Sultans of Istanbul Tango Marathon & Festival
7 conversations
Each conversation has a summary and chapters in Spanish and English; the full text shows once the channel agrees.
Utku Kuley, Clarisa Aragón, Jonathan Saavedra · 1 h 25 min · 0 chapters
Utku Kuley, organizer of Sultans of Istanbul, interviews Clarisa Aragón live as she joins from a small town near Córdoba, Argentina, during the pandemic. They discuss her family, her partnership with Jonathan Saavedra, her musicality and teaching approach, her run at the World Tango Championship, her personal tango style, and read comments from viewers watching live.
Ariadna Naveira · 51 min · 0 chapters
A livestream from Sultans of Istanbul (La Sultana) in which a host interviews Ariadna Naveira from Buenos Aires, taking questions from viewers in real time. They discuss her weekend online classes, how she learned tango from her parents, her views on lady technique and connection in the couple, and the Islam Video platform. The stream closes with a message to young dancers and a performance clip.
Utku, Mariana Montes · 1 h 1 min · 0 chapters
Organizers of the Sultans of Istanbul Tango Marathon interview Mariana Montes live during the pandemic lockdown. She discusses restrictions in Italy and Turkey, her upcoming workshops on the woman's role and technique in tango, her earliest milongas in Buenos Aires from age ten, the teachers who shaped her, and her views on cabeceo and milonga etiquette. She also shares memories about her tango life, her favorite orchestras, and answers audience questions about her career.
Jonathan Saavedra, Clarisa Aragón · 35 min · 0 chapters
A host from the Sultans of Istanbul Tango Festival interviews dancers Jonathan Saavedra and Clarisa Aragón live during the festival's online edition. They discuss missing milongas during the pandemic, their plans to return to Istanbul in 2021, their hobbies, how they find their dance style, and their favorite Buenos Aires milonga, Sin Rumbo. They also give advice to young dancers about continuing to take lessons and developing their own style.
2 min · 0 chapters
A live stream from the Sultans of Istanbul Tango Festival tries to connect with Jonathan Saavedra and Clarisa Aragón for an interview, but the audio and video connection repeatedly fails. No tango content is actually discussed; the host asks to reconnect.
56 min · 0 chapters
A livestream for a tango festival in which the host interviews a couple of tango teachers based in Salerno, Italy. They discuss their history with the Istanbul and Ankara festivals, how they met and became dance partners, their young son, teaching online during the pandemic, and their preferences between stage performance and the milonga.
Jonathan Saavedra, Clarisa Aragón · 19 min · 0 chapters
An unnamed host interviews Jonathan Saavedra and Clarisa Aragón by video call, live-streamed for the Sultans of Istanbul Tango Festival online edition. They discuss life in Córdoba, Jonathan's new bar, their favorite orchestras and dancers, their path to winning the World Tango Championship in 2015, and their connection to the Istanbul festival, including a clip of a recent performance with Jonathan's brother.
