[Tango-A] NA-NE: NYC ART+ TANGO BENEFIT

[andrea]

FOR NON TANGO PEOPLE AS WELL!

The space is beautiful - two levels with a very good floor, a baby  
grand, excellent art to view, and lots of space to dance!



Benefit Tango Dance for Seaport Cultural Association
                                                                 To  
Be Held on April 22

             The New York City Argentine Tango community is holding a  
benefit Milonga  to raise money and
awareness of the Seaport District Cultural Association (SDCA). The  
Milonga will be held at the SCDA Performance and
Exhibition Space at the Seaport on Front Street at Beekman Street on  
Sunday, April 22 from 8 to 11PM, with a free beginner
Tango lesson from 7 to 8PM.

             The SDCA supports the work of local artists including:  
Pulitzer prize-winning photographer James Nachtwey, and photographer  
Barbara Mensch, who has just published her new book “South Street”,  
which documents the now legendary Fulton Fish Market. Other  
photographers, painters and sculptors – 36 in all, and all Seaport  
based – are currently on exhibition in the SDCA space and will  
provide the backdrop for the Milonga. The multi-level performance and  
exhibition space is part of the SDCA’s plan to establish the Seaport  
as a destination for cultural activities and entertainment.

             For five years the New York City Argentine Tango  
community has held free open-air dances every Sunday evening in the  
summer at Pier 17. The SDCA benefit Milonga is a tribute to the  
evolving neighborhood that has supported the dances.

The Milonga will feature live music by the multinational Argentine  
tango band "Los Chantas", performances by several professional tango  
dancers, as well as projected photographic images of tango dancers  
dancing at the seaport taken last summer by Sergio Reyes.

             Admission to the Milonga will be $12. The event is being  
sponsored by many local restaurants new to the neighborhood and the   
Celebrate Tango -NYC Tango Festival. All of the funds raised at the  
event will go to the work of SDCA.

             When asked about the event, SDCA co-founder James  
Wintner said, “"Why, oh my God it’s perfect, it's the Seaport, where  
cultures meet and exchange vows and dance the night away!"

contact |info: Andrea Katz 212.608.2627 |www.seaportdistrict.org






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