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LaVidaTango Milonga Calendar 

Gentlemen, are you confused about how you are supposed to lead those complex figures? Ladies, are you tired of learning these great new steps in workshops and never getting a chance to practice them? Do you wonder when is the right time to ornament? Well, this workshop is for you. It will not teach you steps that you might forget within 1-2 weeks, or that no one will be able to practice with you...
Eric and Michelle will be teaching brand new material that will help you better your tango FOR GOOD! Eric Lanoix and Michele Lamb will strip tango to its bare essence and outmost simplicity. and then demonstrate how these skills will allow YOU to effectively lead and effortlessly follow whatever step or figure you fancy, with the music... Mark your calendars and register early! 
Eric  Lanoix is a tango instructor, performer and DJ in the Houston area. He has studied tango from the great masters since 1998. Last year, Eric choreographed, danced and played the bandoneon in the Tenor's Tango in San Antonio. He also appeared as a tango dancer in the film Waking Life. Michelle has a versatile background in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, and competitive ballroom. She has performed all around the  world with such greats as Aretha Franklin and Liza Minelli. Last December, Eric and Michelle performed at the "La Vida Tango" Posada Milonga.
Eric Lanoix and Michelle Lamb will be teaching an all-weekend tango workshop in San Antonio, TX on Feb 18-20. There are classes for dancers of all levels, from absolute beginner to advanced.

BUENOS AIRES CULTURE ON THE WEB

During his visit to Buenos Aires, where he came to present his latter film "Assassination Tango", the American actor talked about his love for tango and his subsequent fascination for the city where he was taught to dance that music and where he met his wife, Luciana Pedraza .............. By Alejandra Rodríguez

"I hope they realize that I wanted to change that habit of carrying culture from abroad", Robert Duvall says when he is asked about his expectations on Argentine audience respect to his film Assassination Tango, which was released in Buenos Aires on September 4.
The actor born 72 years ago in San Diego, California, arrived to the Argentine capital to present his film and, as he does every time he visits to this city, to get back to Salta -the birth province of his wife, Luciana Pedraza, where the couple owns a house-, walk around the streets he is fascinated about, and attend a milonga.
Let'sTanGO! talked with him at the Palace San Martín, seat of the Argentine Chancellery, where Chancellor Rafael Bielsa distinguished Duvall for his devotion in promoting tango round the world. Tango met Duvall 14 years ago, when he attended a Tango Argentino show, the company that took milonga style to the most renowned stages in the States and Europe. That hobby brought him to our city several times; during one of those trips his destiny crossed with Luciana Pedraza's (31), his wife since 1997.
- Is there a before and an after tango in Robert Duvall's life? - Yes, clearly. Tango has been a great discover in my life; it is a dance I love, it is a passion, and thanks to tango I met my wife, so my life has been definitely marked by tango.
- How do you explain this passion for tango in countries with cultures so different from Argentine culture? - Tango expresses a universal feeling; it is a dance and it is a music that transmits human emotions. And the world is shrinking, distances and cultural differences don't matter anymore. During the first international tango contest held recently in Buenos Aires, one of the best dancers was German. And in Spain, at a Flamenco competition, the winner was Japanese. The world is shrinking, cultures are melting.

a Valentine Card for Tango Lovers

As the dance unfold  and we together,

move in harmony with the music and the time,

magic is woven!

As it goes, the dance grows

into a gentle embrace of music and care

Together, we are one,

just for this moment fleeting in time

as we share this dance.

Mathieu Bodifée      July 6th, 2003

Valentine ideas for your favorite tango partner!

                Daniel Monserrat's   
            NEW CD...

           "Amor De Tango"  

This month's featured tanguera.
                         Yolanda Rossi 

Yolanda has taken her passion and is living it! Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she studied dance from an early age, starting with ballet, flamenco, and other Spanish forms. At the age of 15, she graduated from the "Conservatory Fracassi," sponsor by the "Paris Opera Theater" of Paris, France. She taught dance in Argentina for two years, and at the age of 17 was hired by the National Ballet Co. of Chile (south America). She then traveled and danced in several countries before moving to the US. Yolanda was introduced to Argentine Tango in 1991 by two excellent tango dancers and teachers, Miriam La Ricci, and Sandor. Since then, the tango has been her only passion. She has had the privilege of dancing and studying with the world's best-known dancers, teachers, and masters of the Tango for more than a decade. Yolanda's tango is greatly influence primary by the great Orlando Paiva Sr., and by his disciple, Michael Espinoza. Other major influences include Juan Carlos Copez and Carlos Gavito. In 1994, Yolanda formed a dancing partnership with Michael Espinoza, and together they started and promoted some of the first Milongas in the Los Angeles area and elsewhere in California. They teach, perform, and co-sponsor the visits of some of the Argentine masters to the Los Angeles area. Many professional Tango dancers of the new generation, such as Moti and Makela, were students of Yolanda & Michael Espinoza. Presently Yolanda teaches group and private classes for social tango dancing, as well as choreography for professionals. Yolanda is also the creator of "Nude Tango," a tango fashion line, including a collection of shoes and dresses for dancers.

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