[Tango-A] NA-E: Tango de los Muertos - Costumes! - Boston - Nov 2 - 5

[Jacob Eggers]

TANGO DE LOS MUERTOS
Halloween Tango Festival
November 2-5, 2006
www.halloweentangofestival.com

In addition to all the other activities at Tango de los Muertos, there will
be costumes at all the milongas!  Below you'll find more information about
the suggested attire.

No, there is no stigma against wearing "normal" clothes.  Dress however you
want all weekend - t-shirt and jeans all the way or a suit the whole time,
no problem, there is *no* dress code! But here's a brief explanation of why
costumes are encouraged: there's a collective joy and unity that we get out
of seeing someone be creative, take a risk, and tango happily with total
concentration on the dance while wearing a two-foot-tall purple wig and
go-go boots or as a cross-dresser for the evening in a vampy 1930s gown or a
tux with tails. It's just delightful!

*Thursday November 2: Battle of the Bands Milonga* Dress like a Band Groupie

DJ Korey Ireland
Show your support of the new tango music movement! Whether it's the dark
glasses of Carlos Di Sarli's followers in the Golden Age in Argentina, the
punk-cabaret look of modern day Dresden Dolls fans, showing your true colors
as a metalhead or in a zoot suit, it's all welcome here.  This is, after
all, the first ever Battle of the Tango Bands - a definite occasion for
celebration!
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Friday November 3: Golden Age Milonga* Dress like a Golden Age Film Star
DJ Robin Thomas
The Golden Age of tango is usually considered to be from about 1930 to 1945,
so think glamorous, drapey, bias-cut evening gowns and dashing, dapper suits
or tuxedos.  Emulate Carlos Gardel and his leading ladies, or Rudolph
Valentino, Joan Crawford, Mae West, and a host of others from the 1930s and
early 1940s.
*

Saturday November 4: Paradiso Milonga *Dress Like A Holiday * *
Live music by Los Chantas, DJ David Liu *This milonga is a collaboration
between Tango de los Muertos and Tango
Paradiso<http://www.daylightpix.com/tangoparadiso.html>.
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You're probably thinking that we mean you should dress like St. Valentine or
Santa Claus - and those would certainly work - but there are so many more
holidays that you might expect. Do you want to dress up for Dunce Day,
National Roof over your Head Day, End of the Middle Ages Day, or Make up
your Own Holiday Day?
More holiday suggestions at:
http://www.tangodelosmuertos.com/info.html#costume

*Saturday November 4 (technically November 5) Sleepwalk Milonga* Dress in
your pajamas
DJ Ben Bogart
Get ready to sleep, but then change your mind and decide to come dance all
night! We think "dress in your pajamas" is pretty self-explanatory, but this
might include your pajamas, bathrobe, wool socks, bunny slippers...

*Sunday November 5 The End Milonga* Dress in Skulls or Skeletons
DJ Yulia Kriskovets
Celebrate Halloween *and* be oh-so-chic by wearing skulls or skeletons to
this milonga. It's not morbid, it's fashion! No, you don't have to dress in
a full body skeleton suit (although that would be fine), just find something
with a printed skull/skeleton on it, or be creative!
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Be careful when choosing your costumes to make sure there is nothing that
will prevent you from having a comfortable embrace, or to prevent a free
range of movement. * Keep your head pretty simple: certain types of hats and
most masks (which are so popular on Halloween) will prevent a close embrace,
as will decorative makeup that rubs off on your partner. And even if you
don't want to dance close for some (strange) reason, don't wear anything
that sticks out much further than usual (it's like driving a minivan when
you're used to driving a car - you and others aren't sure how close you can
cut the corners).

Go to www.halloweentangofestival.com for information about the dozen
excellent instructors, the workshop for musicians and the 23 workshops for
dancers, the beautiful location, how to register, and more!
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