Sunday after Sunday the dancers arrive at our tent. Last night- 20 and by 7:30 Mike and I cranked up the gas heater by the house. A run down of the evening. Matt and Sue were the last to arrive after a party. Sue danced with Rudy and worked on her walking. Rudy? All the way from the Hudson Valley to teach a short lesson to our group and I think to dance with 2 women who never arrived. Jeri and Dick, Mike A. TANGO.
Jim and Jennifer, who travels back to her acting career in NYC today. Jennifer showed Cathie and me some pole dance moves form her classes, but no pole is coming to the tent.
Walter has the walk. Mimi and Terry moved in close embrace-Argentines? Terry wonders why I won't throw in a swing or salsa. Joe and Mary Ethel are back with the famous pie. David ate, but needs a partner. Dan- his usual solo on the floor.
Lenore and John who loved the vegan cheese though he was eating the wrong one.
Summer is coming to a close. Me? More tired this year than last. Mike ? More tired this year than last, but we keep it going for the love of the dance.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Lyrics- READ, LISTEN, WEEP
I am studying lyrics from the songs that break my heart.
This week:
Uno
If I had the heart...
The heart I gave away...
If I could, like yesterday
to love without a premonition
It's possible that your eyes
that cry out to me their love,
I'd close them with my kisses...
Without thinking that like these,
they were other wicked eyes
that ruined my existence...
Nada
Nothing, nothing is left in the house where
you were born
Only spider webs that the weeds weave
The rosebush does not exist either
and for sure it has died when you left...
Nido Gaucho
I have my little ranch on the hillock,
where the thrush sing...
Daisies,
and rose bushes
have sprout
for you...
Because one day this gaucho nest will be
yours and mine
La Morocha
" I am the Argentine brunette,
the one who does not feel regrets,
and spends life happy
with her singing
I am the gentle partner
of the noble porteno gaucho,
the one who saves her affection
for her owner."
This week:
Uno
If I had the heart...
The heart I gave away...
If I could, like yesterday
to love without a premonition
It's possible that your eyes
that cry out to me their love,
I'd close them with my kisses...
Without thinking that like these,
they were other wicked eyes
that ruined my existence...
Nada
Nothing, nothing is left in the house where
you were born
Only spider webs that the weeds weave
The rosebush does not exist either
and for sure it has died when you left...
Nido Gaucho
I have my little ranch on the hillock,
where the thrush sing...
Daisies,
and rose bushes
have sprout
for you...
Because one day this gaucho nest will be
yours and mine
La Morocha
" I am the Argentine brunette,
the one who does not feel regrets,
and spends life happy
with her singing
I am the gentle partner
of the noble porteno gaucho,
the one who saves her affection
for her owner."
Monday, May 24, 2010
Absorbed with MAGNANI
Magnani is an artist. He painted murals in the Mansion Dandi Royal in San Telmo and he carved entire walls in the lower studio. His imagination grabbed my heart in 2006, but we would only come home with some paintings and why did I ever think, "Mike, Let's invite him to our apartment and see if we can afford a mural. But we did and he did. 8 days of laughter, tango and watching the progress. 10 tango figures with the "prostituta" in orange looking longingly for the tango. Each face shows a diferent emotion. The day we left- May 1st, when the shutters closed the light out of our apartment- I felt like I had left my family behind. We named them as he painted. Cecilia, Silvina and on and on.
The apartment is now a home to us. All the touches and lots of light with the wonderful city views from the 10th floor make it our special "santuarium."
Magnani introduced us, without English to Podesta, Lydia Borda and his friend Ernesto who promised to dance with me in the fall.
The apartment is now a home to us. All the touches and lots of light with the wonderful city views from the 10th floor make it our special "santuarium."
Magnani introduced us, without English to Podesta, Lydia Borda and his friend Ernesto who promised to dance with me in the fall.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friendship - More complex than I Understood
Studying at the Schemel Forum at the U of Scranton this February gets mixed in with our tango.
The quote, by C.S Lewis in our ridiculously-expensive-course-book again makes me think of the dance.
Describing the difference between eros and philias:
"Lovers are normally face to face, absorbed in each other.; ARGENTINE TANGO
Friends, side by side, absorbed in some common interest." AMERICAN TANGO
Now which one would you choose?
The quote, by C.S Lewis in our ridiculously-expensive-course-book again makes me think of the dance.
Describing the difference between eros and philias:
"Lovers are normally face to face, absorbed in each other.; ARGENTINE TANGO
Friends, side by side, absorbed in some common interest." AMERICAN TANGO
Now which one would you choose?
Sunday, February 14, 2010
FARLEY's on Heart Day
"Tango Romantica" at Farley's with more than 36 on the floor enjoying the lesson by Donna C and Cathie J. The boleo led to the leg wrap which we had learned before, but found easier and lovelier this time. Mike looks like a sultry Gavito and the evening just felt so Argentine.
Donna C. dragged 6 friends from her ballroom class and a couple wandered in from Tampa. They found our site on the internet and called here last week to confirm the time. They love the Dandi in San Telmo where they stayed on their first trip to BA. Who wouldn't love the Dandi? I find it hard to believe a tango craze is taking hold in Scranton. Matt bought red roses for the women and Mike gave Hershey kisses in pink and red to each table. We are so in love with tango I don't know what to say. Thank you all for the support and for just showing up.
Donna C. dragged 6 friends from her ballroom class and a couple wandered in from Tampa. They found our site on the internet and called here last week to confirm the time. They love the Dandi in San Telmo where they stayed on their first trip to BA. Who wouldn't love the Dandi? I find it hard to believe a tango craze is taking hold in Scranton. Matt bought red roses for the women and Mike gave Hershey kisses in pink and red to each table. We are so in love with tango I don't know what to say. Thank you all for the support and for just showing up.
Friday, January 22, 2010
A Dancer's Ear- GAVITO- Posted by Mike Lucey
Saber escuchar la musica... The legendary dancer Carlos Gavito, recognized milonguero and Zen philosopher of the tango dance said: The secret of tango is in this moment of improvisation that happens between step and step. It is to make the impossible thing possible: to dance silence.
Carlos Gavito: The important thing is to know why we want to dance. We dance a solitude that we have inside us and cannot occupy with anything. This gap, that emptiness to which we put movement is the TANGO.
Carlos Gavito: The important thing is to know why we want to dance. We dance a solitude that we have inside us and cannot occupy with anything. This gap, that emptiness to which we put movement is the TANGO.
Monday, January 11, 2010
New Year- New Apartment DEEP SOUTH
Florida Street? Calle Florida? Why not the outer areas from central city our friends asked. This location is a gem for us. San Martin park is 1 block N. Our favorite dance studio is 1/2 block S in the most gorgeous shopping center in the world. Florida has a parade of 1,000,000 pedestrians every day. We can walk to the movies, the theater and 100's of restaurants and shops are around every corner.
Cool it is. The subway 2 blocks away and a taxi/bus system where there is no waiting-ever. I LOVE Buenos Aires.
About buying an apartment. This was almost impossible. The money had to be paid in cash in US dollars. Getting a bank account so I could wire in the money took many bank visits. Paper after paper and then more papers to sign-"just one more". We had wonderful people- Federico, Susana, Emiliano, Jorge V and Jorge A, Marina, Sara and her husband, Julio, Martin and Luis, Enrique helping us through the process, but not without tears of frustration. People at the police department, AFIP, immigration, HSBC and the Banco Nacion never met us with anything less than courtesy and smiles. Meeting Sara de Anchorena- the owner- was a pleasure. After 4 weeks of running around, it's ours. Tiny, beautiful and it's ours. Mike and I came home with suitcases empty and heads full of ideas for our next visit in the spring. Already packing.
Cool it is. The subway 2 blocks away and a taxi/bus system where there is no waiting-ever. I LOVE Buenos Aires.
About buying an apartment. This was almost impossible. The money had to be paid in cash in US dollars. Getting a bank account so I could wire in the money took many bank visits. Paper after paper and then more papers to sign-"just one more". We had wonderful people- Federico, Susana, Emiliano, Jorge V and Jorge A, Marina, Sara and her husband, Julio, Martin and Luis, Enrique helping us through the process, but not without tears of frustration. People at the police department, AFIP, immigration, HSBC and the Banco Nacion never met us with anything less than courtesy and smiles. Meeting Sara de Anchorena- the owner- was a pleasure. After 4 weeks of running around, it's ours. Tiny, beautiful and it's ours. Mike and I came home with suitcases empty and heads full of ideas for our next visit in the spring. Already packing.
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