[Tango-A] NA-E: Tango de los Muertos - Boston - Nov 2 - 5 - Regsitration Deadline, Costumes, and more...

[Jacob Eggers]

MorenoTango presents...
TANGO DE LOS MUERTOS
Halloween Tango Festival
:: Boston :: November 2-5, 2006 ::

****Oct 26th - Deadline for early registration discount - Oct 26th****

Tango de los Muertos, the amazing Halloween Tango Festival, is just around
the corner!   You have just a few days left to register for discounted
package prices.  After October 26th you can only purchase milongas and
workshops a la carte.  Whether you plan to take workshops or just to dance
you will save money if you register before this Thursday.   So check out the
schedule, the instructor bios for our dozen instructors, read the workshop
descriptions, figure out a costume or two for the milongas, register for
your event picks, sign up for private lessons, and get ready to come to
Boston to participate in an extraordinary event!  It's all here at
www.halloweentangofestival.com

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At Tango de los Muertos,
Los Divertidos Wants YOU!

We are Los Divertidos (the fun ones), a bunch of Boston dancers dedicated to
meeting visitors, making new friends, and fostering fun at Tango de los
Muertos!  Just come by our table at the festival entrance to introduce
yourself and to find sign up sheets for group meals and transportation (ie:
to offer rides, find rides, or find local navigators).  Whether you're a
local Bostonian or a visitor, we want you to join us in being (and having)
fun.   We look forward to meeting you!

                        - Pamela, Joan, Michael, Jacob

P.S. A casual Breakfast de los Divertidos is tentatively scheduled for
Saturday morning, November 4th from 10:30 to 11:30 at Springstep. Stay tuned
for confirmation and details.
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More Tango de los Muertos info, including costume suggestions...

Instructors:
   * Florencia Taccetti (Buenos Aires)
   * Nick Jones (Denver)
   * Korey Ireland (Kansas City) and Mila Vigdorova (Moscow)
   * Luis Bianchi (Buenos Aires) and Daniela Pucci (New York City)
   * Felipe Martinez and Rosa Corsico (San Francisco)
   * Robin Thomas (New York City) and Jennifer Olson (Portland)
   * Tova and Carlos Moreno (Boston)
Private lessons available.  Request times on the Info page of
www.halloweentangofestival.com

Musicians and DJs:
   * Los Chantas Tango Trio (New York City)
   * Ben Bogart (Providence)
   * Korey Ireland (Kansas City)
   * Robin Thomas (New York City)
   * Yulia Kriskovets (Washington DC)
   * David Liu (Boston)

Locations:
MIT and Springstep (A beautiful expansive building with two wonderful dance
floors!!)

Costumes:
There are costume suggestions at all the milongas of Tango de los Muertos!
 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
DJ Korey Ireland
Dress like a Band Groupie
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!

Friday November 3: Golden Age Milonga
DJ Robin Thomas
Dress like a Golden Age Film Star
The Golden Age of tango is usually considered to be from about 1930 to 1945,
so think glamourous, 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
*Live music by Los Chantas*
DJ David Liu
Dress Like A Holiday
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
DJ Ben Bogart
Dress in your pajamas
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
DJ Yulia Kriskovets
Dress in Skulls or Skeletons
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!

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).


See you in Boston!   www.halloweentangofestival.com
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