Sunday, October 26, 2008

Tonight Sunday October 26 special bookreading with Camille Cusumano, author of Tango: an Argentine Love Story

TANGO REVOLUTION
is pleased to present a special book reading and signing by Camille Cusumano
on Sunday October 26 from 6-10pm at

CAFFE TRIESTE: 1667 Market Street @ Gough
6-6:45pm Basic Introductory Tango dance class by Sonja Riket
7-8pm: Book reading, singing and Q&A by Camille Cusumano
8-10pm: Open floor Tango dancing with Live music sets.
The event is FREE with food and drink at the caffe.
Donations for the artists are welcomed.

MORE INFO ABOUT THE BOOK:
TANGO: An Argentine Love Story
On the heels of the painful breakup of a fifteen-year relationship, Camille Cusumano heads to Buenos Aires to dance tango and deal with her grief. Her original two-and-a-half month tango vacation turns into an indefinite stay as Camille connects with an inner peace that’s eluded her for ages. As she delves into the seemingly unconnected but in fact quite parallel practices of tango and Zen, she learns that her fierceness and patience can exist in harmony.


Camille Cusumano, an editor at VIA Magazine in San Francisco for seventeen years, has written for many publications including Islands, Country Living, Yoga Journal, and others. She is the author of The Last Cannoli, and the editor of the Seal Press Love Story anthologies. When not on an adventure elsewhere in the world, she lives in San Francisco, where she practices tango and Zen.

Praise for Tango
***Tango is a remarkable addition to contemporary dharma literature. It reads like a thriller, a romance, and above all it shows the redemptive potential of a sincere spiritual practice.”
—Sylvia Boorstein, PhD, author of Happiness Is an Inside Job

***Camille Cusumano has lived out many a mid-life woman’s fantasy: packing her bags, slit skirts, and tango shoes and spending a year in Argentina. The result is a memoir that is like the dance itself: smooth, absorbing, and erotically charged.”
—Laura Fraser, author of An Italian Affair

***The transformative power of the tango embrace beautifully captured. Bravo!”
—Marina Palmer, author of Kiss & Tango

ABOUT TANGO REVOLUTION:
Tango Revolution is a weekly neighborhood educational project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango dance, music and history. By holding the event in an accessible café on a Sunday afternoon we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience.

Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We organize classes, workshops, cultural, awareness-and fundraising events around social issues of our time.

We hope that Tango Revolution is a fertile ground for learning about Argentine Tango, a dance and music of immigrants, which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy. Where all gender pairings are encouraged and anyone may ask anyone to dance.

We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and to connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?

Come watch, listen or join in the dance! All levels and ages are welcome. No partner or dance experience necessary.

www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
415.661.1852

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Tonight Special dance demo and music coaching!

Tango Revolution offers a special dance demo by Gustavo Benzecry Saba and Maria Olivera of Buenos Aires sometime between 8:30-9:30pm.
Theu will show how to dance in small places and with great connection. Don't miss it!
Their book "Embracing Tango-Techniques and Metaphores between Tango and Life" will be available for purchase.
www.tangosalon.com.ar

From 7-8pm Pablo Motta will once again offer a coaching session for the Tango Revolution musical collective.
www.pablomotta.com

Last week we had a poetry reading by Kristyan Panzica who also surprised us with a clarinet improvisation.

Come out to enjoy and support our wonderful community Tango endeavour!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Tango Revolution celebrates 1st Anniversary at Caffe Trieste!

Come join us today to celebrate Tango Revolution's 1st Anniversary at Caffe Trieste!

Tango Revolution started on November 27, 2005 at Cafe Revolution in the Mission where it run a wildly popular event for 1 year.

We are proud to continue to bring a beautiful and highly accessible weekly Tango music and dance event to the community, where professional and amateur musicians and dancers can collaborate and learn together.

A moment of peace and togetherness in a musical and dance embrace on a little corner in the city of Love...

Today we are happy that Michelle Walther, our lead violinist will be holding a coaching session at the caffe from 7-8pm about the Argentine Tango style for participating musicians and those eager to join. Michelle played with the Tango group Los Gatos Azules in Boston.
Thank you Michelle!

Come join us in a champagne toast!
Hope to see you there,
Sonja


CAFFE TRIESTE: 1667 Market Street @ Gough in SF
EVERY SUNDAY from 6-10pm

6-7pm Basic Introductory Tango dance class
7-8pm: Live music open rehearsal or coaching.
8-10pm: Open floor Tango dancing with Live music jam sets.

The event is FREE with food and drink at the caffe.
Donations for the artists are welcomed.

Come watch, listen or join in the dance! All levels and ages are welcome.

More Info: www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Tango Revolution in concert with JEREMY COHEN!

FRIDAY MAY 2, 2008 from 9pm-2am

What better occasion to celebrate MAY 1 and NATIONAL DANCE WEEK than bring together the spirit and passion of young musicians playing Argentine Tangos?

Tango Revolution musicians showcase their skill and enthusiasm for playing Golden Era and Nuevo Tangos for listening and dancing with renowned Quartet San Francisco’s guest musician Jeremy Cohen. In 2004 Quartet SF won the International Tango Competition in NYC and Cohen mentored the musicians with his expertise. Together with Abraham Becker and Pablo Motta (who also coached the musicians)Jeremy toured with the famed Forever Tango show.

Since 10 months, during the weekly Sunday Tango event at Caffe Trieste, a group of rotating musicians has committed itself to learning to play Argentine Tangos for dancing.
Come out to witness this budding revival of Live Tango Music for dancing and listen, watch or join in the dance!

Enjoy delicious tapas or wine and dine in style to the sultry sounds of Argentine Tango!

9-10pm Introductory dance class
10-11pm Tango Revolution musicians in concert with Jeremy Cohen and invited guests
11pm – 2am Tango Dance Party (Milonga) with live music and special performance.

FREE ENTRANCE AS PART OF NATIONAL DANCE WEEK!

CAVA 22
3239 22nd Street (@Bartlett, b/w Valencia & Mission)
San Francisco CA 94110
415.642.7224
Parking garage on Bartlett & 21st Str.


Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which encourages the inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience. We envision Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world and organize classes, workshops, and social awareness- and fundraising events around critical issues of our time.

More info:
Intimate Embrace Tango: 415.661.1852
www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
www.quartetsanfrancisco.com

Sunday, February 17, 2008

New Schedule for Tango Revolution

As of today Sunday February 18 our weekly Tango Revolution event will be held from
6-10pm at Caffe Trieste Downtown.

6-7pm Basic Introductory Tango dance class.
7-8pm: Live music open rehearsal.
8-10pm: Open floor Tango dancing with Live music jam sets.

Come bring many friends to support the new schedule and longer opening hours!
We have a great team of musicians with a native Argentine singer!

The event is FREE with food and drink at the caffe.
Donations for the artists are welcomed.

Caffé Trieste Downtown
1667 Market Street @ Gough (one block from Van Ness) in SF
Nearest Bart: Civic Center

More Info: 415.661.1852 - www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com

More details:

Tango Revolution is a weekly neighborhood educational project to offer anyone the opportunity to learn and experience the social aspect of Argentine Tango dance, music and history. By holding the event in an accessible café on a Sunday afternoon we encourage the spontaneous inclusion of music and dance in our everyday life as a communal experience.

Tango Revolution is a program of Intimate Embrace Tango, which envisions Argentine Tango as a relational matrix of connection to ourselves, each other and the world. We organize classes,workshops, cultural, social awareness-and fundraising events around critical issues of our time.

Come take a beginning Tango class or practice your dance in a relaxing, non-intimidating atmosphere. Non-dancers can watch the moves and immerse themselves in the beautiful Tango music. We extend an open invitation to aspiring Tango musicians to jam together and practice their skills with the dancers in a receptive and energetic environment.

We hope that Tango Revolution is a fertile ground for learning about Argentine Tango, a dance and music of immigrants, which continues to cross the boundaries of race, culture, language and social status. Where both beginning and accomplished dancers and musicians can share the floor without obvious hierarchy. Where all gender pairings are encouraged and anyone may ask anyone to dance.

We offer the beautiful connection between human beings in the Tango Embrace as a common ground and antidote against the isolation, separation and fearful existence we are led to believe is necessary. What better way to come home to ourselves and to connect with each other across our differences than the non-verbal power of a musical and dance embrace, listening and moving together as one?

Come watch, listen or join in the dance! All levels and ages are welcome. No partner or dance experience necessary.