A Puro Tango presents a series of special classes with world renowned tango stars Carlos Copello and Alicia Monti, starting the weekend of Friday, October 27, 8 - 9:30 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28 and 29, 1 - 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 - 5 p.m. Classes are $30 each or $25 each if registering for three or more. The location for the Friday night class is Academy 331, 530 N. La Cienega Blvd., 1/2 block south of Melrose. The location for Saturday and Sunday is still pending, but will be announced in the next day or so. Carlos and Alicia will be in Los Angeles through November 10, then again November 14 - 19, and will be teaching several classes during that time. Advance reservations are strongly suggested.
Carlos and Alicia have been dancing together since 1981. They are the only couple to have starred in all four of the most prestigious tango shows of the 1990s--"Tango Argentino," "Tango X 2," "Forever Tango" and "Una Noche De Tango." They were the first couple to take the essence of elegant, salon-style social tango to the stage, combining it with an incomparable theatricality and sense of drama. Trained by some of Buenos Aires greatest masters--including Antonio Todaro and Pepito Avellaneda--they have created a unique style which has distinguished them as one of the top performing and teaching couples in the world, and earned them the highest admiration and respect from their professional tango colleagues. Carlos is considered one of the greatest milongueros of his generation. (Ladies, when you've danced with Carlos you KNOW you've been danced with!) Before becoming a performer he honed his skills in the milongas of Buenos Aires. Alicia is a classically trained dancer who began her professional dance career in the Ballet of the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. They have been featured in the films "The Tango Lesson," and "Happy Together," and the award-winning documentary, "Tango: The Obsession." They recently produced a series of instructional videos called "Learn to Dance Tango With Carlos and Alicia: The Embrace, The Heart, The Seduction and The Soul." Carlos and Alicia bring to their classes an infectious energy and love of the tango as a social dance form. They emphasize the necessary technique for good social dancing, and especially stress the importance of dancing to the musical phrasing. They are truly the embodiment of the soul of tango. Carlos and Alicia will be our special guests at Salon Recuerdo on Thursday, October 26, 9 p.m. - midnight (beginners class 8 - 9) at the Culver City Masonic Lodge, 9635 Venice Blvd., between Overland and Bagley/Main. $10 per person includes class, milonga and refreshments. Come and help us welcome Carlos and Alicia to Los Angeles! For more information, call Linda at (323) 650-0509, or see our website at www.apurotango.com.
