Argentine Tango Couples to Dance at the 4th Manila Tango Festival

Ballroom dances like Tango is close to my heart because my ex-boyfriend (now my husband) were dance partners in our college P.E. Ballroom summer class. That was the time he was courting me so just imagine the tension while we danced together during the summer heat. Whew!

When I received information about the 4th Manila Tango Festival, I actually informed my husband to attend with me. You see we promised ourselves (with more coaxing coming from me) that when we're old and retired (and hopefully still have the body and energy to dance) that we will go back to ballroom dancing to exercise and re-live our college memories. Well maybe we will choose a less strenuous dance than Tango because I heard a hip surgery can cause you a lifetime of pain. Still, ballroom dancing is still in our bucket list and I cannot wait to dance the night away again with my life partner.

4th Manila Tango Festival

What do we have to look forward to about the 4th Manila Tango Festival? 

Top-calibre tango artists from Buenos Aires head the line-up for this year's 4^th Manila Tango Festival, the country’s premier tango event,  on May 17-20. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with not just one or 2 couples, but 4 fantastic Argentine tango couples. They will not only enthral you with this passionate dance that has been taking the world by storm, but they will be here to hold workshops, and dance with all the tangueros and tangueras during the nightly Milonga parties.

What's new with Tango? 

Over a hundred years since its birth, the Tango has had, in recent years, an unprecedented global following as a lifestyle and travel option among culture-seekers and dance aficionados.

ANALIA & LUIGGI for the 4th Manila Tango Festival

Its music, at once passionately uplifting and eternally tragic, brings together a diversity of men

and women from all walks of life in the quintessential Tango embrace, in three minutes of a song, with the most subtle of movements unlike any other dance any dancer has ever danced before.

Who dances Tango nowadays?

From city centres in Europe, North America, across the Pacific and Down Under, and now in  Southeast Asia, the Tango is gripping the hearts of millions of dance pilgrims in dance studios, social halls, hotel ballrooms, local cafes, swanky bars, famous parks and touristy riverbanks.

What makes Tango so hot?

And much like crossing time zones for the ultimate ski run or beach getaway, travelling to dance

Tango has become a novel trend as Tango enthusiasts pursue the most sought-after maestros

or explore the next best milonga (Tango dance party) in a new city – for the magic of an

incomparable bliss, an unspoken connection with a complete stranger through the universal

language of the Tango embrace.

Laila and Leandro for the 4th Manila Tango Festival

What is TangoBlitz?

TangoBlitz is a blazing trail of magic and seduction, a mega Tango festival, happening this year from May to June in 7 cities around Asia: Singapore, Manila, Bali, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh and Brunei. Organized by Tango Oriental, each Asian city is co-hosted by their local tango clubs.

Where can we find Tango here in the Philippines?

Here in Manila, Tango Oriental partners with the Manila Tango Club. This partnership has been instrumental in providing our local enthusiasts quality tango presentations featuring world renowned Argentine tango masters.

Though the Manila Tango Club has been in existence for over a decade now, it was only 4 years ago when Manila finally caught up with this growing phenomenon now sweeping across Asia. 

NOELIA & PABLO for the 4th Manila Tango Festival

Who are the dancers at the 4th Manila Tango Festival?

The region's well-loved couple Laila & Leandro Oliver together with Forever Tango star Tamara Bisceglia with Federico Paleo head the line-up for this year's presentation, with Analia Carreno & Luiggi Ramirez of Conjuro Tango fame, and salon maestros Noelia Coletti & Pablo Giorgini.

What's does Manila Tango Club have in store for us this 2012? 

This year, an impressive line-up of top-caliber tango artists from Buenos Aires await the avid aficionados, from May 17-20, a 4-day event beginning with a Tango competition; and a Gala Masters show, both at the Makati Sports Club; Filipiniana-themed and farewell milongas at the Ristorante L'Ambasciata D'Abruzzo and Society Lounge, respectively;  workshops, private coaching and more.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with not just one or 2 couples, but 4 fantastic Argentine tango couples. They will not only enthral you with this passionate dance that has been taking the world by storm, but they will be here to hold workshops starting on 15May2012, and dance with all the tangueros and tangueras during the nightly Milonga parties.

Tamara & Federico for the 4th Manila Tango Festival

Where can I get tickets to watch the festival?

For the 4^th Manila Tango Festival program and packages, please email manilatangoclub@gmail.com  or call +632-895-4576. You  may also visit the following websites:  www.manilatangofestival.com or www.tangoblitz.com  for information updates, as well as Facebook pages: Manila Tango Club or Tango Philippines.

How about you? Do you like Tango?