Changes are always happening with the Los Angeles Tango scene. New Milongas open, others close or go on hiatus. Some relocate, others are taken over by new tango teacher and hosts. Here's a LA Tango roundup of some of the changes I know about. The latest to say goodbye is Grand Casino Milonga, which was most recently hosted by Jerry Perez Gallego and Christine Lopez Urgell. … [Read more...] about LA Tango Roundup
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Divo and Friends celebrate launch of Jamie Rose’s new book!
Tango & Love It was a wonderful tango evening at Divo last night, with an added benefit--the celebration of Jamie Rose's debut book, "Shut Up & Dance!" The novel is a wonderful, personal and humorous story about how Jamie tackled the difficulties of relationships by using the principles of dance, on and off the floor. Jaimie utilizes the personal stories of not only … [Read more...] about Divo and Friends celebrate launch of Jamie Rose’s new book!
From El Floridita to 4 a.m. at Tango Room
After a more than month-long hiatus from dancing tango in Los Angeles, I broke back into the scene Wednesday night at Milonga El Floridita. What a nice reentry it was, with a live performance from Maria Volonte, who sings in a wonderfully beautiful voice. It was such a treat and for only $10! She's an award winning singer and anyone who can hear, and dance, to her music live … [Read more...] about From El Floridita to 4 a.m. at Tango Room
A preamble to a passionate love story: Argentine tango
A well written article on tango (and Orlando Paiva Jr.and I when we did Tango Masquerade) from my former assistant editor at The Malibu Times... By Olivia Damavandi - The Malibu Times The dance of tango, which has not changed much since its inception in the late 1800s, attracts people of all kinds from throughout the world, including a few Malibu … [Read more...] about A preamble to a passionate love story: Argentine tango
Tango vs. Salsa
I went salsa dancing the other night..and actually have gone more salsa dancing than tango in the past few months...this is after almost four years of dedicated tango dancing, going 2 to 4 times per week at least, with the salsa happening every couple of months or so. The energy and exercise is what I've been going for I think..and it is nice to see people I used to see 4, 6 … [Read more...] about Tango vs. Salsa