Tango Uncorked

Tango Uncorked #24 - Mariela Franganillo - Make them feel welcome!

Welcome back after a 5 year hiatus!
Today on the show we sit down with long time New Yorker, Mariela Franganillo to chat about the past, present, and future of Tango here in New York City and elsewhere.
She welcomes us into her past and her philosophy of dance, teaching, and performing.

Recently she has teamed up with Dagny Miller organizing and producing tango events in NYC.

Stay tuned for their upcoming festival here in NYC in November 2025!

Tango Cafe Takeout - Holiday Special 2022!

Hello again everyone, We are happy to be back with a special short episode.
We wanted to catch up after 8 months away and see how everyone is doing?
What are your holiday plans? How have you been doing since our last episode?

We featured music from Pablo Aslan's latest release and you can find that and much more here:
avantangorecords.bandcamp.com/album/xmas-tango-project-milonga-edition

It was really fun catching up. We discussed a lot about what inspires us to dance and where did we get inspired from first? The movement, or the music?

Marcelo joined us again and thank you for calling in.

We want to wish everyone a great Holiday and hope you have a great New Year as well.

We hope to connect again soon!

Tango Cafe takeout #63

For our final weekly episode we were joined by Mario De Camillis.
Mario is a dancer, performer, and artist from Buenos Aires. He joined us from his neighborhood of Villa Crespo where he has lived since he was 9 years old.

We chatted about his history as a dancer, how he got started who some of his influences are, and some of his favorite things about tango as well.
We hope you enjoy the conversation.

We will be continuing the podcast on a less frequent basis, but stayed tuned for announcements of when we will be having our next show!

 

Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you great shows to keep us connected socially as we learn and talk about Tango as it has so many layers.

Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. If you would like to help you can send any contributions here.

adamandciko@gmail.com
Via Venmo or PayPal.

Tango Cafe takeout #62

Tonight on the show we were joined by Gabriel Prynn.
A native of England, he has been based in Montreal for many years. A fabulous cellist and tango dancer, we had a great time getting to know him more and learn about his history as a musician and dancer.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you great shows to keep us connected socially as we learn and talk about Tango as it has so many layers.

Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. If you would like to help you can send any contributions here.

adamandciko@gmail.com
Via Venmo or PayPal.

 

Tango Cafe takeout #61

Tonight on the show we were joined by Daniel Trenner.
If you are dancing tango, or have danced tango, in the US over the last 30 years,
Daniel is probably part of the reason why.

Daniel spent a good amount of time in the 1980's in Buenos Aires, before it was a tango tourist destination. During that time and after he studied with as many dancers and teachers as he could find. He made a series of over 80 instructional videos with over 40 artists capturing a very unique moment in the history of tango that would have otherwise been lost forever except through stories.

During the tours he filmed interviews, Milongas, tour workshops, special private lessons, and parties. Today he has hundreds of hours of footage from this period, mostly on VHS and Hi8 tapes. Since 2010, he has been slowly working to preserve this library by digitizing and cataloging this aging material. His digital Tango Archive, 20 years in the making, will hopefully be released this year, but much of the material has yet to be converted and cataloged. Completing the project will require the support of the greater Tango community.

There is a lot more being discussed in the show and we hope you enjoy learning about the history and growth of tango.

Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you great shows to keep us connected socially as we learn and talk about Tango as it has so many layers.

Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. If you would like to help you can send any contributions here.

adamandciko@gmail.com
Via Venmo or PayPal.

 

Tango Cafe takeout #60

Tonight on the show we have Cecilia Garcia!!

Cecilia is a life long dancer, artist, and creator. We had a nice discussion about her path to tango and journey before.
She has been one of Ciko and Adam's favorite teachers for many years. 
She has a unique ability to articulate how the body works and transmit that to students.
It was nice to hear about her process as an artist and dancer and we found it to be very inspiring.

We hope you enjoy the conversation!

Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you great shows to keep us connected socially as we learn and talk about Tango as it has so many layers.

Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. If you would like to help you can send any contributions here.

adamandciko@gmail.com
Via Venmo or PayPal.

Tango Cafe takeout #59

Tonight we celebrated the END of an ERA!
This is our final Wednesday show as we will be reopening classes starting next week.

We will be moving the show to Thursday at 8:30PM!!

Tonight we were joined by Cleveland native and musician 
Andrew David Minor. He shared some beautiful music he wrote and we chatted about his background in music.

Alberto and Micaela also called in to discuss their time together as a professional couple, what they have been up to during Covid, and also some plans for the future in Cleveland Ohio.

It was an all Cleveland show as Adam was also in Cleveland to record it.
Enjoy!

Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you great shows to keep us connected socially as we learn and talk about Tango as it has so many layers.

Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. If you would like to help you can send any contributions here.

adamandciko@gmail.com
Via Venmo or PayPal.

Tango Cafe takeout #58

Tonight on the show we were joined by singer, musician, songwriter, creator, 
Ariel Varnerin.
We had a lively conversation and learned a lot about his journey into music and tango.
He sang us some beautiful songs accompanied by his guitar playing.
You can learn more about him through is FB page here:

https://www.facebook.com/arielvarnerin

Eleonora Kalganova joined us for a conversation full of laughs. We learned about her journey into tango and the funny story of the bus where it all got started.
Everyone's story starts somewhere and hers is definitely one of the more interesting stories.
Learn more about Eleonora here:
www.tangoflow.club

 

Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you great shows to keep us connected socially as we learn and talk about Tango as it has so many layers.

Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. If you would like to help you can send any contributions here.

adamandciko@gmail.com
Via Venmo or PayPal.

Tango Cafe takeout #57

Tonight on the show we were joined by pianist Andrew Oliver from Portland Oregon.
Andrew specializes in Tango, Early Jazz, and Ragtime. We chatted about his time living and playing in London and Europe. The community in Portland as well as how he came to playing tango music after many years playing Jazz.

Jesica Cutler and John Miller from Denver Colorado also joined us. We have known them for several years and they are a really creative and fun couple. Teachers, dancers, performers, and Dj's they have helped contribute to the growth of the Denver community for many years. 
It was a really fun conversation with lots of interesting insights. They are definitely kindred spirits.

Marcelo called in again to say hi at the end and it was nice to hear from him again after a few weeks. 

 

Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you great shows to keep us connected socially as we learn and talk about Tango as it has so many layers.

Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. If you would like to help you can send any contributions here.

adamandciko@gmail.com
Via Venmo or PayPal.

Tango Cafe takeout #56

Tonight on the show we were serenaded by the wonderful voice of 
Mark Growden.
Mark is the singer / song writer of several songs that we dance to in the alternative room at Tango Cafe which we listened to on the show.
Mark also played a few lives pieces for us as well.

Matias Facio called in from Berlin. He took a little nap and woke up to chat with us about the early days of his tango journey moving from Patagonia to Buenos Aires where we met back in 2006 and then on to Berlin where he has lived for over 10 years.
He is a dancer, teacher, and community builder.

Thank you all for listening, calling and being a part of this while we are all apart. We will continue to bring you great shows to keep us connected socially as we learn and talk about Tango as it has so many layers.

Tango Cafe takeout is a donation based show. If you would like to help you can send any contributions here.

adamandciko@gmail.com
Via Venmo or PayPal.