Hello Everyone

It's getting closer & closer to the BIG TANGO WEEKEND!

Free Activities at the Tango Congress - we have plenty of Freebies at the congress catered for everyone. Spread the word and bring your friends or family around. Check www.tangoenz.co.nz

- Beginners Classes, on Saturday & Sunday mornings from 10.30am

- Pilates for Tango Dancers

- Practicas

- Tango movie & documentary

- Milongas

Evening Events Booking Only

- we will have a Door Sales only for the Friday, Tango Championship & Saturday, Grand Tango Ball nights.

- No Door Sales for The Heritage Hotel Gala Dinner. This night is our most popular evening, last year we're overbooked! We have to confirm the numbers for catering purposes so contact us directly by phone to ensure your place.

Payments for All Door Sales & Bookings at Tapac

- We require "Cash" only for all payments made at Tapac building for workshops or Door Sales on evening events. Please make sure you bring enough cash, there's an eftpos machine nearby otherwise.

Cafe available on-site Tapac Building

- As always, Murat from Cafe Limon will be at Tapac to provide some lunches and coffees to boost our energy for tango! Again, all purchases will be in cash payments.

Tango Shoes, DVD's & CD's Galore at Tapac

- There will be loads of shoes for men & women in different brands, DVD's & CD tango music for sale. Ladies treat! Commi IL Faut has landed New Zealand.

Tango Film & Documentary - Free admission

1) Tango Assasination (tango movie) - Monday, 27th October, 1-2.30pm

Robert Duvall writes, directs and stars in this "fascinating" (Roger Ebert) tale of dancing, deception and deadly passion on the sizzling streets of Argentina. Starring Ruben Blades, Kathy Baker and Luciana Pedraza, Assassination Tango is "part gritty crime thriller, part dance-driven romance, part evocative character study" (The Hollywood Reporter).

Robert Duvall's fascination with tango finds its expression in this labor of love, a film he wrote, directed, and stars in. Duvall plays a professional hit man on a job in Argentina. Forced to kill time instead of his target, he learns about tango, and meets a beautiful young dancer who teaches him the art. Seeing this precise, passionate dance, one feels no doubt it is worthy of Duvall's obsession. The hit-man plotline becomes less urgent as the movie goes on, and the director's loose, improvisatory approach makes for a certain sketchiness in scenes. But, like Duvall's marvelously odd The Apostle, the darn thing is intriguing. In leading lady Luciana Pedraza, Duvall has found a stunning partner--a slinky tango dancer and a beguiling actress. (One has no doubt she is worthy of his obsession, too.) This is a film from the "uneven" file, but like many such movies, it has its attractions. --Robert Horton

2) Los Mysterios del Tango (The Mysteries of Tango - documentary) - Monday, 27th October, 3-4.30pm

Pictures and documentary evidence that retell the fascinating history of one of the most sensual styles of music.

- It's origin - the dance, from the "brothel"s to the salon; The myth of Gardel; The greatest orchestras; Piazzola's revolution

This documentary contains classic black & white images, the best musical scenes of the history of tango. The musicians, singers, dancers, poets and orchestras. Documents of the most moving moments. The most memorable performances and the unknown ones. Testimonies given by the protagonists. The opinion of experts and acclaimed artists. The mysteries of an always fascinating musical style.

Please spread word the to all tango dancers.

Any questions please let us know.

Best Regards

The Tango ENZ Team

Int'l Tango Congress of NZ
Auckland, 24th - 27th October 2008
Phone: +64 21 482 339
www.tangoenz.co.nz