This is the third follow-up announcement to the first message posted to the list February 7. Note the detailed scheduled for the masterclass on music by Piazzolla given by Pablo Aslan on Friday afternoon, April 20.
TODO TANGO April 20-22, 2001 A weekend of Argentine Music and Dance at Emory University, with guest artists Pablo Aslan, the New York Tango Trio, and Susana Miller. 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) Performing Arts Studio 1:00 Libertango (arr. for cello and piano) Alex Lee, cello Jeff Chin, piano 1:20 Four for Tango Emory Honors String Quartet, Jun-Ching Lin, coach Eric Seo, violin Nicole Szalay, violin Megan Cramer, viola Alex Lee, cello 1:40 Milonga del Angel Jeff Chin, piano 2:00 Oblivisn ( arr. for violin, cello, and piano) Na'im Fanaian, violin Bryce Mendelsohn, cello Drew Boles, piano 2:20 Cafi 1930 Nightclub 1960 Heather McCaffrey, flute Parath Sharma, guitar 2:40 Tango Techniques for Bass Players Amanda Wilson, Emory student Edward David, Emory student Joshua Doyle, Emory student Moffett Morris, Emory staff Doug Sommers - ASO 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. White Hall, Room 206 9:15 11:15 p. m. DANCE WORKSHOP # 1 with Susana Miller Fundamentals of the tango, including posture, balance, axis, walking, hearing the music, and basic choreography Glenn Church School Building, Fellowship Hall (second floor) Saturday, April 21 All workshops in the Glenn Church School Building, Fellowship Hall 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. MUSICALITY WORKSHOP FOR DANCERS: "Tango Music Fundamentals for Dancers" with 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 p.m. DANCE WORKSHOP #2 with Susana Miller (Experienced/Prerequisite #1) Connection, energy, and balance in basic figures, including ochos and basic turns 3:45 5:45 p.m. DANCE WORSHOP #3 with Susana Miller (Experienced/Prerequisite #1) Rhythmic variations, combination of figures, and floorcraft 8:15 p.m. CONCERT by the New York Tango Trio An exciting mixture of familiar tangos and improvisation by these master musicians! 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 (Burlington Road Building, 1804 North Decatur Road) 9:30 p.m. MILONGA (A tango dance party) Dance the night away to live music by the New York Tango Trio! Performing Arts Studio (Burlington Road Building, 1804 North Decatur Road) Sunday, April 22 All events in the Woodruff P.E. Center, Dance Studio 12:00 - 12:45 p.m. LECTURE/ DISCUSSION: Relationship Between Music and Dance in Argentine Tango "Is the Music the Dance? Is the Dance the Music?" Kristin Wendland 1:00 3:00 p.m. DANCE WORKSHOP #4 with Susana Miller (Experienced/Prerequisite #1) 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 p.m. DANCE WORKSHOP #5 with Susana Miller (Experienced/ Prerequisite #1) Rhythms of various tango orchestras, such as D'Arienzo and Pugliese, and different choreographic choices 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 Campus Life Division, and support from the Department of Music and the Concerts Division. Dance workshops, sponsored by Tangueros Atlanta, are $25 per person, or all five for $100, and free with an Emory ID. Please register early! To register for dance workshops, contact Barbara Ferrigno at [email protected] See the Tangueros Atlanta website at www.tango-atlanta.com 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. Kristin F. Wendland, Ph.D. Department of Music Emory University 1804 North Decatur Road Atlanta, GA 30322 Office: 404-727-7936 Home: 404-627-5148
