A sad news -- NYNY milonga becomes history

Some people might already know that the NYNY milonga in Taipei has come to an end since the restaurant is closed. Since year 2000, this has always been the best milonga in Taipei. Many of the farewell milongas of the Taipei Tango Festivals were also held here, and almost every single workshop as well: Lucía y Alvaro Salas, Fabián Salas y Carolina del Rivero, Julian Miller Ramil y Claudia Lissette, Esteban Moreno y Claudia Codega, Ezequiel Paludi y Sabrina Masso, Leandro Palou y Andrea Missé, Pablo Villarraza y Dana Frígoli, Damián Esell y Nancy Louzán, Julio Balmaceda y Corina de la Rosa... Even Gavito and Gloria y Eduardo have been here when performing in tango shows in Taipei. We much regret not having done much more at NYNY and for NYNY.

We would like to say thanks to the owner of the place for hosting us for so long. Thank you Arthur and Beauty. We will always remember the cheerful moments we had at NYNY Restaurant.

Some articles about NYNY, in chinese:
Eva -- 某個探戈年代的結束- 落幕後記憶紐約紐約舞會的片刻
Daniel -- 跟老朋友道別--紐約紐約舞會走入歷史
Stacy -- Last Night in New York New York
Derrick -- The last waltz should last forever
Yuru -- She Takes a Bow

I will upload more photos taken at NYNY from 2004 to 2007. Thanks to all the people that have supported Taipei Tango Association and our milongas and events. We will keep looking for good places for milongas.

Festival video -- dancing to D'Agostino-Vargas

People dancing to the music of D'Agostino-Vargas at the Grand Milonga of the 2007 Taipei Tango Festival. (Hint: to watch video smoothly, press play and then pause it once it begins to play; wait until the video is half-loaded to press play again.)
© Copyright Taipei Tango Association

P.S.: You will need Quicktime to view the video. Click here if you want to watch it from Google video. The quality is much lower, though.

Festival video -- rock'n roll at the milonga

People dancing rock'n roll at the Grand Milonga of the 2007 Taipei Tango Festival. (Hint: to watch video smoothly, press play and then pause it once it begins to play; wait until the video is half-loaded to press play again.)
© Copyright Taipei Tango Association

P.S.: You will need Quicktime to view the video. Click here if you want to watch it from Google video. The quality is much lower, though.

Festival images - the masters 2

Masters show at the Grand Milonga. Photos by David Juang.
©2007 Taipei Tango Association

Festival images - the masters 1

Masters show at the Grand Milonga. Photos by Yuliang Wu.
©2007 Taipei Tango Association

Festival images - iTango 2

Live performance by the iTango Orchestra. Photos by David Juang.

Festival images - iTango 1

Live performance by the iTango Orchestra. Photos by Yuliang Wu.

Festival images - chinese style milonga 2

Exhibition of local and visiting dancers and improvisation by the masters. Photos by David Juang.

Festival images - chinese style milonga 1

Exhibition of local and visiting dancers and improvisation by the masters. Photos by Yuliang Wu.

2007 Winter Tango Festival in Seoul (WTFS)

Teo, of the organization Tango Seduction from Seoul, asked me to announce that there will be a tango festival in Seoul from 14th to 20th of December this year. Visiting masters are:

Mariano CHICHO Frumboli & Juana SEPULVEDA
Sebastian ARCE & Mariana MONTES

The event will be composed of 28 classes, 7 practicas and 5 nights of milonga.
Details on the web are yet to be announced:
http://www.tangoseduction.co.kr

1st Taipei SALSA Festival

For people interested, there will be a 1st Taipei Salsa Festival from 7th to 9th of December this year.
Details: http://www.taipeisalsafest.com/
Don't forget to come also to the milongas if you do get in town!

Festival images - the people 2

Images of people dancing in the 2007 Taipei Tango Festival. Photos by David Juang.

Festival images - the people 1

Images of people dancing in the 2007 Taipei Tango Festival. Photos by Yuliang Wu.

New blog of Javier y Andrea

Visit Javier y Andrea's new blog:
http://www.javieryandrea.blogspot.com/

Photos of iTango performing

Here are some photos taken during the performance:


iTango Orchestra kicks the night off



Violins and Bandoneon



Pancho and Daniel sing...



iTango Orchestra group shot w/ Daniel



iTango Orchestra group shot

Some pics of the festival

Esteban and the iTango Orchestra


With friends from Hong Kong


Friends from Taipei


Esteban DJing for the Sunday Milonga at Barbados


Sunday Milonga at Barbados


Taipei friends


Annie and Esteban


Ruda and friends from Japan


With friends from Japan


With friends from Hong Kong


Javier at The Food Japan


Pancho and Javier


Annie, Carolina and Stacy


Esteban, Claudia and Amy


Pancho, Javier, Esteban and Daniel


Andrea and Esteban


Isaac, Annie and Gustavo


Friends from Singapore


Farewell Milonga at The Food Japan

Sep. 12, Beginners Lesson

這堂初學者課程, Pancho提示的重點在於 :
女生不要想著依賴男生的所謂"完整leading", 而要靠自己讀取所有的資訊, 一邊搭配音樂來完成動作. 既然是想著要靠自己, 與男生的contact或embrace應該是主動而有意識的.
男生要放鬆自己全身, 加強腳上的意念, 使自己成為 "容易被女生讀取資訊" 的狀態. 否則女生感受不到或不夠清楚也只能怪男生自己了.

Greetings from Daniel & Stacy!

Dear tango friends,

Stacy and I opened this blog as a means of share and discussion for the events and lessons at the 2007 Taipei Tango Festival. We welcome comments as well, hoping to do better in the following years. Of course, we would appreciate if you shared thoughts, pictures and your festival experience this year.

People interested in posting please send an email to tangotaiwan@gmail.com and we will invite you as contributor of the blog.

Tangamente,
Daniel & Stacy
Organizers of the Taipei Tango Festival
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親愛的探戈朋友們，

思齊與我設立了這個部落格，希望邀請大家在此分享2007第五屆台北國際探戈節的活動觀感及上課心得。當然也歡迎大家不吝給予我們指教，讓我們在未來可以辦得更好！真心期待看到各位的文章與照片。

有意分享的朋友請傳封信到tangotaiwan@gmail.com，我們會邀請你成為本部落格的共同著作人。

劉心岳與周思齊
台北國際探戈節主辦人