[Tango-L] Fwd: Alternative in Buenos Aires

[andres amarilla]

Forgetting for a moment the fact that I don't like dancing tango to
alternative music (unless it's the Beatles), I have to say that Villa
Malcolm on Fridays is THE place for nuevo and alternative music.  The
organizer and DJ, Gaby Glagovsky, plays artists like Tom Waits, Al
Green, Commodores, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, Eva
Cassidy, Bjork, Goran Bregovic, Llasa, Cristina Branco, Korey
Ireland's Milonga, Apocalyptica, and other alternative music.  I can't
necessarily say that people like it, but it is happening.  But then,
Gaby's taste in music includes a loathing of Pugliese and a passion
for the Forever Tango soundtrack, so he doesn't exactly have
mainstream tango tastes.

Back in 2002, when I ran a practica in La Galeria del Tango with Carla
Marano and Pablo something (I can't remember his last name), Pablo
would come every week with huge crates full of CDs of every kind of
music—funk, blues, rock, zouk, Argentine pop/rock, etc.—and he'd play
everything.  All I can say is that we worked up a sweat trying to
dance to that music.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Igor Polk <ipolk at virtuar.com>
Date: Oct 7, 2006 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Alternative in Buenos Aires
To: brian at danceoftheheart.com, tango-l at mit.edu
Cc: jackie.wong at adelphia.net


Brian,

So you mentioned about how many? 3-4 alternative milongas? About the same
like in San Francisco.
Out of 140 weekly?
Aha.

And ... how to say it.... thank you, but I am not interested in Chicho,
Libedinsky, Pulpo and the likes...

Who are they !?

Igor Polk.




-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Dunn [mailto:brian at danceoftheheart.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 1:41 PM
To: 'Igor Polk'; tango-l at mit.edu
Cc: jackie.wong at adelphia.net
Subject: RE: [Tango-L] Alternative in Buenos Aires



"I would say that alternative tango has not arrived in Buenos Aires ...."
-- Jackie


Can you explain more about it?
-- Igor


Hi Jackie, Igor, et al,

Changes like this often occur gradually and unevenly.

At Villa Malcolm in Buenos Aires (Cordoba 5064), there are practicas on
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings, and milongas with live
music once a month on Saturday evenings.

At the Monday and Thursday practicas run by El Motivo Tango (the only ones I
have managed to attend in their entirety), the music from 8pm - 11:15pm or
so was entirely classical tango (Di Sarli, D'Arienzo, Biagi, Pugliese,
etc.).  From 11:15pm until midnight, the music shifted toward what many
would consider alternative.  Carlos Libedinsky is often in attendance, as is
Chicho.  Crowds on Mondays are always a minimum of 100-150, with 300 in
attendance at their recent 2nd anniversary.  The attendees are predominantly
younger local dancers, with a sprinkling of older dancers, and some gringos
of varying age.  Level of dancing skill and floorcraft among the regulars is
very high, even with the characteristic energized style of dance.

My understanding is that the music on the Wednesday and Friday practicas run
by Tangocool follows a format that also provides for alternative music at
each event, but at those events I'm unfamiliar with the balance between
classical and alternative.

All the best,
Brian Dunn
Dance of the Heart
Boulder, Colorado USA
www.danceoftheheart.com
"Building a Better World, One Tango at a Time"






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