Congratulations! to Stacy and Tzu-Han for winning 2nd prize at the Asian Tango Championship

* Taiwan dancer Stacy Szu-Chi Jou and Taiwanese-American dancer Tzu-Han Hsu participated in the 6th World Tango Championship in Asia in July 4th and 5th of 2009 at Tokyo, Japan, winning 2nd prize of the category of Tango Salon, becoming the first taiwanese to achieve this rank. Congratulations!

Attached is the ranking announced at the website of Latina:

[ 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)

[ Upcoming Tango Events in Asia ]

[ The 6th Tango Dance World Championship in Asia ]
Date: July 4th - 5th
Place: Tokyo, Japan.
Schedule:
July 4th (Sat) Elimination Rounds
　　　　　 Hamamatsucho Seavance Hall
July 5th (Sun) Semi Finals Finals Awarding Ceremony Milong
　　　　　 Otakumin Hall Aprico
Website: http://www.latina.co.jp/html/campeonato/enindex.html

First Anniversary of Tanguisimo this weekend!

* Tanguisimo Tango Space is one year old! There will be a series of activities from Friday to Sunday to celebrate the occasion. Thanks to all people that supported Tanguisimo Tango Space and joined our events and activities in our first year. We wish to enhance our services to provide better events in the future.

[ Cultural Talk ] "Introducing Tango Masters, part 1"
Talk by: Agnes Tang
Time: Friday April 24th 8:00-9:30PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, 169 Sec.4 Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei)
Entrance: NT200 including drinks and snacks

[ Tanguisimo Anniversary Milonga ]
Time: Saturday April 25th 8:00PM-1:00AM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, 169 Sec.4 Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei)
Live music by: iTango Orchestra -- Alvin Cheng, Ingrid Chen, Frank Lu, Minco Lu, Yvonne Peng, Daniel Liu
Entrance: NT250 including one drink

[ Tanguisimo Anniversary Afternoon Tea ]
Time: Sunday April 26th 3:30-6:00PM
Place: Tanguisimo Tango Space (7F-4, 169 Sec.4 Zhongxiao East Rd., Taipei)
Activities: Dance exhibitions, picture and video reviews, light milonga, gathering and chat.
Free of entrance. Bring your friends and family!

Picture by: Yuliang Wu

[ 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.

Tango Festivals in Asia for the second season

* Information for two tango festivals in April and March in Asia are listed below:

[ 2nd Kuala Lumpur Tango Festival ]
Date: April 9-12
Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Masters:
Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo
Adrian Veredice & Alejandra Hobert
Enrique & Guillermo de Fazio (Los Hermanos Macana)
Website info:http://tangomalaysia.com/festival09/kltangofestival09.html

[ 2009 Seoul Tango Festival ]
Date: May 7-11
Place: Seoul, Korea.
Masters:
Javier Rodriguez & Stella Misse
Francisco Forquera & Carolina Bonaventura
Fabian Peralta & Virginia Pandolfi
Website info:http://www.leoyflor.com/2009/02/2009-festival-introduction.html