Tango Travelling
I was always planning to keep a record of where I'd been to dance tango
in the world and what I thought of each place, however......
So all I've managed is a list of places I've been. What I can say is
that everywhere I've been, I meet really friendly people and fantastic
dancers which makes the journey worthwhile.
It's not a big list yet but hopefully it'll keep growing. I wish I
had more photos to show - but I always seem to be dancing :-)
Places I've danced tango:
1997
Edinburgh (home)
Glasgow
Nijmegen
(new year marathon - 1st real experience of tango)
1998
Amsterdam
Arnhem
La Zapada
Flor de Fango
Boston
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Ithaca
London
New York
Nijmegen
Rome
Paris
Toronto
1999
Amsterdam
Arnhem
La Zapada
Flor de Fango
Edinburgh
Ghent
London
Nijmegen
Paris
2000
Edinburgh
Buenos Aires
Palermo, Scicily
Tokyo
Berlin
Nijmegen
London
2001
Edinburgh
Nijmegen
Cambridge
Firbush, Scotland
London
Montreal
New York
(then I broke my leg not dancing tango in Turkey!)
Amsterdam (back in action for Tangomagia and the marathon at El Corte)
2002
Nijmegen
Edinburgh
Buenos Aires
Madrid
Firbush, Scotland
2003-now but of course Edinburgh is much better so no need to travel
so much...
Amsterdam
Nijmegen
San Francisco
Portland
Washington
San Diego
Auckland
London
Paris
Berlin
Brussels
Teachers I've had the pleasure of lessons from:
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David Lurie and Biljana Lipic from London who introduced me to tango -
I hope they realise what they're responsible for!
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Eric Jorissen (Nijmegen/Edinburgh) with: Komala, Claartje, Betty
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Birkit and Mussafer (Arnhem/Edinburgh)
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Claudia Codega and Esteban Moreno (Buenos Aires/Edinburgh/Amsterdam/Paris)
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Martine, Bennie & Dries (Amsterdam/Edinburgh)
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Herve and Marianne (Arnhem)
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Stephan (Koln(Nijmegen))
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Gustavo Naviera and Giselle-Anne (Buenos Aires/Amsterdam/Zurich)
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Pedro Andrade with Michelle and Nicole (Brussels&Koln/Edinburgh)
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Nestor and Patricia Rey (Buenos Aires/Edinburgh)
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Rebecca Schulman (New York)
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Imed (Paris)
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Julio Balmaceda and Corina
de la Rosa (Buenos Aires/Nijmegen)
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Chicho and Cecilia Gonzalez (Buenos Aires/Amsterdam)
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Eduardo Cappussi y
Mariana Flores (Buenos Aires/Amsterdam)
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Pupi and Graciella Gonzalez (Buenos Aires/Zurich)
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Chicho Frúmboli y Lucía Mazer (Buenos Aires/Zurich)
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El Pulpo (Buenos Aires/Amsterdam)
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Vilma
Vega Y Fernando Galera (Buenos Aires/Amsterdam)
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Julio Mendez (Buenos Aires/Edinburgh)
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Alex Krebs (Portland/Edinburgh)
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Rodolfo and Miho (Buenos Aires)
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Damián Esell and Nancy Louzán (Buenos Aires)
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Fabián Salas y Carolina del
Rivero (Buenos Aires)
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Carlos Gavito and Maria Plazaola (Buenos Aires)
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Oliver Koch and Marisa van Andel (Brussels)
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Leo Calvelli and Eugenia Usandivaras
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Jean-Sebastien Rampazzi (Paris)
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Sebastien Arce and Mariana Montes (Paris)
People I've had the pleasure of Teaching with in Edinburgh:
As a follower:
- Bennie Bartels (Amsterdam)
- Carlos Esquena (Buenos Aries)
- Homer (San Fransicsco)
- Eric Jorissen (Nijmegen)
- Alex Krebs (Portland)
- Marcelo Mazia (Buenos Aires)
- Julio Mendez (Zurich/Buenos Aires)
- Ricardo Oria (Buenos Aires/Edinburgh)
- Jean-Sebastien Rampazzi (Paris)
- Robin Thomas (New York)
As a leader:
- Mayumi Fujio-Morrow - my first teaching partner
- Monica Tamariz - my teaching partner since 2001
- Chirstine Bachelet