It’s amazing that after a year and a half, tango clubs and festivals are opening as if the pandemic was a dream, one to be forgotten as dancers cast aside masks, step onto dance floors, and embrace each other cheek-to-cheek. I went to my first milonga in fifteen months this past Friday in Los Altos, hosted by Andrea Monti and Adrian Durso. The two also host the Argentine … [Read more...] about Tango is Back!
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Los Angeles Milongas: Best of the Best
Polling has been reopened to give a fair chance to other milongas not listed earlier and to spread the message about the poll to those milongas further south. Re Milonga Corazon, which is moving to The Tango Room, please vote for all aspects possible when it was at Sophie's. When I first started dancing the tango more than ten years ago, there were only two places to go: … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Milongas: Best of the Best
HAPPY TANGO NEW YEAR!
Happy New Year to all you tango crazy people!!! … [Read more...] about HAPPY TANGO NEW YEAR!
Milonga openings and closings
Well, they came and went, in a matter of little more than a month. Marcos Questa's and Ruta Maria's La Viruta Milonga in Beverly Hills (co-hosted with L.A.'s Yolanda Rossi) was a promising venue that offered an upscale experience, with a nightclub feel. However, they made the announcement this past Monday before the farewell milonga for Romina Levin and Claudio Villagra that … [Read more...] about Milonga openings and closings
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