The lovely Cecilia González is returning to Portland, Oregon!!!...for workshops from June 22 to June 25, 2001. With her will be fellow teacher/dancer Jean Sébastien Rampazzi of Paris, France. (Some brief biographical information follows the schedule listed immediately below.) _________________________________
Friday, June 22, Temple Ballroom (6401 SE Foster, Portland) 8:00 - 9:30 PM - Introduction to Cecilia & Jean and their work (followed by practica) $8.00 admission _________________________________ Saturday, Clay's Dance Studio (6959 SW Multnomah Blvd., Portland) 11:00 -12:30 Beginner/Intermediate 1:15 - 2:45 Vals 3:15 - 4:45 Intermediate/Advanced Special evening milonga (at Southgate Studios -or- Body Moves) _________________________________ Sunday: Clay's Dance Studio 1:00 - 2:30 Intermediate 3:00 - 4:30 Musicality _________________________________ Monday: Ankeny Street Studio (SE corner of SE 9th & Ankeny, Portland) 7:00 - 8:30 Advanced Combinations (Join the dance at the Viscount Ballroom afterwards [three blocks away]) _________________________________ Fee schedule for the Saturday through Monday classes: * $20 per class * $17 per class (per person) if registered for three or more classes * $90 for all six classes. Classes will be limited by gender-balance and available space. Pre-registration highly recommended. For more information, email [email protected] or call (503) 977-5106. _________________________________ Cecilia González is following up her initial visit to Portland (last year with Chicho) by returning with fellow dancer/teacher Jean Sébastien Rampazzi of Paris, France. Admired for her elegant and graceful style, and very well-respected in the Buenos Aires tango community, Cecilia has taught and danced at numerous festivals in Argentina, Europe, and the United States. She has partnered many of the most eminent tangueros of her generation, including Miguel Zotto, Osvaldo Zotto, Fabián Salas, Pablo Veron, Julio Balmaceda, and Chicho. Cecilia endeavors "to investigate the possibilities of movement and expression that tango offers, always in correspondence to the music and in continuous improvisation, two of the most important and decisive elements of this dance." Jean Sébastien Rampazzi, whose tango has also been greatly influenced by Gustavo Naveira and Fabián Salas (as well as by Pablo Veron and Chicho), conducts ongoing movement research with Céline Ruiz, Victoria Vieyra, and Cecilia Gonzalez. He and Ms. Vieyra have performed with the Juan Cedron Orchestra in Paris, and in Warsaw with Juan José Mosalini's Orchestra "La Tipica." He teaches regularly in Paris and throughout Europe with Céline Ruiz. Jean Sébastien also dances and co-choreographs with the "Marie Véronique Martinez Dance Company," which has been commissioned to perform a new piece at the Avignon International Festival (2002).
