East Coast Summit of Music

Mandrágora Tango is a vibrant collective of tango musicians based in Minneapolis, dedicated to preserving the nearly-lost musical forms of tango and translating them for today’s listeners and dancers. Tango music defies categorization, living somewhere between classical, jazz and world beat. Mandrágora dances across those lines and creates a music that is fresh, engaging, danceable and nostalgic. Or something like that.

You won’t need to take a long-haul trip to South America for authentic live Tango music.

Don’t miss Mandragora’s East Coast Tour, May 2-6, with Homecoming Dance on May 11

Mandragora Tango is proud to announce its first ever tour! In fact, this will be the first time we’ve played together outside of Minnesota. We’re still working on all the times and places, but this is going to be a great tour.

• May 2: Madison, WI At Restaurant Magnus, probably form 8:30 to 11:30, details TBA. Magnus is owned by Christopher Berge, and old friend of Mandrágora violinist Christian Zamora. Christian studied at UW Madison and lived there for quite a while. His old tango band, Libretango, frequently played at Magnus. It’ll be a bit of a homecoming for Christian.
• May 3: Chicago, IL We’re playing at Milonga Loca at Café Duvall, hosted by Nina Tatarowicz and Bill Duvall. 9PM - Mindnight, with a lesson at 8. $12 at the door.
• May 4: Rochester, NY At the Tango Cafe Dance Studio, 8PM-Midnight 389 Gregory St. Rochester, NY
• May 5: Boston, MA Tango Paradiso tango ball at Springstep 9PM-2AM with a free musicality class hosted by Mandrágora at 8PM. Discounts available for advanced purchase
• May 6: New Haven, CT A milonga with the Yale Tango Club, details to be announced soon!
• May 11: Minneapolis, MN Our “homecoming dance” at the Cedar Cultural Center in the West Bank Arts District at 415 Cedar Ave. Live music from 8PM - 10:30PM followed by Bob DJing until 12:30 AM. Free introductory Tango lesson at 7.

If you are in one of these cities, mark your calendars now! If you know of tango dancers (or curious non-dancers) close to any of these venues, please recommend us to them.

For more info, mp3 and sheet music, visit Mandragora’s Website

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