ARGENTINE TANGO WORKSHOPS with ALBERTO and VALORIE September 30 - October 3, 1999
TANGO ARGENTINO DALLAS welcome back Argentine Tango Dance Instructors Alberto Paz, the TangoMan and Valorie Hart, La Mariposa of Planet Tango, for their second visit to Dallas. Alberto, grew up in the streets of Buenos Aires, and Valorie, is an American. They are well-known for their smooth, creative and elegant dancing style; for their enthusiasm, exuberance, patience and zest for Tango. They have earned a solid international reputation for their superb, thorough, conceptually clear and fair instruction. Alberto is also a writer, a historian and a lecturer on Argentine Tango. Valorie is an artist who possesses a natural sensitivity for the Argentine Tango, the music, the dance and its culture. They publish El Firulete, The Argentine Tango Magazine. They teach the time-honored craft of improvisation as it is socially practiced in clubs and salons of Buenos Aires. Accordingly, they encourage both new and experienced dancers to work together in classes and workshops, to learn to dance on the spur of the moment, to follow the music rather than prescribed steps, and to create their own patterns and figures from a set of simple, basic templates. [W1] - Thursday, Sept. 30 - All Levels Argentine Tango Floorcraft, 7- 9 PM (Practice from 9-10 PM) For dancers of all levels wishing to understand the concept of improvisation to dance with freedom and confidence. Emphasis on posture, balance and musicality. A series of figures provide the bases for displacements on the line of dance, turns and changes of direction. [W2] - Friday, Oct. 1 - All Levels Argentine Tango Club Style, 8 - 10 PM A workshop focused on the rhythm of Tango and the ability to improvise on a crowded dance floor. A must for those who experience difficulty listening and dancing to the music. The only way to dance in the clubs of downtown Buenos Aires. [W3] - Saturday, Oct. 2 - All Levels Argentine Tango Technique, 10 AM-12:30 PM During the first hour (10-11 AM) men and women will attend separate technique classes. During the second hour (11:30AM-12:30 PM) men and women will work together applying the concepts of "mark" and "response." Women with Valorie: This is a class given like a ballet barre class (tango barre!), designed for all levels of dancers. Material addressed and worked on: balance, embellishments, stretching, giros, music identification and interpretation, confidence enhancement, body management. This is a good class for those starting out, and an excellent maintenance program for experienced dancers. The material is consistent and repetitive in the spirit of a ballet class, crafted to allow a woman to own her technique and use it to express herself, her body type, her musicality and to feel the enjoyment of confidence when being able to respond and dance with any and every man Men with Alberto: In the traditional spirit of the old days when men passed on figures and moves to each other, this class focuses on the creation of figures by understanding body management for the execution of enrosques and giros. Issues of posture, balance and marking of the women steps are thoroughly analyzed. Saturday, Oct. 2, 2 PM Exhibition by Alberto and Valorie at the Dallas Walnut Hill Branch Library, 9495 Marsh Lane. [W4] - Sunday, Oct. 3 - Vals cruzado, 12 noon - 2 PM A workshop designed to drill men and women with concepts of improvisation to the rhythm of the vals criollo. A series of patterns will be developed to combine turns and displacements. [W5] - Sunday, Oct. 3 - Argentine Tango Improvisation Techniques, 2:30 - 5 PM A workshop designed for all levels of experience. Building on the concepts of mark and response and the structure of the turns, men and women are drilled on the technical aspects of body alignment for pattern execution. Women dance with confidence with any and every man, and men develop confidence and finesse in order to communicate with any and every woman on the dance floor. Locations: Thursday, Friday, and Sunday classes at, I Dance 2 Studio, 5706 E. Mockinbird. (S.E. corner of Mockinbird & Greenville. Mapsco 36K) Saturday class at, St. Thomas Aquino Catholic Church Cafeteria and Auditorium, 3741 Abrams (E.W. corner of Abrams and Kenwood. Mapsco 36L) Costs: Each class is $25 per person in advance or $30 at the door. Complete series of five workshops in advance is $100. Private lessons are also available at $60 per hour one or two persons. To register for group and private classes contact: Jaime Garcia-Heras at 972.306.9352, Deborah Anglin at 214.522.3192, or Carlos Zarazaga at 214.520.0244. For details visit our website at, http://www2.crosswinds.net/~danglin.
