Saturday, January 5, 2008

TangoStars Jan/Feb 2008

Happy New Year and may all your tango dreams come true!
Here is a tango lyric to describe each of your fortunes.
Gracias to planet-tango.com for English translations.

Feliz Cumpleaños Capricorn y Aquarius

The Goat is entering a special year with Jupiter (the Gavito of the Zodiac) in your sign.
Gangster, king of the milonga Gangster, sentimental
you hide behind your laughter much desire to cry.
(Patotero, rey del bailongo patotero sentimental,
escondes bajo tu risa muchas ganas de llorar.)

You will be protected from all malevos (except yourself!) and your dance repertoire will expand as you now fully grasp the secrets of the tango.
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 7, 8, 16, 17 Feb 3, 4, 12, 13


The Waterbearer
Why do you prefer to cry for what you've lost
to look for what you've wanted
to call for what has died?
(¿Por qué prefieres llorar lo que has perdido
buscar lo que has querido
llamar lo que murió?)

Let the dead rest in peace. Loosen the hold of the ghost of the old milonguero monkey on your back. Take some Nuevo classes!
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 9, 10, 18, 19 Feb 6, 7, 14


Pisces
Loft furnished by Maple: piano, rug and nightlamp…
a fonograph that cries old tangos of my flower

No you are not redecorating your apartment!

And everything at half light that love is a sorcerer...
At half light the kisses...At half light the two of us...
(Pisito que puso Maple, piano, estera y velador...
una fonola que llora viejos tangos de mi flor,)
(Y todo a media luz, que es un brujo el amor,
a media luz los besos, a media luz los dos...)

You are having a (ssh) secret love affair with Tango.
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 12, 13, 21 Feb 8, 9, 18


Aries
This is how one dances the tango, while I "draw" a figure eight,
for this fancy footwork, I am like a painter.
Now here is a run, a turn, a sitting.
This is how one dances the tango!
(Asi se baila el tango, mientras dibujo el ocho,
para estos filigranas, yo soy como un pintor.
Ahora una corrida, una vuelta, una sentada.
Asi se baila el tango!)

You will increase your classes in the New Year and be sure to also increase your rates! Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 14, 15, 22, 23 Feb 10, 11, 19, 20


Taurus
Staying up all night…
My best companions always were the milongueros boys,
the gamblers and something else; and with them,
night after night I wasted, between drinks, dances and parties…
(Trasnochando…
Siempre fueron, mis mejores compañeros los muchachos milongueros,
jugadores y algo mas; y con ellos,
noche a noche derrochaba entre copas, baile y farras…)

You are on the tango festival circuit. Non stop!
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 16, 17, 24, 25 Feb 12, 13, 21, 22


Gemini
Goodbye, my pampa!... I'm leaving... I'm leaving for strange lands
(Adios, pampa mia!...Me voy... Me voy a tierras extrañas.)

You carry heaviness in your heart that only the tango can soothe. It is time to leave home and all that is familiar. An adventure awaits!
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 18, 19, 27, 28 Feb 14, 15, 23, 24


Cancer
A heart throbs...I seem to see you returning with a good bye.
(Late un corazon... me parece verte regresar con el adios.)

An old partner returns only to break it off again. And in the milonga, you unite once more...until the next quarrel. Ah, the dulce y amargo of love.
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 2, 20, 21, 29 Feb 16, 17, 26


Leo
Dressed like a dandy, hair slicked with styling gel…
you dance at the milonga with an air of importance,
shining the elegance and giving exhibition.
(Vestido como un dandy, peinao a la gomina
y dueño de una mina más linda que una flor,
bailás en la milonga con aire de importancia,
luciendo tu elegancia y haciendo exhibición.)

You are on fire (and full of hot air)!
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 4, 22, 23 Feb 1, 19, 20, 28




Virgo
You don’t know, you'll never know what it is like
to die a thousand times of anxiety.
(No sabrás, nunca sabrás lo que es
morir mil veces de ansiedad)

Oh yes you do know! Between work and love, your passions run deep and you love to torment yourself.
Lucky Milonga Days: 7, 8, 24, 25 Feb 3, 4, 21, 22


Libra
If I don't live what I dream I dream all that I sing,
that's why my charm is love.
(Si es que no vivo lo que sueño Yo sueño todo lo que canto,
por eso mi encanto es el amor. )

Your magnetism embellishes your every step. And your laughter and song inspire others to dance their own dance of life.
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 9, 10, 27, 28 Feb 6, 7, 23, 24


Scorpio
Carnival in my neighborhood!
where everything is love,
bells of laughter,
toning down the pain.
(¡Carnaval de mi barrio!,
donde todo es amor,
cascabeles de risa,
matizando el dolor)

Everything you need is in the hood. Milongas, lovers, cafes, even the pharmacy to ease your suffering.
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 2, 3, 13, 29, 30 Feb 8, 26, 27


Sagittarius
I have my little ranch on the hillock, where the thrush sing…
Daisies, and rosebushes have sprout for you…
Because one day this gaucho nest will be yours and mine…
(Yo tengo mi ranchito en la loma, donde cantan los zorzales...
Margaritas, y Rosales han brotado para vos...
Porque un día será ese nido gaucho de los dos...)

Your days of milonga hopping are over. You are building your nest with the partner of your heart.
Lucky Milonga Days: Jan 4.5, 14, 15 Feb 1, 2, 9, 10, 28, 29

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Tango Libre Paotango



Paola Bordon tango dancer and teacher will be
in NYC Dec 28 - Jan 1.
You can contact her for technique of women or
milonga with traspie or chacarera
and zamba (Argentinian folklore).
1312- 498 0556
paotango@yahoo.fr

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

What time is it in Tango Mecca?

As of 12/30, Argentina has just announced it will reintroduce daylight savings time.

Therefore…

BsAs

NOON


New York

9 AM

[3 hours earlier]


Los Angeles

6AM

[6 hours earlier]



Thanks Loreen for this important info!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Tiger's Tango Lessons

After reading the article below, you faggots and dykes know you'd better get your booties into my tango class and educate yourselves in preparation for your next holiday in Gay Buenos Aires!

Thursday nights
7pm Beginner
8pm Adv Beginner
9-9:30pm practica
$20 a lesson
9 Great Jones (3rd st)
between Broadway & Lafayette
Bell #1
NYC

Learn from the queer milonguero and third place winner of the 2007 US tango salon championship.
All classes are heterosexual friendly.
No partner necessary.
Tango shoes - A MUST!!!

GayWired.com - Don’t Cry for Gay Argentina

GayWired.com - Don’t Cry for Gay Argentina


Don’t Cry for Gay Argentina


Latin America’s most gay friendly new destination
Article Date: 12/07/2007

By Duane Wells
Five years ago, Buenos Aires became the first major Latin American city to approve legalized same-sex unions. This past summer, the Argentinian capital hosted a gay football World Cup. Meanwhile, just last month, the city welcomed The Axel Hotel, Latin America’s first luxury hotel designed specifically for a gay male audience. And this week, Argentina's House of Representatives is expected to vote on a new national law to extend health benefits to gay couples. All of this means there is a little need these days to cry for gay Argentina.

With travel industry experts estimating that about 20 percent of the tourists that visit Buenos Aires are gay (which amounts to about 300,000 visitors a year who spend $600 million annually in the city) it’s no wonder that there are gay tango bars and wine shops sprouting up all over town, and that a new "friendly card" guides travelers and locals to discounts at gay-friendly shops and restaurants.

There is now even, a "Gay Map" that lists gay-friendly nightspots and more.

This is all a far cry from the not so distant past, where the country’s military dictatorship decreed that being openly gay was an offense punishable by jail time.

According to an International Herald Tribune report, Argentine social mores began loosening in the 1990s, when the pegging of the peso to the dollar gave Argentines more spending power, allowing many to travel abroad for the first time.

Thereafter when Argentina plunged into economic chaos in late 2001, devaluing the currency and turning Buenos Aires into a relative bargain for Western tourists (many of whom were gay) discrimination based on sexual orientation became a petty concern, the report continues.

Against this backdrop, it is not hard to see why Juan Juliá, the savvy 37-year-old entrepreneur from Barcelona, chose Buenos Aires as the site for the second ‘hetero-friendly’ gay targeted Axel Hotel over other destinations like Rio de Janeiro; Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; and a slew of European capitals.

Suffice it to say that it is the dawn of a new day in Argentina. Si!


"the dance which united all ethnic groups and peoples"

FOCUS Information Agency

New show by Neshka Robeva
9 December 2007 | 18:41 | FOCUS News Agency
Sofia. The premiere of the new performance of Neshka Robeva Refugees would be on December 12 in the National Palace of Culture. It would be telling the story in its own way about the fates of different Balkan groups going to Argentine in the 20th century. These were refugees who left their mother country for different reasons – everyday life, political or love reasons, Neshla Robeva, long years eurhythmics coach and author of the most successful musical performances in Bulgaria said for FOCUS News Agency.
The fates of people from different ethnic groups would be presented in the performance – Armenians, Jews, Turks, Macedonians, Serbs, Bulgarians.
‘All of these will be entangles with Argentinean tango – the dance which united all ethnic groups and peoples,’ Neshka Robeva said. ‘In the same time we tell the story of the fate of the refugees by the means of dance, music and songs,’ the choreographer added.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Tigers Tango Class Schedule for Dec 2007

Hola Tangueros

Here is my tango teaching schedule

All classes will be held at 889 Broadway #4A 19/20 streets


Thursdays
7 - 8pm Beg Tango Class

8 - 9 pm Adv Beg Tango Class
9 - 9:30 practica


You do not need a partner for any of these classes.
Each class is $20 per person
practica included in class fee.

nos vemos

Lexa (Tiger)