tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21634109509995363172012-02-16T11:54:37.734-08:00Joe Leonardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331229456768779771noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163410950999536317.post-36140249040387296752011-05-06T14:40:00.000-07:002011-05-07T11:42:03.998-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Janalee-show-banner.jpg" target="new"><img class="size-full wp-image-365 aligncenter" title="Janalee-show-banner" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Janalee-show-banner.jpg" alt="" width="675" height="142" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">Come join us for the very lovely “aime comme moi” Milonga on its new Saturday night and see the very lovely and talented Janalee Swain debut her new original music! Janalee will perform her wonderful <u><i>danceable</i></u> alternative music, a great addition to an excellent night of dancing!</span></div><br /><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Janalee-show-webposter.jpg" target="new"><img class="size-full wp-image-366" align="left" title="Janalee-show-webposter" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Janalee-show-webposter.jpg" alt="" width="150" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><b>The “aime comme moi” Milonga</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b>Saturday, May 14, 2011<br />at Tango Berretín</b></span><br />6305 SE Foster Rd. Portland, OR -<a href="http://maps.google.com/?q=6305+SE+Foster+Rd,+Portland,+Multnomah,+Oregon+97206,+United+States&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;cd=1&amp;geocode=0,45.490338,-122.598388&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=23.875,57.630033&amp;ll=45.494375,-122.600727&amp;spn=0.037603,0.055103&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=addr" target="new">MAP</a>-<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b>Live Music at 10:30pm!</b></span><b><br />Drop-in Beginners Lesson 8pm<br />Dancing 9pm-1am</b><br /><br />$7 ($5 students)<br /><br /><b>DJed and Hosted by Joe Leonardo</b><br /><br /><br /><b>About Janalee Swain:</b><br /><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/janalee1.jpg" target="new"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-371" title="janalee1" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/janalee1.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="137" align="left" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Raised by musicians, Janalee Swain has spent most of her life as a student of sound. Although the majority of her background is as a Jazz pianist, in 2001 her musical spectrum expanded when she began collaboration with the brothers Heneghan forming the band soon to be known as MayaVada.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since that time, Janalee has used music as a medium for self discovery. Her more recent collaborations with socially conscious hip-hop artist Momo Smitt and her simultaneous induction into the passionate world of Argentine Tango are the inspirations behind the release of her new solo E.P. <i>Learning To See In The Dark</i>.</div><p></p><br /><div><b>Listen to Janalee's Music:</b><br /><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Learning-to-see-webpic.jpg" target="new"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-367" title="Learning-to-see-webpic)" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Learning-to-see-webpic.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Janalee-show-webposter.jpg"></a><object width="450" height="190"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.musicplaylist.us/mc/mp3player_new.swf"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="flashvars" value="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fconfig_black_noautostart.xml&amp;mywidth=450&amp;myheight=470&amp;playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musicplaylist.us%2Fpl.php%3Fplaylist%3D85578746%26t%3D1304457463&amp;wid=os"> <embed style="width:450px; visibility:visible; height:470px;" allowscriptaccess="never" src="http://www.musicplaylist.us/mc/mp3player_new.swf" flashvars="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fconfig_black_noautostart.xml&amp;mywidth=450&amp;myheight=470&amp;playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musicplaylist.us%2Fpl.php%3Fplaylist%3D85578746%26t%3D1304457463&amp;wid=os" width="450" height="190" name="mp3player" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" border="0"></embed> </object><br />Album Art for Janalee Swain's new EP <i>Learning to See in the Dark<br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">Brought to you by <a href="http://www.hardroadtango.com/">Hard Road Tango</a></h3></i></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163410950999536317-3614024904038729675?l=acmilonga.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joe Leonardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331229456768779771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163410950999536317.post-27340633382408445452011-05-04T14:34:00.000-07:002011-05-03T16:01:48.552-07:00<h3 style="text-align: center; ">SPECIAL SCREENING<br />Tango Silent Films Presents:</h3><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3SF-web-banner.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-328" title="3SF-web-banner" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3SF-web-banner.jpg" alt="" width="500" /></a><div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Joe Leonardo and Tango Silent Films are proud to present a screening of 3 short films made by Mauricio Carvajal! Inspired by his involvement in Portland’s Argentine Tango scene over the past year, each of Mauricio’s stunning films is an intense meditation of the relationship of tango to one’s inner self and to the self given to others. Captivating and intelligent, these films will make you wonder at the mystery and beauty of the dance and music that we all share.</div><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3SF-web-banner.jpg"></a><div><br /><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; ">Special Screening of</span></div><span style="font-size: x-large; "><div style="text-align: center; ">3 Short Films about Tango</div><div style="text-align: center; ">by Mauricio Carvajal</div></span><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3TS-webposter.jpg" class="alignright size-full wp-image-326" title="3TS-webposter" alt="" width="281" height="401" /></div><span style="font-size: medium; "><strong>Friday, May 6th 2011<br />at Tango Berretín<br />During <a href="http://acmilonga.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The “aime comme moi” Milonga</a></strong></span><br />6305 SE Foster Rd. Portland, OR (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&amp;q=map+tango+berretin&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=tango+berretin&amp;hnear=Portland,+OR&amp;cid=0,0,1827510905252671212&amp;z=16&amp;iwloc=A" target="_blank">MAP</a>)<br /><br /><strong>Film Screening at 11pm sharp</strong><br />Drop-in Beginners Lesson 8pm<br /><strong>Dancing 9pm-1am</strong><br /><br /><strong>$7 for Dancing and Film<br />DJed and Hosted by Joe Leonardo</strong><br /><h3>THE PROGRAM:</h3><br /><strong>Screening Begins at 11pm sharp</strong><br /><br /><strong><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Poema-still.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-337" title="Poema still" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Poema-still.jpg" alt="" width="277" height="155" /></a></strong><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><strong>“Poema No. 12”</strong> – A synthesis of the music “Poema” with the poetry of Oliverio Girondo, this film is an elegant and longing look at what is created when two people come together in the dance of Tango. (<em>Runtime: 4min</em>)</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br /></div><strong><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Malevo-still.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-338" title="Malevo still" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Malevo-still.jpg" alt="" width="277" height="155" /></a></strong><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><strong>“Malevo Bordona”</strong> – A limitless exploration into the interior life of a tango dancer, “Malevo Bordona” wrestles with desire, hope, ego, confidence, insecurity, history, loss and every other fractured aspect of the soul—and finds a beautiful balance and harmony. (<em>Runtime: 4min</em>)</div><br /><strong><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Matungo-still.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-339" title="Matungo still" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Matungo-still.jpg" alt="" width="277" height="155" /></a></strong><br /><div style="text-align: justify; "><strong>“Matungo”</strong> – This short experimental documentary features several dancers from the Portland Argentine Tango community explores the varied spectrum of our unique and personal experiences of tango and discovers they intersect to give us all a shared meaning of this dance and music. (<em>Runtime: 3.5min</em>)</div><h3>About Mauricio Carvajal</h3><strong><a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/mauricio-e1303944309759.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-347" title="mauricio" src="http://tangosilentfilms.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/mauricio-e1303944309759.jpg" alt="" width="91" height="114" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-right-width: 3px; border-bottom-width: 3px; border-left-width: 3px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black; " /></a></strong><div><div style="text-align: justify; "><strong>Mauricio Carvajal</strong> has been part of the Portland Tango scene for a short time but has had an intimate connection to Argentine tango since early in his childhood. He currently holds the position of Creative Services Director for the local Univision affiliate; this will be the third of his independent film projects designed around Argentine tango music and the Argentine tango experience. Website: <a href="http://www.azulfuegomedia.com/" target="_blank">www.azulfuegomedia.com</a>, <a href="http://kunptv.com/" target="_blank">www.kunptv.com</a></div><h3 style="text-align: center; ">Brought to you by TANGO SILENT FILMS - <a href="http://tangosilentfilms.com/"><em>tangosilentfilms.com</em></a></h3></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163410950999536317-2734063338240844545?l=acmilonga.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Joe Leonardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03331229456768779771noreply@blogger.com0