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Teatro Colón |
Wednesday, June 12 was a more relaxed day, so Erin and I decided to save the blog until tonight's festivities. As always, our class is working vigorously on improving our Spanish. Right now, the majority of the classes are learning something called 'Lunfardo', which is a type of Spanish slang mixed with Italian words. Lunfardo has a strong connection with the heritage of Buenos Aires and is commonly used as street slang. After classes, tango lesson continued for the majority of our group.
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Orchestra getting ready to perform |
The Immersion group had two options tonight. 1) Visit Milonga, a place where people are free to dance. 2) Watch the concert performance at Teatro Colón. My small group, along with Peter Buschkopf and Jared Natsis decided option number 2.
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"Wow, what a show!" |
Tonight's performance was entitled, "Colón Contemporáneo," meaning a contemporary style of music. There were two main parts to the show. The first half consisted pianist Ermis Theodrakis, followed by the Buenos Aires' Philharmonic Orchestra. Overall, the show was definitely worth seeing because of its unparalleled sense of modern-day composition (there's my fancy critique for the day....) As seen on the right, Caleb and I were impressed!
Tomorrow is the Tango Spectacular!
-Nate Solofra
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