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What is the Cambalache Tango Club (CTC)? Cambalache Tango Club (CTC) is situated in Launceston, Tasmania. The CTC is a not-for-profit non Incorporated Association. We run a weekly tango milonga (social dance), monthly events at the Albert Hall, regular workshops and other special events. We also teach the fundamentals of Tango on a ongoing basis. Our environment encourages creativity, collaborative learning, experimenting and experiencing. The CTC aims to create a dancing community as well as to provide a regular and ongoing environment for people of all ages and walks of life to encounter and participate in music, dance, theatre, literature, and the performing and creative arts, and to enhance their mental and physical health and well being through social interaction and physical exercise. Secondly, to expose the wider community to a rapidly evolving global culture which, originating in Mar del Plata over many years ago, resonates profoundly with our own multicultural society. Cambalache Tango Club (CTC) originated in 2005 after an informal group of Tango enthusiasts mainly from the Launceston area came together under the guidance and support of Rinaldo Coniglio, much in the way he gave birth to the North West Tango Club in Burnie in 2002. The Cambalache Tango Club meets at the Launceston City Park Rotunda during spring and summer ONLY (Wednesdays from 1 to 3pm) and also every Friday at Stompin's Dance Studio at the Quadrant Mall in Launceston [Stompin's map] as follows:
Also, there are often informal Milongas (social dance gatherings) and Practicas (guided/supervised practice) at different venues, or at member's homes within the Launceston CBD. Check the news and events section in our website to find out what's happening! Should you wish to become a CTC member please go to the member's section and complete the membership form directly. Then we will send you your login name and password so you'll be able access events, promotions, music, written material, videos, DVD's our monthly newsletter and an array of tango related information! If you are not familiar with Tasmania and are not sure how to get to the classes, please feel free to contact us or check out the Launceston city map.
What is the meaning of Cambalache? Cambalache is a word that is commonly use to describe chaos. The Novisimo Lunfardo Dictionary defines Cambalache as 'an unorderly mix of things or objects'. At the CTC we have the full Spanish version of the Novisimo Lunfardo Dictionary. Please feel free to access our electronic copy for consultation at the CTC member's area or click on the image below if you wish to purchase a copy online.
Cambalache has also been described by SWAP as 'an X-ray of moral decadence and confusion of values seen all through the 20th Century. A century where con men end up being powerful and "successful", and where ignorant people can pass off as wise men. "Cambalaches" are stores where a large mixture of heterogeneous objects are sold, broken, filthy, used or not working. The 20th Century would be a "cambalache" where "the Bible weeps beside the boiler' The name become very popular during the late 20's due to one of Enrique Santos Discepolo's emblematic songs. It was used to describe the historical and political arena of Argentina during that time. It became so popularly used that the Argentinean Government at the time decided to place that song under an strict censorship that lasted for years. If you would like to know more about the historic background of the term 'Cambalache' and read the English translation of the song, please feel free to visit the Article Section on our website.
Enrique Santos Discepolo AKA 'Discepolin' was an Argentinean poet, composer, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the the greatest Tango writer and composer of all times. He has been compared with the Argentinean version of Charles Chaplin. His lyrics are charged with passion and intensity. He is also very well known by his incisive political comments on live radio programs such as Mordisquito. 'Discepolin' maintained a critical philosophical view around life and love in each one of his songs. His comrade the illustrious Carlos Gardel, interpreted in a unique and magical way, many of Discepolin's songs. Cambalache is without a doubt the most powerful interpretation of an early post modern society. Confesion, Uno and Yira Yira are other major examples of the bitter-sweet flavours of human relationships. His poems and lyrics speak by themselves. They have deeply touched and even transformed the hearts of many Tangueros y Tangueras across the globe.
Tango was born in the suburbs, in the outskirts, in the far distant neighbourhoods bordering with the countryside. It settled and developed at the dance halls called academia. The street barrel organs spread it through neighbourhoods and theatres include it in their plays. It cohabited with other dances but little by little it stood out and conquered downtown. |
