Milonga Otonal

On October 24th, a number of my works will be on display during the event Milonga Otonal at Villa Madama, Attard (see advert). The works are a small collection of studies and sketches I am currently working on, having a common theme, Tango. These are all preparatory works for the upcoming collective exhibition which I am helping to organise together with tango teacher Nathalie Mifsud, titled Tektika Tango which shall be on sometime during May 2010.

Milonga Otonal will be the closing event of the Tango Otonal Workshop with the renowned Maestro Eric Jeurissen from El Corte, organised by Isla Del Tango. The event will start at 9pm and is free to the general public. For further information please send an email to natalie@isladeltango.org

My First Milonga

For those of you who think that a Milonga is some form of strange animal, like I did, its not. All my worries that this milonga thing would need cleaning, feeding, regular exercise etc. were wrong. It turned out that a milonga is just the term for a place or an event where tango is danced. Yesterday evening, at the l'Isle Adam Band Club in Rabat I attended my first milonga. And so there i was, doing my first tango steps...... it was my equivalent of Disney's Fantasia, where hippos are dancing ballet. My wife was much better though. She was really good, especially when dancing with others. The only problem she had was psychological, she was finding it difficult to accept that i had to lead!!!!

But it was an enjoyable experience and will go again for sure.