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October 27, 2006
The Tango Lesson
This is my favorite scene in the whole film. It is so well edited. And these little snippets of dancing from each of the men still give a real flavor of their dance personality, their way of hearing the music, their movement vocabulary, their "style". This scene was a huge influence on me when the film came out. I was just starting to dance tango then. I couldn't begin to do what Pablo Veron does in this film. But these moves of Cacho Dante, Omar Vega, David Derman, and Gustavo Naveira became things that absorbed me for months and months. Well, years, really. In fact, I'm still studying what they do here.
David Derman, the man who invites Sally with a stirring motion, died in 2002.
Janis Kenyon wrote about him on tango-l
(http://pythia.uoregon.edu/~llynch/Tango-L/2001/msg02406.html
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Subject: [TANGO-L] a friend of tango
From: Janis Kenyon
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:32:00 -0300
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During my second visit to Buenos Aires in March 1997, I went to Club Almagro
one night where a stout gentleman invited me to dance a tanda of Pugliese.
Afterwards, he escorted me to my table and asked me to write my name on a
piece of paper for him. He in turn gave me a small scrap of paper with a
number on it. No, it wasn't his telephone number. It was a number given to
me as dancer No. 6,458. I asked the woman with whom I was seated about the
significance of this number. She told me that he is an accountant by
profession and is keeping a record of all his partner in the milongas.
It was about a year ago that this man, David Derman, gave me one of the
special cards he had printed to give to his partners. The card indicates
the date, city, number and and name of the dancer. It has David's photo with
his address and telephone number.
And with this message: ya para siempre te
registre en mi corazon para mi no seras solo un nombre ni seras solo un
numero, tendras de mi este recuerdo de quien te agradece profundamente haber
compartido estos minutos de danza en la cuales nos evadimos del mundo
material y nos introdujimos a puntillas de pie en el rieno de la emocion y
la alegria que nos depara el tango. Gracias por bailar conmigo.
David Derman turned 69 on April 9. His partner for the past 11 years,
Susana, told me that he was parked in his car in front of El Beso the night
of September 4, when he passed. His dance partners numbered around 7,600.
He loved all kinds of music, but especially tango and jazz. He was known
and loved by everyone in tango.
Pichi de Buenos Aires
Sergio Suppe translated the text of David Derman's card:
Ya para siempre te registre en mi corazon para mi no seras solo un nombre ni
seras solo un
numero, tendras de mi este recuerdo de quien te agradece profundamente haber
compartido estos minutos de danza en la cuales nos evadimos del mundo
material y nos introdujimos a puntillas de pie en el rieno de la emocion y
la alegria que nos depara el tango. Gracias por bailar conmigo.
You are now registered in my heart for ever. You will not be for me just a
name or a number.
You will have this souvenir from somebody who is deeply grateful for the
dance we shared, a few minutes where we escaped from the world to enter tip
toe in the kingdom of emotion and happiness that is our tango .
Thank you for dancing with me.
Posted by joegrohens at 04:18 PM | Comments (0)
October 25, 2006
Pepe y Luisa
Delicious. A clinic in how to dance to Angel Vargas. This is what I'd call Salon style.
Pepe and Luisa giving a performance at Club Sunderland October 14 2006.
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October 24, 2006
Cappussi-Flores Cumparsita
For Halloween:
Same dance, different recording:
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October 23, 2006
the routine I want to learn :-)
Profant Finale 2006 Tango
Cliff P. Baldridge, dir. : Santa Barbara Arts TV
2 min 46 sec - Oct 17, 2006
www.sbartstv.com
Posted by joegrohens at 09:36 PM | Comments (2)
October 21, 2006
Murat & Michelle
Tango performance by Murat and Michelle Erdemsel at the first Candlelit Milonga, Eastern Market, Washington DC, September 30th, 2006
Posted by joegrohens at 04:12 AM | Comments (0)
October 17, 2006
Nora's Tango Week Performances 2006
Nora's Tango Week 2006 in San Francisco featuring Hugo Patyn, Jorge Firpo, Nito Garcia all dancing (or so it looks to me) with Miriam Larici, Fernanda and Guillermo, and Nora and Ed.
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October 12, 2006
Sebastian Echavel & Romina Yan
Sebastian Echavel & Romina Yan giving a tango demonstration at Club Sunderland, October 7 2006.
Posted by joegrohens at 10:55 PM | Comments (0)
October 11, 2006
Mina - La Cumparsita
Wow is this camp.
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October 10, 2006
Cieris
Some rare footage of Rodolfo and Maria Cieri performing.
El arte del Tango-teatro Carre Holanda 97-98-99
Espectaculo dirigido por Wouter Brave;Sexteto Canyengue de Carel Kraayenhof, bailarines:
Rodolfo & Maria Cieri,Claudia Codega & Esteban Moreno, Roxana & Fabian Belmonte.
(Disfruten de las maravillas que dibujaba Rodolfo Cieri con Maria) ;para vos querido Rodolfo te dedico esta poesia nacida del alma por tantos tangos y momentos compartidos.
Fabian Belmonte.
Leer poesia desde el enlace siguiente:
http://www.tangodeoro.com/EL-BULIN/Noticias/RodolfoCieri.htm
Posted by joegrohens at 08:27 PM | Comments (0)
Chicho, Eugenia, Angel Vargas, Alberto Castillo
Adios Arrabal de Vargas-Agostino y Asi es la milonga de A.Castillo
I always think it's weird when people assume that so-called "nuevo tango" dancing is supposed to be done to alternative music (e.g., electro tango or Piazzolla). What Chicho and Eugenia dance to isn't even fantasia-worthy Pugliese.
It is interesting to observe Eugenia's use of her left arm as she moves between close and open embrace. It is also interesting to see how much Chicho uses his right arm and hand to mark her steps (in addition to his use of weight, direction, rotation in upper torso, of course).
Posted by joegrohens at 07:59 PM | Comments (0)
Jorge Firpo en Clase
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October 09, 2006
La Cumparsita
Little Terry Kohei playing at some kind of guitar fest in Tokyo. It would be hard to dance tango to this version.
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October 07, 2006
Capussi Flores
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October 06, 2006
Homer and Andrea
| Performance by Homer Ladas and Andrea Fuchilieri in Union Square |
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Aerial Dancing to Gotan
Not really tango, but it's cool. I can't believe they don't break those windows.
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