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Tango Displays
7 videos showing beautiful tango walking!
Back in the early stages of my tango life I hosted Ney Melo's Sydney / Australian tour twice. On the second visit he was accompanied by his beautiful dance and life partner Jennifer Bratt. I always enjoy Ney's musings on tango, and this one particularly struck a chord. A good walk is so essential to tango! "MY TOP 7 FAVORITE “WALKING VIDEOSDecember 28, 2015 - Ney Melo “The Walk”….”La Caminata”….since I was a tango beginner, it has fascinated me. Back then, I just wanted to be good enough in tango to embrace a woman and walk beautifully with her. As the saying goes “if the walk is good, the woman dies in your arms, if the walk is bad…..the woman just dies.”
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6 interpretations of La Cumparsita
There is no one way or style to dance tango. That's what makes tango such a unique and fascinating dance! Here you will find six diverse interpretations by famous dancers to La Cumparista. This iconic song (written in 1916 by a Uruguayan) has become widely known as the anthem of tango music and is usually played as the last song of a milonga. In Turkey it is popular as a wedding dance! Gene Kelly danced to it in 1945 film Anchors Away, while crooner Julio Iglesias scored a hit with his 1996 cover – and it continues to be favoured soundtrack to gymnastic routines. Maria Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes Chicho Frumboli and Juana Sepulveda Roberto Herrera and Silvana Capra Melina Brufman and Claudio Gonzalez Gene Kelly just for fun (and not tango) here's a solo tango / tap version! Which one is your favourite? ☆☆To receive more such tango-related posts and news on SoTango courses, special events and promos - Subscribe to the SoTango newsletter ☆☆ |
The 'gift' of having parents who are tango teachers
This video of a young boy dancing with his mother captured my attention... Their display was filmed in 1991 at the Teatro Regio in Buenos Aires. The boy is Pablo Pugliese. His mother is Esther Pugliese. Esther and her husband Mingo were among the most influential figures in the contemporary history of Argentine tango. I remember taking classes with Pablo's father Mingo about ten years ago in Buenos Aires. This highly respected teaching duo taught an entire generation of social dancers. Further, many of today's internationally renowned tango professionals have at one stage been taught by Mingo and Esther. Pablo was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina and began learning Argentine Tango at the age of nine with his parents. He began performing professionally in Argentina when he was ten years old and, by the age of fifteen, had gone on to teach and perform across the United States, Europe and Asia. He continues to teach and perform tango and is currently based in Montreal. So cutting forward 22 years - here's footage of Pablo with his dance and life partner Noel Strazza. Here they dance the vals Pedacito de Cielo ( Denver 2013). Watching these videos made me think what a gift it was for Pablo to have parents who were tango teachers and how lucky he was to start learning tango so young! This naturally made me think of my own children. As some of you may know, my children (formerly known by many in the tango community as 'the tango twins') were also given the 'gift' of tango teaching parents... but they perhaps do not consider this a 'gift'. They are certainly in no way as fascinated by the dance as young Pablo was! I started teaching my children tango with some of their school friends when they were in year 5, at the request of their friends' parents. My children (at the risk of bragging) were clearly the best dancers and I would not attribute this to genetics or extra effort on their part or mine, but rather to the 'osmosis effect' - the result of having tango music playing in the background for the (then) ten years of their existence; and having watched their parents and countless adults dance tango. Who knows, maybe my children will be drawn to tango in their later years when they understand and appreciate the emotional and sensual nuances of tango, and how enjoyable it is to embrace the opposite sex! At this stage their passion is soccer (futbal) and I have to be content with watching them perform on the soccer field rather than the tango floor. Related Posts
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Tango in small places...
Ever thought you didn't have enough room to tango? Too crowded the milonga? Too little space? Well then, watch this and be inspired! Dancers are Ricardo Viqueira and Fish. Location: Seoul Tango Festival - 6 Dec 2011 ☆☆To receive more such tango-related posts and news on SoTango courses, special events and promos - Subscribe to the SoTango newsletter ☆☆ |
Want to see some amazing tango?
This display by Mariela Sametband and Guillermo Barrionuevo is truly virtuosic! They are one of my favourite tango couples. What I particularly like about Mariela and Guillermo's dancing is that they always seem to be able to bring something new and fresh to their performances. Enjoy!
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Just because it's World Cup...
image source: www.soccerbible.com If you're also passionate about both futbol (soccer) and tango you'll love this! It's an Argentinian commercial which unites Argentina's two greatest passions - futbol and tango. The commercial was conceived in 2010 as part of Argentina's campaign for the World Cup in South Africa. image source: www.toonpool.com image source: http://lefunny.net |
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