tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205022012024-03-13T08:36:28.097+00:002 4 T A N G O24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-2838930583696683802009-05-13T00:50:00.011+01:002009-05-13T01:44:26.508+01:00Crazy Week In London Tango!London is getting very busy with tango these days.There are so many planned events that it is getting difficult for many how and what to choose, where to go, and which ones to attend if we could survive this mid May clashes of programs.The competition between organisers should pay dividend as far as the dancers are concerned. Perhaps everyone would benefit if there was more coordinated approach 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-35677503180364122942009-03-27T17:53:00.011+00:002009-03-29T04:17:32.361+01:00Who Loves To See You!It was last year, the place was The Corrientes and the time was one o’clock am exactly. The music suddenly stopped in the middle of the tanda. The organiser “Giraldo” put his head over the balcony above the dance floor and said “Sorry, times go forward, it is 2 o’clock and this is the last tango!” Well it was not, he was wrong but….!Please note that the British Summer Time does changes at 2 am 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-22639335194773886662009-03-24T22:39:00.008+00:002009-03-25T12:13:31.217+00:00The Woman, The Shoes & The DressOne of the most frequent topics of conversations around the dance floor amongst female friend dancers is about Tango Shoes and/or dresses.The topic is dominant to the extent that it may make some think the shoes feature themselves more obsessively in the thoughts of those friends dancing than the music or the dance itself.Of course the quality and the elegance of the shoes worn by any dancer does24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-78982010059580360082009-03-23T16:00:00.020+00:002009-03-24T22:38:31.947+00:00A Tango For PeaceAn attempt at translating an eastern tango song:Glasses all empty;Bottles are drunk and not even a drop is left inside.There are no matches;and if there is fire, the problem is: not having any cigarettes left.The dawn is here but; the sky continues being dark,maybe the last drink was spiked.Here, since you left me behind,my only friend has been the wine.A picture frame standing on my table 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-47489778464513895332009-02-19T17:00:00.013+00:002009-02-19T18:12:28.639+00:00Going To School!It is easy to forget that dancing tango and the Milonga floors attract all sorts of people, some of whom we never meet in our other daily lives.The other day I was having a discussion with a group of people who were having a break around the dance floor. The subject was butchered before too long. We had left the topic of "technique" and somehow had arrived at discussing the personalities 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-11837297152046658072009-02-08T04:53:00.011+00:002009-02-08T05:27:19.407+00:00Dim the lights!I do not mind those of us who are content with living in the shadows!I do mind those who are intent on burning our human shadows!For peace of mind, shoot down the Disco glitter Ball as soon as it is seen shining on a Milonga floor!24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-34421695469893493112009-01-31T04:49:00.021+00:002009-02-20T16:57:42.357+00:00Love storiesLove has so many stories, just tell of one that you know,the one about me - all you need to do is "wait a turn!",then tell all that is: "Transparent"; with all that you could see.In the field of dreams, don't ask or admit you know me!-tell me you never have,"without you I might be the loneliest" - but tell me you never have,tell me that my eyes were needing you,tell me that you are my desire,24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-19685576238258150922008-11-27T01:20:00.006+00:002008-11-27T02:00:35.927+00:00Tales or Tailes!There was a war on and there was food rationing. There was not much to eat and many existed on a meagre supply of whatever happened to be sold under rationing systems in the shops in Britain. The government encouraged everyone to grow vegetables and to farm any animals if they could, to supplement whatever there was to feed themselves.In the suburbs the soldiers on guarding duty were told to keep24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-11167014229638607242008-11-24T17:51:00.003+00:002008-11-24T18:11:48.503+00:00From my planet Earth to your Planet Tango<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} @page Section124tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-59525339714575076532008-11-14T02:45:00.011+00:002009-02-20T16:24:48.234+00:00The Song of the Reed(From Rumi's Mathnawi Poems, Book I, Translation by: Sir William Jones)Hear, how yon reed in sadly pleasing tales Departed bliss and present woe bewails! 'With me, from native banks untimely torn, Love-warbling youths and soft-ey'd virgins mourn. O! Let the heart, by fatal absence rent, Feel what I sing, and bleed when I lament: Who roams in exile from his parent bow'r, Pants to return, 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-89293497254627715452008-10-21T03:05:00.009+01:002008-10-21T03:51:54.821+01:00Classes, Work-Shops, Seminar!?It is good to learn. Some of us may spend a life time trying to learn what we find interesting. Learning any subject can be either a very easy or near impossible, and it is not just about achieving tasks. Passionately loving to learn is just one part of the equation in any learning process. The rest mostly comes from a good solid and well tried and tested “Methodology” designed for learning 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-50728949179483301622008-09-08T11:48:00.012+01:002008-09-09T12:24:02.649+01:00New Tango Season!It has been a long while. No specific reason for this absence other than being overwhelmed by the mundane. A bad excuse but that is the only one there is.I feel a little older and not a great deal different, and that is the way I love life to be.There had been times that I had been wanting to sit here and write you all that had fascinated me or made me burst out with loud laughter but somehow the24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-3316157047284302172008-05-01T02:36:00.005+01:002008-05-01T02:51:25.180+01:00Embrace DelightEvery morn I decide to repent at nightFor embracing the joys of heart and sightYet every night, what seems rightWith all my might, embrace delight.Translated From Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-79812494498616275452008-04-23T01:30:00.005+01:002008-04-23T02:20:40.150+01:00So Little To SayI believe "the book" is always better than "the film", only because the reader is often the best director a story can get.Perhaps that is why I enjoy the voyeurism that one experiences when reading other people's blogs. Some bloggers can write and describe a normal routine event in visiting their local milongas with such care and affection, and in such wonderful details that it becomes 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-42527386913616973992008-04-09T15:16:00.008+01:002008-04-09T15:44:14.490+01:00Simple: Overtaking - Don't!No overtaking on the RIGHT HAND SIDE! Most leaders can not see or guess who is going to overtake them to their right simply because it is a natural blind spot. This becomes a much more serious issue for many of us who dance close-embrace.This common-sense and simple rule of "NO OVERTAKING ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE" frees us from wishing we had the use of either "X-Ray vision" or "Reading (those very24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-43070315510363321532008-04-04T05:01:00.023+01:002008-04-05T05:14:07.262+01:00Hands On!Staring is rude, gazing is OK, watching is certainly encouraged. "Bizarre" ... but it is not really. Think about it, well at least later, if you want to, and "No!" you don't have to!- Just stay there and watch!... and watch a little longer! ...and then do some more! whatever you do, just make sure you don't stare...it is said to be rude.************************************************************24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-88832338509317125192008-03-20T16:25:00.017+00:002008-03-21T03:20:01.285+00:00through the widest of windowsI cried out aloud – it was through the widest of windows -"Please don't walk on the grass!Don't trample those! Please do let them be!"Time ...just before another moon rise, cutting through the cloudsOnce more...the young blossoms greeting the dark...Why do blossoms come of age so early?Why would they not want to slow down?Some never learn,Some make friends with every breeze.What is it about 'the 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-44312470791077507952008-03-05T17:56:00.011+00:002008-03-05T19:24:55.072+00:00Who is teaching whom?!It is difficult but I will try what I can and speak of another controversial issue, namely "Who is teaching whom?!"The other day, in a very amusing conversation with some friends we were informed that somebody who is to be known here as "The Character", has set up shop and is now teaching dancing tango. This individual who keeps insisting that "he dances with his heart" unfortunately has always24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-66965546061725303012008-02-29T19:39:00.005+00:002008-02-29T19:47:27.002+00:00Temptation!Diana Krall - Temptation (lisabon video)It is the temptations that we keep asking about and the question still remains; "Can she resit?!"24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-72820233977567522982008-02-27T03:34:00.026+00:002008-02-27T13:18:43.934+00:00Tango Provocateur (Part 3)He said he'd gone fishing. This made her laugh. He'd never been before despite the fact that he had always talked about it. He said it again " I could not join you dancing last night because I'd gone fishing!"It was only the other week, last Saturday night in fact when they had danced in her place, in her sitting room just after their meal together. Naked. Together, past midnight, delicious. He 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-2313419392961916132008-02-21T03:07:00.007+00:002008-02-21T03:21:36.857+00:00"And this I know!"And this I know: whether the one True LightKindle to Love, or Wrath-consume me quite,One Flash of It within the Tavern caughtBetter than in the Temple lost outright.From The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamTranslated by Edward FitzGerald (Fifth Edition) 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-16442897865774405022008-02-20T02:49:00.009+00:002008-02-20T03:50:24.814+00:00The Message When a mind thinks only of worshiping the messenger, it is impossible to discuss the truth of the message in hands.Instead, let us just dance or listen to some silence or go and find some ordinary, everyday activities in life!MilongaCat.24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-39192569295831232442008-02-15T13:45:00.010+00:002008-02-15T16:42:50.758+00:00Tango Provocateur (Part 2)It was Jasmine. The aroma from the scented candles burning, the sounds of love cries by the bandoneon, and the gentle lighting that led the way into that milonga's dance hall, these reassured her. She felt they all said "Welcome!", her smile was a testimony to her feeling: most at ease as she reached the reception. She was able to find herself again," inside". It was good to see the familiar 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-65185585452271793392008-02-10T01:57:00.000+00:002008-02-10T02:03:37.790+00:00Thanks Joe!Madonna - Buenos Aires (remix)24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502201.post-53577359896663720022008-02-06T17:48:00.003+00:002008-02-13T03:13:02.995+00:00Tango Provocateur (Part 1)The Jubilee tube line was as busy as ever, even at around 9 in the evening all seats were occupied. The train driver's voice burst in with much the same information again. The public announcement system was annoyingly loud, crackling and intermittent. "....Due to an incident at....this train has to wait here ....the control signal....we will...moving shortly....soon as....the London Underground 24tangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00160141735905558386noreply@blogger.com6