Films

[bordertangoman]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AvCPufosJm4

ilike this for the gentle music, and the unself-concsiuosness of the dancers.

[opendoor]

Thanks for posting. Not yet been in BsAs, so I could do this little virtual trip. Is the "Confitería Ideal" shown?

[larrynla]

Is the "Confitería Ideal" shown?

Yes, that's the top floor of the Ideal, where the milongas are held 7 days a week, also some classes. It has a marble floor and a high ceiling which keeps the cigarette smoke well above the dancers.

http://www.confiteriaideal.com/

El Ideal is at the center of the downtown area, one block from the Obelisco. A great place to stay is at the Bristol hotel, one block south of the Obelisk on the west side of the block-wide Nueve de Julio street. It is a recently refurbished and modestly priced hotel. A couple of dozen places (and several dozen milongas) are within a mile or so.

Larry de Los Angeles
http://ShapechangerTales.com/

[opendoor]

From 00:50 min on a couple is dancing through the vid (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AvCPufosJm4) BTM posted obove. From about 01:00 the man leads ochos with his right hand, turning the woman gently. I have seen that before, and I have also seen TA teachers doing so. What kind of style is that ? Where does it come from?

[Angel HI]

It isn't a particular "kind of style". It's just the way that this person dances. Keep in mind that these are not persons showing off (except, perhaps the couple in black). This is simply comfortable, social dancing w/o the pretense of style, conformed abrazos, lavish adornos, etc.

[jantango]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TufSIR3onU

The film by Jana Bokova (Argentina 2004, 70 minutes) is being shown at the Festival Buenos Aires Tango on Friday, August 21 at 2:00 and Thursday, August 27 at 1:00 in HARRODS on Florida and Cordoba in downtown Buenos Aires.

Bokova celebrates the lives of the tangueros and tangueras, old milongueros, local and foreign dancers of all ages, all of whom share stories of tango and love.

At the Confiteria Idal, there is an atmosphere of eternal romance, haunted by the old 20s orchestras and the melodies of the tango ensembles that echoed between its columns in the 1940s and 1950s, and the dreams of poets who were reinventing the world at their tables.

[Peaches]

I wish I had gotten to dance there when I was in BsAs. Unfortunately, the night I was there they lost power shortly after I arrived. :-( But what was wonderful is that when it became clear the power wasn't coming on right away, people just started singing. I assume it was traditional tango songs they were singing, but I didn't know the music well enough at the time to know, and I can't hear their voices in my head now to figure it out. It was...magical. Just sitting there with my host/woman who arranged things, in the dark at a table, with candlelight from the tables (and some emergency lights, to be fair)...with the men singing. Song after song after song. Beautiful. It's worth not having gotten to dance there for that memory.