Argentine Tango

TangoNoticiasMarch 05, Volume 06, Issue 03 www.tangonoticas.com1Inside the dream: Interviewwith the artist Candice WhiteBy Sarah R. Graff4Tango Noticias Photo Page5Pasha’sBy Erin Sullivan9Chicago Tango10Central Tango© 2004, Candice White Photography, www.candicewhite.com

Inside The Dream:Interview with ArtistCandice White BySarah R. GraffPhotographer Candice White was the Tango Noticias cover artist inFebruary and she graciously returns again this month. She residesin Dallas, Texas where she works and dances tango. I interviewedher about her work, her dancing, and the tango calendar shecreated for 2005 called “Inside the Dream: a Calendar CelebratingWomen Who Dance Tango”.Tango Noticias: Do you dance tango?How long have you been dancingtango?Candice White: Yes, I am an avidlover/hater of tango, and have beendancing for almost 4 years. I love it,because it has brought my mostcreative, artistic soul to the surface. Ihate it because it is forever challenging,and just when I think I've got it, there issomething else to learn and integrate.Tango Noticias: What provoked yourinitial interest in tango? Did you use itas a subject first or did you begindancing tango first?Candice White: I have always lovedwatching Tango...long before it becamepopular, and actually wanted it to beour first dance 19 years ago at mywedding. There was only ballroomtango at the time, so we went to alesson at some dance studio, andquickly realized that we better stick witha waltz! For a couple of years I did notwant to combine my love ofphotography, which is my profession,with my tango. I wanted to keep the twoworlds separate, as tango was my"passionate love" and I was married tophotography, but on my first trip toBuenos Aires in March of 2003, and asI was separated from my husband foronly two months at the time, I went witha heavy heart. I shot the dancers on thestreet, in small cafes and in the clubs atnight, and really got a "feel" for the truedance. On my return, to my surprise, Ihad enough images to present a show,which I did in October, 2003, called"Un Pensamiento Triste"....(a sadthought). With the success of that, I hadover 350 people attend, I was inspiredto do the calendar, "Inside The Dream",and photographed the women in Dallaswho dance tango.Tango Noticias: What do you mostespecially like about some of your tangoshots? Is there anything about tango asa subject which makes it especiallyinteresting to you?Candice White: I am inspired by feet.In tango, we have a phrase..."She haspretty feet", which means that she haslearned to use her feet in a pretty way,much like that of a ballet dancer. If thefeet aren't pretty, forget about anythingelse. Also, the way a dancer takessteps in long strides. I love the look of along stretch from the waist to the end of1 Tango Noticias March 2005

Tango Noticias Photo PagePhoto Page Editor Daniel Byrnes byrnesdaniel@hotmail.comLa Luna: Sandra, Aaron, MarikoMariposa: Juan, Cindy, Carmen, EdRubia de las Rosas: Bricio, RosaLa Luna: Pat, Natalie, JoshCousin’s on Broadway: Jonathan, JacelynCousin’s on Broadway: Erin, MarkoPasha: Ivanna, MelanieRubia de las Rosas: PhoebeCousin’s on Broadway: Roman, JoannaPasha: Lynda, MiguelRubia de las Rosas: Sherry, EllenPasha: Gerry, JoseTango Noticias March 2005 4

About a year and a half ago, after the closingof Club 720, I found myself on a search for a new regularmilonga to get my weekly tango fix in the city. I had grownso accustomed to dancing there every Tuesday and so fondof both the people and the club itself, I didn’t think it waslikely that I would find a suitably enjoyable replacement.I began my search on Erica Sutton’s website, which postsweekly milongas, and chose the one within closest proximityto my home. I realize this was a very unromantic way topick something I feel so passionate about; however, notowning a car necessitated that I begin my search in sucha methodical fashion. And as luck and fate would have it, Icame across an excellent one in the west loop hosted byJorge Niedas.The location of this milonga originally was located in asmall, cozy coffee house called Chitalia’s and was latermoved to its current location, Pasha’s (642 North ClarkStreet, (312) 397-0100). What struck me about Jorge’smilongas is that he has a knack for finding warm, cozyplaces in environments with an ambiance that lends itselfUpper photo courtesy of Marco Mambelli,lower three photos courtesy of Walter Moss.

to tango. The milonga is typically heldon the second level of Pasha’s. It hasa nice wood floor, dim lighting, candles,velvet curtains and two tall, verticalmirrors located on one wall. Theroom is long and rectangular with abar at the front along the narrow wallwhere people gather to have a drink,chat and watch the dancing. Tall bartables and stools line the other longwall opposite the mirror and at theback are a few larger round tables forpeople to sit who wish to do morewatching, socializing and dining.At Pasha’s, everyone feels welcome.Jorge makes sure that newcomersand veterans alike don’t leave withoutdancing, if they so desire. Recently, Iasked a few regulars what drew themto this particular milonga. ValerieWright commented that, along with thegreat ambiance, she liked to come todance with Jorge. She said he dancestraditional tango with a special artisticstyle, allowing his partners to expresspersonal creativity in their dance. Astrong classical background givesJorge’s tango a special artistic element.When asked what appealed tohim about this milonga, Mark Johnsoncommented it was one of the few venuesthat played Piazzola, which hefound to be a surprising treat to danceto. Music from traditional to Nuevotango is played here.Pasha’s is also a dancers’ treat forthe occasional excellent entertainmentthat Jorge brings into the club.Whether famous tango dancers fromother countries or talented musicians,Jorge Niedas, hostthis club is set up for thrilling exhibitions.Recent entertainment hasincluded the likes of tango singerRuben DiGrazia as well as surprisedrop-ins from the recent cast ofForever Tango.One noteworthy aspect of Pasha’s isthe high quality of food served here:contemporary Italian fusion that meldsinteresting, unusual combinations offlavors. For something light, there is awide array of appetizers to choosefrom – the baked brie served on a bedof herb-infused wild mushrooms, beinga personal favorite. Full dinners areoffered along with an extensive winelist. For those with a sweet tooth, tryone of the signature deserts such asthe “Black Passion” – marinatedmixed berries served with vanilla icecream, black pepper, a touch of vodkaserved in a chocolate shell; or achocolate flourless cake topped withwhite chocolate mousse and freshraspberries.Whether an observer or a dancer, anovice or a “pro,” Pasha’s is theplace to go on Thursday nights for amilonga. From their delicious drinksand varied wine selection to theirexcellent menu, you will not be disappointed.The musical selection,warmth of the regulars and convenienceof location will keep you comingback for more.Upper left photo courtesy of Walter Moss, lower left and right-hand photo courtesy of Dan Byrnes.

Chicago TangoChicago MilongasMONDAYSMilonga M1st & 3rd Monday of the month.Milonga M – Blue MoonEvery 5th Monday of the month.Mariposa, 346 N. Justine St., #300Chicago, 8pm – 12am; $10Contact: Beth Braun 847.846.5611Milonga Rubia2nd Monday of the month.Mariposa, 346 N. Justine St., #300,Chicago, 8pm – midnight, $10.$8 after 10pm. Contact: Phoebe J.Grant at 312.342.4335 orWindyCityTango@yahoo.com.Milonga del Morocho4th Monday of the month.Mariposa, 346 N. Justine St., #300,Chicago, 9pm – 1am, $10; $8 after 10pmContact Contact: Phoebe J. Grant at312.342-4335 orWindyCityTango@yahoo.com.Cousin’s Restaurant3038 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago. 9pm tomidnight - $5. Tom Aksoy at 773.968.0101or www.chicagotangoloop.comTUESDAYTango Chicago Tuesday NightMilongaTango Chicago Dance Centre. 1043 W.Madison, Chicago, 8:30 pm – 12 midnight,$10. Al Gates at 312.850.1078 orwww.tangochicago.comMilonga at KabakKabak Supper Club and Vodka Room1090 South Milwaukee Avenue, Wheeling8:30pm-12 midnight, $10 includes milonga& 1 drink. Contact: Vadim Muchnik847.My-Kabak or Netza Roldan312.287.8406 MyTangonet@yahoo.comwww.mykabak.comWEDNESDAYCousin’s Restaurant2833 N. Broadway, Chicago.9pmp.m.– midnight, $5. Contact: Somer773.807.5704; Agape 708.945.4140,findagapepappas@yahoo.com or visitwww.tangoardiente.comTHURSDAYTango "Entre Amigos"Pasha Restaurant & Club, 642 N. Clark,Chicago (312.397.0100), 9pm to midnight,$5 cover. Contact: Jorge Niedas312.437.2122 or visit www.21tango.comFRIDAYMilonga Vida1st and 3rd Fridays of the monthMilonga Vida-Blue Moon4th Friday, when there are 5 Fridays in amonth. 346 N. Justine Street, #300Chicago, 9pm-2am; $12. $8 students withI.D. Contact: Bethdance11@aol.com,847.846.5611; MariLiz7@aol.com,630.254.5628.Los Besos Milongita2nd Friday of the month. 346 N. JustineStreet, #300 Chicago, 9pm - 2am; $12;Ellen's sweets & savories; BYOB. Contact:Ellen & Oleg Mashkovich atuna_emocion@yahoo.comNuestro TangoLast Friday of the month.Latvian Community Center, 4146 N. ElstonAve., Chicago 8:30pm – 12:30 am; $10,Contact: 262.942.4587 Valentina,773.279.9414 Carmen, 312.342.4335Phoebe or WindyCityTango@Yahoo.comSATURDAYMilonga La Luna de San Telmo6137 N. Northwest Highway, Chicago, IL,9pm.-2:30am, $15. Contact: Daniel Byrnes312.953.0494, byrnesdaniel@hotmail.comLa PachangaFirst & Third Saturdays942 W. Lake Street, Chicago.9pm - 2am$15 - BYOB. Contact Douglas at773.218.9516 or lapachanganight.comSUNDAYCousin’s Restaurant2833 N. Broadway, Chicago, 8pm-11:30pm, $5. Contact: Somer773.807.5704, Agape 708.945.4140 orvisit www.tangoardiente.comChicago PracticasTHURSDAYPractica at Dance Connection3117 N. Clybourn, Chicago, 7:30 to10:00 pm. Hosted by Sarah Graff andMisha Goro. Advanced class from 7:30-8:30 p.m. followed by practica until 10p.m. $10. Contact Sarah & Misha at773.575.6906 orwww.mgoro.com/tango.htmlArgentine Tango Club at theUniversity of ChicagoIda Noyes, 1212 E 59th Street, 1st floor8-10pm, free to U of C students,faculty and staff, and $5 to thegeneral publichttp://tango.uchicago.edu/Tango a la Leroy y PhoebeMariposa, 346 N. Justine St., #300Chicago, 7:30pm – 9:30p. Practica withinstructions. First 1.25 hour class instructionsby Leroy Hearon Jr, Phoebe J. Grant and/orguest instructor. Contact: Phoebe Grant312.342.4335WindyCityTango@Yahoo.comFRIDAYSTango Chicago Dance Centre1043 W. Madison, Chicago. Practica7:30p.m.-11:00 p.m, open to all levels,$12. Contact: Al Gates at 312.850.1078or www.tangochicago.comSUNDAYSTango Para Todos PracticaSchopf Gallery on Lake 942 West LakeStreet 9pm - 10pm; Free. Contact: EricaSutton erica@tangoparatodos.comor 773.505.1577Tango Sentido Productions PracticaDrucker Center, 1535 N. Dayton St.Chicago, 6pm – 9pm, $10. Contact: DanyNovakovich 312.296.1955,773.550.2646, info@TangoInChicago.com,www.tangoinchicago.comChicago ClassesON-GOING CLASSESCheck the teachers’ pages on our websitewww.tangonoticias.com9 Tango Noticias March 2005

Central TangoFayetteville, ARContacts: Elayne Hency at Elayne’sDance-The Art of Social Dance;www.elaynesdance.com,info@elaynesdance.com 479.521.6683 or479.263.6683Denver and Boulder, COContacts: www.ragtime.org/dance/;www.danceoftheheart.com; Boulder - DebSclar: deb@danceoftheheart.com; Denver -www.mercurycafe.com; Chas Gale at (303)320-4020, hotchango@msn.com,www.thetangohouse.com; Colorado Springs- www.tangosprings.comAtlanta, GAContacts: www.atlantatangofestival.com.Champaign-Urbana, ILContacts: www.centraltango.com;Joe Grohens: joe@joegrohens.com;217.378.4751, Ron Weigel:TangoSociety@aol.com; 217.328.1311Ames / Des Moines, IAContacts: Valerie Williams:www.vjw.biz/docs/amessocdnc.htm;v@vjw.biz; 515.232.7374;Fairfield / Iowa City, IAContacts:http://soli.inav.net/~dance/tango.htmlFairfield Tango Community - Sheryll Ryan:sryan@humanfactors.com, 641.233.1011,Kelly Custer: 641.472.1001 Iowa CityTango Community - Greg Kovacinytangoic@yahoo.com or kovaciny@inav.comIndianapolis, INContacts: www.tangoindy.org;info@tangoindy.org, David Crosley:dcrosley@challenge-inc.com;317.407.8181Barb Bill: 513-321-3546;bbillcinci@yahoo.comWest Lafayette, INContacts:http://web.ics.purdue,edu/~tango; RicardoFanciulli: 765.404.5367,riccardo@purdue.edu; Michelle Murphy:mcmurphy@psych.purdue.eduAnn Arbor, MIContacts: www.umich.edu/~umtango;umtango@umich.edu; 734.327.0642 or734.564.0811Detroit, MIContacts: Amy & Ray:MotorCityMilongueros.com, 313.561.3236;Amy & Ray: MotorCityMilongueros.com;AmyandRay@comcast.net; Lori Burton:Argentinetangodetroit.com;Lori@argentinetangodetroit.com;586.726.2370, 586.254.0560Twin Cities, MNContacts: www.mntango.orgwww.geocities.com/twincitiestango SteveLee: 612.729.5306 tango@winternet.com;Lois Donnay: donnay@donnay.net,612.822.8436; Frank Williams:Frankw@tc.umn.edu, 612.379.4565. For aweekly update of Twin Cities tango activitieshttp://mntango.org/mailmn/listinfo/ andsubscribe to‘TSOM- announce.’Kansas City, MOContacts: Korey Ireland; athttp://www.ko-arts.com/tango.html;korey@ko-arts.com; or 816.931.9545Mt. Vernon, MOContacts: Karen Whitesell:www.thelearningdepot.com/murrays-1/;417.471.1001; Fax 417.471.1002St. Louis, MOContacts:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/St_Louis_Tango/ and http://cec.wustl.edu/~hs3/ Roxanne McKenny:www.tangoteacher.com, 314.324.0887.Carter Maier: tngomn@hotmail.com. Estella& Randy: tangoartists@tangorosa.com,www.tangorosa.com, 314.849.3007; RickBarbarash: rbarbarash@yahoo.com;314.369.3698; Shaun Sellers:sellers@me.wustl.edu; Berette Salazar:314.961.1686Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NMContacts:The Tango Club of Albuquerque atwww.geocities.com/tango_abq/special.htmlPaul Akmajian tango_abq@yahoo.comAasVeLas Vegas, NVContacts: Allison and Gabriel;www.tangosilhouette.comTulsa, OKContacts: Fred and Jessica Stowell;fjstowell@aol.comCincinnati, OHContacts: Fred and Jessica Stowell;fjstowell@aol.com; orVirginina Malton at vmalton@yahoo.comCleveland, OHContacts: www.tangocleveland.comTim Pogors: Timmy Tango@aol.com;440.327.8211; Greg Messina atneotango200@yahoo.com, 330.554.8900;atanguerita@yahoo.com or 330.608.4444Pittsburg, PAContacts: PATangoS – Pittsburgh ArgentineTango Society atwww.pitt.edu/~mchp/PATTangoWeb.htmTrini or Sean patangos@yahoo.com or412.521.1478Madison, WIContacts: www.madisontango.orgSteven Fosdal: steve@fosdal.net,608.347.0014; Krista Bultmann:608.236.0198, kabultmann@yahoo.com;Nicole Stevens: 608-213-8301,milongamadison@yahoo.comMilwaukee, WIContacts: www.wisconsintango.com orwww.milwaukeetango.comMarek Szotkowski: argtango@hotmail.comMontreal, Quebec, CanadaContacts:www.festivaldetangodemontreal.qc.caToronto, Ontario CanadaContacts: www.tangoacademy.org;Musharraf Farooqi atinfo@tangoacademy.org or 416.536.8446.Please send any information regardingcontact information for Argentine tangoevents in the Midwest tocentral_tango@yahoo.com and we will besure to update each community’s contactlisting. Also, let us know if you’d like yourcommunity featured in an upcoming issue.Tango Noticias March 2005 10