*Tango y  Té News--06/25/08--A Tidbit*

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**-**Saturday's Milonga
**-Clip of AM 850 Feature About TyT Now on Website*
*-Change of Venue/Time, July 5/6 Workshops*
*-Mimi Interview: NOW AVAILABLE!*
*-a Look Ahead*
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*-Saturday's Milonga**
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It was an other good milonga that got busy late, with many of the old
"regulars" and some of the new "regulars!"

*What: *      Tango y Té weekly milonga
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When*:     Saturday  7:30 pm - 8:30 pm: lesson in the fundamentals of tango
                               8:30 pm - 12 am: general dancing

* Where*:    Brazilian Cultural Arts Exchange, 601 South Main Street

*Cost:*       $10 ($5 for students) includes fundamentals lesson and
refreshments

*Info*:          www.tangoyte.com
                 (352) 328-7916
                 (352) 371-3672

*-Clip of AM 850 Feature About TyT Now on Website*

The recording of last Friday's radio story about "Tango y Té" is available
for playback at the top of the TyT home page. I think I did ok in my 2 or so
minutes advertizing for Argentine Tango. (www.tangoyte.com)

*-Mimi's Workshops: Extraordinary Opportunity for All Levels*

Here is an encouragement to those who haven't committed to participating
yet.

Mimi has the capacity to make her students understand tango more deeply and
at the same time the reactions are often of the "I didn't
know tango was so simple!" variety.

Starting with the basics of walking and posture, the workshops are
accessible to complete beginners. However, as a testament to her power
consider that one of the better teachers of South Florida will be attending
the entire weekend. Let's hope that on July 5th many of us will feel like
beginners, as though seeing tango "for the first time."

*-Change of Venue/Time, July 5/6 Workshops*

Mark the change: Mimi's workshops will take place at our regular milonga
venue: 601 S Main St.

Also, Saturday's Schedule is moved up one hour: we will start at 1 pm! (see
http://www.tangoyte.com/mimi.htm for details)

We are glad that our place became available, as this will simplify finding
and setting up things. Also, starting one hour earlier on Saturday means
that people will have more time to rest, eat, and get ready for the milonga
after the workshops.

*-Mimi Interview: NOW AVAILABLE!*

The raw footage of Gordon's interview with Mimi is available for viewing
here:

http://people.scs.fsu.edu/~erlebach/movies/mimi_santapa/mimi_intervie...

The translation is still not complete, and we could use some help from
volunteers, to translate from about the one-half point. In the mean time,
here is one highlight for your enticement:

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Gordon: Your father used jazz music to teach milonga, didn't he?

Mimi: Yes, because in the milonga, the beat is different from the tango. The
movement of the body is continuous in milonga--the torso never goes down, it
is always up. In order to find the milonga rhythm--milonga is easy--but you
can't teach it-- because before anything, it is a beat. I cannot teach
milonga unless I teach the beat. and the beat, you look for it in the old
jazz music.

In the very old jazz, the jazz that is slow, because it has the clarinet
that is "visual."

G: So that resembles the milonga, say, of Canaro?

M: Right, because of the use of the clarinet and the base, all of those
instruments, that go through the ears. After I play that old jazz, I stop
and switch to milonga. [...] The student becomes familiar with the beat. I
teach milonga to both men and women, NOT only to men. Also to the women,
because if the woman doesn't have the beat then the man can't--he cannot
keep two different beats by himself.

G: When the woman tries to follow the man's beat?

M: Yes, at the same time both the man and the woman coordinate. What happens
is that they only teach the beat to the guy; as the time passes the girl
loses mobility because they have an enemy: the posture; the woman doesn't
know what to do, she loses the tempo.

G; This is the same for tango and vals also?

M: Right, it is the same. I am always talking about the posture, I'm not
talking about the steps. Because the steps come on their own.

[...]

M: if you know a lot of steps collected over the years you need to add
something more--not to subtract [and that something is] the posture, you
don't [degenerate] because you're going to execute the steps that you
already know in a better way when you add the posture.

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*-A Look Ahead*

June 28: Regular Weekly Milonga
July 5-6: Workshops with Mimi Santapa
July 5:   Big Milonga with Mimi
July 8:   Party for Mimi at Gordon's Milonga House