MILONGAS 2008 - see below

"TANGO-TRIORA"

"TANGO BREAKS"

ARGENTINE TANGO DANCE HOLIDAYS IN ITALY

NON-DANCE SHORT BREAKS IN ITALY

MILONGAS AUTUMN / AUTUNNO 2008:-

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Grazie tutti /  merci a vous / thank you for supporting la 2º milonga a September 5th ...

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Grazie tutti / thank you for supporting la 1º milonga di Triora, Domenica 6 Luglio 2008

Especialmente Dario Moffa, Monica Bozzano, 'Zorro' & Michela, & Laura Bellini.

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Un grande benvenuto a tutti al secondo milonga di Triora. Per coloro che è nuovo a Tango Argentino, questa introduzione alle differenze fra esso e cosiddetto ‘tango’ (tango di ballo liscio) potrebbe essere utile / A big welcome to one and all to the second Tango-Triora milonga! For those who are new to Argentine Tango, this introduction to the differences between it and so-called tango (ballroom tango) might be useful:

In Europe and North America, what has often been called ‘tango’ is actually not really Tango at all. It is a ballroom dance that poorly reflects the real thing. It is a ballroom dance that refracts and distorts Argentine Tango, the real Tango. Ballroom tango is a mere shadow of the passionate dance that is Argentine Tango. Ballroom tango is a weak distillation of something far stronger, far superior; it is a mal-extraction of something integral to the cultures of Uruguay and Argentina (brought from Italy, mostly); it is a dance reduced from an intimate and unique experience to an often boring series of similar steps or fanciful actions played out to awful music. No matter how many times one dances a real Tango, even if it’s with the same partner and the same music (of which there are some 40,000 mostly wonderful pieces of music written), it should never be quite the same experience twice. Ballroom tango reduced Argentine Tango to a sterile set of figures and perverse body positions. Argentine Tango should be danced in a closed embrace or at least facing each other, not bending away from each other! Ballroom turned Tango upside-down and ripped its heart out; it introduced strict rules; it borrowed some imagery from the Tutankamun-inspired Art Deco style, from which it derived its ‘square’ or ‘jagged’ postures and holds – in so-doing it reduced a social dance of endless possibilities to a tight and quite silly spectacle, for performers, from which a dull dance for dullards was derived. Argentine Tango is for all and it has the emotion, the creativity, the playfulness & the intensity that is missing in ballroom dancing. It can be simple or complex but it is not dull. It can be slow or fast. It is always beautiful. It is immensely pleasing to watch and to dance. It is the art of improvisation. Tango is a way of life.

ITALIANO: In Europa e Nord America molto spesso il ballo chiamato tango non è poi il Tango Argentino, in quanto le influenze del classico ballo da sala hanno avuto la meglio. Il tango da sala (ballo liscio), il tango Europeo, altri non è che una derivazione dell’appassionata danza di Argentina.

Possiamo dire che il tango da sala è il distillato, in brutta copia, di un qualcosa di nettamente superiore, un estratto di di quello che il tango di Buenos Aires, racchiude, cioè le culture Argentina,in special modo della zona ‘Rio-Platense’, Uruguaiana e Italiana.Purtroppo nel tango da sala, il Tango Argentino viene ridotto da quella che è un’esperienza unica, intima, a una sterile serie di movimenti simili e programmati in sequenza, spesso ballati con basi musicali orrende. Nel tango di Buenos Aires, non importa anche se si balla più volte con lo stesso/stessa patner lo stesso brano (di cui ne esistono almeno 40000), non è mai uguale, stereotipato alla volta precedente. Il tango da sala riduce il Tango Argentino ad una serie di movimenti che sono l’esatto contrario del Tango di Buenos Aires: l’abbraccio, la frontalità che richiede questa sensuale danza, viene stravolta in una posizione innaturale, dove le teste, i cuori invece di unirsi, si allontanano. Il tango da sala è una specialità da esibizione, creata per essere mostrata in tutta la sua perfezione. Il Tango di Buenos Aires è per tutti, è una danza ricca di emozioni, creatività,di corposità,di intensità, che niente hanno a che fare con il tango da sala. Il Tango Argentino può essere ballato in maniera più semplice, o più complicata, ma mai noiosa.Lenta o veloce...ma sempre meravigliosa, bellissima da guardare, e l’arte dell’improvvisazione... è uno stile di vita.

Carl A. Wilkes (grazie a Laura Bellini per la traduzione)

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 ***NEW***        "TANGO-BREAKS"        ***NEW***

From August 2008 take short breaks, where you, alone or with friends (up to six people) are welcome to rent between 1 and 3 self-catering apartments in Triora, from 4-days to 2 weeks, or more, to simply relax in mountain tranquility, in a beautiful medieval citadel, from where  - if you so wish -  you can let us arrange a dancing schedule for you, e.g. workshops in and around the locale and milongas, in towns & cities in France as well as in Italy. Singles fear not! Partners can be provided because we have dancers-for-you, i.e. dance partners for hire. We drive you to and from all dance events. The driving is included in the price you pay for an apartment - from as little as £48.00 per day! Dance events are not included but tickets for workshops (special lessons) and for milongas are usually less than in Great Britain...and we procure all of them for you, saving you time and effort. Enjoy dancing the stress-free way, book a "tango break". Full information and pictures will appear here soon. Please feel free to enquire further about "tango breaks". Send us a text-sms, or fax or E-mail (go to 'contact page', above left). We will endeavour to answer you within 24 hours.

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TANGO-TRIORA DATES & LEVELS for HOLIDAYS in 2009 are to be announced here 

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An example of a 2008 schedule:

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For details on HOW TO MAKE MONEY FOR YOUR TANGO CLUB OR GROUP, and how to receive free tango holidays, please go to the 'bookings' page, above left.

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You have not danced Argentine Tango? You have not lived! In 2008 there are not many ways that you can take another person in your arms, hold them close, chest-to-chest, in a public display of sensuality - and be respected for it! We will welcome you with open arms! You will rarely have a holiday like this:we absolutely - 100% - guarantee that you will never forget this holiday. Argentine Tango is not the formal, choreographed dance known as 'ballroom tango', which is a dance derived from Argentine Tango. Argentine Tango is the original tango, the real tango! "Tango Argentino", is a personal, improvised dance that allows both partners to enjoy greater freedom than any ballroom dance. You do NOT need to have previous dance experience to dance "Tango Argentino".  Dancing Argentine Tango, in Triora, in "Valle Argentina", in Italy, will be your passport to ...

... looking and feeling more beautiful in 2008.

NOTE pertaining to the Xmas 2007 promotion: WIN A TANGO HOLIDAY IN ITALY. Winners names were announced on 31 January 2008. Note: a won tango holiday weekend in Triora includes 3 days bed & breakfast (if you desire, you will be able to extend to a 5 day stay at a discount rate); three evening dinners; three days of tango tuition, taught by Italian (English-speaking) tango masters; free entry to three dance 'prácticas' and free entry to three, evening tango balls (milongas), where you will mix with local Italian dancers. Winning does not include flights or other holiday-related travel costs; holiday insurance; transfers between airports and Triora; or travel costs whilst in Triora; drinks or meals, other than three breakfasts at the B&B and two evening meals or buffets. Winning does not include anything other than these things, stipulated here. Winners will be treated as couples, sharing the same room, & dancing together.