01 Thursday Mar 2012
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If you don’t cha-cha over to Viva tonight to check out his lesson on sacadas.
That’s tonight at 9:15 pm. Join us at the Suzanne Patterson Center for a great lesson, good food, good fun.
You can’t say no to a face like that, can you?
27 Monday Feb 2012
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But in a good way if ChuLo has anything to say about it. Marcelo Manfredi, but you can call him ChuLo, returns to Viva Tango this week with a lesson in sacadas (Spanish for displacement.)
ChuLo is gong to show us how to use ochos to maximize the dynamic in our dance and he’s going to unravel the mystery of those sacadas. That’s this Thursday at 9:15 pm.
We couldn’t help but notice that last week when Angeles started playing the Guardia Vieja, several of you who were on your way home came back and started dancing again. We liked that! So if you want to keep dancing, we’ll keep on playing music. There. Take that. And while you’re at it, if you’d like to bring a bottle of wine to share, please do.
16 Thursday Feb 2012
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Buttonwood, Lesley and Kelly’s lesson and milonga, Philadelphia, PA info
El Besito Milonga, live music and lesson, Marlton, NJ info
Tangazo, CJDS’s monthly lesson and milonga, Princeton, NJ info
Buttonwood, Milonga en Casa, potluck dinner milonga, Philadelphia, PA info
Collegeville Milonga, lesson and milonga, Wayne, PA info
Milonga Sentimental, Atrium Studio, Pennsauken, NJ info
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11 Saturday Feb 2012
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This is your only chance to dance with us next week. Viva Tango will be closed on Thursday, February 16th.
09 Thursday Feb 2012
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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.
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:
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.
06 Monday Feb 2012
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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?
02 Thursday Feb 2012
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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?: √.)
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Join us at the Suzanne Patterson Center tonight at 8 pm to start practicing your tango moves for Valentine’s Day.
31 Tuesday Jan 2012
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30 Monday Jan 2012
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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.
Viva Tango Inc. 