Mi sweetie and I are readying ourselves for a short tango pilgrimage to Chicago in April. It is 2010 Chicago Mini Tango Festival - April 9-12. I really like that festival for a number of reasons: the location - University of Chicago, friendliness, good DJ-ing, good dancing, overall great atmosphere for tango lovers. Not to be forgotten is one of the main instigators, a special tango aficionado, my friend whom I met through tango - Ray Barbosa.
This time around, I am looking forward to studying with Alberto Dassieu.
I saw Alberto dance a couple of years ago in El Beso and was so impressed with his deliberate, very classy, elegant dance.
Look at this tango:
I love his sense of music and the way he moves his body in suspense, sort of. You can tell a volcano going on inside with a deep feeling of music, celebration of it actually, translated so beautifully into a dance. (I wish Paulina's left arm extended up around and on top of Alberto's shoulder, but that's besides the point.)
Now look at this vals:
Look at the continuous flow of the dance, see the suspense in both dancers' footwork, matched only by the impeccable D'Arienzo's accentuation of the vals pulse. Everything is sooooo simple, yet so beautiful, it just makes me cry with excitement and desire to join in - simply a magical dance.
Should be loads of excitement in Chicago.
Carlos Gavito's tango clips
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