Many of you may remember TangoVida, the Argentine Tango studio run by Ney Melo and Jennifer Bratt. It was a lovely studio in Nob Hill with regular classes, milongas, Comme Il Faut for sale and rotating art work on the walls. In 2011 they closed the studio’s doors and left the Bay Area, and after a quick stint in Miami, returned home to the East Coast. (They also managed to … [Read more...]
Celebrating Pampa Cortés
It is obvious when you meet Pampa Cortés, that he lives and breathes Tango. This past Thursday the Bay Area Tango community gathered together at the Verdi Club to celebrate Tango legend, Pampa Cortés. This evening was a very special night. Two of our favorite local Tango orchestras, Seth Asarnow y su Sexteto Tipico and Trio Garufa, performed to a packed room. A Chacarera … [Read more...]
Feeling Good with Mauro Peralta and Jennifer Olson
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we dance Tango because of the way it makes us FEEL. We may start dancing for various reasons: to be more social, to learn a new dance, for exercise, to meet the opposite sex, but we would not continue if it did not make us feel good. We even choose our dance partners by the way they make us feel. How many of us avoid people that are … [Read more...]
Tango as a great motivator
It’s amazing that something as simple as a social dance can change and motivate people in many ways. Ah, but Tango is not just any ordinary social dance. Tango is deep and complicated and very addicting. It has a way of enveloping people’s lives and inspiring them to make changes in how they live, act, or think. When people fall in love with Tango, they are often inspired … [Read more...]
Teacher Spotlight: Cristian and Fernanda of Feeltango
Learning tango may seem complicated and challenging at first, but what it really comes down to is feeling and connection. When dancing Tango it helps to find connection with the music, your partner and your own emotions. Cristian Sierra and Fernanda Valdovinos of Feeltango teach from this perspective. They are a friendly and enthusiastic couple from Santiago, Chile who have … [Read more...]