Returning to NYC, May 9-28

Several pivotal moments in my (Daniela's) life happened in New York City. I don't even think I'd have switched careers to become a tango dancer if I hadn't come to the city as an IBM intern in 2001! I'll have to find the time soon for a post about that, but for now, suffice it to say that I'm really happy to return "home" after moving to Buenos Aires last July! It was great to see so many friends and students last weekend and we are looking forward to returning tomorrow, May 16th, for several more days.

Here are two videos from last Saturday's performance at the All-Night Milonga. There are few things Luis and I enjoy more than sharing our tango with beloved friends!

"Derrotado" by Di Sarli (romantic tango!)

"La Espuela" by D'Arienzo (mischievous milonga!)

Luis and I are coming back to NYC tomorrow, May 16st, and staying until Tuesday, May 21st. We'll also pass through town on Thursday, May 23rd and Tuesday, May 28th and will be available for private lessons throughout our stay. This weekend we are teaching and performing at Tango Nocturne on Saturday, performing at The Argentine Tango Lovers of Long Island on Sunday, and teaching 4 special workshops in the city on Saturday. The workshops will include a healthy, generous serving of technique (walking, turns in different styles) and dynamics/musicality, sprinkled with a twist in your tango vocabulary as we explore alteraciones in the end! For more information and registration, please check out the workshop web site. There are discounts for advance registration, couples and students!

"Transforming Your Dance From The Inside Out" in the U.S. for the first time this August!

After three successful years running our 20-hour immersion seminar in Buenos Aires, we are bringing it to the U.S. for the first time this August! If you were looking for the perfect summer escape, this may be your opportunity: 5 days combining intensive tango learning, dancing and hanging out at the beach:

• 4 hours of instruction per day
• nightly dancing
• group limited to 20 students, at this point we are half full!
• informal dancing/swimming/hanging out at the beach
• $300/person registration fee includes 20-hour seminar plus 1 private lesson per 2 students
• inexpensive transportation from NYC (Luis and I just paid $80/person for the round trip by bus from NYC for Memorial Weekend)
• inexpensive accommodation (Days Inn Hotel is within 0.8 miles of the seminar and currently offers rooms at roughly $45/night)

Please email us at danielaluistango@gmail.com to register!

Also mark your calendars for our IV Buenos Aires Immersion Seminar, on February 11-14, 2014!

Montreal, 6.5 years later

Last weekend Luis and I taught workshops in Montreal for the first time. It was a wonderful visit hosted by Las Piernas Tango. I love the environment Jean-Phillipe, Marina and Manuel are creating there: warm, creative and unpretentious.

The visit triggered many memories since even though it was our first time teaching in Montreal, this was actually our second time in the city. In November 2006, a few months after Luis and I started our partnership, we went to the Montreal Tango Rendez-Vous Festival just for fun and ended up being asked to perform after two of the guest artists could not make it to the event. I was just starting my tango career so performing in a big festival was scary, exciting, amazing and just unforgettable!

Here are our performances from last weekend:

"Bien Pulenta" by D'Arienzo

"Duo de Amor" by Piazzolla

 

"Asi Es La Milonga" by D'Arienzo

 

"Corazon de Oro" by Canaro --- this was chosen by the audience!

 

And here are the performances from the Tango Rendez-Vous in 2006, two of our oldest recorded performances: 

"Nothing Else Matters" by Apocalyptica

 

"Tango Negro" by Caceres

 

Tucson Tango Festival

Last weekend we taught and performed at the Tucson Tango Festival for the third time. It was a blast as always! This festival attracts one of the friendliest crowds we have met.

Here's the video of our performance. We were in a goofy mood!

2011 Travel Schedule

January 2 Performance at Sacre Milonga, Paris

January 3-9 Cairo, Egypt

January 14-16 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

February 2011 Buenos Aires
February 3 Performance at Soho Tango Milonga
February 14-18: "Transforming Your Dance From The Inside Out" - Buenos Aires Immersion Seminar

March 11-13 Purdue University

March 19-20 NYC Tango Clinic

March 24-29 Ann Arbor

March 30-April 5 San Francisco

April 5-April 12 San Diego

April 12-15 Big Island, Hawaii

April 16-20 Kauai, Hawaii

April 21-26 Los Angeles

April 27-May 1 Asheville, NC

May 4, 11, 18, 25 Albany, NY

May 7-8 NYC Boot/Heel Camps

May 14-15 Baltimore

June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Albany, NY

June 2-5 Washington D.C.

June 9-12 Toronto Tango Festival

June 17-19 The Tango Zone NYC Midsummer Celebration

June 24-27 Cleveland, OH

July 15-18 Minneapolis

July 21-27 Vancouver

July 27-August 3 Calgary

August 3-7 Edmonton

August TBA Puente del Tango Festival, Krakow, Poland

September 2-4 Viersen, Germany

September 7-11 Amman, Jordan

2010 Travel Schedule

Scroll down for 2011 schedule!

December 12 (2009) - February 12 Buenos Aires:

January 15 Performance at MOBA Milonga
January 21 Performance at Villa Malcolm (Soho Tango Milonga)
February 5 Colgada Bootcamp at Studio DNI Flyer
February 6 Performance at Studio DNI

February 12-17 Carnival in Brazil!

February 19-21 Lenox, Western Mass

February 23-March 3 San Francisco, CA

March 4-8 Tucson Tango Festival

March 13-14 NYC Colgada Bootcamp + Understanding Milonguero, Salon and Nuevo Bootcamp

March 20-21 NYC Tango Clinic

March 25-April 1 Kauai

April 2-7 Maui

April 8-13 San Diego, CA

April 13-22 Los Angeles, CA

April 22-27 Vancouver Tango Festival

April 28-May 3 Chicago

May 5, 12, 19, 26 Albany, NY

May 8-9 NYC Tango Clinic

May 14 Princeton University

May 15 Tango Under The Tent, Westchester County, NY

May 20-23 Washington, D.C.

June 2, 16, 23, 30 Albany, NY

June 3-14 Denver, CO

June 15-16 Toledo, OH

June 18-22 Cleveland, OH

July 31-August 1 NYC Tango Clinic

August 19-22 The Tango Zone NYC Summer Celebration

August 27-31 New Orleans

September 1-5 Houston

September 10-12 Buffalo, NY

September 13-21 Toronto, Canada

October 2-3 NYC Tango Clinic

October 8-10 Cherry Hill, NJ

October 14-17 Ann Arbor, MI

October 22-25 Natural Tango Festival, Denver

October 28-31 El Paso, TX

November 4-7 Albuquerque Tango Festival

November 11-14 Los Angeles de Tango Festival

November 18-December 20 Europe:

November 18-24 Wuppertal, Germany

November 25-29 Warsaw, Poland

November 30-December 5 Krakow, Poland

December 6-14 Bergen, Norway

December 15-20 Viersen, Germany

December 25-January 1 Festival Nouvel An, Bretagne, France

2009 Travel Schedule

January 18 Volcada Bootcamp, NYC

January 24-25 Tango Under the Tent, Westchester County, NY

January 30-March 22 - Show "Puro Tango" at Thalia Theater, Queens, NY

April 3-8 San Diego, CA

April 8-14 Los Angeles, CA

April 15-29 Hawaii (Kauai and Big Island)

April 30-May 5 Palo Alto and San Francisco, CA

May 9 Albany, NY

May 15-17 Chicago

June 5-8 Pittsburgh

June 11-14 Toronto Tango Festival

June 19-21 NYC Midsummer Celebration

June 22-July 15 Buenos Aires

July 18-August 1 Festival Prayssac, France

August 13-16 Festival Puente del Tango, Krakow, Poland

August 20-24 Viersen, Germany

August 27-31 Dresden, Germany

September 2-8 Berlin, Germany

September 8-21 Modena, Italy

September 21 - 30 Sao Paulo, Brazil

October 2-4 Princeton Tango Festival

October 14-December 9 (Wednesdays) Albany, NY

October 16-18 Denver, CO

October 23-27 Minneapolis

October 30-November 2 Tucson, AZ

November 6-8 Columbus, OH

November 9 and 23 - Red Bank, NJ

November 13-17 Cleveland, OH

November 21 Stardust Festival, Catskills, NY

December 2-6 Bergen,Norway

December 15-February 15 Buenos Aires

January 14 Performance at Soho Tango (Club Villa Malcolm)