Tango is reaching out to more and more Australians who are enjoying the music .
Recent visitors have included virtuouso bandeonista, Karel Kraayenhoff and orchestra Camerata Portena, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra 's Tango Jam CDs have been a sell-out success and Australian composer Elena Kats-chernin is learning the bandoneon and is passionate about it.
Currently the American version of Dancing with the Stars is showing on US TV. What makes it different from the Australian version this year is that among the stars is 82 year old Cloris Leachman - who can be seen here dancing tango with her partner.
A unique tango Festival - and a Kiwi in Buenos Aires
Friday, 26 September 2008
Antoinette Wilson, (pictured) a Kiwi, moved from Sydney to Buenos in 2004. Now she is not only enjoying life in Buenos Aires but also organising one of the most innovative tango festivals, Milongueando. We asked Antoinette to tell us about life in Buenos Aires and the Festival.
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oing to live in the exciting metropolis of Buenos Aires and dancing tango with the locals, throwing away the stress of daily life in Australia – or New Zealand – and living on less money are dreams of many local dancers. Antoinette was 28 when she moved to Sydney, Australia, from New Zealand, and she began dancing tango as a way of meeting people.
