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La Milonguera is a student organization at Purdue University devoted to the
promotion and enjoyment of everything related to Argentinean Tango.
Everyone is welcome!
As part of our interest in Tango, we offer three levels of classes in Tango,
Milonga, and Argentine Vals. Classes are open to everyone in the greater
Lafayette. Singles and couples are welcome.
In addition to scheduled classes, we organize workshops, field trips, movies,
milonga parties, performances, etc.
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Summer semester callout: June 13th - 7.00-8.00pm at STEW 302
Classes begin June 20th.
Check the Summer
2008 flyer
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No Friday Class
WWith the Fourth of July on Friday, this week's beginner class will be held on
Wednesday. After class there will be an open practica until 9:30.
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Video of the Week 29.8mb
This week's video is another milonga. This time Somer and Agape give a demonstration after class
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Milonga at Phillips Recreation Center (directions)
Ron and Susana are hosting a milonga this Saturday (06/28) at the Phillips Recreation Center in Urbana, IL. There will be a class before the Milonga, from 7:30 to 9:00, for those who are interested in learning a bit about close embrace. Plan to meet at Vienna at quarter to 8 so we can leave promptly!
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Video of the Week -- 26.8mb
This week we see Homer and Christina demonstrating Molinetes -- turns. Additionally, they demonstrate some useful exercises you might try.
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Video of the Week -- 36.1mb
This week's Video of the Week is the final performance of the series, featuring Homer and Christina dancing to a more non-traditional piece.
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Video of the Week -- 22.2mb
Our video this week is Homer&Christina performing a Milonga at our Milonga. This is the only Milonga performance of TYWP '07 so if you love Milonga don't miss it!
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Chicago Tango Week
Chicago Tango Week is coming this July 3-7! Visiting instructors include Julio&Corina, Carolina&Diego, Melina&Claudio, Pablo&Maria, and Carolina&Donato. An excellent way to spend your long weekend! |
Video of the Week -- 51.9mb
This week's Video of the Week is Somer and Agape's second milonga performance at Tango Your Way To Purdue '07. Next week we will feature Homer and Christina, so take a look at this fantastic couple while you can!
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Summer 2008 Callout
Our Summer callout is coming! Come out to Stew 302 on Friday, June 13 at 7pm to welcome the new members. Don't forget to download the new
fliers and tell your friends!
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Milonga at Channing Murray (directions)
Our friends at Channing Murray are hosting a Milonga this Saturday (5/30) night (see news). The location and dancers are both excellent. Hope to see you there!
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Video of the Week -- 30.7mb
Video of the week is a new feature intended to make available high quality tango
videos. YouTube is a great resource, but unfortunately the quality leaves much
to be desired. Instead, you can download a new high resolution video from us every week. This week's video is Somer and Agape's performance the first night of Tango Your Way To Purdue '07
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Tango Is a
Shared Moment
interview with Carlos Gavito, at www.milonguero.nl
We dance the music, not the steps. Anybody who pretends to dance
well never thinks about the step he's going to do, what he cares about is that
he follows the music. You see, we are painters, we paint the music with our
feet. Musicians play an instrument and use their fingers, their hands. Dancers
use their toes. Read on.
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Performance
Tango or Milonguero?
collected notes by Susana Miller, published in "El
Tangauta"
Two styles of Argentine tango, performance and milonguero, bring
about a controversy in the dance community. Some attribute a false dichotomy
between these styles. False because, in reality, they are complimentary. In a
certain aspect, performance tango and milonguero tango are two sides of the same
coin. Read on.
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Old people and
Tango
Research article taken from The Society for
Neuroscience website, Nov 2005
A study presented at the Society for Neuroscience national
conference in
Washington, DC this week found that "Argentinean tango dancing" is an effective
treatment for maintaining a healthy brain.
Read on.
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The New
Tango Adopts Hot, Fast Moves - Heavy Beat, Lots of Twists Attract a Younger
Crowd; Mr. Ladas's All-Nighters
By Kim-Mai Cutler, The New York Street Journal
Europe, Aug 30, 2005
It still takes two to tango, but young urban aficionados have added
some surprising new twists to the tradition-bound Argentine dance...This is
"neotango", a new millennium version of the dance that was born at the turn of
the previous century in the brothels of Buenos Aires. It is booming all over the
tango world.
Read on.
A Sense of Where You Were
in The Economist, Dec 20,
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A toast to
life
interview with Carlos Gavito, at www.tangopulse.net
Scene: We are sitting at Lalo, one of my favorite restaurants in
Buenos Aires and apparently it is also Gavito's because I see him here all the
time. It is no secret that Carlos is battling with cancer. This fight is
acutely visible in his appearance and his weariness. Read
on.
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And Still They Tango
By Alma Guillermoprieto, National Geographic, Dec.
2003
Full of yearning and lament, the tango is perfect therapy for a
nation still stinging from economic loss. Music, champagne, beautiful women,
gorgeous men, perfume that drifts through the air like a song, songs that linger
in the mind like perfume. The union of two bodies transformed into one?
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But what is tango? The commonest description "the vertical
expression of a horizontal desire - is the least adequate: that applies to
nearly all dances. "A sad thought you can dance", a comment on the wall of the
National Academy of Tango in Buenos Aires, is closer to the mark, though tango
was not always a sad or even a nostalgic music, and can certainly be a joyful
one. Read on. |
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