April 14th  with the live music of  Emmanuel Trifilio  on bandoneon. Save the date.

You’re not too late, just a little tardy

26 Monday Mar 2012

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There’s still time to learn how to milonga. Lesley Mitchell  gives the second in her trio of milonga lessons this Thursday in SPC at 9:15 pm.  

You’re not having real fun on the tango dance floor until you can milonga. And, according to verytango.com, you’re not doing the real tango. (See their interesting article on the African and Cuban origins of milonga here.) We don’t want you wishing you coulda, shoulda, woulda. Life is too short for regrets. The only solution is to come on over and benefit from Lesley’s superb teaching.

The reason you need to milonga?  We’re going to have a milonga! Our plans will be firmed up in the next few days but it looks like Viva will be starting a monthly milonga  on the  second Saturday  of each month. The inaugural will be April 14th.

You wouldn’t want to go to a milonga and not milonga, would you?

The wearing of the green is optional

15 Thursday Mar 2012

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But we hope you’ll bring along all the shamrocks, Leprechauns and tangueros you’ve got on hand. A little wine wouldn’t hurt either.

That’s tonight 9:15 to 12:15 at SPC.

March madness is upon us

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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Ours just has nothing to do with basketball. Ours has to do with milonga.

  • Milonga – the dance, is the most fun you can have on the dance floor.
  • Milonga – the music, is the happiest, most upbeat of tango music.
  • Milonga – the social event, is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow as long as we’re talking about March, madness, St. Paddy’s and little green men.

We are simply mad for milonga. We want you to be too. And you will be when you’re good at it. So here’s the plan:

Come to SPC at 9:15 tonight for Chulo’s milonga lesson. Chulo will cover the basics of movement, slowing down to recover your steps in time and the proper body mechanics for milonga.

Come to  our St. Paddy’s Milonga next Thursday. See? The end of the rainbow is just over the horizon.

Come to our 3 week milonga lesson series starting March 22nd.

When you do all that, it’s a slam dunk that you’ll be dancing milonga like a pro.

March came in like a lamb

05 Monday Mar 2012

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We’re going to right that wrong and make sure you go out like a lion. We’ve got things planned for you.

Thing 1:  An introduction to milonga. ChuLo returns this Thursday at 9:15 with a lesson designed to convince you that milonga is not too fast for you. He’ll demonstrate the body mechanics needed to move less and recover in time for your next step.

Thing 2:  An actual milonga, our St. Paddy’s Milonga, Thursday, March 15 – music, dancing, food, fun. No lesson, no announcements, no bright fluorescent lights.

Thing 3:  More milonga.  On March 22 we start a 3 week series of lessons in milonga steps. We’re serious about this milonga thing because it’s the most fun tango dance.

There. You’ll certainly have no reason to say this is the mildest March you can remember.

Where to dance this weekend

26 Thursday Jan 2012

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FRIDAY______________________________________

Lesley and Kelly’s lesson and milonga at Buttonwood in Philadelphia, PA. info

Mate Amargo lesson and milonga, Highland Park, NJ. info

SATURDAY____________________________________

Acropolis Milonga, Lafayette Grill, NYC. The National Tango Champions of Greece perform at the milonga after their workshop. info

Milonga del Corazon, Sea Girt, NJ. Vittoria and Guillermo teach before the milonga.  info

Milonga Melodia lesson and milonga, Lambertville, NJ. info

Milonga Qilombo, lesson and milonga, Philadelphia, PA. info

SUNDAY_______________________________________

Acropolis Milonga, Lafayette Grill, NYC. Anais Haven & Alfredo Melendez perform. info

Collegeville lesson and milonga, Wayne, PA. info

Start swooning now

02 Monday Jan 2012

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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.