DEAR DANCER:
Prancer, Comet, and Vixen!
If you want to go to Spain, a 50% deposit is needed by Jan. 7 to insure the
price we quoted. That's $1,150. You can send just a deposit of $400 by then,
which will insure your place, but not the rate. They may or may not increase
As an organizer, you will get an organizer's discount of %15 for any of
them except Spain. And you will get a minimum discount of $200 for bringing a
group of four or more that includes two or more men, including Spain.
Depending on the trip, you can get more of a discount. Below is a little peek
at what we are doing in Monterrey, then a flier and itinerary of new Orleans,
and finally our sizzling trip to Spain, with itinerary!
TANGO IN THE REDWOODS
May 7-14, 2001
With Fernanda & Guillermo ; Miller & Claudia
Lodging seven nights at the Casa Munras historic
Hotel, picnic in the redwoods, visit to Hearst Castle,
Wine tasting tour,20 hours of Argentine Tango
Instruction and milongas.
Priced from $690, inclusive, double
occupancy Casa Munras.You must reserve room
at the hotel by Jan.2, 2001 for this price!!
1-800-222-2558.
Reserve space with Exotic Tango Vacations,
877-463-6906 or [email protected].
Your hostess: Christina Johnson
PARTY IN NEW ORLEANS!!
TANGO TÊTE-À-TÊTE: NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 1-7, 2001
We'll be staying at the Hotel St. Marie, in the heart of the lively,
festive French Quarter. Creole cuisine, a trip to the antebellum town of
Natchez, Mississippi to ocho over the floors of a beautiful mansion, where
the teachers will perform to benefit the new Black History Museum. A cocktail
party and supper; we are special guests for the celebration of Spanish
Heritage week
Dance to the live band, Milonga, from New Orleans, and return to the city to
dance the night away to the best jazz in the world!
The weather is gorgeous this time of year, and the gardenias and camellias
are blooming!
TEACHERS: FACUNDO AND KELY POSADAS, beloved by all milongueros. They
dance with simplicity, feeling, aknowledging the man/woman comunication that
is motivated by the melody; elegant, sensual, soft, and grounded. This is
tango from the golden decade , 1940-1950.
From Buenos Aires, they specialize in Candombe milonga, traspie, vals, and
original milonguero dance styles. They teach "from the heart," and their
unique personal style, charisma, and rhythm characterize true tango origins.
ALEXANDER GARCIA AND NICOLASA are teachers from New Mexico, skilled in all
kinds of
dance, but especially Argentine tango. Alexander is a Pilates instructor as
well, and is a master at translating the most subtle, intangible moves
through the body so that they are understood.
VALORIE AND ALBERTO PAZ have been influenced mainly by the style of Mingo
Pugliese where the quality and the highest social enjoyment of tango is pure
and unsurpassed. Alberto and Valorie have woven the valuable threads of all
their learning into their personal style of dance and instruction earning a
solid national reputation as enthusiastic, clear, superb teachers.
All levels of dancers are welcome! This week will include The Relationship
Dance, a special workshop using tango as a metaphor for how men and women
relate, and speaking the subtle language of masculine/feminine
characteristics. Highly recommended for beginners. Also, Pilates classes with
ALEXANDER to improve your dancing through mind and body conditioning.
Price: Approximately $755 per person, double occupancy preregistered by
Jan. 10, 2001. $775 after Jan. 10.
You must make your hotel reservations at 1-800-366-2743 to get your
discounted room rate. Tell them you are with Exotic Tango Vacations, so they
will know the group and rate. They will be from about $135 to $150 a night,
plus tax.
Send a check or credit card number to Christina Johnson, for $280 prepaid
single ($545 a couple) or $300 ($585 a couple) after Jan. 10. Christina
Johnson,president Exotic Tango Vacations. Hotel and tango week are SEPARATE
payments!
Approx. $755 pre-registered by Jan. 10, 2001. $775 after Jan. 10
Includes 6 nights lodging, continental breakfast, all tango classes with
the Posadas, Alexander and Nicolasa, Pilates classes, tango show, and The
Relationship Dance workshop.
SPECIAL TREAT! New Orleans is the home of renowned Master teachers ALBERTO
AND VALORIE, so we have arranged for those wishing to take advantage of
Alberto and Valorie's Social Improvisation Tango Workshops, to attend their
weekend four-hour session for only $50 per person. Don't miss it!
Introducing: Miss SARAH LORCA VIZER, an innovative and inspiring dancer and
teacher, and the director and founder of Argentine Tango New Orleans. The
New Orleans Tango Community thanks her for her leadership. Miss Vizer will
be assisting organizationally during this NOLA tango week, and will join as
time permits representing NOLA, and as a new teacher for the Natchez, Miss.
community.
INFORMATION:
URL: http://www.visionarypower.com/tango.htm
[email protected]
Toll free: 877-463-6906 and leave message, or (505) 983-1744
Checks to: Christina Johnson
c/o Woody Bobb
19 Camino Cielo Alto
Santa Fe, NM, 87505
write: "Tango Tete-a-Tete" on envelope
New Orleans, Tango Tete-a-Tete Itinerary
Arrival March 1, Thursday:
Get settled, have a welcome cocktail and orientation together at a great
jazz bar, about 7PM. Dinner? Dance? We need to count you for dinner
reservations at one of New Orleans' finest restaurants if you want to go.
March 2, Friday:
9:00-10 AM Pilates class with Alexander
10-12 noon: Part 1, The Relationship Dance, Alexander Garcia, Christina
Johnson, studio Chartres Street
Shop, have fun, visit the famous Aquarium in the afternoon.
5-7PM, class with Facundo and Kely, Planet Tango at studio on Chartres
St. Int./Adv.
8:00 PM, DINNER with group at a special New Orleans restaurant. Need
numbers for reservations.
9-2AM Planet Tango Milonga, at Chartres St. studio. $5.00.
March 3, Saturday:
9:00 AM punctually, leave for Natchez, Miss.
It's a lovely drive.
12:00 Arrive Natchez and have 12:30- 2:30 part 2 Relationship Dance
beginning tango class with Natchez students, and a snack lunch.
2:30-4:00PM, beginning class with Facundo and Kely, especially for
Natchez students at the auditorium
2:30 optional: visit two antebellum homes, arriving Museum about 4:30 PM
Visit one only, or wander around shopping.
(Students not taking the class will be taken immediately to tour guide.)
Black History Museum Opening and Cocktail: 4:30 PM
Possibly a showing of the documentary: Tango the Obsession, at this time,
also.
6:00 PM Tango Show begins at the Auditorium with Facundo and Kely,
Valorie and Alberto, Alexander and Nicolasa. Tickets are included for
those who have paid whole week of tango.
7:15: The band, Milonga, plays till 9:30 for our tango dancing pleasure!
10:00PM back on the road to New Orleans, where you can arrive at 1:00Am
and still have a few hours to dance locally! Memories of Buenos Aires
hours...
March 4, Sunday: Sleep in. Or early morning walk in the Quarter before it
stirs, and go for coffee and beignets.
11:00-12 noon: Pilates with Alexander, Planet Tango studio on
Chartres St. (and all classes that follow)
12:00-2:00 part 3, Relationship Dance beginners class
2-4PM Alberto and Valorie's Tango Class
5-7PM, Int/Advanced Facundo and Kely
March 5, Monday:
10-12: Facundo and Kely, beginning class, Planet Tango at studio
on
Chartres St. (and all classes that follow)
2-4 PM: Valorie and Alberto's Tango class
5-7PM: Facundo and Kely, Advanced
How about a night of JAZZ?
March 6, Tuesday:
9-10:00 AM Pilates with Alexander, Planet Tango studio on
Chartres St.
10-12 noon: Interm/Advanced Kely and Facundo
(at same studio)
5-7PM: Practica with Kely, Facundo, Alexander, Nicolasa
(at same studio)
8:30-12 midnight, farewell milonga, hosted by Sarah Vizer,
at Le Chat Noir, St. Charles St. Fee at the door.
Tango de Toro
Spanish / Andalucian Trip for “Exotic Tango Vacations”
At a glance: It is a ten day holiday ( 20 to 30th May 2001) including two
nights in Madrid, three nights in Seville, two nights in Arcos de la
Frontera, and three nights in Granada. There are Tango classes and milongas
throughout and extra special touches to celebrate the local culture, make
every day an occasion, and ensure you get the best out of each location. You
fly from New York or Denver into Madrid and out of Malaga.
Destinations:
Madrid - upbeat with crazy night life, fabulous restaurants, and the Prado
art museum. In Madrid the main thing is going out and having fun which is a
priority and not to be interfered with. Every day is a party, a new
experience, an adventure. Nowhere else will you see so little going to bed
for the purposes of sleeping. This is an insomniac city: exciting, stylish,
full of life and fun-loving people.
Seville “Viva Sevilla y Ole” exults a Sevillana song. Indeed who has not
fallen under the spell of Sevilla? The city has charmed the world and
captured its heart. It is so alive, so aristocratic, so sophisticated, so
filled with great historic monuments, and yet so small town and therein lies
a great deal of its appeal.
Carmona We stay in a gorgeous parador, our most luxurious accomodation! There
are delightful winding streets and starkly whitewashed houses with cheerful
patios of Moorish flavour. From here we may visit Jerez ( 20 miles ) a small
town but world wide capital of flamenco, sherry, and equestrian art (dancing
horses).
Granada Granada is a magical city. Its breathtaking vistas, the Moorish
ambience of the city and the dreamlike beauty of The Alhambra palace can
arouse even the most jaded visitor. With the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra
Nevada as its backdrop, trickling fountains in every square; and rich
Andalucian cuisine you cannot fail to come under its spell.
Draft Itinerary – the itinerary could look something like this:
DAY TIME LOCATION MAP REF ACTIVITY
SUN ?
8.00p.m.
then Madrid Airport
Hotel reception
Plaza Santa Ana Plane arrives from New York or Denver
Welcome drink and overview of holiday – question and answers from tour host.
Tapas bar hopping
MON 9.00-9.30
10.00-12.00
12.00-2.00
2.30
4.00
8.00pm
11.00pm Dance Studios
Dance Studios
Dance Studios
Restaurant with pretty internal patio
El Prado or the Thyssen
Restaurante
Tango Venue Level assessment
Tango workshop level 1
Tango workshop level 2
Madrid’s best paella
Sightseeing suggestion – art museums
Operatic dinner with singing waiters
Milonga with local tangueros
TUES 10.00
12.30
Afternoon
8.00pm
10.00p.m.
Leave Madrid
Seville
Giralda and Cathedral - La Juderia
Barrio Triana
Flamenco Venue High speed train to Seville
Sightseeing suggestion – the Moorish minaret and cathedral – the flower
laden houses and winding streets of La Juderia
Tapas bar Hopping
Flamenco Show
WED 10.00-12-00
12.00-2.00
2.30 Dance Studios
Dance Studios
Sunny terrace
Tango venue Tango workshop level 2
Tango workshop level 1
Lunch
Dinner and milonga with local tangueros
THURS 10.00-12-00
12.00-2.00
2.30
11.00 Dance Studios
Dance Studios
Arabic restaurant
Tango bar
Tango workshop level 1
Tango workshop level 2
Lunch – aromatic arabic cuisine
Informal milonga ( and maybe Sevillanas dancing)
FRI 10.00
evening
Parador or local restaurant Coach journey to Aracena
Free time in Arcos.
Dinner and milonga just us improvised in local restaurant
SAT All day
evening Jerez de la Frontera
(daytrip 20 miles in private coach)
Parador or local restaurant Sherry tasting in a bodega
Dancing Horses display
Dinner and milonga just us improvised in local restaurant
SUN Coach journey to Granada ( 3.5 hours)
Free time in Granada
MON 10.00-12-00
12.00-2.00
3.00
8.00 Dance Studios
Dance Studios
The Alhambra
To be arranged Tango Class level 1
Tango Class level 2
Visit the romantic fortress palace and gardens – guided tour
Dinner and Milonga with local tangueros
TUES 10.00-12-00
12.00-2.00
8.00p.m.
10.00p.m. Dance Studios
Dance Studios
The Albaicin
Tango bar Tango Class level 1
Tango Class level 2
Tapas and sangria and the world’s greatest sunset (the one that made Clinton
weep)
Tango dancing with locals
WED 9.00 hotel Check out and leave for Malaga airport by private
coach
Milongas – in Seville and Granada we can arrange a dinner and milonga and get
the local tango community to attend – between 30 and 50 local tangueros. We
can probably do this in Madrid too. There are some visits to tango bars where
they play tango music and in Arcos we will improvise locally.
Spanish Hours – generally we keep Spanish hours simply because otherwise we
would miss every thing. This means a late lunch and a good one followed by a
siesta. Then a light supper and dancing all night if you want too.
Price: This is an INCREDIBLE deal: $2,300 based on two people sharing a room.
This price is only good till Jan, 2, 2001, and may be raised after that date.
In order to insure the price, a 50% non refundable deposit is needed by Jan,
1. E-mail me ([email protected]) for wiring instructions, or leave a credit
card number on Woody Bobb’s machine at (505)-983-1744.
The price includes all this:
All Tango classes with Claudia and Miller and El Indio and Mariana
Transport
New York or Denver – Madrid by Iberian Airlines
Madrid – Seville by high speed train
Seville - Arcos by private coach
Carmona-Granada by private coach
Granada - Malaga by private coach
Malaga – Denver or New York by Iberian Airlines
Accommodation
and breakfast in three star hotels or above
Some meals listed below
Tour Host
It is fully accompanied by a dance holidays tour host who will organise and
arrange and who is fully versed in the local culture.
Detailed itinerary and annotated maps. The example above is a rough draft. We
prepare full itinerary with closely arranged meeting points and maps so you
can drop in and out as you please always knowing where the group will be.
Information Pack – simple guides to the best sights and restaurants and
insider tips.
Dance Studio Space 20 hours ( but no teaching )
Entrance to Milongas with local tangueros in Madrid, Seville and Granada
Flamenco Show – Seville
Dancing Horses display in Jerez
Visit to sherry bodega and tasting in Jerez
Ticket to the Alhambra and tour with official guide
Food and Meals
The following meals are included in the price:
Breakfast - normally cold buffet
Operatic dinner in Madrid
Paella lunch Madrid
3 dinner and Milongas ( Madrid, Seville and Granada)
Dinner for two nights in the Parador at Carmona
