a summer break as I will be traveling and dancing in Europe.

 I’m hosting the 4th Friday Milonga at Parizade, the most elegant milonga in the Triangle, followed by the 4th Sunday Lesson and Practica, which is being relocated to my apartment on Davis Dr, just a mile south of I-40.  This will likely be the last one in the current format – I’ll be experimenting with some changes going forward.

The Free Spirits Ensemble will join the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra in its 30thAnniversary Concert. The program will include an encore performance of “where colors play and hoodoos dance” by Lanette Lind, “Milonga in Ay Menor” and “A Don Nicanor Paredes” by Astor Piazzolla with Teresa Fernandez, soprano, and guest tango dancers Jason Laughlin and Cecilia Pagani. Irene Burke, flute; Jim Williams, clarinet; Yang Xi, viola; Jane Salemson, cello; Dan Zehr, double bass; and, Lanette Lind, piano.

In my tango foundations classes, I’ve often addressed the tendency of a nervous follower to second-guess her choice (or the leader’s lead, or the lack thereof) and take double or triple steps when one or zero would be best. The tendency sometimes arises because of a mistaken belief that it is the follower’s job to know or guess what the leader wanted and if she thinks she did the wrong thing, to try to fix it herself. I prefer to teach that the follower makes the best decision she can to take either a single step or no step, and that it is the leader’s job to then decide whether to accept or adjust the outcome.

I’ve redesigned the layout of the tangophilia locations page to make it more readable and useful.

ust noticed that a reference to Tango blogs has been posted to the Tango-L listserv, and you all are stopping by  .

I hope you were able to catch the report about Astor Piazzolla today on NPR’s Day To Day.

Tonight (Saturday the 20th), I’m hosting the 3rd Saturday milonga at Helios Annex! I hope you can make it out to this cozy and relaxed venue.

Memphis, TN: Tango Fundamentals series starts Jan16 , 6:30pm at Quetzal