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"If he can dance in harmony with his
partner then he is an excellent dancer."
- Pablo Veron
IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY
YESTERDAY that Roberto Herrera and Tamara Bisceglia were in
Sydney. It was wonderful to have them here, and as well as offering some
great workshops and performances, they were great fun at our Milongas,
both dancing with many of the local aficionados, which was a treat for
those involved! We wish them every success in their Tango travels.
Scenes from Roberto and
Tamara’s workshops.
"Many thanks for the
highly enthusiastic and valuable week with Roberto and Tamara… A time to
remember and build upon!" -
Nick Ilea
Thanks to everyone
who turned up to the Outdoor Milonga at Kellett Place in Kings Cross on
Sunday 26th November. It was a fabulous night, which attracted a great
turn-out of enthusiastic dancers and spectators. Many thanks to the
people who performed with us on the night: Antonio Gomez (Tango singer
from Buenos Aires) Ingo Michehl (flautist & composer from Munich) and
dancers -Nelson (Uruguay) and Sarita Alvarez (Argentina), Craig Petersen
(from Sydney) and his partner Jane (Brisbane).
Tango in the Cross (Source: Undercover
Paparazzi).
We’re hosting another Open Air Milonga at Kellett Place on Thursday, 25th
January 2007 (the eve of Australia Day!).
And we’re hosting an 'End of
Year Outdoor Milonga' on Boxing Day, Tuesday,
26 December at our favourite Café in Darlinghurst – the recently opened
Café Hernandez in No.1 Burton Street. (Our Tuesday Milonga at Rose Bay will
not be on that night).
And this Saturday, 2nd December it’s our
Christmas Masquerade Milonga
at Club Rose Bay! You’re all warmly invited, including people who are
new to Tango (cover includes a FREE introductory Tango lesson at 7.30pm).
Further ahead, we have just confirmed that one of our favourite teachers
Ney Melo from New York City has agreed to run some workshops in Sydney
in the first week of February 2007! Ney will be accompanied by his
partner, the very talented Jennifer Bratt. Details on the workshops will
be out soon. Their website is
www.neymelo.com
Read on for more details of our upcoming Tango Events and
Courses...
Next dates for your
Sydney Calendar . . .
Saturday, 2/12/06
- Christmas Milonga, Club Rose Bay, New South Head Rd, 7.30pm – 1am
Tuesday 26/12/06 - Boxing Day Outdoor Milonga, 1 Burton St,
Darlinghurst
Thursday 25/1/06 - Outdoor Milonga, Kellett Place, Kings Cross (cnr.
Rosalyn St and Ward Ave) FREE beginners lesson (for complete beginners)
6.30pm – 7.30pm, Milonga 7.30pm – 10pm
NEWS FLASH:
GOTAN PROJECT in Sydney March 2007 live at the Sydney Opera House! More
details out soon.
Celebrate the
Festive Season, Tango style at our…
ChristMas Masquerade MiloNga . . .
Saturday, 2nd December,
7.30pm – 1am
Club Rose Bay, New South Head Road (Cnr Vickery Avenue)
 DON A MASK and
DRESS TO SUIT THE MASK... elegant, sexy, comic, outrageous, whatever takes your fancy. PRIZES for best dressed! Delicious gourmet
dessert cake (served with tea and coffee). Lucky door prizes and more…
Cover Charge:
Earlybird $15 (paid prior to the night) On the night $18.- Cover charge
includes beginners Tango lesson at 7.30pm (suitable for complete
beginners).
Earlybirds can WIN Dinner for Two at 'Café
Hernandez' in Burton St, Darlinghurst! When you pre-pay your ticket, you
automatically enter the lucky draw that will be drawn on the night.
As many of you know, the original Café Hernandez in Potts Point (60
Kings Cross Road) is a popular 'Apres Tango' hang-out. A second Café
Hernandez has recently opened in Darlinghurst. It is licensed, has
delicious food and a spacious outdoor area for dancing. It's the venue
for our Boxing Day Outdoor Milonga . . .
BoxiNg
Day MiloNga . . .
Tuesday, 26th December, 7.15pm – 12am
Café Hernandez Restaurant, No.1 Burton Street, Darlinghurst (just
meters away from Oxford Street)
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Background Tango
inspired music for dining: 7.15pm – 8.30pm. Outdoor Milonga: 8.30pm –
12am. Beautiful courtyard for dancing in front of Café Hernandez.
(Provisions for indoor dancing if it's raining.)
Café Hernandez has organised a special Dinner Deal for Tango Lovers
and friends: Choice of 10 delicious Spanish tapas, bread, salad and
sangria (the best in town!) - $30.- Vegetarian tapas available. Children
under 12: $10.- Dinner will be served at 7.30pm.
Dress code: Elegant. Free coffee and dessert for best dressed!
This deal is only available if booked and paid for by 20th December.
Seating for dining is strictly limited. So please book early to ensure
your place. Bookings: Sophia 0411 747 949 or 9386 4289.
*Please note that the Milonga at Club Rose Bay will be closed that
night.
TANGO
HAS BEEN GETTING SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION
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Arianne & Carmello |
...from prime time TV lately. Channel 9’s A Current Affair
included a segment of Sophia and Pedro tangoing (on a segment about “the
sexiest jobs”).
Channel 7’s contestants Arianne Caoilli and Carmelo Pizzino
approached us for assistance with their Tango routine for the Semi
Finals. We were given just 4
hours to train them how to tango and to choreograph their routine. They
were lovely to work with; and when they won their round we were thrilled
indeed. They came second in the Grand Finals. Well done Carmello and
Arianne!
3rd Australian National Tango Championship 2007 . .
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Gisela &
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THE ORGANISERS HAVE SECURED THE CONCERT
HALL of the Sydney Opera House on Easter Sunday 8th April 2007. This is
much bigger than the Studio where it was held last year, and
accommodates 1500+ people!
Selection rounds leading to the Finals will be held at a variety of
Sydney Milongas in the month leading up to the Final. For more
information on the guidelines and criteria visit
tangochampionship.com.au
This contains details for the June 2006 event. It's expected that the
guidelines and processes will remain the same in 2007.
A note from Carol Fallows, the Publicity
and Promotions Manager for the Championships:
"The one hour, 10
minute DVD of the Tango Championship, filmed by our own cinematographer,
Paul Warren is now available for only $20. I have a limited supply so
it's a case of first in first served. The professionally edited footage
includes the finalists in both stage and salon as well as all the
performances including those by Gisela Galeassi and Gaspar Godoy, our
judges from Buenos Aires. If you would like one please email me back and
I will hold one for you until the end of the month. If you are
interstate I can mail one to you for an extra $3, unless you want it
registered in which case we will need an extra $7."
Carol can be contacted on (02) 9969 1228 or
info@carolfallows.com.au
SUMMER TANGO SCHOOL Now until Feb 2007. . .
Sundays at
the 'Step Up
Dance Studio'
160 Castlereagh Street, Sydney City (between Park and Market Sts)
"Thank you Pedro and Sophia for giving
me a very solid foundation into my journey into Tango. The lessons are
so well structured that in a very short time I found my "Connection"
-Theresa Wilson
Sunday Tango Drill class: exercises for posture, connection, balance &
musicality for all levels, no partner required (7pm) followed by
Practica (8pm – 11pm)
On every Sunday except 26th November, 24th & 31st December.
Rates: $18; Class and Pratica: $23; Practica only: $10
Tuesdays at Club Rose Bay
New South Head Road (Cnr. Vickery Ave), Rose Bay
Intermediate – Advanced classes (6.45pm) Milonga (8pm –
11pm) – on continuously except for 26th December. Class $20 (Milonga
free with class – discounts for prepaid) Milonga only: $10
Visit our website for more details or contact us by phone or email.
"The Sunday Practica at 'Step-Up Dance Studio' was fantastic. It was
the perfect opportunity to practice everything I had learned i the
classes in a relaxed atmosphere. The social aspect is great, being able
to meet dancers from other classes and dance with them, as well as chat
and hang out! The studio is beautiful and really feels like the perfect
place to tango in; especially when the lights went down at nine! The
floor was a dream… I could have danced all night!"
- Asha Zappa
Fundamentals 1 & 2 Courses
We are in nearing the end of our last term F2 courses for the year,
details of which are on our website.
Semi Private Tango Courses in January
2007
In January we will be running another series of 4 week Tango courses
(which are equivalent to our 6 week Fundamentals 1 courses). At the end
of this course you would be ready for Fundamentals 2 course. They are
suitable for complete beginners and will be held at our home studio in
Bondi. The studio is easily accessible by buses travelling down Old
South Head Rd or Bondi Rd and 10 minute walk from Bondi Junction
station.
Places will be limited to six people and gender balanced. No
partner is required. Due to the low numbers it is almost like having a
private lesson and you will receive plenty of individual attention. The
instructors are Pedro and Sophia Alvarez.
Dates and times are:
10.30am – 12pm on Saturdays January 6, 13, 20, 27
11am – 12.30pm on Sundays January 7, 14, 21, 28
Pre-payment of $120 (for 4 lessons) is required to secure your
place.
Contact Sophia to book and don’t delay, as places
won’t last long!
2007 SIX WEEK COURSES
. . .
"Firstly can I just
say how outstanding the course is! I have done various styles of dance
in the past, but Tango is something else! What a beautiful, graceful,
intimate, sensual and respectful dance it is. I am amazed that by the
second lesson I AM actually dancing Tango!!"
- Rhiannah Venetsanos, Nov 06
CHOOSE AND SWAP between the following great venues. Early bird rate of
$100 ends on 4th February 2007. Normal rate is $100. No partner is
required.
SUNDAYS
Term: 11/2/07 – 18/3/07
Step Up Dance Studio
Level 1, 160 Castlereagh St. (between Market & Park Sts) SYDNEY CITY
Fundamentals 1: 7pm – 8pm
Fundamentals 2: 8pm – 9pm
Stay for the Practica (7pm – 11pm) for free.
MONDAYS
Term: 12/2/07 – 19/3/07
Alliance Française, 257 Clarence Street (near Druitt Street) SYDNEY CBD
Fundamentals 1: 6.45pm – 8pm
Fundamentals 2: 7.45pm – 9pm
TUESDAYS
Term: 13/2/07 – 20/3/07
ROSE BAY RSL, New South Head Road
Intermediate - Advanced: 6.45pm – 7.45pm - followed by social
dance until 11pm
WEDNESDAYS
Term: 14/2/07 – 21/3/07
St John’s Church Hall, 120 Darlinghurst Road, DARLINGHURST
Fundamentals 1: 6.45pm – 7.45pm
Fundamentals 2: 8pm – 9pm
THURSDAYS
Term: 15/2/07 – 22/03/07
Seagull Room, Bondi Beach Pavilion,
Queen Elizabeth Drive, BONDI BEACH
Fundamentals 1: 7pm – 8.15pm
Fundamentals 2: 8pm – 9.15pm
Better TiMes
in Buenos Aires
by
Robyn Ash-Rose
An Australian Tanguera’s take on the Tango
Scene of Buenos Aires...
"By 8pm
constant dancing on a slow, painted floor has worn out my ankles, so
I’m more than happy to go to the other vast hall where the local
Buenos Aires Finals are to be held, late as always. We sit on wooden
steps towards the back of a huge agricultural exhibition building,
where the faint odour of livestock is mercifully not masked by tobacco
smoke, as at La Rural smoking is forbidden.
Seven high profile
teachers file in to be judges, before nine couples dressed to kill,
dance three very different tangos, from D’Arienzo to Pugliese. My view
is constantly blocked by the comings and goings of locals looking for
seats or perhaps just too bored to sit still. I decide that tango
salon has never been a spectator sport, then ten days later I see the
winners and change my mind. Their passion and brilliant footwork
convince me. The flowing white gown does not hide the touching
presence of a tiny third participant, adding another and unexpected
sensual dimension! Didn't the winner two years ago say that he'd
learnt tango in his mother's womb?
On the final night I
also change my mind about show tango starting to all look the same, as
it must when one too many couples tries to outdo the rest, yet again
to orchestra Color Tango. I can well imagine the sigh of relief heaved
by seven esteemed judges, when out of left field comes a vibrant young
couple from Colombia, choosing music bursting with life and fun, that
of unlikely choice Canaro, beloved of milonguero style dancers. Even
their entrance is different, as three times they hold their starting
pose, and three times the music won’t play. When it does, their
charming choreography bordering the comical, wins all hearts for zest
and originality, and more than any other routine makes the music
visible. When they crouch to imitate waddling ducks, show tango
changes for ever."
'Better Times in Buenos Aires'
is
on sale at PATIO de TANGO Milongas and Classes for $20 (or by mail
order)
ROSE BAY MILONGAS
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"I always
enjoy Rose Bay milongas with the warm company of like minded
tangueros and an entertaining mix of music from classic through
to nuevo." - Tony
Parkes
ALL OUR TUESDAY
AND SATURDAY MILONGAS are at the Rose Bay RSL on New South Head
Road (corner Vickery Ave). Bar and Bistro on premises. For
information on how to get there by public transport
click here.
TUESDAY MILONGAS
every Tuesday (except Public Hols)
6.45pm: Intermediate/Advanced
Tango lesson
8pm - 11pm: Milonga
Entry $10 ($20
for Intermediate/Advanced lesson and Milonga. Rates may vary
with special events.)
SATURDAY MILONGAS
On the 1st Saturday of each
month from 8.30pm until 1am, following a complimentary
'Intro to Tango' lesson at 7.30pm. Entry $15 (Rates may vary
with special events).
Next Saturdays . .
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2nd
December - Christmas Masquerade Ball
6th
January, 2007
4th February 2007 featuring display by Ney Melo and
Jennifer Bratt!
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FOR
SALE
. . . beautiful, brand new Neo Tango shoes - size 9 and
above.
Contact Sophia for details.
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ChristMas GIFT CERTIFICATES . . .
We have attractive gift certificates available for the
following:
- Six week beginners Tango course for one - $100
- Six week beginners Tango course for two - $200
- Private Tango lesson – one person $70
- Private Tango lesson – two people $80
Tango CDs traditional and Nuevo direct from Buenos Aires
1 Tango CD $29; 2 Tango CDs $50
Contact us
to arrange your purchase.
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Tango Twins |
As
always and until we dance,
un abrazo tanguero from . . .
P.S.
For more Tango information visit
our website; and to check out what we've been
up to recently, have a look through some of our past
Newsletters...
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