Showing posts with label Thanks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanks. Show all posts
Friday, April 9, 2010
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Live Orquesta Tipica!!!! (or Bill Takes a Musical Tour of Heaven)
Orquesta Tipica D'Irelandia
Last night at the Merc. I think I died and went to heaven!
Look for me dancing in the crowd at 0:58, 1:20, 3:20
Nick really knows how to throw a party!
This festival is going to be one of the best in the country, I can tell already!
Look for me dancing in the crowd at 0:58, 1:20, 3:20
Five Bandoneons
Five violins
Bass
Piano
Vocals
and even a Trumpet, played one of the people responsible for my own tango Journey, Scott Betts.
(there may have been even more instruments than this, but I was blinded by the incredible sound)
After the live music an incredible DJ, John Miller.
and an amazing, outrageous, performance by Nick and Amy that had me rolling on the floor!
Nick really knows how to throw a party!
This festival is going to be one of the best in the country, I can tell already!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Just Perfect!
There is this one particular follower I get to see from time to time when I venture into the Big City.
She is always very warm and welcoming whenever she notices that I am in a Milonga where she happens to be, (I've run into her in three different states, but she is always at home no matter where she happens to be dancing tango)she makes me feel like a million bucks every time.
Her dancing is always extremely connected and it seems (to me) as if we are the only two people in the room, no matter how crowded the floor is.
Sometimes she hums or sings, most of the time her breathing and heartbeat are two more instruments to dance to.
Her curves are a joy to behold and heaven to mingle with if only for a short while.
She loves the tango at least as much as I do (a quality that is truly hard to find).
These are some of the reasons I dance Tango, all wrapped up in one very impressive package.
She is always very warm and welcoming whenever she notices that I am in a Milonga where she happens to be, (I've run into her in three different states, but she is always at home no matter where she happens to be dancing tango)she makes me feel like a million bucks every time.
Her dancing is always extremely connected and it seems (to me) as if we are the only two people in the room, no matter how crowded the floor is.
Sometimes she hums or sings, most of the time her breathing and heartbeat are two more instruments to dance to.
Her curves are a joy to behold and heaven to mingle with if only for a short while.
She loves the tango at least as much as I do (a quality that is truly hard to find).
These are some of the reasons I dance Tango, all wrapped up in one very impressive package.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
FloorCraft and Buenos Aires Taxis
Riding around in a cab in Buenos Aires is, to say the least, an eye opening experience.
The paint means nothing to the average driver there. Lanes, well if a car might fit in a slot, the cab driver is going there. Tailgating, a miss is as good as a mile! No wonder almost every cab has a rosary hanging from the mirror.
Don't get me wrong, these are very good drivers and they do this all day and night, every day and night, it's just that the average person driving around in the United States may have different ideas about what good driving is.
Just remember these things when you visit the Milongas in Buenos Aires, and you must be prepared to deal with the dancers there and their ideas about what is, and is not, acceptable behavior on the dance floor (in some cases I'm sure you will be dealing with the same drivers). I'm just glad nobody has thought of giving all of the leaders horns to blow continuously!
Luckily for me I have attended the crowded floors in Denver during the twice annual festivals there several times especially the Mercury cafe during the Friday Milongas. It turns out that this is the perfect environment to learn how to dance in tight situations (The first time went to this Milonga during the Denver Memorial Day Festival 2005 it seemed as if the goal was to keep me personally from moving more than a few feet during a tanda, and turns, forget it, I was almost a statue, what a nightmare). Over the years I have learned to love this type of crowd (even to the point of being disappointed when the Milonga was less crowded).
Great training for navigating in Buenos Aires!
Thanks Tom!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Buenos Aires Milongas addresses and contact information
Here is a Link that gives addresses and phone numbers for many Buenos Aires Milongas on different days of the week.
It was created by Shuhrukah Merchant.
Does anyone have any information as to email addresses for these milongas so that a person might get reservations that way?
It was created by Shuhrukah Merchant.
Does anyone have any information as to email addresses for these milongas so that a person might get reservations that way?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Best Tango Workshop So Far!
Today I attended a last minute workshop from one of my favorite instructors, Nick Jones, along with his current partner from Denver, Amy Anderson. I say last minute because it only came about last Monday when Nick called Scott and let him know that they were going to be in town for a demonstration, and wanted to know if they were up for a workshop.
Nicks classes are always fantastic, this one was out of this world. during the class he never showed us one step, or pattern and basically assumed that everyone there had proper technique (except that they did point out that without proper posture and balance none of what they taught would be easy and they said that if something isn't easy you weren't doing it right).
The classes had to do with leading through disassociation, for almost the entire day all of the leading was done with absolutely no contact between the leaders and the followers. Toward the end of the class it was almost effortless I've been thinking about this principle since the first time I saw a video by Murat and Michele, here (there was another video that was better, but it is no longer on youtube).
Anyhow, if you ever get a chance to experience a class with Nick teaching do it, his style of teaching is so relaxed and easy, fun and dynamic, like I've said before he makes what seems impossible seem easy.
Nicks classes are always fantastic, this one was out of this world. during the class he never showed us one step, or pattern and basically assumed that everyone there had proper technique (except that they did point out that without proper posture and balance none of what they taught would be easy and they said that if something isn't easy you weren't doing it right).
The classes had to do with leading through disassociation, for almost the entire day all of the leading was done with absolutely no contact between the leaders and the followers. Toward the end of the class it was almost effortless I've been thinking about this principle since the first time I saw a video by Murat and Michele, here (there was another video that was better, but it is no longer on youtube).
Anyhow, if you ever get a chance to experience a class with Nick teaching do it, his style of teaching is so relaxed and easy, fun and dynamic, like I've said before he makes what seems impossible seem easy.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Luciano Mares
Luciano was a friend who taught in my community several times, his dancing was always amazingly clean and precise, his personality helped form my idea of what tango is. Sadly he passed this morning as a result of a complication from a knee surgury he recently had (blood clot).
He will be missed.
He will be missed.
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