Bandoneone - the essential tango instrument

For me the bandoneone is a essential tango instrument, it's one of the instruments that is needed in order for me to call it tango music. The bandoneone is used for rhythm since there are no drums in most tango orchestras.



The orchestra at Tangocamp, Sexteto Milongero, has two bandoneone players: Diego Braconi and Mauricio Jost.

What instrument in the tango music do you like the most? Is there any instrument that you adapt your dancing to? Please comment.

Midsummer

Today everybody in Sweden celebrate Midsummer, it's one of the biggest holidays of the year.

At Tangocamp Midsummer is celebrated by having a lunch buffé with traditional Swedish food like pickled herring, several kinds of salmon and freshly picked potatos.



Dj Anna with flowers in her hair played traditional Swedish folk music and the small kids at Tangocamp were running around everywhere.

Tangocamp Sweden is here

Tangocamp Sweden started in Tylösand yesterday. I'll report from here but I might also add some blog posts from the previous Tangocamps.

It's great to get back to Sweden for a while and to meet all the Swedish friends that I've missed dancing with. Although, when I'm away at festivals, I try to dance with mostly new people but some people you just have to dance with anyway whenever you see them.

Above you see the the singer in Sexteto Milongero when the band played at the opening milonga in Tylösand.

When there are so many people to dance with at Tangocamp, do you have a strategy which dancers you dance with or do you just see what happens in the moment? Please comment.

Huge crowds for the performances

Tangocamp Greece is such a large tango festival with many people and you notice that especially when everybody gathers to see the the teachers perform at night.



There are three or four rows of people in a circle all around the large ballroom. Everybody squeezes togehter so that everybody get a good view of the performers.



During the performances there are three big spotlights that follows the tango couple whereever they dance. In the corners you'll find the camera crew from Greece that records the performance for the Tangocamp DVD.



It's so great to be able to see all these shows because several of the couples improvises their performance so you'll get to see a unique performance each time.



What do think of the performances at Tangocamp Greece. Where there any performance in particular that you liked? Please comment.

Full dancefloor on Tangocamp Greece

The dancefloor at Tangocamp was full at all times, people was standing in line to get in when it started and the milonga room was buzzing with activity all the way to the early morning hours.