MDC with performance of Gustavo Lin and Weining Chen from Taiwan on 5 Sep

Milonga Del Corazon, after Daniel and Annie, Hung Yut and Hwayi, we again have the honour to invite other couple of real great tango masters in Asia - Gustavo and Weining, to perform for us on 5 Sept (Sat). Price remains $80!!!

About Gustavo Lin and Weining Chen
Gustavo Lin started to promote tango in Taipei 9 years ago. To feel more about tango and learn with masters, he has visited B.A multiple times.
Weining Chen is a professional modern dancer & choreographer for 7 years. She started to tango in 2005.

Gustavo & Weining met each other in a milonga at 2006. Because of the warming embrace, they decided to partner and work together.
Now they teach and share their tango passion in Taipei and other cities in Asia . They wish more Asia people can enjoy tango more with the
embrace with the music with their friends.

More about the performers - http://www.tango-gustavo.tw/

Free guided practica on "The Attitude and Connection of Tango" with Hung Yut & Hwayi on 1 Aug 09

After their successful and well-received performance in Milonga Del Corazon, we have invited Hung Yut and Hwayi again to have a free guided practica on Aug 1!



What is the Guided Practica about? "The Attitude and Connection of Tango

When? 1Aug, 2009 (Sat), 8.30 - 10.00pm (the free guided practica), 10.00 pm - 1.30 am (the milonga)

Where? Amico Studio, 2/F, 167-169 Hennessy Road, Wanchai

Who can attend? recommended to those who love dancing in a milonga, have at least 1-3 year dancing experience and basic knowledge about close embrace

How much? FREE! $80 for the entrance of Milonda del Corazón - with drinks and snacks always! No extra fee for the class.

I want to know more! Contact Coleman - (852) 9267 6627 / Emily - (852) 9406 0996 /email your question to milonga.corazon@gmail.com

Who are they? Hung-Yut (Leonel) grew up in Hong Kong but spent most of his adult life in the United States. He met Hwaiy (Florencia) in Korea in 2005, soon thereafter they began their partnership. Together they are very active in promoting Argentine Tango culture in Korea. They regularly teach, perform, and organize milongas in Seoul and other Korean cities. In May 2009 they started organizing the annual Seoul Tango Festival, which attracted over 200 Korean and 70 international dancers.For more information about them and their tango activities, please visit http://www.leoyflor.com/.

Hung-Yut and Hwayi understand the frustration of learning Argentine Tango. There are many great Argentinian masters, their dance is amazing, but they all tell us different things and sometimes they even contradict each other.
Hung-Yut and Hwayi understand because they went through the same process. They took classes from visiting teachers, they practiced in practicas, they watched videos and they stayed up late at night taking about tango with their friends. And like a good number of us, they learned Spanish and went to Buenos Aires multiple times.

Eventually they have arrived at a tango that they can comfortably enjoy with Argentinians and non-Argentinians alike. They have been sharing their experiences with the Korean tango community with success, and they would like to share the same with you.

MDC with performance of Hung Yut and Hwayi from Korea

Milonga Del Corazon has invited one of the best tango teachers and performers in Asia to perform on 6 June (Sat). Price remains $80!!!

About Hung Yut and Hwayi

Florencia (Hwayi) studied ballet in high school and college, and subsequently worked as a professional musical actress for 8 years. In 2004, she participated in the World Tango Championship in Buenos Aires and won second prize in the stage section.

Leonel (Hung-Yut) grew up in Hong Kong but spent most of his adult life in the United States. In 2002, he won first prize at the USA Tango Contest in Los Angeles. He met Florencia in Korea in 2005, soon thereafter they began their partnership.

Together they are very active in promoting Argentine Tango culture in Korea. Besides teaching, performing, and organizing milongas, they have also invited Javier Rodriguez and Andrea Misse to Seoul for annual workshops since 2007.

Leonel is also a reputable DJ. He plays music regularly in Seoul, and has been invited to DJ at various Tango festivals inside and outside of Korea.

In 2009 they started organizing the Seoul Tango Festival.

Florencia (韓璄兒)中學和大學時期主修芭蕾舞，之後從事專業舞台音樂劇表演工作八年。開始其探戈生涯後，在2004年參加布宜諾斯艾利斯的世界探戈大賽並得到舞台組的第二名。

Leonel (陳行一)在香港出生長大，及後在美國工作生活。在2002年他得到洛杉磯美國探戈大賽第一名。2005年旅居韓國時他遇到 Florencia 旋即開始他們的合作關係。

在南韓他們致力發揚阿根廷探戈文化，除教學表演辦舞會外，亦連續兩年邀請 Javier Rodriguez 與 Andrea Misse 到首爾辦工作坊。

Leonel 亦是一位 DJ 能手，除了在首爾的週期性舞會播放音樂之外，亦時而在韓國或國外的大型活動擔任 DJ。

在2009年他們開始舉辦首爾探戈節。

Celebrate MDC Second Anniversary with Debut Perforamce of Daniel & Annie from Taiwan, 21 Feb 09 (Sat)

Daniel Liu

Professional tango dancer and choreographer. Pioneer of argentine tango in Taiwan and leader of the Taipei Tango Association, founded back in year 2000 and the one and only organization in Taiwan exclusively devoted to the promotion of tango. Founder of the Taipei Tango Festival, which has become the most popular and one of the most important tango events in Asia, attracting over 300 tango lovers from all over the world.

Annie Tsai

Tango teacher and performer at Tanguisimo Tango Space in Taipei. Started dancing tango at the end of 2005 when a man asked her to dance and thus she fell in love with that man and with tango after dancing a tanda together. With the passion of tango, she went to Argentina for two times in 2007 in search of a deeper meaning and of tango skills. Whenever she feels hurt, she dances tango and then she can embrace the pain, which is actually beautiful and brings you closer with the people. Annie says: “I love tango because it is tragedy, and tragedy always has more mysterious meanings.”

Christmas MDC on 20 Dec

MDC with Special Guest DJ Royce Chau on Oct 4

Milonga Del Corazon has invited one of the best DJs in Asia - Royce Chau, as the guest dj on 4 October.

About Royce Chau

Royce has been dancing tango since 1999. From the early stage, she felt in love with tango music and since then, she collects tango music from all possible sources, including tango CDs from Argentine, Europe and Japan, LPs and even SPs. Now she owns one of the biggest tango music collections among DJs in Asia.

Royce DJed regularly for TangoTang’s practices and milongas since 2002. After she left Hong Kong, she DJed for her tango home whenever she visited her birthplace. She was also one of the organizers and DJ of the milonga “Las Ventanas del Corazón” in Singapore. During her last stay in Tokyo, she DJed occasionally for Zero Hour’s overnight milongas.

To know more about Royce, check out her website – http://www.loksze.com/

Tango Teaching? Tango Sharing!! -- by Coleman

我有一種感覺，那就是不記得是從那一天開始我們「開班」教argentine tango後，以前在practica裡走來請教跳舞心得及經驗之朋友們便失蹤了，得到的是一群對我投以信心的Private Lesson學生。這無疑是對我們之認同，是一種很直接的鼓勵！

但這個現像不太是我們原先想爭取的…我猜是因為朋友們現在都對「唔交學費想問工課」感到不好意思吧！是嗎？那我們大埤兒都錯了！！！

那麼先不要想學費，先跳舞吧！

自己跳了5年Argentine Tango，看到阿根廷探戈在香港的成長和普及(主要有賴Tangotang一班義工之努力)，我仍然堅持只有來自阿根廷 Buenos Aires之舞者才是真正的「Tango老師」，只有操著純正阿根廷口音式西班牙語，一天到黑都鬧著要喝 yerba mate茶的舞者オ能感動我們這群亞洲人去愛上跳這種在地球另一邊誕生的舞，因為 argentine tango 不像ballroom dance，不單純是技巧及舞步，是一種文化，還包括對音樂的認識、與異性溝通技巧、衣著打扮、及舞池內及外的禮儀，只有一輩子都生活在阿根廷的老外舞者跳的和教的才算得上是「真正探戈」！ They are the real thing., man!

所以有時有人向朋友介紹我們時稱我們為「老師」真有點渾身不自然。我想我們最多只能被看成「補習先生」好了，真正的「老師」在阿根廷。

但我們不竟都跳了數年，亦跟了很多「真正探戈老師」學習，從中得到不多亦不少的領略，可以跟新加入argentine tango的朋友分享交流，我深信要argentine tango在香港繼續發展，一種無私的分享精神是必須的。

我跳tango之初期都是得到像 Billy、Loretta, Ann Geis及Kitty這些前輩的「免費」分享及鼓勵，才得以渡過放棄tango之「危險期」…

我看到你們很多都曾經投下不少金錢、時間、汗水希望能學會tango、希望在每天繁忙緊張的エ作後能陶醉於美妙音樂之中，為身心充電，但我亦看到你們很多都踏進了那個我亦經歷過的「危險期」，似乎對tango感到「老鼠拉龜」。請大家不要輕易放棄，自古以來，珍品一向得來不易，而argentine tango就是我們都市人心靈的「珍品」，它改變了我們亞洲人對「擁抱」的抗拒、tango的improvisaton及那亳不造作(與其他社交舞比較)的舞姿令習慣含畜的我們更勇於表達自己的情感，我以前亦已講過，「真正」的argentine tango不是為比賽、舞臺表演或專業舞蹈家而設的，它是真正屬於你和我這種平凡都市人的社交舞蹈，在地球的這邊過十幾億人口當中，只有很少數人能親身遇過 argentine tango，這是您跟它的緣份，是您的福氣，不要隨便讓它「刷身而過」！

我想說的是 : 請不用先想給我們學費吧，你們在Practica (請不要在 milonga內教跳舞，或對舞伴指指點點，那是不尊重舞會的禮儀傳統!!) 如有什麼問題，不論是有關音樂或技巧，請不用客氣的走到我們面前問吧，我想我們都有可以跟你分享的知識及經驗。

我仍會繼續專注教 Private Lesson，因為分享的深度及層次不同，看到的進步及我們得到的滿足感更大，不過你們都先不用考慮這個。

來問吧！