Holiday schedule

Thanks to the Most Fabulous Queer Tango Community, the practica WILL meet while we are away.

The practica will meet from 7-9 with hosting and DJing by Matt and Tad. There will not be a class, but Tad, Claudyne, and Eve will be there to work with students.

Dec 14: Matt
Dec 21: Tad y Claudyne
Dec 28: NO PRACTICA
Jan 4:  First Sunday of the month and nowhere to relocate. NO PRACTICA
Jan 11: Tad y Claudyne
Jan 18: Duro y Vio are back

Also, if you want to dance more, we know you will be welcomed at the MIT Practica on Thursdays.
They are meeting on Dec 18, but have not yet posted the January schedule. We recommend that you arrange to go to the practica with a practice partner or a group (maybe you can organize this on the 14th). Please check here for schedule and directions.  The practica usually meets in the elevator lobby on the 7th or 8th floors of the building. After you enter through the atrium, turn left for the elevators. Street parking should not be difficult in December and January.

!!! We do have space in the Monday night semi-private class starting January 19. Please let us know if you are interested.

Sunday nights at Spontaneous Celebrations 

7-8 pm: Practica (practice). if you come just to practice, you can continue until 9 pm. there’s plenty of space to dance even with the class starting at 8.

8-9 pm: Class (absolute beginners and all levels are welcome any time. no registration is necessary, this is a drop-in class.)

prices:   Practice only 1-2 hours $5
If you take the class: $10 (practica is free for people taking the class)

Also we are now offering semi-private lessons (maximum 6 students) in Jamaica Plain on Monday and Wednesday nights. Next series starts Monday January 19.  to sign up, contact: tango@duroyvio.com

In Cambridge, Eve is offerinig a drop-in class Tuesday nights at 6:45 pm at 16 Bow Street, Union Square. contact: tangoqueer@live.com.

We are thrilled to announce that Eve is starting a Queer Tango class in Cambridge Tuesday evenings at 6:45 pm, starting December 2, 2008.

Classes are 90 minutes

Sliding scale ($10-$20 pay what you can afford)

Info: contact   tangoqueer@live.com

Classes will be held at 16 Bow Street, Union Square. 

Schedule of Sundays 7-9 pm at Spontaneous Celebrations

• June 1 NO session.
• June 8 Guest instructor: Vineet
• June 15 Guest instructor: Vineet
• June 22 No session at Spontaneous. Queer Tango Outing to Boston Tango Festival, hosted by Tad.
• June 29 Guest instructor: Eve
• July 6 Guest instructors: Steve & Pamela
• July 13 Guest instructor: Eve
• July 20 Guest instructors: Claudyne & Tad
• July 27 Guest instructors: Steve & Pamela
• August 3 Guest instructors: Claudyne & Tad
• August 10 Guest instructors: Claudyne & Tad
• August 17 Guest instructors: Steve & Pamela
• August 24 Guest instructor: Eve
• August 31 Duro y Vio are back!

Details
• Summer Queer Tango will be 2 hours, from 7-9 pm.

• There will be only one class for all levels of beginners, starting at 7. Then supervised and unsupervised practica. Everyone is welcome.

• Absolute beginners are always welcome!

• The charge for instruction & supervised practica will be $10 per person. If people come just to practice unsupervised, we ask for a $5 donation to support the space.

• Al and Max will host the practica.

• Duro y Vio will continue to answer email and phone inquiries.

NEED MORE TANGO?
The following instructors have expressed support for Queer Tango and are excellent teachers.
• Thursdays starting June 5 in Cambridge with Pamela & Steve Slavsky. Info here:

• Tuesdays starting June 3 in at Ruggles Baptist Church in Boston with Carlos & Tova. Info here:

* 2nd Queer Tango outing Friday May 23 7 pm class and milonga to follow at Providence Tango Festival (May 23-26):  Let us know if you want to go and we’ll arrange carpools!  THIS outing replaces our normal Friday night class.  http://providencetango.com/events.html

* 3rd Queer Tango outing Monday May 26 1 pm class on “leaders and followers secrets” with Homer Ladas (we LOVE him!)  at the Providence Tango Festival.

These classes that we have picked out for you are appropriate for your level. It is very inspiring to learn from very advanced professional dancers and they have special ways of understanding and explaining the movements. We are confident you will enjoy and develop in these classes.  Unfortunately the festival is a little expensive. The classes are $30 and the Friday night milonga is $20 and the discounts only kick in if you sign up for several days.

Let’s go dancing! Let’s go together!

We’ll go to the MIT practica on Thursday May 15, 8-11 pm.

Meet at 8:00 in the lobby of Building 36 (black glass thing with an atrium) at 50 Vassar Street in Cambridge.

Street parking around and on Mass Ave. Also try Albany, south of Mass Ave.

Last night we attended Homo Revolution, a national tour of Queer hip hop artists. It’s interesting to reflect on the acts and meanings of queer hip hop as we think about building queer tango. Read more…

Here is a great guide to help you learn about tango music:

It’s written by a tango musician and musicologist who is very historically informed and clear thinking, Pablo Aslan. He is working on his own music, with his NY band Avantango. Check them out!

Sundays at 7 pm at Spontaneous Celebrations in Jamaica Plain, just one block from the Orange Line Stonybrook Station with plenty of street parking.

If you have any questions, please

When you get a chance, please read our brand new guide to tango etiquette. It includes exciting topics like emotions and how to ask someone to dance…

We started with Tina Herreman’s excellent guide to tango manners, then we added to it and queerified it.

On the last day of the beginner’s series, we’ll practice using the queerified codigos.

(thanks to lexa’s blog for this post!)

Tango Tales radio show is not about playing music only - it is about educating the listeners about Argentine tango - music & dance.

The show is broadcasted on Saturdays 9:00-10:00am on Portsmouth Community Radio ( listen on line www.wscafm.org),

but you can DOWNLOAD the most of the episodes from the show’s site: www.tangotales.com.

WWW.TANGOTALES.COM HAS MORE FOR YOU:

- browse movie, book and music recommendations

- new CD releases

- read essays by other tango lovers

- sample the extensive list of alternative tango music (yes, sample - not just read the list of titles)

- browse links to the most informative sites & pages (not just links to more links!)

COMING SOON:

- podcasting via iTunes (just subscribe to the service and the new episode will be ready for you to download into your MP3 player - LISTEN ON THE GO)

- sampler of Argentine tango music by the modern musicians - for dancing and listening. The best of the best.

HERE ARE THE MOST POPULAR SHOW EPISODES:

Brief history of tango music. Told by the semi-professional pianist Max Valentinuzzi, who played during Golden Age

www.tangotales.com/archive/MaxTangoHistory.htm

Jorge Luis Borges: blindness.

Jorge Luis Borges: tango poetry

www.tangotales.com/archive/Borges.htm

Histories of old tangos: La Paloma, El Choclo, Caminito…

www.tangotales.com/archive/MoreOldTangos.htm

Understanding the genius of Astor Piazzolla (with Osvaldo Golijov, Yo-yo Ma, Carlos Prieto)

www.tangotales.com/archive/Piazzolla.htm

ABOVE ALL… TANGO is a COMMUNAL AFFAIR:

if you have something interesting to say - about music or dance - you are welcome to contact me!

Thank you for listening and contributing - Elmira

Elmira Cancelada
show host, Tango Tales

Portsmouth Community Radio 106.1 FM SATURDAYS 9:00-10:00 AM ET Internet:www.wscafm.org

Stockholm International Queer Tango Festival
20-23 March 2008

Let´s dance tango at a festival that is turning traditional gender roles and heteronormative structures upside down! A space to meet new wonderfully openminded people who are ready to discover the possibiities of freedom in the argentine tango.

Workshops for beginners and advanced dancers. Take your first tango steps with teachers and artists from Buenos Aires and Europe!
Tango performances
Tango dance every night and day

Early bird 10%  until Valentine´s day

See the full programme and register at:
 http:// www.queertango.se

In the attachment you will find the festival flyer, please give it to friends.

See You in March!

Charlotte Rivero
Founder of queertango in Sweden
Tangoverkstan- roles in motion!
073-7702515

Intresserad av tangokurser eller DJ? se:
http://www.tangoportalen.com/tangoverkstan
http://www.tangoportalen.com/djlotte

Stockholm International Queer Tango Festival 20-23March 2008
http://www.tangoportalen.com/queertango, www.queertango.se

I have two tango packages to offer including flights  Berlin-Stockholm  and a place to sleep 5 nights during the festival in Stockholm!

140-150 Euro  per person
Departure  Berlin-Stockholm 19/3 10:40
Departure Stockholm-Berlin  24/3 12:40

if you bring a friend to the class for their first time, you’ll receive a coupon for one free class.

(two friends, two coupons…)

March 28-30

http://www.yaletangofest.com/

there will not be beginner classes at this festival.

but the milongas will be a welcoming space for queer folk and women leaders.

May 23,24,25,26

The Providence Tango Alternative Festival

Workshops with Eric Jorissen + Homer + Christina Ladas

http://www.providencetango.com/events.html