Contents: - Dan Diaz & Tango Camerata: Live Orchestras for Three Milongas - Eric Jorissen Workshops: Musicality, Expression & Creativity - Fernanda & Guillermo Workshops
- Travel & Lodging Tips - Locations and Schedule Updates: http://www.tango.org/dance Triple Milonga Weekend in Colorado May 19 - 21 May 19 - 21 will feature a much bigger than usual weekend of tango activities in Denver, Colorado. True Tango fanatics may wish to come in a few days early or stay a few days longer to make it a full week. Colorado is an active community of tango dancers that started about five years ago. Our style of dancing tends strongly toward social tango, rather than fantasy & figures. The close-embrace style is winning over a large percentage of the dancers. Our Tuesday Tango Colorado Practice usually gets 60 - 80 people. The Friday Mercury milonga usually has 100 - 120 people. Most events are close to Downtown Denver so you can easily manage without a rental car. Live Tango Weekend: "Reminiscing the 1900s" Dan Diaz & Guest Musicians Mercury Milongas May 19 - 21 feature the music of Dan Diaz & Tango Camerata with tango Jam-sessions Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This time Dan brings in a violinist, guitarists and singers for a whole weekend of live tango music for listening and for dancing. There will be a special emphasis on earlier forms of tango music from the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. But modern tango music will also be present. Visiting musicians include: - Victor Sanchez Argentine Guitarist: Montreal, Canada - Karim Memi, Argenintine Singer from Kansas City, MO - Tango Lorca: Christine Bledes (Violin) & Beau Bledsoe (Guitar): Kansas City, MO - Robin Ruscio, Double Bass: Denver, CO - Stephan Griffin, African Drum: Denver, CO Victor Sanchez will be presenting tango guitar workshops on May 17 & 18 in Denver. The final live music event will be a Tango Brunch at 12:00 on Sunday, with music that is more oriented to listening. Friday and Saturday will be for dancing. For more information see: http://www.intellinks.com/rioplata/calendar.htm Dan Diaz, who lives in Utah, has been playing bandoneon since he was a child in Argentina. Recently he has been creating tango jam sessions in Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City, San Francisco and Washington DC. Contact: Marilyn Megenity, Mercury Cafe: 303-294-9258 Mercury Cafe, 2199 California, Denver http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=2199+California&city=De nver&state=CO Musicality, Expression & Creativity with Eric Jorissen Eric Jorissen will focus on tango as a musical and creative expression. He will work on connection, playfulness, feeling and communication, in short everything you get to do once you have learned the tango fundamentals. Eric is one of the most popular tango teachers in Europe. He is a community builder and the master of ceremonies at El Corte, a Tango School or "Tango Hostel" in Nijmegen, Holland he has been running for 12 years. Eric has travelled regularly to New York, but this will be his first visit to the Western, United States. Workshops begin Wednesday, May 16 and continue Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Material assumes Intermediate level skills, and progresses to Adv-Intermediate and Advanced by the Weekend. Contact: Tom Stermitz: 303-388-2560, [email protected] Tango Workshops with Fernanda & Guillermo No other information at this time. Contact: Roberta & Joe: 303-757-7020, [email protected] Locations & Schedule: - Mercury Cafe, 22nd & California (North edge of Downtown Denver) - Denver Turnverein, 16th & Clarkson (East of Downtown Denver) - Pearl St Studio, 2126 Pearl St, (Near Downtown Boulder) Warmup: May 16 - 18 Tue: Turnverein, Denver: Tango Colorado Practica Wed: Mercury Cafe, Denver: Eric Jorissen, Intermediate Wed: Denver, Victor Sanchez Tango Guitar Workshop Thu: Pearl St Studio, Boulder: Eric Jorissen, Intermediate Thu: Denver, Victor Sanchez Tango Guitar Workshop Triple Milonga Weekend: May 19 - 21 Fri: Mercury Cafe, Denver: Milonga 10:00 - 2:00 Sat: Pearl St Studio, Boulder: Eric Jorissen, Intermediate through Advanced. Sat: Mercury Cafe, Denver: Milonga with Dan Diaz & Tango Camerata, 10:00 - 2:00 Sun: Mercury Cafe, Denver: Tango Brunch with Dan Diaz & Tango Camerata, 12:00 Sun: Turnverein, Denver, Eric Jorissen , Intermediate through Advanced. Cooldown: May 23 - 27 Mon: Rest Tue: Turnverein, Denver: Tango Colorado Practica Wed: Rest Thu: Pearl St Studio, Boulder: Tango Colorado Practica Fri: Mercury Cafe, Denver, Mercury Milonga Sat: Pearl St Studio, Boulder, La Eterna Milonga Travel & Lodging Tips: Frontier and United Airlings have hubs in Denver. Frontier often announces deep discount flights on Wednesday for travel the immediately following Saturday. The Friday milonga gets rolling by 10:00, so you can arrive at the airport at 8:00 and make it downtown in time for the party at the Mercury. Denver Lodging: http://lodging.yahoo.com/lodging/Colorado/Metropolitan_Areas/Denver_Metro/ All Denver events are very near downtown Denver, so you can manage without a rental car. Our community is friendly if you require a lift home after the milongas. Downtown Hotels are nice but more expensive (search in the 80202 zipcode). Hotels on Quebec Street near the old Stapleton Airport offer better prices than downtown, and are still reasonably close. You would probably need a rental car. There is a modest Youth Hostel a block from the Mercury Cafe: - Melbourne International Youth Hostel - 303-292-6386 - 607 22nd St - DENVER CO 80205 Tom Stermitz [email protected] http://www.ragtime.org/ragtime http://www.tango.org/dance
