every Tuesday night, There will be lessons and dancing at Alegria with Timmy y Joanne 8778 Gatewood Drive North Ridgeville, Ohio 44039 440/748-2204 7:00 lesson in the Milonguero style of tango 8:00 to 10:30 Open dancing Still only $5 including light refreshments Pop is $0.50 Bring your friends
There is a new venue to tango at Starting Sunday, July 26 A night of 100% Argentina flavor food, wine, music, and porteno Experience Argentina, at the beautiful new La Boca Restaurant 5800 Detroit road Cleveland, Ohio (Gordon Square area) There are lessons for beginners and experienced at 6:00 Dancing begins at 7:00 and goes to 11:00 Other special features include There is a full dinner menu featring popular BsAs food is available up to 9:00 NO BYOB permitted Dress code for a night out, No jeans, or shorts New dining room and bar New rosewood hardwood dance floor Art on all the walls from Cleveland artists for sale Patio seating, small parking lot or street parking owned and operated by a portena Eat Dance Enjoy We will be there Jan 10, and 24 and then every other weekend
In Feb Tango Starts us again at Oberlin College A college credited coarse lasting 12 weeks
In May, Oscar Casas returns to Alegria for more tango instruction Classes will be held at Silhouette Dance studio, 12501 Madison Ave. In Lakewood, Oh More info to come.
At Alegria Where the Argentine Tango, Milonga, and Vals are danced and taught. Tim and Joanne Pogros teach the close embrace, Milonguero or Apilado style of tango to their students. We also have brought many instructors from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Cleveland to help in good instruction. People like, Carlos Gavito, Milena Plebs, Ricardo Vidort, Robert Hauk, and many, many, more.
The Argentine Tango is a dance of Passion, grace, speed and intricate steps. It is intensely individualistic and improvisational. The music is derived from black African rhythms, the melodies of southern Italy, Cuba and the Andalusian Tango. The theme of tango is passion, emotion and longing. It is reflected in the somber strains of the bandoneon, an accordion like instrument that breathes and signs with the pining of a lost love. Born around 1880 in the River Plate Region, Tango is an exclusively urban phenomenon whos major development took place in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Initially only performed by amateurs, the tango was danced solely among men, who perfected their steps to impress the prostitutes at underground brothels. Women were included at the turn of the century, and the aristocracy embraced the dance in the late 1910s. 100 years since its birth, the tango is both the classic and modern form is again an integral part of Argentine culture, reclaimed by an older generation and discovered by the young.
