One Tango Moment

Tango Y Nada Mas! 27th July 2013

We went along to Tango Y Nada Mas last night, if you haven't seen it, hurry along to Chatswood Concourse today or tonight. Loved this venue, and how lucky are we to have such talented dancers and musicians, visiting our country? For another glimpse of their performances as well as some backstage scenes here is a clip I discovered below...

TANGO Y NADA MAS from ann guer on Vimeo.

Mediterranean Summer Tango Festival - July 2013 - Andrés Molina & Cecilia Piccinni

Andrés Molina & Cecilia Piccinni

OK we missed this year, but this is going on our calendar for next year, looks like a lot of fun was had by all and what a gorgeous place to visit...Summer Tango.com

Tango Cruising

Tango cruise: more than a vacation ...
The unique tango experience since 2002: a fusion of excitement and exhilarating travel. Dancing Tango on luxurious cruise ships and in unique settings

Program 2013 - 2014

Italy and the greek Islands

Italy and the Amalfi Coast, Corsica and Sardinia around South America from Buenos Aires to Chile

www.tango-kreuzfahrt.de

I don't know about you - but we would love to go on one of these cruises. Want to join us?

I think though to give you a great report here about the cruising, we should go on one soon, don't you?

Visit www.tango-kreuzfahrt.de to find out more.

Travelling to New York to Tango?

Off to New York to Tango soon... if you know of anyone who needs dog adoring housesitters in NY do let us know!

Alturas Tango Group - Performances for July in Marrickville, Parkes, Mudgee, Bathurst

This month we are continuing our Café con Tango tour. We will be performing at Camelot Lounge on Sunday 21st - hope you can join us!

Dear friends of Alturas,
We have an exciting month of performances of Café con Tango ahead!

Starting on 21st at Sydney's favourite boutique venue, Camelot, we will perform our concert pieces in the first set, followed by a set of danceable tangos - everyone welcome on the dance floor!

We have added some new pieces to our repertoire including some originals by Jane Andino and Greg Gibson, and can't wait to perform them.

For more details, sound files and tour dates, please refer to our website: Alturas Tango/Gig

If you have any queries please give Gaye a call: 0488 737 140

Hope to see you at Camelot! Alturas Tango

Alturas Dates for July:

21st July - Camelot Lounge - Marrickville Café con Tango - 7:30pm Cnr 103 Railway Pde & 19 Marrickville Rd Marrickville NSW 2204 Aus 02 9550 3777

Friday July 26th, 2013 Parkes Services Club Café con Tango - 7.30pm 9-17 Short St Parkes NSW 2870 Aus (02) 6862 1966

Saturday July 27th, 2013 Mitchell Conservatorium of Music Café con Tango - 3pm Russell St Bathurst NSW 2795 Aus (02) 6331 6622

Sunday July 28th, 2013 Mudgee Brewing Company Café con Tango - 4.00pm 4 Church St Mudgee NSW 2850 Aus 02 6372 6726

Find out more here: Alturas Tango Gig Dates

Watch more - click here

What is the Tango?

One of my favourite questions when meeting new tango dancers is to find out how they started tango... so while we are on the topic - how did you start Tango - let me know!

Dancing on a variety of Floors

I just read an interesting article via a link on facebook - Dancing on Bad Floors (Without Killing Yourself, Your Knees, or Anyone Else).

A few years ago a friend of ours shared with us, how to use duct tape on the base of shoes to convert ordinary shoes temporarily into dance shoes - which we have used at times - with a degree of success. It's very helpful if you are dancing on surfaces where you don't want to destroy your expensive dance shoes we've found. However, duct tape is just one solution to the dilemma, and this article has so many ideas that I had never heard about before.

I have seen a pair of shoes converted with plastic milk cartons! Who'd have thought you could do that? Not me that's for sure, but they work - I'll see if I can convince this person to share his skills with a 'how to' on this blog sometime.

Art - In these shoes? I don't think so
artwork by Kareen Fellows

Analia Carreño y Luis Ramirez

We attended A Little Buenos Aires 13th Anniversary at The Polish Club in Ashfield last night and were treated to a performance by Analia y Luis. It was stunning - what a couple! And their daughter is just as cute as a button, she was a delight helping end the show with her little bow with her beautiful parents! This video is from a performance at Salon Canning, I'm hoping that a copy of their performance last night is listed on youtube soon, they are so beautiful to watch. We did one of their workshops yesterday and are only regretting not being able to get away to do more of their classes. If you get a chance to see their performances or to attend their classes - grab it.