TODO TANGO A Weekend of Argentine Tango Music and Dance April 20-22, 2001 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
With Special Guests Pablo Aslan, Susana Miller, and the New York Tango Trio Raul Jaurena, bandonesn Maurizio Najt, piano Pablo Aslan, bass Sponsored by the Emory University Department of Music and Tangueros Atlanta We are thrilled to announce Todo Tango, a weekend of Argentine tango music and dance in Atlanta. If you are a tango enthusiast, this total immersion in tango is for you! All events are on the Emory University campus, except the final Sunday night milonga. Tentative Schedule Friday, April 20 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. MASTERCLASS Pablo Aslan with student music ensembles on music of Piazzolla (for Emory music students, but open to the public to watch and listen) 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. LECTURE "The Sound of Tango: A History Through Recordings," Pablo Aslan >From the early tango bands of the 1910's to the latest recordings from Buenos Aires, this class gives a sense of the variety and evolution of tango throughout the decades. Moving chronologically, we will listen to the elegant sextets of the 1920's, the first tango singers, the dance orchestra boom of the late 30's and 40's, the sophistication of the 50's and 60's, leading to the revolutionary creation of New Tango by Astor Piazzolla. The music examples will be put in context of the social evolution of tango and of Buenos Aires throughout the 20th Century. 9:15 - 11:15 DANCE WORKSHOP # 1 Susana Miller Fundamentals of the dance, including posture, balance, axis, walking, hearing the music, and basic choreography Saturday, April 21 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MUSICALITY WORKSHOP FOR DANCERS "Tango Music Fundamentals for Dancers," Pablo Aslan An introduction, in non-technical terms, to the fundamental building blocks of tango music. Rhythm patterns played by the tango orchestra, the different roles of the instruments, phrasing and form. Illustrated with examples from recordings. Walking exercises to isolate the different musical aspects allowing the students to try out appropriate steps for each musical situation. 1:30 - 3:30 DANCE WORKSHOP #2 (Experienced/Prerequisite #1), Susana Miller Connection, energy, and balance in basic figures, including ochos and basic turns 3:45 - 5:45 DANCE WORSHOP #3 (Experienced/Prerequisite #1), Susana Miller Rhythmic variations, combination of figures, and floorcraft. 8:15 CONCERT New York Tango Trio Tickets are free, but required; call the Arts at Emory Box office at 404-727-5050, e-mail at [email protected], or on the web at www.emory.edu/ARTS/TICKETS/index.html Performing Arts Studio 9:30 MILONGA Performing Arts Studio Dance the night away to live music by the New York Tango Trio! Sunday, April 22 12:00 - 12:45 LECTURE Relationship Between Music and Dance in Argentine Tango: Is the Music the Dance? Is the Dance the Music?" Kristin Wendland, Emory University 1:00 - 3:00 DANCE WORKSHOP #4 (Experienced/Prerequisite #1), Susana Miller Milonga with traspie, using a live recording of drums in an innovative way to communicate the candombe beat at the heart of the milonga 3:15 - 5:15 DANCE WORKSHOP #5 (Experienced/ Prerequisite #1), Susana Miller) Rhythms of various orchestras, such as D'Arienzo and Pugliese, and different choreographic choices 8:00 - 11:00 MILONGA Top off the entire weekend with a milonga at the Sanctuary, one of Atlanta's premier Latin clubs, at 3209 Paces Ferry Place in Buckhead ***************************************************************************** Note: All music events are free and open to the public, thanks to a generous grant from the Emory University Joint Activities Committee of Emory College and the Division of Campus Life and support from the Department of Music and the Concerts Division. Dance workshops are $25 per person, or all five for $100, and free with an Emory ID. Space is limited. Please register early! ***************************************************************************** About the Guest Artists Argentine-born bassist, composer, and scholar Pablo Aslan has lived in the United States since 1980. He has recorded several CD's with his tango groups Avantango, the New York Buenos Aires Connection the New York Tango Trio, and has toured throughout the North America, Europe, and Russia. Recently he toured the U.S. and Japan with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Astor Piazzolla Quintet, and also appeared on PBS and ABC television. He is also a member of Pablo Ziegler's Quintet for New Tango, with whom he recorded and toured extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. He appeared at Carnegie Hall and on PBS with "Tango Magic" and at the JVC Jazz Festival, leading his own New York Tango Quartet. Aslan is also a member of David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness, with whom he appears regularly in New York and has toured with in Europe in 1999, recording for Label Bleu. Aslan is also a scholar of tango. The title of his Master's thesis from UCLA is "Tango: Stylistic Evolution and Innovation." He writes regularly for Tango Times, La Voz del Tango, and El Firulete, and he was contributing editor of La Posta Tango. He has lectured on the history of the tango at Wesleyan University, Stanford Tango Workshop, and he taught at the CUNY Graduate Center this past fall. His "Musicality Workshop" is a favorite among U.S. tango dancers. Aslan is also devoted to the teaching of tango musical techniques to North American musicians, and he holds workshops and masterclasses throughout the country. Susana Miller is the most prominent teacher in the world today of the "milonguero" style of tango. The milonguero, or close embrace, style is danced in the crowded clubs of central Buenos Aires. It is a strictly social style that emphasizes the connection between the couple and musicality. It uses compact choreography that creatively employs limited space and respects the social dance floor. Although apparently simple, the milonguero style is a rich and complex form of subtle body signals that profoundly respects tango's rhythms. Susana has probably put more people on the dance floors of Buenos Aires than any other single teacher. Clarin, the major Buenos Aires daily paper, called her one of the four most important influences on contemporary tango, along with Miguel Angel Zotto, Gustavo Naveira and Gerardo Portalea. Susana is a native of Buenos Aires and has been dancing and teaching tango for more than a dozen years. She founded and operates her own tango academy in Buenos Aires and is the owner and operator of one of B.A.'s most popular tango clubs, El Beso. She has made annual teaching tours to the United States and Europe since 1994. She will help students improve posture, axis, grounding, breathing, balance, and sensitivity to the lead and follow roles. She aims to encourage dancers to develop their own unique improvisational styles through knowledge of the music, space and body. Her classes will emphasize step quality and rhythm. Rather than predetermined patterns, she will impart a basic choreographic vocabulary that allows dancers to creatively shape their own language. ***************************************************************************** Contact Information For further information about this event, contact Kristin Wendland at [email protected] To register for dance workshops, contact Barbara Ferrigno at [email protected] For information about housing for out-of-town dance participants, contact David Allen [email protected] To arrange private lessons with Susana Miller ($70 for individual (women should come with a partner, although instruction will be completely directed toward the woman)), $100 for couples, contact Barbara Durr at [email protected] Kristin F. Wendland, Ph.D., organizer of TODO TANGO Department of Music , Emory University 1804 North Decatur Road Atlanta, GA 30322 Office: 404-727-7936 [email protected]
