Sunday, Sept. 29, 3 p.m.—SOUTH POMFRET—Join Tango Norte for a milonga (social dance) at Artistree. Grab a partner – or just yourself, and head to Artistree Community Arts Center, 2095 Pomfret Road in South Pomfret to learn the Tango with an advanced/intermediate lesson starting at 3 p.m. and a beginner lesson at 4 p.m. Stay for the dance that follows or skip the lesson and just come to dance at 5 p.m.
Adriana Salgado and Orlando Reyes, national stage and salon tango champions, have danced internationally for 25 years. They will teach us a few steps so we can dance the Argentinian style of tango, which is a social and improvisational style of dance. There are many versions of tango, but this style is not choreographed. In other words, a milonga! Trio Tango Norte will provide live music for dancing.
3 p.m.: Intermediate/advanced dance lesson
4 p.m.: Beginner dance lesson
5 p.m.: Dance begins
Bob Merrill – Piano
He has been performing in the Upper Connecticut River Valley for longer than he cares to admit. He has accompanied ballet classes for Pacific Northwest Ballet, for Jacques d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute tour of New Hampshire schools, and for Michael Blevin’s artist-in-residence theatre projects at the Pomfret School and many other theatre projects. He has produced albums, jingles, and music for video and film, and has been composer/accompanist for Dartmouth Film Society’s silent films since 1989. By day he is a composer, producer, audio engineer, and technical consultant. He grew up in Oregon, and now makes his home in Wilder, Vermont. The day before this milonga, he and Joy Kosta will have just completed the first public reading of their new musical, Tango Tonight!
Peter Concilio – Bass
The founder and Artistic Director of the Hartland JazzFest, Peter plays occasional First Fridays at Skunk Hollow Tavern in Hartland, with local and regional jazz musicians. In 2014, he launched “Silo Jazz” on the third Friday of the month at Silo Distillery in Windsor, Vermont where he performed with pianists Fred Haas and Bob Merrill, and guitarist Billy Rosen, among others. More recently his offerings have been at Vermont Distillery in Quechee. He is one of the original members of Tango Norte, and looks forward to playing more tango in the coming months.
Susanna Stein, violin
Susanna Stein first fell in love with tango on the dance floor, and soon began to play tango violin. Living in New York City, she played in the Tango y Tango theater show, the Ravinia music festival, milongas, and several recordings with the late great bandeonista Raul Jaurena and his band, and in Carnegie Hall with Horacio Laguna’s Guitartango. While Susanna’s focus is classical chamber music, she has also played in salsa and mariachi bands. She is happy to be able to contribute to the tango scene in the Upper Valley, where she now lives.
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