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July 25, 2006

DeBayres Tango

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Graphic Design: Evolution of Logo for Tango Hotel

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July 16, 2006

Carlos & Raquel at La Baldosa Buenos Aires




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Nuevo Tango Festival Practica 1


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Nuevo Tango Festival Practica 2

Clips of the Nuevo Tango instructors for the Nuevo Tango Festival dancing. Eugenia & Sumar, Mario & Anabella, Damien & Celine, Federico & Laura. May 23, 2006


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Edmundo Rivero

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tango from movie "frida"


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July 10, 2006

Getty stock video footage of tango

The clip below is one of several pieces of black and white stock video footage of tango dancing licenseable from Getty images. It is interesting to consider what movement "look" from tango dancing would have commercial use value. These clips are short, but have instant recognition as "tango sizzle". I suppose one would want this kind of action on a TV spot selling pleasure products. Would it work for selling life insurance or mutual funds investments?

Equally interesting are Getty's keywords used in the description (attached below) that accompanies this clip on Google Video. The meaning of "Hispanic Identity" is more or less obvious, but what connotations are they association with "heterosexual couple"... is "hetero" just a technical descriptor, or does tango dancing imply heterosexual romance. Does Getty have any video classified as "homosexual couple"?

I am also amused by the "Adults Only" tag; this clip doesn't convey that to me, but it's true that one doesn't find many minors interested in dancing tango.



ClipID: 531-15 To license this clip please go to www.gettyimages.com/film and search using the clip number identified. You can quickly find similar clips by selecting any combination of the following keywords: Performance, Overexposed, Black And White, 10 Seconds or Greater, Film, Slow Motion, Cinematography, Tangoing, Heterosexual Couple, Dancer, Latin American and Hispanic Ethnicity, Mid Adult Couple, Mid Adult Men, Men, Adults Only, Mid Adult, Dancing, Mid Adult Women, Women, Indoors, Two People, Adult, This clip comes from Getty Images, the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content for creative professionals. The high-quality preshot footage found at Getty Images ranges from contemporary art-directed clips to iconic archival footage and computer-generated graphics in categories such as lifestyles, locations, visual effects, and more.

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Tango Kinesis

Tangokinesis presents "Suite de Tango" :



Tangokinesis presents "Bolero" :



Tangokinesis presents "Lentejuelas" (GershwinTango) :


Tangokinesis / Gary Lindsey Artist Services
15 min 26 sec - Apr 22, 2006
www.LindseyArtists.com

Tangokinesis is a Buenos Aires-based company of 8-10 dancers directed by choreographer Ana Maria Stekelman. The troupe has performed at the American Dance Festival, Colorado Dance Festival, Avignon Festival and Lyon Biennale de la Danse in France, the Israel Festival, and in engagements throughout Europe, Central and South America.

Since its first extended U.S. tour in the fall of 1999, Tangokinesis has performed in more than 50 cities, including engagements at the "Celebrate Buenos Aires" Festival in New York City and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In March, 2006, the company made its Canadian debut in Montreal. Ms. Stekelman, formerly the artistic director of the Ballet Contemporaneo del Teatro San Martín in Buenos Aires, formed her tango troupe in 1991. She is known for her choreography which fuses the classic tango with contemporary dance. Recent commissions have come from Oscar Arais at the Rome Opera Ballet and from Julio Bocca's troupe, Ballet Argentino. In addition, she has choreographed dances for Spanish director Carlos Suara's Oscar-nominated film, "Tango," for which she was presented the "American Choreography Award" by the Academy of Dance on Film in Los Angeles

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Fabian Salas & Cecilia Gonzalez


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July 09, 2006

tango flash mob in vancouver

Flash Mob Tango

This is from 2004, when flash mobbing was still a fad. I have not heard of this happening lately.

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July 03, 2006

Chicho & Eugenia

Chicho & Eugenia dancing to Cite Tango by Astor Piazzolla, from (I believe) the Gotan Project recording Inspiración-Espiracíon.


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