Archive for the ‘Tango’ Category
Friday, April 12th, 2013
It's almost 10 in the evening and the temperature is as hot and sticky as it was at noon, the traffic noise in the busy street just as loud as it was at rush hour when people were making their way home. We're having an early drink at Esquina Homero ...
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Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
'Buenos Dias Elsa, it's Pablo from Nuevo Zealandia.' The intercom crackles but nothing happens, so I repeat my introduction in fractured Spanish, in front of an old wooden door heavily protected with a security screen. It stands solidly between an internet booth and a confectionery store on Avenue Callao in ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Couples from around the world descended to Buenos Aires' fabled Avenida de Mayo, transforming it into an outdoor tango ballroom for the latest installment of the Gran Milonga festival.
Tango enthusiasts traveled from across the country and around the globe for the festival in central Buenos Aires. Both the tango music ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2012
New deal at the Marriott Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires for tango lovers brings comfortable hotel rooms and entertainment.
Buenos Aires has flourished over the years thanks to important businesses, historical attractions—and the city’s love for tango. For tango lovers planning to travel to Buenos Aires, the Marriott Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires ...
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
With the classic tango music of Osvaldo Pugliese echoing in his studio, tango instructor Alejandro Gée faces his student, taps his hands on his chest and says, "Presencia." He frames the close embrace that marks a tango style danced by porteños – the Buenos Aires locals.
"Presence is self-awareness," says Gée, ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Derek Cheng visits the home of the tango... and discovers he has a lot to unlearn.
The tango, more than any other dance, is true to that famous saying: "Dancing is a vertical expression of a horizontal desire."
But there are many hurdles to overcome before you can reach a stage in ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2012
Tango Buenos Aires embodies a passion that year after year attracts more followers, not only in Argentina but also around the world, and strengthens the commitment to the historical heritage, the growth and the projection of tango in all its ways of expression.
The growth, projection and importance of tango worldwide ...
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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
You can't escape tango in Buenos Aires. It is danced on the trains and in the streets. Restaurants in the bohemian neighborhoods of San Telmo and La Boca try to lure tourists inside with exhibition dancing outside their doors. Taxi drivers play tango music on their radios, and giant billboards ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Airport Transfers
- Pick up at Buenos Aires International Airport
- Transfer to your Hotel
- Return Transfer from your Hotel to Buenos Aires Internarional Airport
City Tour "Discover Buenos Aires"
- 9:00 AM Pick up from your hotel
- 4 Hours City Tour
- Bilingual Tour Guide (English/Spanish)
- The itinerary includes main tourist Spots
- Visit to ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Argentina is a a country where just about anything can be found. From a sultry street tango on a bustling street in Buenos Aires to the enormous whip-cracking sound of a house-sized chunk of ice falling from a glacier in Patagonia, Argentina is a land with something for everyone. Finding ...
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