Carolina Leonardelli and Gabriel Salvi have starred in a number of tango shows including 'Senor Tango, "Argentina Tango on Stage" and Miguel Angel Zotto's "Compania Tango x 2' - now they are coming to Sydney to do workshops and performances.

Carolina and  Gabriel studied jazz, tango, folklore, musicals, contemporary and classical dance at the National Institute of Arts (I.U.N.A) of Buenos Aires. They began to tour as a tango couple in 2006. They were on the faculty of the Chicago Tango Festival 2009, teach regularly in Buenos Aires and were finalists in the 2010 Stage Tango Championships.

Let Yourself Go… or Negrito or..

A clever youtuber Milonga del Treno has spent hours putting tango songs to famous dances - from Donald Duck cartoons to Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.
Did Fred and Ginger ever dance Argentine Tango? I don't think so, but they would probably have been very good at it.
I have picked 2 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dances because they are particular fvourites - but check out the channel and spend a few hours watching a very clever piece of technology!

It is with great sadness that TangoAustralia reports on the sudden death of tanguera Andrea Misse, in a car accident in La Pampa, Argentina, on 2nd January at the age of 34. A young mother and wife as well as a tanguera, her loss will be felt very deeply.

In 2010 and 2011, Andrea Misse came to Australia with Javier Rodriguez as the star performers at the Sydney Tango Salon Festival. Many Australians met and learnt from Andrea, who saw teaching as her mission.

Being hosted in Melbourne by Solo Tango over the weekend of 24th March and in Sydney by A Little Buenos Aires are two dancers who have won a number of prizes in the World Tango Cup (formerly the World Tango Championships) - Lam and Roberto Montenegro.
 

Taking evocative tango photos is a challenge, as anyone who has pointed a camera in the direction of tango will attest. Belinda and Rod from Project Neo Fusion Tango in Melbourne, joined with Sidewalk Tango studio to promote the Melbourne Tango Photo Challenge 2011. The judging took place in November at Melbourne Tango studio run by Sidewalk Tango. 

TangoAustralia asked Rod for a report on the Challenge - and the photos that took out the prizes.

Milonga Brava recorded by Francisco Canaro and his orchestra in 1938 is one of the most popular milongas. Every dance is different as we all know, and each couple will interpret a song in their own dance.
Just for fun, TangoAustralia presents the interpretation of a dynamic young couple, Sebastian Achaval (World Tango Champion 2005) and Roxana Suarez who visited Australia in 2008; Eduardo Capussi and Mariana Flores who are known for their individual interpretations of tango and Facundo Posadas who is one of the most respected Milongueros, now in his seventies.

Enjoy!

"I thought you'd be at Pansy's milonga" the blonde tanguera said to the red-head as they watched the dance floor fill with couples at the beginning of a tanda. "Lovely people," she replied "but I can't stand the music - it's all over the place and so are the dancers!"

When a milonga isn't working for you - it could be the music. The aim of every tango DJ should be to have the floor filled with dancers who are moving in synchronicity around the floor as if they are in a trance and to have those few sitting out enjoying each other's company - or watching the dancers...

when the energy is right the floor is vibrant.