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Crazy Week In London Tango!

2009-05-13T00:50:00.011+01:00

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

Who Loves To See You!

2009-03-27T17:53:00.011Z

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

The Woman, The Shoes & The Dress

2009-03-24T22:39:00.008Z

One 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 does

A Tango For Peace

2009-03-23T16:00:00.020Z

An 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

Going To School!

2009-02-19T17:00:00.013Z

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

Dim the lights!

2009-02-08T04:53:00.011Z

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!

Love stories

2009-01-31T04:49:00.021Z

Love 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,

Tales or Tailes!

2008-11-27T01:20:00.006Z

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 keep

From my planet Earth to your Planet Tango

2008-11-24T17:51:00.003Z

Private Dancer (Part 5)

2007-07-17T16:31:00.000+01:00

She could not ever be certain if it was the city or its people. London. A city of loners, hermits, and all those who may say they hate to live a life of recluse but despite all this they never fail to miss any given opportunity to remain an insider who lives the life of an outsider.As a general rule "It is safer not to mix". On the tube, at a bus stop, waiting for a cab or driving through the

Choices!

2007-07-09T11:59:00.000+01:00

Sometimes everything is just perfect. A day, an afternoon.Either by design or good luck (not fluke); a combination of everything comes together to form a perfect one.This Sunday was one such day. A party in the heart of English country side.Lovely Argentine tango tunes, in a long sunny afternoon, with square slabs of sunshine lighting up a comfortable wooden dance floor through tall windows

Not Embracing Any Old Ashtrays

2007-07-06T12:48:00.000+01:00

In tango scene where the proximity to dancing partners is intimate; the very fact that someone's scent - specially if the person is a smoker or non-smoker - always influences if one could dance, and enjoy a tanda with them.One of my pet hates is to suffer the irritating unpleasant scent of tobacco on people's breath and cloths.A reasonably simple decision for me to make was to usually avoid the

Ganchos & Turkeys

2007-07-05T02:50:00.000+01:00

No Ganchos and No Turkeys?!!!In reflection, I only said "I don't like dancing close-embrace with frozen turkeys!"Now, if all turkeys are gone(thawed and done!), and there is no fear of any ganchos to be done, can we not first begin with a tango?

MilongaCat is loved back!

2007-07-02T11:15:00.000+01:00

It just goes to show that MilongaCat is also loved back...I just had to share this with you and the rest....and "yes!", I am speechless but "Thank you dear!"MilongaCat.The only cat who loves you back!

Lonely Heart Breaks

2007-06-29T16:07:00.000+01:00

It is not often. Seldom has it happened that two hearts break in one instant and for one and the same reason. If it is the consequence of an instantaneous madness, it needs to be highly contagious. This is never the case. Hearts break only when alone.I have not yet seen a broken heart that was able to mend its hurt or to reverse. A broken heart may sometime forgive but it never forgets.Curiously

Protest

2007-06-29T00:59:00.000+01:00

One day we will be heard!One day everyone will join us.A bad gancho can really hurt!!!Milongacat.The only cat who loves you back!

Not the Wagon But the Project!

2007-06-26T00:59:00.000+01:00

In the gobbledygook of names and chaotic mess of the world's music scene, it is usually only the business men and their "party women" who keep track of music trends. They know the book of the "who is who?" and "what's its what?" better than the rest. The reason is simple, it is because they depend on their knowledge of the CD sales and/or the revenue of the ticket offices in which the fat ladies

Separation

2007-06-22T00:44:00.000+01:00

Whatever enters my mind can not be tossed aside.But the thought therein; I can not confront.What shall I do when I'm unable to scream for you?- Separation,- Separation,Free me from this separation!Whatever language's spoken;Separation exists;Vicious;Relentless;Separation.(From an Azarbaijani folk song.)Big hearts speak the same language wherever we listen. In all of our little world, there exist

Today, tonight, and this dawn!

2007-06-16T07:32:00.000+01:00

Today I phoned. She was not home. "My love, I miss you so much, as I have done for these many years" I said.Today I phoned. He was not home. "My love, I miss you so much, as I have done for these many years" I said.Maybe she was asleep. Maybe he was saying a prayer in the chapel.Maybe one was, and maybe not the other..."Before the Dawn"by Federico Garcia LorcaBut like lovethe archersare blindUpon

Priority & Option

2007-06-14T03:10:00.000+01:00

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option”....but some of us never learn! MilongaCat.The only cat who loves you back!

Saturday Paseo

2007-06-11T18:17:00.000+01:00

Orangesdo not grow in the seaneither is there love in Sevilla.You in Dark and the I the sun that's hot,loan me your parasol.I'll wear my jealous reflection,juice of lemon and lime-and your words,your sinful little words-will swim around awhile.Orangesdo not grow in the sea,Ay, love!And there is no love in Sevilla!Saturday Paseo: Adelina byFederico Garcia Lorca

The Vampires of Love

2007-06-10T03:44:00.000+01:00

She had walked in, totally innocent it seemed. He had watched her from the moment she came in. He had chosen her and she did not know that she had entered his game, his world, and soon she'd be playing something that she would be concurrently a participant and the trophy for.Since it was the norm from the moment any human finds cognition of life, in parallel there begins a deep desire also for

You Remain

2007-06-08T13:27:00.000+01:00

As a perfume doth remainIn the folds where it hath lain,So the thought of you, remainingDeeply folded in my brain,Will not leave me; all things leave me -You remain.Other thoughts may come and go,Other moments I may knowThat shall waft me, in their going,As a breath blown to and fro,Fragrant memories; fragrant memoriesCome and go.Only thoughts of you remainIn my heart where they have lain,

My Letters

2007-06-07T12:10:00.000+01:00

Naturally things cannot in reality fit together the way the evidence does in my letters; life is more than a Chinese puzzle.- Franz Kafka, Letters to His Father

Private Dancer (Part 4)

2007-06-05T14:50:00.000+01:00

She knew for a very long time that she must not change anything about herself in the world but only 'the world' as it shaped itself around and about her. "Oh! only if!" she wished, "if she could, how better and lovely it would be!""Forever!" had come in those moments of 'every-now-and-then', and now maybe gone, but "the happily & for-ever-after!", in her surreal she substantiated these, she was

Mind the Gap!

2007-06-01T11:59:00.000+01:00

"Mind the Gap!" it said again. The last train to somewhere, not sure where, came, stopped and soon was gone. Hardly anyone around. We were still dancing on that platform.You had much earlier insisted "This floor is good for dancing tango!".Earlier on - I could see it in your eyes, wanting us to. "The DJ's gone home now!" I teased in reply. "I am serious! This floor is good, I'll sing you a tango

Private Dancer (Part 3)

2007-05-29T16:41:00.000+01:00

The radio plays on. She could never live in silence. She loves listening to classical music, there was a time that she would, all day if she could. As always her favourite station, BBC radio 3 is on as she goes about her housework on this Sunday afternoon.That is the station that introduced her to so much of what she adores and listens to other than the classics: Tango. It came to her life with

Play this, ...dance with me!

2007-05-24T13:03:00.000+01:00

"I will always have leftthe smooth voice of the sea,to return to breathe the rain that will fallon this body and it will immersethe flower that grows in my...,and to return to laughand every day,a moment, to return to think,about you."A rough translation of an excerpt of the song: Siempre Me Quedará by: Bebe.

Private Dancer (Part 2)

2007-05-22T16:16:00.000+01:00

In the Ladies' cramped space, everyone is trying to be accommodating; well there is no other way. She can see them standing behind her, the reflection in the cracked small mirror does not compliment any of the girls standing there.It amuses her how shared misery brings people closer together; she had seen this experience so many times before. This is true specially when people lose their

Private Dancer (Part 1)

2007-05-20T16:18:00.000+01:00

She was soaked to the skin as she made her way to her weekly class. The April's showers never came. Now, in the early May, it is bucketing down! This evening was to be her treat, it was what she almost lived for; during the whole week she had looked forward to this evening. Every week was the same. The shower had just managed to catch her totally unprepared. She had not remembered to pick her

Forgetful Souls of Tango

2007-05-18T13:07:00.000+01:00

It is easy to forget who we are sometimes! This is worse than forgetting who others are. These may sound odd but let us take it a step further for now and things may come into focus soon.Tango is a great equaliser. Our socio-economical standing in our world away from the dance floor is meaningless in tango. Everyone can forget about their own positions, influences, and any other additional

Tango Embrace

2007-05-12T05:32:00.000+01:00

It is strange while mesmerising and beautiful when an embrace feels "Right". My journey to dancing tango started its original path in other social dance forms. I did not feel inhibited to embrace a stranger to dance with, I was used to that, but from the very early lessons I began to feel and learn that there was something a lot more special about the way we embrace a partner to dance tango.The

A Request

2007-05-05T16:50:00.000+01:00

Every now and then, pause for a moment! Let us together feel and taste the music, don't rush! What is the hurry for? There are no trains to catch for us; we are not in a central station; I am not wanting to leave, are you? I want us to dance here to this song. There are no flights to miss either; this is not an airport. This is the dance of passion and love, enter the pleasure zone!Take your

The Truth of Tango

2007-05-03T17:59:00.000+01:00

There are those who do not aspire to get close to the truth of "love". Either they have never known the truth of love or that it is more likely that they feel they have been betrayed by such truth. We all acknowledge its reality - "love" - but most have no clue how it happens to come along or how it can be lost and gone. In this playground there may always be hurt but is that enough of a reason

Confessions of a dancer

2007-04-21T07:03:00.000+01:00

In your embrace, closing my eyes, my heart is set on exchanging places.arriving within;surfing the layers of fear,living without; these crazy turns.I am feeling dizzy, - carelessness: the point I'm at -- lust: discovering too many arrays of that -moving in a universe of confusing senses,breathing your scents, body and pleasures,- yours, mine, ours: together.with such air-filled lungs;

The Dome - The Zero Hour

2007-04-18T01:23:00.001+01:00

London milongas have been expanding in numbers and to some extent changing in the way they cater and serve their visitors. Gradually gone are now the days when "Milonga" was an extended practica session after the lesson had ended. The dancers, and their friends turning up to London milongas, are becoming more mature in their expectations from a night-out of Tango.The established (major/

Petals

2007-04-17T02:32:00.000+01:00

(by Amy Lowell)Life is a streamOn which we strewPetal by petal the flower of our heart;The end lost in dream,They float past our view,We only watch their glad, early start.Freighted with hope,Crimsoned with joy,We scatter the leaves of our opening rose;Their widening scope,Their distant employ,We never shall know. And the stream as it flowsSweeps them away,Each one is goneEver beyond into

What is your price?

2007-04-13T13:42:00.000+01:00

Sometimes it is easy to get the feeling that what goes around the tango scene is more entertaining, dramatic, funny, shocking, amusing, and often times more unbelievable but actually true than most bad TV soaps or headline stories we might see in our weekend tabloid newspapers.OK! It could be said that the people involved are not the usual actors, celebrities, or the willing pundits who are

Zero Hour

2007-04-11T13:15:00.000+01:00

"At zero hour only passion can save you.You could let distance sketch a smile on your lips. Cheap irony. (You won't get away that easy!) It's all a game. You're going to play it too, you're going to dance with the tiger. Don't worry, your life IS in danger.For the whiplash scars the bandoneon is leaving on your soul,Remember your instructions!Listen up ..., and suffer! ......, This is the tango."

The flight, the dance

2007-04-10T18:34:00.000+01:00

A very wise woman, in my childhood days, taught me :" Birds will die,Let us remember what matters most: 'the flight' !"In that same spirit, maybe long after some have come into - and gone - from our lives, we should just remember the joy we shared with them: 'the dance' !MilongaCat.The only cat who loves you back!

"To Marianne Moore"

2007-04-04T16:16:00.000+01:00

(by Carlos Barbarito)If the idea of immortality is excluded,there remains dust,grass,water that forms puddles,the branch from which the bird sings,a certain mystery that reasonsupposes a fleeting shadow.There remains, in the end, life,the room where a woman pulls on her stockings,the other room, perhaps adjoining,where a couple undressand embrace, and afterwardssay to each other:"we shall not die

A Tango etiquette (2)

2007-04-03T13:03:00.000+01:00

[...A tango etiquette (1)...]The waiter wished that these two could somehow kiss and make up. There is always a handsomely good tip left for him and his mates when people leave the Italian place lovingly. On the other hand when there is a business meeting that goes bad or that the lovers have an argument he knows he would ends up with zilch, zipo, nada, zero, black penny! He looked at that table

Tango and missing vegetables

2007-03-30T12:05:00.000+01:00

"Being more catholic than the Pope" is an expression that is the epitome and embodiment of all things some of us do when we find ourselves passionate about making discoveries in a new belief system, hubby, or any newly arrived at convictions. Dancing Tango seems to be one such example.There seems to be this never ending discussion of what tango is and how it is "authentically" danced in BsAs or

Astor Piazzolla - ADIOS NONINO (Live)

2007-03-28T10:01:00.000+01:00

The love of tango music without falling in love with Astor Piazzolla's creations is impossible to imagine.This is a famous clip of his 1980 tour and concert in Japan. It shows the master at his best of the art for which he is admired all around the world.Enjoy!

A tango etiquette (1)

2007-03-23T04:28:00.000Z

They both sat there, quiet. Neither had said a word, it had been now nearly 10 minutes since the pizza had been brought, sliced, and dished onto their plates. The pieces were still sitting there, nothing in fact was touched by either of these two. The waiter gradually looked more and more anxious. He kept looking around and could not stop wondering if he had done anything wrong with servicing

Tango is not a religion

2007-03-14T16:19:00.000Z

There is certainly always divides between men and women, and inclusively all of us. When it comes to the outlook on life, priorities, the long and short term expectations, in almost all aspects of life, we differ on so many fronts. It is difficult but we struggle and manage somehow to communicate our ways for getting ourselves through the simplest and most complex of tasks by our expressions of

Her Feet ...His Passion!!!

2007-03-02T12:28:00.001Z

I have never been able to take it seriously or much able to comprehend that there are people who have a sensual passion for inanimate objects. In my mind passionate sensuality has always been associated with and limited to people finding each other exciting. Inanimate objects like: - items of clothing, mobile phones, TV sets, shoes, glasses, or kitchen tops I can never accept being expressed as

Hating displays of romance

2007-02-27T01:56:00.000Z

We are such a strange crowd. Why are so many of us such prudes? Amorous hugs, loving kisses, holding hands, in fact any public display of affection are given a sharp shrift as "inappropriate" behaviour at our milongas. The very same acts which are usually dismissed and totally ignored elsewhere, by almost everyone, are suddenly a problem area to tolerate and cope with by the crowds at our

Virdot & Borges' Instants .

2007-02-21T13:11:00.000Z

When Ricardo Vidort passed away many of us felt sad for such loss. Those who met him remember him with much fondness. He was a wonderful and happy individual who as "A Tango Artist" attracted many admirers for his 'Style'. I doubt if he wanted to be remembered more reverentially in any other way than for whom he actually was in his real life. What I know of him is very brief but what I

Dance of the Santiago Moon

2007-02-18T01:03:00.000Z

(Garcia Lorca)Look at that white gallantlook at his wasted flesh!It’s the moon that’s dancingin the Courtyard of the Dead.Look at his wasted flesh,black with twilight and wolves.Mother: The moon dancesin the Courtyard of the Dead.Who wounds the horse of stoneat the gates of sleep?It’s the moon! It’s the moonin the Courtyard of the Dead!Who looks in my grey windows,with an eye full of cloud?It’s

Garcia Lorca: Serenata

2007-02-18T00:42:00.000Z

By the river banksthe night is wetting itselfand on Lolita’s breaststhe branches die of love.The branches die of love.The naked night singsover the March bridgeheads.Lolita washes her bodywith brine and tuberoses.The branches die of love.The night of aniseed and silvershines on the rooftops.Silver of streams and mirrors.Aniseed of your white thighs.The branches die of love.(Serenata by Garcia

Temptation

2007-02-13T02:30:00.000Z

Temptation is adorable. I for one can never resist the tango-confusions when it is so clear to her that I had lost my ways a long time ago. I told her the truth. I said "I want you just the way you are". She deliciously smiled and continued dancing and holding my embrace tight. We danced the steps that painted the tango colours of love: "temptation", to the melody of longing, desires and

(003) A History of Tango Music

2007-02-09T00:09:00.000Z

(003) [Julio De Caro (1899 - 1980)] Musician, violinist, leader and composer.(Windows media file sample 'MALA PINTA' )Julio De Caro and Carlos Gardel were born both on 11 December which has been named as the International Day of Tango.He was born in Buenos Aires in a big family with Italian roots. Despite his father's wishes for his sons to study music and graduate from university

(002) A History of Tango Music

2007-02-06T01:06:00.000Z

(002) [Francisco Juan Lomuto (1893-1950)] Pianist, leader and composer(Windows media file sample )He was born into a Neapolitan music loving family. He composed his first tango at the age of 13 however for many years he played as a pianist in various orchestras. His personal orchestra work began just before his 30th birthday when he put together a group of musicians to play on

(001) A History of Tango Music

2007-02-05T01:31:00.000Z

(001) [Juan Maglio](Windows media file sample )History of Tango has been discussed, thrashed out, argued, quarreled and disputed over forever and often enough. Therefore this and the following postings are simply a personal reference on the Evolution of the Tango Music by recording samples which I like to share here with you. Tango's evolution was driven forward by two interdependent forces of

Another

2007-02-02T13:23:00.000Z

I knew I could not get a "love mortgage" to buy me a happy home. I have so much cash to give but no one gives me a mortgage because my credit history is very bad. Although life is so wonderful and I am having the time of my life, but Oh Jesus! I feel a bit of a fool and I hate feeling this because I know that I am not really that much a fool. Every time I look inside I see me for whom I am, and

Don't cheat me this dance!

2007-01-30T02:33:00.000Z

You always want to talk it through, this I never understood. Listen to me when I say "I am not going to have a discussion with you today". If you insist I shall say "good-bye!". All I want is for you not to just stroke my hair but instead: lead me 'here', dance me 'there', show me off 'everywhere'. Let me get my tango fix and I help you get yours.Why is it so difficult for you to understand this

"Her Tango"

2007-01-26T02:12:00.000Z

Somethings are complete and need no comments.Let's enjoy!Thanks to Nicole Du Cane's for her clip.

Tango, Maths, Discounts and Workshops Bookings!

2007-01-22T14:58:00.000Z

We go to our Milongas to take lesson and to dance Tango. Tango makes us feel and experience romance, love, passion, and so many other human emotions however it has been a while now that we also need a degree in Mathematics to understand what it costs us.The entry fees and costs to attend our milongas are getting gradually so complicated to understand and decipher that many are confused and

Who is Milonga Cat?

2007-01-19T03:19:00.000Z

First of all there came the Milonga Cat , then soon after wards came all the copy-cats.So the current copy-cats are: Tango Cat, Waltz Cat, Disco Cat, and the Puzzy Cat.I am going to let them try it my way, not just here but all around the world to spread the word. A message to all those copy-cats: Beware! There are some out there who are simply barking mad. They would