DEAR DANCERS,
Prancers, Comets and Vixen: I need to know if you want to come by Jan. 10th!
What a concept. Do a benefit, help the planet, and the education on black
history, and tango till the wee hours.
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, Pllanet 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.
