Torito Events
Argentine Tango
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Tango Agenda for the Netherlands
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Consulting event organisors
Rob ('Torito') Nuijten, Amsterdam.
DJ 'Torito' Agenda
BTW (VAT) nr: NL001142230B63
March 1, 2023
Caminito, Cordoba, Argentina
May 5-6, 2023
Uelenspieghel, Uffelte, NL
May 15, 2023
Mi Lunes, Amsterdam, NL
June 9, 2023
Tuinhuis, Utrecht, NL
Background
Rob dances Argentine Tango since 1991, and took classes at the Academia de Tango (Lalo & Mirta), participated in workshops from other local teachers, and Argentine dancers visiting the Netherlands (Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, Claudia & Esteban, Gustavo Naveira, Tete Rusconi, Osvaldo Zotto & Lorena Hermocida, Carlos Gavito, Paola & Orlando, Ruth & Andreas), or at festivals in Europe (Fabian Salas and many, many others). Because of his 'energetic' style of dancing in his early years, he was nicknamed 'Torito'. He went to Buenos Aires a few times to experience the Argentine tango culture at its birthplace.
Classes
In the past years, Rob taught dance classes organised by Tangoschool Amsterdam, Tangoschool Rotterdam and Tangoschool Amsteltango, Tangation in Culemborg and occasionally for schools in Italy, England, and Singapore and a Tango+salsa holiday in Spain.
Now, he teaches on invitation of event organisors or dance schools or give an occasional private lesson, like for actors.
Dance lessons / Favorite themes
Musicality, creativity, personality and expression.
Standing secure, dedication to the partner, a pleasent tension, comfortable, relaxed, taking care of yourself.
Think also of: 'Dare to be different' or 'Get a life!'
With lots of attention for the lady, who makes half the dance.
These are the basics, of the technique and of the ideas from which we dance.
The pleasure of dancing tango comes from the contact that is essential for improvisation. First after we learn what it means to really dance together, we should expand our repertoir of steps.
The students themselves should understand that they themselves could also invent steps, moves, combinations, since all steps are once invented, by someone creative, who dared to. A step could not be copied if no one had created it first.
No one dances the same way and no one should try become a copy of his teacher. Nor should a teacher think his/her style of dancing should be copied.
And nothing should be copied before it is understood and experienced as valuable.
The style of your tango dancing will be shaped after your body, energy, mood, preferences in music but also by your favorite dancepartners who'll still all have their unique qualities, capabilities and desires.
Two, unique persons, dancing together, should enjoy the dialogue. Dancing Tango is not about the leader, telling the follower which step to make, in which direction and with which speed. But it is also not about the follower waiting for an opportunity, given by the leader, to throw her own few seconds of creativity into the dance. The leader must learn to be sensitive for the followers creativity and the follower must learn to communicate her wishes while dancing (and without speaking a word!).
Advanced dancers may have developed an automatism, in dancing patterns, without realising they have lost the pleasure of the contact that comes with improvisation. For them it would be good to do excercizes that make them aware of the loss, and regain the pleasure of more adventurous dancing.
Although I consider teaching steps the least important, one should not be afraid not to learn any. Every lesson contains steps that fit best to the theme of the lesson.
A technique for ladies (in dutch)
Een voorstel doen
The song (a milonga) 'El Torito' has in its name and its speed some relation to Robs dancing. Postcards with these images have been sent, from Buenos Aires, by Ricardo 'El Holandes' and Hans & Yolande Gerver. Thanks guys!
For many years, Rob maintained the only online Tango Agenda of the Netherlands. When Facebook became the main channel for organisors to promote their events and another online agenda started to compete with it, the receival of necessary updates started to decline after which it became too complicated to keep the agenda clean from outdated info. That's why Rob now focusses on special Tango events, like workshops , shows and concerts, and leaves the agenda of 'where to go dance tonight' to the Tangokalender, that you'll also find at the
Tango Agenda for the NetherlandsThen there're the webpages that were consulted by travellers. One could choose the continent of your interest and find the tangowebsites per country and city. Since social media and apps became the main source of information for travellers, this webpage has no longer been maintained, though.
Enthusiasm about the skill of professional dancers and musicians and his wish to see the right artists be booked for the right jobs, made him start a service for event organisors. Those who seek Tango musicians and/or Tango dancers can be assured of the best help one can get. Event organisors of theaters, festival organisors, large companies, television- and radiomakers used the insights and contacts build upon three decades of Tango experiences, through Torito Events (This is not an agency. Torito Events is hired by the event organisor, not by the artists).
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Torito Event
March 1st, 2023
'TDJ TORITO
desde Amsterdam'
in millonga Caminito
Córdoba, Argentina
Bas Knuttel: Went to this concert... and I was completely struck by the subtleness of Dino saluzi and his family. Every one of them playing their instrument so refined and together so harmonious. Not one dull or 'over the top' moment, from the first to the last note pure -as in sincere-music of the highest quality. Bought the cd Navidad de los Andes with a violoncello in the line up... and their work in the studio is just as sincere. I'll definetely try and see them again and recommend it to everyone who is not just interested in the bandoneon in standard tango role. But this Music definately had a 'state of tango' all throughout the concert. pS and thanx Rob Torito for bringing this concert to our attention and organizing the salon afterwards.
Moon Tummers: Ik vond het onverwacht mooie muziek. Heb genoten, ook van het intieme salonnetje er na.
Friday September 30, 2016.
Concert by the Argentine singer/gitarist Marili Machado with Duo Montes in Amsterdam,
Presentation by Rob Nuijten.
Nightly afterparty on a boat during which Marilí generously played many other songs of their vast reportoire.
Pictures of the concert on board
That night Marili Machado and Duo Montes played in Theater Munganga.
December 27, 2015
Live music by
Ville Hiltula (bandoneon) and Anke Steenbeke (piano)
https://www.facebook.com/villehiltula
https://nl-nl.facebook.com/anke.steenbeke
Dances by
Leonie & Jelger, Patty & Rob, Arielle & Soesanto, Anita & Roshan
Tango show arranged by Rob Nuijten (Torito Events)
for Amsterdam Light Walk, in start-and-finish location Passengers Terminal Amsterdam
Monday September 28, 2015.
Torito introduced the Argentine trio Marili Machado to Amsterdam tango friends
with a private early evening boat trip trough the centre during which the trio generously played much of their on stage reportoire.
Boat trip connected to teatro Munganga, where a few songs were played as well.
The trio was in NL only this one day, an intermezzo of their European tour.
http://marilimachado.com/
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From left to right: Renske & Mutlu, Almar & Isolde, Rob & Isolde
A serie of performances organised by Le Champion, for the occasion of the Van Dam-tot-Dam Walking Tour.
The podium delivered was not danceable, so we choose to dance on this blue tarp instead!
Actors, dancers and musicians after the final rehearsal for their performance at the Vuurol festival, May 24 and 25, 2015.
Photo: Marco Rochette (the director)
Photo
© Arjan Sikking (one of the other dancers for Nescafé)
Photo
© Rob Nuijten Luna
de Tango is a foundation that
organised various
Tango events to raise money for projects in the poorest neighbouhoods
of Buenos Aires.
Chain of
performances, with also one dance/theatre piece by tango dancers and
actors
May 24 and 25 (2015)
Vuurol festival
Mycelium - drama dance,
Put together by Dance school Cielito and Theatergroep het WEB.
Location:
in the woods near Lage Vuursche, behind the castle Drakenstein.
NB: This performance is one of a whole variety of performances offered
for the single entrance ticket.
Festival: vuurol.nl
Location on Google Maps
The play: mycelium
Performers: www.cielito.nl and www.theatergroephetweb.nl
Optional: performances at Fringe festival in Delft, June 6
Rob
& Marit in a 4 minute act with a 'deadly' tango dance, on live
music ('Assassins Tango'), for 'De Rode Draad', a 75 minute
concert/theatre piece by students of the School For Young Talent at the
Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
Rob
& Isolde dance for a world congress of advocates in Amsterdam as an
appetiser for a next congress taking place in Buenos Aires.
Dutch cinema movie
Torito Event was asked to pick 4 dancers who'd perform the Argentine
tango for a Dutch movie, in a scene recorded
in the night of July 7th 2010.
Rob
dancing with Erica in a tango salon in Amsterdam in April 2010. Photo by tango photographer Peter Forret. Click for the whole
picture.
©2010 Peter Forret: tangopaparazzo.com
Check out Peter's page
Rob & Manuela
(Ribeiro),
performance, Tangation, Culemborg.
December 2009. Photo © Ellen Verhagen.
Rob
& Claudia gave a 2 hour clinic about leadership, for the managers
of a very large insurance company.
December 2009. Photo by the chauffeur.
Lima,
Peru
The
teachers/organisors
of CiTAngo welcomed Rob
as Tango DJ for their milonga on May 10, 2009.
Rob
& Sonja at the set of a Nescafe commercial. 20
tangodansers and 10 musicians and many extra's created a flashback of a
salon de tango from the 40's.
Colour retouch by Rob Nuijten
On
request of KPN, Torito Event organised 20 advanced Tangodancers
and the best teachers in the Netherlands for
a tango dance lesson to the award
winning top employees, and a dance performance.
Tango
in the Old Church ( de Oude Kerk ), in the centre of Amsterdam.
Organised by de Oude Kerk for the Museum Night of 2004. Torito Event
advised, invited the dancers, organised the musicians and the DJ.
Rob is the president of the board (4) of Luna de Tango.
Rob
& Chi-E (from Japan) gave workshops in Sunderland, England.
Gavito and
various partners were then asked to teach at the Tangomagia festivals
in Amsterdam. Carlos Gavito
regretfully passed away July 1st 2005. As long as his legs supported
him he inspired many with his sensual dance, done with immense feel for
the music. Ernesto
Candal, professional Tango dancer, wrote from Buenos Aires: Gavito said,
on his last birthday in the Sunderland Club: Photo © Alex
Waterhouse-Hayward
(Vancouver, Canada) Scotland No
Tango Royal. Rob and his dancepartner Gabriëlle were
invited, before that, to do a dance performance and a dance lesson at a
party of crown prince Willem Alexander and his bride Máxima,
2 days before they married, but Rob declined. There were two reasons
for that: Rob thinks princes and princesses, kings and queens are
fairytale figures like Sint Nikolaas and Santa Claus (sorry, children)
that Rob refuses to say 'your highness' to. Also, the head of state
should be chosen democraticly. It is rather
silly to give a lady the status of a princess, just because of her
marriage to a man, who, just simply by birth, was given a status of
crown prince, and then simply start to cheer them and gasp at them as
if they did magnificent things. The second
reason for decline, was the possibility that Jorge Zorreguieta, father
of the bride and important member of the murderous government of the
formar military juntaleader Videla (Argentina) could attend this party,
at a royal palace in The Hague. Rob is
instead a supporter of the H.I.J.O.S. Holanda,
children of the missing and
murdered, victims of Zorreguietta and his compañeros en lo
malo. Photo
© Sonja Mildner Sept
4, 2005, RTL4, Television
Amsterdam, Dam square.
Torito
Event organised a Tango performance on request of Hete Herfst (a
protest against the choices in budget cuts by the Dutch government).
Dancers Yerpun & Inge (Amsterdam)
Click image for larger photo.
DJ Torito at Stadsbal The
Hague
March 12, 2010
Rob
& Manuela Rivero
Workshop milonga & performance in Culemborg
Rob
& Patty (van Hoften), improvisation at the Academia de Tango,
Amsterdam.
Music: La Cachila, by Osvaldo Pugliese.
November 2009. Photo © Bert Verleur.
Video of this performance
Couple
taking a private
lesson in Rob's home.
Carlos
Gavito
for this worldfamous and very inspiring dancer and his dance partner
Maria
Plazaolla, Rob organised a special Gran Salon de
Tango in Grand Cafe De Kroon in Amsterdam, during their first
incidental visit to
the Netherlands. The Dutch tango dancers came from all over the
country, on a wednesday night, to see their dance performances, and
enjoy the dance night.
"Madurar es del Alma" (To mature comes from the
soul)
For a party in Scotland, Torito Event was chosen to put a dinner show
together, with mainly Tango.
The show was realised with a group of 4 tango dancers and 10 musicans,
originally from Argentina, USA, Russia, the Netherlands, Germany and
Scotland. The musicians played Argentine Folk and Argentine Tango, Jazz,
Klezzmer.
Rob
& Jolanda danced at 'Reflejo de luna' (by alacran) at the launch of
the CD 'Latin Lounge' (label Putumayo) in the
Sugar Factory in Amsterdam.
Ernesto
Candal
immediatly
enthusiastic about the arrival of this elegant dancer in
Amsterdam, Rob became the agent of him and Christiane Palha, for the
time of Ernestos stay in the Netherlands.
They had
workshops and performances in milongas in Amsterdam, The
Hague, became the maestros of the Deventer Tango festival where they
gave workshops, and also performed on stage with Richard Galliano. They
concluded the cooperation with performances at Robs 'TangoX4' weekend
in Amsterdam
Then they
joined Toneelgroup Amsterdam to dance in
the theatreplay 'Romeo and Julia' in the role of Paris and Julia, after
which Ernesto returned to Buenos Aires.
PR photo
©
Rob Nuijten
Rob
& Sonja (Germany) were teaching a serie of classes in
Amsterdam. 2002-2003.
At a
highschool in Harderwijk, Rob gave a Tango dance class, assisted by
Sonja Mildner.
Rob & Gabriëlle Nederend
danced in the show 'Olé Tango!'.
With this show they visited 35 theaters and concert halls in the
Netherlands.
At the
Tangoschool Amsterdam they taught 3 levels of regular classes (2001).
Video still
© René Oey
Show
in Royal Theatre Carré,
Amsterdam.
Rob
& Machiko raised money for human rights organisations
in Argentina, as that being a part of the Alternative National Gift to
crown prince Willem Alexander and prinses Maxima, when they married.
Link: Hijos
A
few steps on
video
Rob
& Jolanda practising in the Vondelpark Open Air theatre in
Amsterdam.
In the first edition of the new Dutch lifestyle programm' Cheers', Rob
& Jolanda gave a dance lesson in a television broadcast about
painter
Tessa van der Voort, who paints Tango and flamenco
dancers.
Rob taught workshops and private lessons in Singapore.