Queer as Tango

Click here to read Lexa's interview in Reportango magazine.

Gay Pride Week @ Cielo tues Jun 23

Come and Celebrate Gay Pride Week at Cielo
Heavenly Bamboo Pavilion
10 East 39th St (Madison & 5th Ave)
Tuesday Jun 23 2009
8:30 tango lesson. Learn to WALK ON THE DARK SIDE with Lexa (walking
with ease on the left side of the follower)
9:30pm - 1:30am milonga
DJ & Host Lexa
DON'T MISS THIS NIGHT OF tantalizing TANGOLESBIANA
Lesbian Lustradas, Gay Gauchos, Bisexual Bailarin, Transgender
Tanguero/as, Straight Men hoping for a little Sandwiche or Back
Sacada, FagHag Firuletes, Ladies of the Night, and ALL Milonqueeros
welcome
Wear lavender or let out your inner gender bender and COME IN DRAG!

We also welcome ALL THE PARENTS AND RELATIVES AND FRIENDS of GLBT people. EVERYONE has a GAY GARDEL or a cross dressing female tango singer somewhere on the family tree!
nos vemos!

What folks are saying about Cielo

"Why I go to Lexa's by Jean Migdal.

I go to Lexa's Milonga because I always have a good time, the space is intimate and Lexa is a very good host. Lexa plays good tranditional music and alternative tandas created with me in mind. She and I dance madly to "I Want to do Bad Things to You", the theme song from my favorite tv show, Trueblood. Lexa is inventive and dreams up fun themes for official and not so official holidays and celebrations. A surprising number of people who go to Lexa's like to dress up for her events. Once I danced with a barechested man on a Hawaiian themed night. When Lexa performs wtih Gayle it's always naughty and fun. Finally, I go to Lexa's because her cortinas are unexpectedly playful; and, if we start to dance, she plays the entire song."

Nos vemos y abrazos -Lexa

Gayle & Lexa La Belle Epoque May 8 2009_milonga

Lexa Roséan and Gayle Madeira, 2008 United States Argentine Tango Stage Champions, performing at the La Belle Epoque milonga in the Ukrainian Restaurant, New York City on May 8, 2009.
Song: La Milonga Que Faltaba by Donato

Gayle & Lexa La Belle Epoque May 8 2009_first dance

Lexa Roséan and Gayle Madeira, 2008 United States Argentine Tango Stage Champions, performing at the La Belle Epoque milonga in the Ukrainian Restaurant, New York City on May 8, 2009.
Song: Barbo de Choclo by Carlos di Sarli

Milonga de la Familia

Four Seas Players 39^th Season Spring Performance

In Cantonese with English Subtitles

Milonga de la familia

Playwright: Kaiyu Sun Director: Katen Ho

featuring Lexa Roséan & Gayle Madeira

Show Times

Sat. May 9& 16, 2009 at 3:00pm & 7:00pm

Sun. May 10 & 17, 2009 at 3:00pm

Location

Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center – Recital Hall

466 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002

Admission

$12.00 at the door, $6.00 senior citizens

$10.00 by reservation via phone or email

Reservations

Phone (718) 831-1998 Mon.-Sat. 9am-6pm

Website http://www.4seas.org

On a Sunday afternoon, a widow waits for her two daughters and younger brother to join her for a family dinner. Under the quiet surface there are tensions and conflicts between the family members but everyone is used to the predictable situations they have to face each day. An unexpected guest drops in and the revelry that she brings with her throws the family off balance. What does the visit of this stranger mean to the family and herself?

About the Title

Milonga is not a fixed location or a stationary being. It is made by people, music and the interaction between them. Family is the same, only that in this case love is the music. Milonga is something we live. Family is something we make.