Linda & Edgard tangoing at El Beso photo: Viva Magazine

We hope that the start of the New Year has been enjoyable and satisfying for you. We are excited about the prospect of another year of Tango, which includes performance and teaching engagements in Alice Springs, Adelaide, Auckland and Melbourne.

Over the past year the Tango scene in Sydney has really grown, providing more and more opportunities and variety of experiences for Tango dancers of all levels, which leads to our quote for this month from Miguel Zotto in an interview by Fabiana Basso (1994):

Our main news for this month is that the El Beso Tango Bar will be open every Sunday from 22/1/06, and it will also be another venue for our six week courses from 5/2/06 onwards.

We will continue to have live Tango music in Rose Bay and El Beso. Cambalache will next perform at El Beso on Sunday, 22 January.

We plan to continue to bring more leading Tango teachers to Sydney, including the internationally renowned teaching and performing couple Adrian Veredice and Alejandra Hobert in the first week of September.

Read on for more on our upcoming events as well as some great photos of festive season tangoing.

Level 2, City of Sydney RSL building
565 George Street (near Liverpool Street)
Sydney City

	Cambalache photo: Paul Warren

Parking? Sundays are easier than most nights for parking in the city. You can park for a flat rate of $9 at the Cinema City Carpark on Kent Street (near Liverpool Street).

Next El Beso events . . .

22/1/06: Cambalache performs
Glamour Dance shoe on display for sale.
6pm: Beginners lesson (FREE with cover)
7pm – 11.30pm: Milonga
Cover: $15

29/1/06: Chinese New Year Milonga
Dress code: Oriental
Prizes for best dressed man and woman
6pm: Beginners lesson (FREE with cover)
7pm – 11.30pm: Milonga
Cover: $10

5 February 06
8pm – 11.30pm: Milonga
6pm: Fundamentals 1
7pm: Fundamentals 2
Milonga cover: $10
Lesson & Milonga: You can stay for the Milonga for only $5 on top of the normal lesson rate (same rate applies when we have live music).

El Beso will have live music once a month. The cover will be $15 with live music. Cambalache will perform on 22/1/06 and 26/2/06. We will let you know of future dates in advance by email and our website.

ROSE BAY MILONGAS

	Mariana tangoing at Rose Bay photo: M. Rosenzveig

All our Tuesday and Saturday Milongas are at the Rose Bay RSL on New South Head Road (corner Vickery Ave). For information on how to get there by public transport visit:
www.131500.info/newJourney.asp

TUESDAY MILONGAS - every Tuesday
6.45pm: Intermediate / Advanced Tango lesson
7.45pm – 11pm: Milonga

Entry is $10 or $20 for Intermediate/Advanced lesson and Milonga. Rates may vary with special events.

Upcoming special events . . .
14/2/06: Valentines Day Milonga!
More details out soon

SATURDAY MILONGAS
1st Saturday of each month from 8.30pm – 1am, following a complimentary "Intro to Tango" lesson at 7.30pm. Entry is $15. Rates may vary with special events.

Next Saturdays…

4 February 06
7.30pm – 8.30pm Lesson in the Chacarera Folk dance by professional Argentine folk dancers
8.30pm – 1am Milonga – includes folk dance performance
$15: Milonga
$20: Chacarera lesson & Milonga

4 March 06
Will include "Reversing the Roles Contest" at 9.30pm
The competition is open to everyone and will involve all contestants dancing 1 Tango, 1 Vals and 1 Milonga in succession. This will be a fun and light-hearted event with the only condition being that the leader of the couple is female and the follower is male. You don’t need to register, just turn up and dance. The focus will be on technique, musicality, floor craft, presentation and conexión! Great prizes for best female leader and male follower.

Pablo Ziegler & Christopher O’Riley
Two pianos for Tango
17 – 19/1/06

As part of the annual Sydney Festival, Pablo Ziegler and Christopher O’Riley will join forces to celebrate the 'new tango' music of Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla.

Piazzolla transformed the Tango of his native land when he created Tango Nuevo, a fusion of classical music and jazz with traditional Argentinean dance sounds.

	Pablo Ziegler

Born in Buenos Aires in 1944, Pablo Ziegler began playing the piano at the age of 14. In 1978 he joined Piazzolla’s New Tango Quintet and toured with Piazzolla for the next 10 years. By 1990 Ziegler was combining Tango rhythms with improvised jazz and has since continued to expand the horizons of "Tango Nuevo".

Boston based Christopher O’Riley is among the most versatile classically trained musicians on the international scene today. He has interpreted and arranged with critical and commercial success some of the most important rock music of our time, including songs by Radio Head, George Harrison and Elliot Smith.

This January, Ziegler and O’Riley will perform some of Piazzolla’s most loved compositions on two pianos. For more information visit
www.sydneyfestival.org.au/event.asp?e=37&v=1

City Recital Hall, Angel Place
January 17 &18 at 7.30pm
A reserve $65/55
B reserve $55/45
C reserve $38/28

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
January 19 at 8pm
$55/48

BOOK NOW!
Festival Ticketek 02 9266 4890
www.sydneyfestival.org.au

Thursday 2nd February
Launch of "In the Realm of the Senses"
Alliance Française de Sydney, 257 Clarence St, Sydney City

For the Alliance Française of Sydney February 2006 (Valentines’ Month) is the month of 'Sens Dessus Dessous' 'In The Realm Of The Senses'. 50 Australian and French artists (painters, sculptors and photographers) will take over the gallery, the school and the library to show their own vision of sensuality. Every week, events will be organised for each of the 5 senses; Taste, Smell, Hearing, Sight and Touch. Activities include a love letter writing competition, chocolate and wine tasting, lectures by sociologists, historians, visual art exhibitions, cinema and…Tango dancing!

On 2nd February the soirée to open the month will start with a Tango display by PATIO de TANGO and students. It is a FREE event and open to the public. The Tango display will run from 6.30pm – 6.50pm followed with some more dancing by Sydney's Tango aficionados.

The Alliance Française is keen to include Tango in the event. Tango is a very sensual dance and French culture has been influenced by (and influenced) the Argentine Tango.

South American Festival 2006
Sunday, 19 February
1.00pm - 7.30pm (Margarita Bar till late)
Bondi Pavilion Community Cultural Centre
Tickets available at the door from 10am

Entry includes Beginners Tango lesson with PATIO de TANGO from 1.30pm - 2pm and Tango demo by Sophia and Pedro and Tango aficionados from 2pm - 2.30pm.

Sydney's original and most famous South American Festival with non-stop entertainment from the cream of Central and South American performers, musicians and dancers.

There’s something for everyone – dance workshops, concerts of traditional and contemporary Latin music for dancing and listening, art exhibition, children’s activities, sumptuous foods, South American cuisine, arts, crafts, clothes and jewellery stalls . . .

For more info visit www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/info/pavilion/saf.

Tangomania 2006!
14 – 17 April, Adelaide

Giving Australia’s tangueros advance notice so cheap flights and holidays can be arranged . . .

Sophia and Pedro will be performing and teaching along with International and local teachers at the Easter weekend Tango Festival in Adelaide. For more information visit www.siempretango.net.au/tangomania.

SUMMER TANGO SCHOOL

Tuesdays at Rose Bay RSL (address above)
6:45pm - 7:45pm

January 2006   17, 24

The classes are suitable for Intermediate/Advanced levels and people who have completed at least one F2 course.

Lessons are $20 and include the Milonga.

Classes for Fundamentals 1 Grads (or equivalent skills)
If you’ve completed F1 and would like to keep developing your Tango we are holding small group classes at our home studio in Bondi every Wednesday and Thursday night up to and including 25 January.

Classes are limited to 6 people - 3 leaders and 3 followers. Classes are 1 hour and 15 mins. Cost is $25pp. Your place will be secured by pre-payment. You can attend as many as you like. This is a great way to accelerate your learning! Book here.

Private Lessons
Available by appointment at our home studio.

TANGO LESSONS 2006

NEXT COURSES . . .

Our next six week courses start in late January / early February.

TUESDAYS Term: 31/1/06 - 7/3/06
ROSE BAY RSL, New South Head Road
Intermediate - Advanced: 6.45pm – 7.45pm
(followed by social dance until 11pm).

WEDNESDAYS Term: 1/2/06 - 8/3/06
St John’s Church Hall, 120 Darlinghurst Road, DARLINGHURST
Fundamentals 1: 6.45pm – 7.45pm
Practica for F1 & F2: 7.45pm – 8pm
Fundamentals 2:  8pm – 9pm

THURSDAYS Term: 9/2/06 - 16/3/06
Seagull Room, BONDI BEACH PAVILION, Queen Elizabeth Drive
Fundamentals 1: 7pm – 8pm
Practica for F1 & F2 8pm – 8.15pm
Fundamentals 2: 8.15pm – 9.15pm

*Note that the Bondi course runs one week later than the other venues.

SATURDAYS Term: 4/2/06 - 11/3/06
St George Anglican Church, 245 Glenmore Road, Five Ways, PADDINGTON
Fundamentals 1: 11am – 12pm
Practica for F1 & F2: 12pm – 12.15pm
Fundamentals 2: 12.15pm – 1.15pm
Practica for F2 & I/A: 1.15pm – 1.30pm
Intermediate - Advanced: 1.30pm – 2.30pm

SUNDAYS Term: 5/2/06 - 12/3/06
El Beso Tango Bar, Lvl 2, 565 George Street (near Liverpool St.), SYDNEY
Fundamentals 1: 6pm – 7pm
Fundamentals 2: 7pm – 8pm
Stay for Milonga after until 11.30pm

Our six week courses run continuously through the year back to back. The next term runs from 21/3/06 – 27/5/06.

GIFT CERTIFICATES . . . We have attractive Gift Certificates available for the following: - Six week beginners Tango course for one $100 (early bird rate) - Six week beginners Tango course for two $200 (early bird rate) - 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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	And the winner is Laura!                  photo: Monteva
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	Sexy Santa Salsa

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Christmas Party, 18/12/05
El Beso Tango Bar

Congratulations to the winners of the Sexy Christmas dress theme - Laura Frost and Boris Feldman.

Thank you to Tony Leonie and Beatriz Occhiuzzi for their Sexy Christmas Salsa performance.

And thanks to Cambalache who performed on the night and have enthusiastically supported the Tango Bar since it’s opening. Cambalache was joined by Damian Wright who is one of Australia’s leading Flamenco guitarists. Accompanied by Jacinta on violin, Damian performed a Tango duo (his own composition) that was quite mesmerising.

	L-R: Musetta, Edgard, Sarita, Dario

Boxing Day Milonga, 26/12/05
Annandale Public School

Another great Tango experience. Thanks to Carlos Russo for arranging the venue and supplying the great empanadas, chorizos and pan dulce!
 

As always and until we dance, un abrazo tanguero from . . .

P.S. For more 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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