Abrazos 2008/09

As an artist working with photography and video i have made several works inspired by tango.

Here are i present two images from the series Abrazos that i realized together with (other)photographer Nick Musgrave.

They are a sort of selfportraits-in-tangomotion.

The Abrazos series consists of 18 images, in black/white, digital, Gyclee Hahnemuller paper

sizes variable

limited editions

If you are interested in my works, im happy to provide you with more details.

Info: www.zwaalkallos.com

or send an email to kallos.alex@gmail.com

Happy milonqueando!

impressons Mallorca 09

Mallorca Tangofest. oct 09

Sitges, july 09

hola todo Queridos,

i havent posted for a [longish] while.

But i have been very busy dancing and travelling and creating all sorts of things.

But here are some updates from the latest tango events in my life: the Tango festival Sitges july 09, absolutely unforgettable!

The dancing, the stars ;-), the orchestra (Color Tango), the beach, the sangria and last but not least, the after-hour, allnight milonga on the pier-promenade. Una passada..!

What a pleasure to be once again in the presence of the allstar line-up from the absolute top of the current tango Pantheon -

Chicho Frumboli y Juana Sepulveda, Sebastian Arce y Mariana Montes, and Alejandra Hobert y Damian Veredice....

Then in september a very animated, dynamic 10 th edition of Barcelona's own TangoNeta.

Thank you, Gisela, Dj Fredi, Connexion Tango group and all the others for a very cosy, sweaty, inspired 2 day milonga experience.

In October Mallorco Tangofestival is the latest in line. Organised by argentinian local Ariel Yurgevich.

Second time lucky this year, and an honour to be watching some of the starcouples previously at work in Sitges and Lisboa, now strutting their irreperable styles overhere, both in classes and on the milonga floor. Sebastian, Chicho and relative newcomers , hot couple Pablo y Noelia.

Que pinta, que suerte..

i rest my case and

keep on happy milonqueando ;-)

Beloved and begeisterte Pina, R.I.P

Pina Bausch RIP

In memoriam- Pina Bausch, 1940-2009

It was with shock and great sadness i learned,  that the  unforgettable, worldfamous german choreographer/dancer Pina Bausch passed away.

Only five days after she was diagnosed with a condition of cancer.

For me personally, she was one of the main motivations for becoming a dancer and long after i stopped dancing as such, her many beautiful works and performances never ceased to move and inspire me in my life as an artist.

One of the flowers of the stage-decor from ' Nelken' [ Carnations], performed in Amsterdam in 1995  i think, adorned my bedroom mirror and was treasured by me as a truly vintage Pina relic !

Needless to say i have many, many happy memories of her shows, seen in many different places, of which the ones in Buenos Aires and Amsterdam stand out.

It must be gettin' crowded up that dancefloor in the heavens..

Now with  Michael  and Pina  and all the greats that went before them,

they must be gettin' quite a party going on !

Meine tolle Pina [my beloved Pina]

Rest in peace and in my heart,

...Nein, noch nicht gehen, noch ein Weinchen, noch eine Zigarette, nein, noch NICHT GEHEN..*

www.pina-bausch.de

*english:... no, do not go, just one more glass of wine, just one more cigarette, no,  do NOT GO...

My favourite line from the piece 'Valser'

All pics below taken in Lisboa, May 2009