Tanguísimo Cultural Talk

Topic: "From the classroom to the milonga, from the past to the present. Some things you need to know about tango."

Time: Friday Jan. 13th, 2012
Speakers: Derrick Lee & Agnes Tang
Place: Tanguísimo Tango Space
Add.: 7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel.: (02) 2779-1136
Entrance: NT200 including drinks and snacks.
Note: Talk to be conducted in mandarin

【Tanguísimo Cultural Talk】

Talker: Daniel Liu
Theme: About the music of Miguel Caló
Time: Friday July 22nd 8:00-9:30pm (includes 15 min. break)
Place: Tanguísimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei.)
Entrance: NT200 including drinks and snacks.
Register by July 19th and get a CD for free.
Note: The talk will be given in Chinese.

【Tanguísimo Cultural Talk】

Continuing our talk about tango orchestras, we will concentrate this time on the orchestra of “El Señor del Tango” -- Carlos di Sarli.

Tanguísimo Cultural Talk
Talker: Daniel Liu
Theme: About the music of di Sarli
Time: Friday June 24th 8:00-9:30pm (includes 15 min. break)
Place: Tanguísimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei.)
Entrance: NT200 including drinks and snacks.
Register by June 20th and get a CD for free.
Note: The talk will be given in Chinese.

【Tanguísimo Cultural Talk】

Theme: Tango, dance history and the next ten years.

Talker: Shuwei Hsu
Time: Friday May. 27th 8:00-9:30 (includes 15 min. break)
Place: Tanguísimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei.)
Entrance: NT200 including drinks and snacks.
Note: The talk will be given in Chinese.

Summary:
1. Brief Description about Tango History
2. Compare Tango with other types of dance.
3. Development and Compare of Tango for the past few years
4. Predict to Tango's future

3/25 Tanguísimo Cultural Talk

Continuing our talk about tango orchestras, we will concentrate this time on the orchestra of the “premier bandoneon of Buenos Aires” -- Aníbal Troilo.

Tanguísimo Cultural Talk
Talker: Daniel Liu
Theme: About the music of Troilo (1937-1945)
Time: Friday Mar. 25th 8:00-9:30 (includes 15 min. break)
Place: Tanguísimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei.)
Entrance: NT200 including drinks and snacks.
Register by Mar. 23rd and get a CD for free.
Note: The talk will be given in Chinese.

Summary:
1. Reviewing D’Arienzo a little bit
2. 1937-1941
3. 1942-1945
4. Q & A

2/25 Tanguísimo Cultural Talk

Juan D’Arienzo Orchestra pulled back the people to the dance floor back in the middle thirties, therefore opening the Golden Era of tango in the forties along with many other orchestras. Getting acquainted with D’Arienzo’s music is essential to enjoy a good milonga night!

Talker: Daniel Liu
Theme: "About the music of D’Arienzo (1935-1943)"
Time: Friday Feb. 25th 8:00-9:30 (includes 15 min. break)
Place: Tanguísimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei.)
Entrance: NT200 including drinks and snacks.
** Register by Feb. 23rd and get a CD for free.
Note: The talk will be given in Chinese.
Summary:
1.A little talk about the history
2.1935-1936
3.1937-1938
4.1939-1940
5.1941-1943
6.How to listen to tango music from a dancer’s perspective.
7.Q & A

Aug. 20th【Tanguisimo Cultural Talk】Lesson/ Milonga English in Use

2010 8th Taipei Tango Festival is just around the corner! There are more and more Tango lovers coming to Taipei to dance with us. Using English has become more important in this international Tango event. How to use some simple dialogues to chat with foreigners and even make friend with them? Let’s find out!

【Tanguisimo Cultural Talk】
Theme: Lesson/ Milonga English in Use
Speaker: Anna Chin
Time: Aug. 20th Friday 8:00-9:30PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhong-Xiao East Rd., Taipei)
Entrance: NT200. Coupon holders can enter for free. Drinks and snacks included.
People registering and paying by Aug. 18th at the Tanguisimo frond desk can get a copy of the demo CD of the talk.

【Speaker: Anna Chin】
Anna is a TV series lover, started to teach English in college. Although her major in college was Fine Art Education, she still pushed herself to learn English by herself. She has experiences of children’s English, adult’s pronunciation, and adult’s conversation.

July 23rd【Tanguisimo Cultural Talk】Lyrics and singing of best tango songs from the Golden Age

A deep embrace
An intimate feeling
Romantically surrounded
By a beautiful voice...

Do you want to know what the lyrics say?
And be able to sing along to the music?
On July 23rd, Daniel will introduce
3 of the most popular songs on the Golden Age
Created by classic lyricist/composer combinations!

[Tanguisimo Cultural Talk]
Title: Lyrics and singing of best tango songs from the Golden Age
Speaker: Daniel Liu (Male vocal of the iTango Orchestra)
Piano accompaniment: Ingrid Chen (Pianist of the iTango Orchestra)
Time: July 23rd Friday 8:00-9:30PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhong-Xiao East Rd., Taipei)
Entrance: NT200. Coupon holders can enter for free. Drinks and snacks included.
People registering and paying by July 21st at the Tanguisimo front desk can get a tango CD prepared by Daniel.

Song list:
- “En un beso la vida”
1940 Lyrics: Héctor Marcó Music: Carlos di Sarli
(Compositors of “Corazón”, “Bien frappé”, etc.)
- “Al compás del corazón”1942 Lyrics: Homero Expósito Music: Domingo Federico
(Compositors of ”Yo soy el tango”, “Tristezas de la Calle Corrientes”, etc.)
- “Mañana zarpa un barco”1942 Lyrics: Homero Manzi Music: Lucio Demare
(Compositors of ”Telón”, “Malena”, etc.)

May 28th [Tanguisimo Cultural Talk] "Going to Buenos Aires” Secrets of Travel and Living in Argentina

Argentina is one of the furthest countries from Taiwan, though many of the tango travelers still go visiting it giving up school or work and start a whole new life in Buenos Aires. Why is Argentina so attractive? What does it have to make people so in love with it? Stacy, who has been there for 5 times, will share with you different aspects of this mysterious country.

[Tanguisimo Cultural Talk]
Theme: "Going to Buenos Aires” Secrets of Travel and Living in Argentina
Speaker: Stacy Jou
Time: May 28th Friday 8:00-9:30PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhong-Xiao East Rd., Taipei)
Entrance: NT200. Coupon holders can enter for free. Drinks and snacks included.
People registering and paying by May 26th at the Tanguisimo frond desk can get a copy of the demo video of the talk.

[Speaker: Stacy Jou]
Stacy has been in the tango area for more than 10 years. She has been teaching tango in Taipei Tango Association, Xin-Yi District University, Zhong-Shan-Tang Plaza, Min-Sheng Community, etc, and also in Hsin-Chu and Taichung. She was invited to perform and teach in Sitges Tango Festival in Spain in 2008, along with several world famous tango masters. She traveled around the world for tango and has been in Argentina for 5 times.

[ International Food Culture Exchange - Argentine cuisines at the Eslite Bookstore on March 26, Friday ]

Forwarded letter from the organizer:

"Dear ladies and friends,

We have the great pleasure of inviting you to join us for the 24th session of the International Food Culture Exchange- Argentinian cuisines by Madam Peña and the Argentina Trade and Cultural Office at the Eslite Bookstore (the one close by City Hall) on March 26, Friday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please check the details as attached and block the date, invite your dear friends to come along.

Argentina, the 2nd largest country in South America and also one of the world's major food producers, enjoys her very unique lifestyle with cultural influences not only her own color tone- Latin America, but also from European immigrants (those from Italy, Spain & French) came centuries ago. So many of the pasta, sausage and dessert dishes are the indulgent creations from the indigenous and the European's. Yerba mate, Argentina's national beverage, and so many other cuisines tells every little bit ! of! the warm hospitality as well as the passion of Argentinians.

We are honored to have this great opportunity to invite madam Peña, the representative's wife of the Argentina Trade and Cultural Office to come and demonstrate couple popular banquet dishes in Argentina this time. And you are cordially invited to come enjoy a great and informative afternoon with us.

The whole 1.5 hour program will be explained in languages of both Spanish and Chinese. English-Chinese recipes will be available there for you to pick up.

Warmest regards,

Pallas Chen
the volunteer organizer of
the International Food Culture Exchange since 2007"

【Tanguisimo Cultural Talk - Travel through TANGO time tunnel in 200 years (version 2.0) 】

Topic: Travel through TANGO time tunnel in 200 years (version 2.0)

Speaker: Yuru Lu

Time: Jan. 31st (Sun.) 2:00-3:30PM

Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhong-Xiao East Rd., Taipei)

Entrance: NT200. Coupon holders can enter for free. Drinks and snacks included. People registering and paying by Jan. 29th can get a tango music CD prepared by Yuru.

[ Tanguisimo Cultural Talk - "Expelliarmus ignorance! - Tango music for dummies" ]

leader a: Do you want to dance this set?
FOLLOWER B: Pugliese is so heavy, I just want to listen...
FOLLOWER C: Was the previous tanda D'Arienzo's? The crystal clear rhythm was awesome!
LEADER D: That should be Biagi - it sounded more cut; makes me think about several energetic movements.
leader a: (What the...? Ain't these all sounding the same?)
follower e: (OMG... I was just dancing with Leader D and trying to be calm and elegant. Did I do it all wrong?)
leader f: (They even know the spanish names of the orchestras? I'm dreaming, this isn't true~~ @@)

In the discussion above, do you want to be on the CAPITAL LETTERS side?
Not able to know where to begin when dancing to all kinds of music in the milonga?
Afraid of all that spanish names?
Do you feel alone and cold when others talk vividly about music?
DON'T BE AFRAID!!!

"Expelliarmus ignorance! - tango music for dummies" will make you overcome your fear within 90 minutes.

[ Tanguisimo Cultural Talk ]
Theme: "Expelliarmus ignorance! - tango music for dummies"
Speaker: Alvin Cheng
Time: Saturday Nov. 14th 2:00-3:30PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhong-Xiao East Rd., Taipei)
Entrance: NT200. Coupon holders can enter for free. Drinks and snacks included.
People registering and paying by Nov. 10th at the Tanguisimo frond desk can get a demo music CD of the talk.

[ Speaker: Alvin Cheng ]
Leader of the iTango Orchestra. Major in bandoneon in Ecole Nationale de Musique de Edgar-Varése Gennevilliers in Paris, with Professor Juan Jose Mosalini. He was invited to play and give speeches in many concerts, universities, and radio stations.

Tango named world cultural heritage by the UN

Excerpted from AFP:

"Argentina and Uruguay, which have long fought over who invented the tango, buried their differences to earn UNESCO's recognition of the dance and its music as a world cultural treasure.
The United Nations cultural organization granted the sultry tango dance steps "intangible cultural heritage" status during a meeting of 400 experts in Abu Dhabi."

Read the full story

Tanguisimo Cultural Talk - "Introducing Comtemporary Tango Masters Part III"

* Tanguisimo Tango Space will organize bimonthly cultural talks about tango history, music, dance and culture, as well as Argentinean travel, gourmet and wine information.

[ Tanguisimo Cultural Talk - "Introducing Contemporary Tango Masters Part III" ]
Talk by: Agnes and Derrick
Date and Time: Friday August 28th at 8:30-10:00 PM
Entrance: NT200 including drinks and snacks
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, 169 Sec.4 Zhong-Xiao East Rd., Taipei)

[ Tanguisimo Cultural Talks ] In June and August

* Tanguisimo Tango Space will organize bimonthly cultural talks about tango history, music, dance and culture, as well as Argentinean travel, gourmet and wine information. There will be one talk in June and August, respectively. Stay tuned for details.

[ Tanguisimo Cultural Talk - "Introducing Comtemporary Tango Masters Part II" ]
Talk by: Agnes and Derrick
Date and Time: Friday June 26th at 8:30-10:00 PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, 169 Sec.4 Zhong-Xiao East Rd., Taipei)

[ Tanguisimo Cultural Talk - "Introducing Contemporary Tango Masters Part III" ]
Talk by: Agnes and Derrick
Date and Time: Friday August 28th at 8:30-10:00 PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, 169 Sec.4 Zhong-Xiao East Rd., Taipei)

[ Tango Program at Han Broadcasting Network ]

* Listen to Alvin Cheng talk about tango music and history every Wednesday night after Tanguisimo Practilonga.

[ Tango Program at Han Broadcasting Network ]
Frequency: Taipei FM106.5
Time: Starting on Mar. 4th Wed. nights 23:00-24:00
Host: Hsio-Ching Chiang. Speaker: Alvin Cheng.
Leader of iTango Orchestra, Alvin Cheng will talk about history of argentine tango and music from different periods.

[ This Sunday afternoon ] Tanguisimo Cultural Talk -- "Backpacker Tanguera/Tanguero - we SMELL and TASTE"

* The third and last lecture of a trilogy lecture planned by Yuru Lu, featuring this month senior backpacker tanguera Alvin Cheng. Use your five senses and listen to them sharing their tango experiences.

[ Backpacker Tanguera/Tanguero - we SMELL and TASTE ]
Time: Sunday Dec. 21st 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei)
Host: Yuru Lu
Invited senior backpacker of the month: Alvin Cheng
Content:
Sharing observations on the argentinean way of eating and drinking.
Entrance: NT200 including snacks and drinks

[ Backpacker Tanguera/Tanguero – Tango with five senses ]
Date: Monthly lecture from Oct. to Dec. (75 min - 90 min length)
Note: Lectures are conducted mainly in mandarin.

[ Tango Culture ] Oct. and Nov. cultural speech reviews available online

* Speech reviews of Oct. and Nov. cultural talks at Tanguisimo are now available online. Thanks to Yuru Lu for sharing!

[ Backpacker Tanguera/Tangueros ]
2008.10 speech review @ we SEE
2008.11 speech review @ we TOUCH and LISTEN

[ This Thursday Night ] Tanguisimo Cultural Talk - "Backpacker Tanguero/Tanguera - Tango with five senses"

* The second lecture of a trilogy lecture planned by Yuru Lu, featuring this month senior backpacker tanguera Agnes Tang. Use your five senses and listen to them sharing their tango experiences.

[ Tango Backpacker - we TOUCH and LISTEN ]
Time: Thursday Nov. 20th 7:30 PM - 8:45 PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei)
Host: Yuru Lu
Invited senior backpacker of the month: Agnes Tang
Content:
Tips to communicate with different dancing partners or strangers.
Listen to their experience in tango learning, their preferred songs and what the DJs might be wanting to tell you by their music.
Entrance: NT200 including snacks and drinks

[ Backpacker Tanguero/Tanguera – Tango with five senses ]
Date: Monthly lecture from Oct. to Dec. (75 min - 90 min length)
Note: Lectures are conducted mainly in mandarin.

[ This Saturday afternoon ] Tanguisimo Cultural Talk - "Backpacker Tanguero/Tanguera - Tango with five senses"

* The first lecture of a trilogy lecture planned by Yuru Lu, featuring this month senior backpacker tanguera Doreen Chu. Use your five senses and listen to them sharing their tango experiences.

[ Tango Backpacker - we SEE ]
Time: Saturday Oct. 18th 14:00-15:15
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, No.169, Sec.4, Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei)
Host: Yuru Lu
Invited senior backpacker of the month: Doreen Chu
Content:
Insight to all kinds of tango activities, and how to become a popular dancer.
Includes city discovering skills, milonga etiquette, classic clips of master performances.
Entrance: NT200 including snacks and drinks

[ Backpacker Tanguero/Tanguera – Tango with five senses ]
Date: Monthly lecture from Oct. to Dec. (75 min - 90 min length)
Note: Lectures are conducted mainly in mandarin.