Tango Uncorked

Today on the show we feature Regina Angeles! Regina is a connector and a pioneer. She loves bringing people together through her work and in tango. She is also one of the more popular people in the community because of her fun outgoing energy and her ability to lead and follow.   (02:21) Regina Angeles reflects on her journey as one of the first female leaders in the New York tango scene, co-runni...

Today on the show we sit down with Candy Korman. Candy is a dancer who has been a part of the NYC tango community for over 30 years. Candy tells us about her experience growing up in the New York tango community. Some of her major influences and how they inspired to stick with tango and continue on her journey. Candy is a writer and you can check out her work here: www.candysmonsters.com

Today on the show we welcome back, Norma Silver. We first met Norma on this show back in 2019 and I wanted to bring her back and see how she has been doing these past 5 years. Our friendship has developed quite and bit and it was nice to chat again and get to hear more of her stories. Norma talks a lot about what inspires her, what she looks forward to, and how grateful she is for having tango in...

Welcome back after a 5 year hiatus! Today on the show we sit down with long time New Yorker, Mariela Franganillo to chat about the past, present, and future of Tango here in New York City and elsewhere. She welcomes us into her past and her philosophy of dance, teaching, and performing. Recently she has teamed up with Dagny Miller organizing and producing tango events in NYC. Stay tuned for their...

Hello again everyone, We are happy to be back with a special short episode. We wanted to catch up after 8 months away and see how everyone is doing? What are your holiday plans? How have you been doing since our last episode? We featured music from Pablo Aslan's latest release and you can find that and much more here: avantangorecords.bandcamp.com/album/xmas-tango-project-milonga-edition It was re...

For our final weekly episode we were joined by Mario De Camillis. Mario is a dancer, performer, and artist from Buenos Aires. He joined us from his neighborhood of Villa Crespo where he has lived since he was 9 years old. We chatted about his history as a dancer, how he got started who some of his influences are, and some of his favorite things about tango as well. We hope you enjoy the conversati...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Gabriel Prynn. A native of England, he has been based in Montreal for many years. A fabulous cellist and tango dancer, we had a great time getting to know him more and learn about his history as a musician and dancer. We hope you enjoy the conversation. Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to br...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Daniel Trenner. If you are dancing tango, or have danced tango, in the US over the last 30 years, Daniel is probably part of the reason why. Daniel spent a good amount of time in the 1980's in Buenos Aires, before it was a tango tourist destination. During that time and after he studied with as many dancers and teachers as he could find. He made a series of ov...

Tonight on the show we have Cecilia Garcia!! Cecilia is a life long dancer, artist, and creator. We had a nice discussion about her path to tango and journey before. She has been one of Ciko and Adam's favorite teachers for many years.  She has a unique ability to articulate how the body works and transmit that to students. It was nice to hear about her process as an artist and dancer and we found...

Tonight we celebrated the END of an ERA! This is our final Wednesday show as we will be reopening classes starting next week. We will be moving the show to Thursday at 8:30PM!! Tonight we were joined by Cleveland native and musician  Andrew David Minor. He shared some beautiful music he wrote and we chatted about his background in music. Alberto and Micaela also called in to discuss their time tog...

Tonight on the show we were joined by singer, musician, songwriter, creator,  Ariel Varnerin. We had a lively conversation and learned a lot about his journey into music and tango. He sang us some beautiful songs accompanied by his guitar playing. You can learn more about him through is FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/arielvarnerin Eleonora Kalganova joined us for a conversation full of lau...

Tonight on the show we were joined by pianist Andrew Oliver from Portland Oregon. Andrew specializes in Tango, Early Jazz, and Ragtime. We chatted about his time living and playing in London and Europe. The community in Portland as well as how he came to playing tango music after many years playing Jazz. Jesica Cutler and John Miller from Denver Colorado also joined us. We have known them for seve...

Tonight on the show we were serenaded by the wonderful voice of  Mark Growden. Mark is the singer / song writer of several songs that we dance to in the alternative room at Tango Cafe which we listened to on the show. Mark also played a few lives pieces for us as well. Matias Facio called in from Berlin. He took a little nap and woke up to chat with us about the early days of his tango journey mov...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Stine Helkjær Engen and Silvia Ceriani. Stine is a bandoneonista from Denmark who has been living and playing in Buenos Aires for over 10 years. She shared her wonderful music and played a very inspiring live piece for us as well. She is involved in numerous creative projects and it was a pleasure to sit and chat and get to know her. Silvia Ceriani also called...

Tonight on the show we sat down with Fernando Otero.  Fernando is a lifelong musician, who hails from a family of musicians. He opened up with us about his thoughts on writing music, playing music, and also his spiritual journey as a yogi. It was a very fascinating conversation. We also played some of his music throughtout. https://www.fernandootero.com/ Diego Blanco, formerly of NYC, joined us fr...

Tonight on the show we were joined by Maureen and Carlos Urrego. http://www.carlosandmaureen.com/ Dancers, performers, and teachers based in NOLA, they have been working together since early 2016 and already have a HUGE presence in the US tango community. We learned about their early days working together, growing as a couple, and some other funny stories. Juan Villareal serenaded us with his beau...

Tonight on the show we celebrated 52 WEEKS of Tango Cafe takeout! For this show tonight we asked 8 of our regular guests / callers to join us for some questions and conversation. We were also joined by a lot of other callers this week as well which was AWESOME! As usual the conversations veered from very obscure and silly to very deep and thought provoking. Our guests for the show: Carol A. Horowi...

Tonight on the show, Eran Polat returned and shared some of the NEW MUSIC he has been working on. He even shared a BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL piece. It was great to check in with him. He also taught some music theory toward the beginning. Adriana Salgado Neira and Orlando Reyes Ibarra joined us for our 5 Questions, segment. Based in NYC they have been partnering for over 20 years. We had a TON of question...

EPISODE #??? WOAH Tonight on the show we were joined by Musician, Performer, Arranger,  Pablo Valle from Buenos Aires. He was on the show to share some of the music he performs in his sextet, Pablo Valle Sexteto, and PROMOTE the show he will be in this coming. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27 2021!! https://www.facebook.com/events/723498351699048 Nico Mazza and Matias Mono called in for our 5 QUESTIONS Segmen...

Tonight on the show Travis Widrick joined us. We caught up and chatted about his summer rebuilding his family farm, learning to be resourceful, and, of course, his tango journey. We also discussed the bridges that tango creates for us into other communities we may otherwise not be able to access. It was a very fun and interesting conversation as usual. Maria Elena Ybarra joined us as well and we d...

Do you LOVE ME??? Come join us for a dance! Nate Evans joined us and lead us in a group dance. It was a ton of fun. There will be a video of me dancing to his calls circulating shortly on FB. He is a studio owner, teacher, organizer, based in Hartford CT. Luis and Daniela, formerly based here in NYC, called in from Buenos Aires where they relocated several years ago to raise their lovely daughter...

Tonight on the show we were joined by FOUR, 4, FOUR, 4, amazing organizers, dancers, producers, creators, and community builders! Pooja Kumar, Barbara Kennedy, Catherine Young, and Candi Woods. It was a really great conversation and they shared some really interesting perspectives and experiences. Emiliano Messiez and Leandro Benmergui started off the show telling us about a NEW series they will b...

Tonight on the show we were joined by the very talented Martin Troncozo who called in from Milan. A guitarist and vocalist since the age of 7 it was really nice to listen to his music and chat and get to know him. Andres Bravo and Sarita Apel from NYC joined us for our '5 Questions' segment. Life long dancers of various disciplines, they began partnering several years ago and are amazing dancers....

Tonight on the show we were joined by musician Guido Iacopetti from Buenos Aires. He is part of the group, Sexteto Fantasma, and he shared some their music with us. We had a Folklore, Vals, and two tangos. All were original with the exception of, Pavadita. It was really nice to get to know him. Hernan and Daniela, (Buenos Aires based in Chicago) also joined us. We have known them for many years an...

Tonight on the show we were so happy to be joined by one of our favorite teachers, Tomas Howlin. It was a lot of fun to chat and exchange about his development as a teacher and how it helped our dance. Jimena Fama also joined us. Composer, musician, arranger, and amazing person, she shared some songs from her latest album. Sadly we were cut off a little earlier than planned but it was still a real...