Entries by DyM-Team / Danel Cove

Congratulations Ignacio González Cano!
We're usually somewhat reserved about giving too much information about our local tour guides, since we often have to make changes at the last minute due to their job schedules. But it is now time to be open about our Easter trip from April 16th to 30th. Particularly since one of our tour guides for this
trip just brought a successful and highly-praised choreography of "Carmen" to the stage:

Carmen production in Buenos Aires

Whoever would like to meet Ignacio personally on this 14-day trip, there is one double room available and space for one woman in a shared double room:

Tango in Buenos Aires, Easter 2011

Dancing tango in Montevideo is coming into fashion and becoming increasingly attractive for tango travellers. The capital of Uruguay lies somewhat in the shadow of the Buenos Aires metropolis on the other side of the Rio de la Plata, but it is catching up more and more due to its special charm. A big contribution is certainly the excellent tango teachers, who are getting great feedback from beginners to advance tangueros and tangueras, alone or as a couple. And, you can also book a visit to an evening milonga accompanied by one of the teachers - a unique and exciting dance experience!

Tango dancing in Montevideo

"Danza y Movimiento" has begun with the release of a new tango series. The project is called "Tango Classics" and draws on one of the largest European tango archives, which the Hamburg-born composer Klaus Johns compiled during his life.

Many of the recordings in this series have never been released, with the exception of the original gramophone records many years ago! The historical value of some of these recordings is so high that the Hamburg cultural authority has decided to support our project.

If you want to get an overview of the recordings released up to now, then you'll need to take some time to do so. We have put together a list on one of our recommendation pages of the 79 CDs currently available for download:

Tango Classics to download

I recommend registering in our shop first before visiting this page, in order to preview the individual CDs. (The links to the recommendations can be found in the right menu column under "Specials".)

It is possible in our new download shop to put all desired titles into your own download shopping cart and to download the tracks as mp3s to your computer.

Some of the CDs are currently only available through us and can otherwise not be bought elsewhere! Here, for example, these CDs from Pugliese, Biagi, Corsini and Donato:
Tango classics: exclusive mp3s

Or the CD "Chique" from Edgardo Donato:
Edgardo Donato, "Chique"


Each track costs only 99 cents. 10 or more tracks and you get a 10% discount. 50 tracks or more gets you a 20% discount!

Enjoy our new tango offer!
Have fun in our new download shop!

The dates for courses connected to your tango holiday in Italy 2011 are now online!

With us this year are well-known teachers such as Siobhan Dougherty & Michael Lavocah, Susanne Illini & Harald Rotter, Joseba Pagola & Bakartxo Arabaolaza, Laura Priori & Andreas von Maxen, Kathrin Holtz & Jens Dörr, Fabian Salas & Lola Diaz, Ricardo Barrios & Laura Melo, Steve & Debbie Morrall, Brigitta Winkler und Wolfgang Sandt.

It is advisable to reserve a spot in your course of choice as soon as possible. In the past, many inquiries came in at a time when the courses were already booked out.

Tango Holiday in Umbria 2011

...is still available for you, if you want to spend two weeks practicing tango, complemented with yoga and relaxation training for dancers. This offer is part of our group tour from September 18th to 29th. Susanna is with us as our tour guide from Danza y Movimiento and local tango dancers will give us the most up-to-date information on the scene of the great tango metropolis. This 10-member group has its own individual character. Presently, there is still one room, which can be booked by one person or up to 3 people booking together. And there is also one space still for a woman in a double room...

For more information on the trip to Buenos Aires from the 18th to 29th of September, 2010, click here!

We don't usually write about festivals, since to keep up to date on all of them would be a job in itself! But this one deserves a mention for two reasons. Firstly, we're based in Hamburg so a little bit of city loyalty is OK . Secondly, we proudly stock the CDs of Quinteto Angel, who will be playing at the festival, presenting their new CD "Final de Fiesta".

Quinteto Angel has, since its founding, made a name for itself worldwide. They are a modern German tango quintet playing traditional tango music with a contemporary intensity and vitality usually thought unlikely or even impossible for 'foreigners', i.e. non-Argentinians. There is no room for doubt here that these musicians live and breath tango and combine their passion for the music with high musicianship.
For a foretaste:

Quinteto Angel, Final de Fiesta

Quinteto Angel, Sabado Ingles

Quinteto Angel, Danzarin

For the real thing (date, time and place of performance), check out the website of Universo Tango, under Festival:
Universo Tango

The festival takes place from August 26th to 29th and Quinteto Angel will be playing on the 27th of August as the main musical attraction. The festival as a whole promises to be good, with many great dancers performing and offering workshops.

The German tango magazine "Tangodanza" has started a series of articles meant to introduce various dance schools in Buenos Aires. In the latest issue, the author - who lives in B.A.s - presents the concepts and activities of two schools in which 'tango de salon' is taught: "Estudio la Esquina" and the "Tangoescuela Carlos Copello". Through a differentiated description of both schools, the author attempts to give an orientation to tango tourists, who often waste an enormous amount of time during their stay looking for the right school.

"Danza y Movimiento" works along similar lines within our travel deal to Argentina: local 'tango scouts' find the right school for dancers on location. Lessons can then be booked directly or coupons can be bought for one or more schools. The benefit of this system: lessons are guaranteed, no one stands and waits in front of a locked door, and there is always a local contact person to help get oriented in the always growing and changing dance scene of the Argentinian capital.

Information on tango trips to Buenos Aires

The latest issue of "Tangodanza"

is now possible with the "Vamos! Football" CD, which will definitely create a good mood and which costs only 1,99 euros until July 11th. We've also got some other specials ready for the World Cup: up to the final game you save 25 euro per box on the Vamos Box Set, containing 10 CDs! Tango fans can clear their ears of the vuvuzelas with Mercedes Simone for only 6,99 instead of 17,99 euros.

You can find the CDs mentioned here:

"Vamos! Football" - World Cup mood music from the Caribbean

The "Vamos Box" - 10 CDs for only 24,99 euros!

Mercedes Simone - gets under your skin, in a good way!


The prices quoted here are valid until the final game on July 11th, 2010.