TANGO CLUB OF ALBUQUERQUE WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Agustina Videla & Claudio Asprea | July 25-27, 2008
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Agustina Videla &
Claudio Asprea return to Albuquerque
in July for their 6th series of workshops with Tango Club of Albuquerque. They are deservedly
popular teachers of the classic salon style; dancers here have looked forward to their
visits since 2002.
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Agustina & Claudio have been dance
partners since 1997, and have performed in numerous shows with renowned
tango orchestras, including Néstor Marconi Orchestra, Sexteto
Mayor, Orchestra Color Tango, & the Pablo Ziegler Quintet for New Tango.
They have also been invited to perform at the many of the most important
Milongas of Buenos Aires, including Club Almagro, Parakultural, Gricel, Porteño y Bailarin & others.
They officially represented
the Republic of Argentina at the Universal Lisboa Fair 1998.
They
have participated in many international tango festivals, and have toured
Europe & North America several times, performing and teaching
in a large number of cities.
Their workshops are excellent preparation for those interested to learn how to navigate smoothly on a crowded dance floor as well as for those who wish to be challenged by demanding figures. Claudio & Agustina have been praised by many students for their ease of teaching style and the level of individual attention given during workshops.
Agustina & Claudio are the creators and teachers of a highly-acclaimed 3-Level Instructional DVD, Tango from the Heart. For more info about them, please visit actango.com.ar
Classes & Milongas
All classes at Lloyd Shaw Dance Center, 5506 Coal Ave SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Located two blocks south of Central; 2nd block east of San Mateo, between Central & Zuni. Map link. 7/26 Milonga at the Old Mission Church in Corrales. 7/27 Milonga at the Gazebo in Old Town Plaza.
Friday, July 25
7:30 – 9:00 pm: Building Your Dance for the Crowded Social Floor I
Embrace, connection, awareness of your partner and the space, milonga etiquette.
9:00 – 11:00 pm: Guided practica at Lloyd Shaw Dance Studio
Saturday, July 26
1:30 – 2:45 pm: Building Your Dance for the Crowded Social Floor II
Navigate a crowded floor while creating interesting patterns.
3:00 – 4:30 pm: Musicality | Adapting Your Dance to the Music
Playing with rhythm and musical phrasing.
Saturday night milonga at Corrales Mission Church, 8:00-midnight
$7 or FREE with full weekend package! Potluck. TCA will provide water & beverages. This is a no alcohol venue. DJ: Jenny DeBouzek.
Directions from Alameda & NM 528: 3.2 miles north on Corrales Road, on the east side of the street, w/ plenty of parking behind the building. Look for luminarias in front. Please carefully observe the speed limit while driving in Corrales; it is strictly enforced.
Sunday, July 27
1:30 – 2:45 pm: Flowing Turns and Changes of Direction in Vals
3:00 – 4:30 pm: Taking Your Social Dance Into Performance
This topic has been proposed by the Club: Agustina & Claudio will introduce to all who
are interested in performing the key elements to succeed in a demo.
Tango por la Tarde Old Town Gazebo Milonga, 6:30-9:30pm
Free, outdoor event in Old Town Plaza. DJ: Paul Akmajian.
Please bring your own water, if desired.
Old Town is in the NW quadrant of Albuq. & is bordered by Rio Grande Blvd on the west, Mountain Rd on the north, Central Ave. on the south. From Santa Fe/North: I-25 south to I-40 west; exit Rio Grande Blvd; south on Rio Grande (stay in your left lane) to Mountain Rd. Parking is often available around the Plaza; note map for additional parking areas.
Old Town Map: oldtownalbuquerque.com/map_old_town.htm
Agustina & Claudio will be available for private lessons! Call their cell phone to schedule: (904)214-6293.
PRICES
Full Weekend Package (includes Saturday night milonga in Corrales):
$110 (save $42 from single class/event prices!) | TCA Members $85
Join Tango Club of Albuquerque!
One-year TCA membership ($25) + the Full Weekend Package ($85) = $110!
You may enclose your membership with your registration or pay for both at the workshop.
By the class prices
Fri Class & milonga, $25 for everyone
One Sat class, $30 | $25 TCA Members
Both Sat classes, $55 | $45 TCA Members
One Sun class, $30 | $25 TCA Members
Both Sun classes, $55 | $45 TCA Members
Saturday
Night Milonga — $7 or FREE with Full Weekend Package
Sunday Evening Milonga — FREE
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Other Upcoming Workshops in New Mexico |
TANGO FESTIVAL ALBUQUERQUE, August 27 — September 1, 2008
The 9th Annual Denver Labor Day Tango Festival moves to ALBUQUERQUE this year!A Tango festival "By Dancers; For Dancers" features non-stop parties for all tango dancers who love the social style of tango popular in the milongas of Buenos Aires: close, subtle & romantic. The milongas will feature some of the top DJs in the country. The teachers are known as community builders and entertainers. Attendance will be over 300, so Buenos Aires style floorcraft will be essential. The main venue is the Albuquerque Hilton, with a fabulous Southwest Milonga hosted by Tango Club of Albuquerque at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Sunday evening.
Festival Organizer: Tom Stermitz | La Eterna Milonga
Festival Website: laeternamilonga.com
Visit Tom's website for details & to register now.
Fabulous Tango Festival Albuquerque T-shirts available now!
+ Amazing places to visit in New Mexico before/after the Festival
Presented by Tango Downtown at the Harwood Art Center, 1114 7th St NW (at Mountain Road)
Susana Milleris the most prominent teacher in the world today of milonguero (a term she brought into our vocabulary) or apilado style that is danced in the crowded clubs of central Buenos Aires. It is a strictly social style that emphasizes musicality and the connection between partners. The apilado style uses compact choreography that creatively employs the limited space of the social dance floor. It is a rich and complex form of subtle body signals which profoundly respects tango's rhythms.
Susana has researched and studied the dancing of the older milongueros, each of whom has created a unique way to tango. She has been able to decipher their distinct vocabularies and choreographic combinations, and found a way to transmit these to students. Her exploration of apilado dancing is a huge contribution to passing on this popular form of social tango. Susana encourages students to employ more rhythm in their dance, to discover their own dance vocabularies, and to learn how to shape and shrink these in space. For women, she encourages active dancing, in which the woman interprets the messages that the man's body and spirit are sending.
Susana is a native of Buenos Aires and has been dancing and teaching tango since the late 1980s revival of social tango. She founded and operates her own tango academy in Buenos Aires, at one of B.A.'s most popular tango clubs, El Beso. She has made annual teaching tours to the United States and Europe since 1994.Schedule & details available in late Summer/Early Fall.
Contact: karen@tangodowntown.net | tangodowntown.net/susanabio.html
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