SAN JOSE MILONGA is back!!! SATURDAY MAY 25

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escarapela-argentinaAt INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS of AMERICA (former CPAA)
6148 Bollinger Road, San Jose.

8:00 PM CLASS
9:00 PM to 1:00 AM MILONGA
$12 class and/or milonga.

We missed you for the last two months. We are coming back with all the best for you. Come and join us at a celebration of the “Argentine National Holiday”

  • FINGER FOOD
  • BEVERAGES
  • CHACARERA, LATIN & SWING DANCING
  • BEST TANGO MUSIC
  • SURPRISES

NEXT MILONGA on JUNE 29

For questions and reservations call 415-412-1866 or email marcelo@escuelatangoba.com

http://escuelatangoba.com

INTEGRAL WORKSHOPS – MAY SERIES

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Saturday workshopTango cannot be taught in separated stages.

It only makes sense to learn Tango learning all the facets of Tango, like moves, musicality, connection to the partner, social environment, history and culture, at the same time. Any fragmentation of Tango in the process of teaching will lead to misinterpretations.

@ Susan’s Dance Studio, 2146 Ringwood Ave, San Jose.
3 to 5 pm.
$25 for one workshop.
$44 for two workshops.
$72 for 4 workshops.
NOW YOU CAN USE MY CLASSES’ CARDS!!!

Thorough and fast paced two-hours work on all aspects of tango that make you a better dancer — from basic concepts to specific elements. Personal approach to each student, attention to details. Suitable for all levels.

The studio is a conveniently located dance space with great floors and mirrored walls.

PROGRAM:

  • May 18: Dance as continuous change. Pivot and ochos. Gears. Time and Tango. Francisco Lomuto.
  • May 25: Geometry of Tango. Turns and circular movements. Chains. Styles? Miguel Caló.
$25 two hours workshop:



$44 for 4 hours of workshops:



$72 for 8 hour of workshops:



 

 

 

Walnut Creek NEW SERIES starts on May 9

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Thursday classTHURSDAYS is not drop-in. Please register in advance at Walnut Creek Recreational Services, 925.943.5858 or on line clicking here. Please contact me for information about when next series begins.

  • 6:30 pm: Latin Rhythms & Salsa class, for those who want to experience Salsa and any Latin Dance. Learn how to move your body, hips, and feet. We will cover techniques for posture and smooth movement. Detailed instruction will allow you to lead or follow to any type of Latin rhythm. Great tips and lots of fun. REGISTER ONLINE (click here).
  • 7:30 pm: Beginners Tango class. In this class the students acquire all necessary elements to get started on the right foot as social dancers. Introduction of lead and follow concept, connection with the partner and the floor, understanding of music, basics of social etiquette and navigation in the context of Argentine Tango. REGISTER ONLINE (click here).
  • 8:30 pm: Intermediate Tango class on technique & musicality. For students who can lead and follow comfortably in the embrace, circulate around the floor on the line of dance, make turns, pauses and other necessary maneuvers, and are familiar with tango music. This class dedicates more detailed attention to all the elements, in order to take your dancing to the next level. REGISTER ONLINE (click here).
  • Where: Social Hall, 1375 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek. $36 for 4 classes.

Classes program:

  • Latin Rhythms:Class 1: Merengue and basics of Latin rhythm, footwork, hip, torso, arms and hands. Class 2: Review of class 1, connection to your partner, turns, cumbia rhythm and footwork. Class 3: Review of class 2, cumbia moves and introduction to salsa rhythm and footwork. Class 4: Review of class 3, salsa moves, turns and counter turns. REGISTER ONLINE (click here).
  • Beginners Tango: Class 1: Music, posture and walk. Class 2: Review of class 1, connection between partners. Class 3: Previous classes review, circular movements. Class 4: Previous classes review, rhythmic variations of walking, back ochos. REGISTER ONLINE (click here).
  • Intermediates Tango: Class 1: Rhythms. Connection with partner and axis. Misunderstanding dancing. Francisco Canaro. Class 2: Melody. Posture and its importance. Inviting to dance. D’Agostino with Ángel Vargas. Class 3: Dance and inertia. Rhythm and systems. Sentada, cunita and sanguchito. Chamuyo. Edgardo Donato. Class 4: Use of the partner’s space. Rhythm and space. Shooting arrows. After the tanda. Alfredo Gobbi. REGISTER ONLINE (click here).

NOW: You can use my CLASS CARDS at most of my classes

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Now you can use my classes’ cards at most of my classes and workshops (Walnut Creek classes are not included).

$44 for 4 hours of classes/workshops:



$72 for 8 hour of classes/workshops:



If you have any questions, please contact me at marcelotango@gmail.com.com or 415-412-1866.

 

Tango and Buenos Aires

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Marcelo and Nestor La VitolaBuenos Aires is the world capital of Tango, and its birthplace.

There, I wish to share with you the friendship and appreciation of the milongueros that I am lucky to enjoy.

We all feel Tango in our bodies. In each move, each new milonga we go to, each partner we dance with, each new learning experience it reveals, Tango belongs to us, and we belong to Tango. It is a wonderful feeling, and one of the key reasons why Tango is so appealing, why its rhythm is so addictive.

However, Tango also belongs to others, to people we share it with. If we do not pay attention to that, we may fall in a very egotistic, self-centered, selfish approach to tango. That would leave us with nothing, or with something we may call tango, but it is not.

Among the others we share Tango with are those who have danced it before us. Most of them are not with us anymore, but a bunch of them are still alive, and dancing in the milongas of Buenos Aires. Would you miss the opportunity of meeting them, seeing them dance, chatting with them, and dancing with them? If you let it pass you by, it will be a big loss for Tango, especially for “your” Tango, the one in your turn you will share with those who come after you.