IF YOU ARE IN THE NEW YORK AREA THIS THANKSGIVING: JOIN US AS WE GIVE THANKS FOR OUR DANCE AND OUR LIVES, BY COMING TOGETHER IN CREATIVE, LIFE-GIVING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, WE BELIEVE, THIS:
A SPANISH/TANGO IMMERSION WEEKEND Friday Nov.23 through Sun. Nov.25 at the famous Dance Manhattan Studio A non-traditional approach to learning conversational Spanish--designed for tango dancers, Playfully serious, joyful--truly fun! A weekend of getting comfortable attempting to speak the language of the dance we love! This is a plan to help us overcome the fear of even trying to speak! Learn and practice whatever Spanish you know- If you know 2 words or 2,000, join us with a staff of native and fluent tango and Spanish teachers in tango lessons, talks, practicas, musicality, music, songs-- dancing and eating, and laughing together! Friday night milonga--8 to 1:30 (entertainment-some Spanish) Saturday --11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This includes our "Argentine/NYC" version of brunch in a "cafe" (mate, medialunas, cafe con leche etc); Talk and demonstration of tango moves and their names Language through tango lessons Improvisational conversation games with language teachers, plus assisted practicas. Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 11-2 Studio workshops in music, musicality, Learning tango lyrics with professional singer, Learning about Buenos Aires and customs of the milongas (tandas, eye-contact etc--the whole-ball-of-wax) 2:30 Sunday Brunch in an Argentine/Italian restaurant with Argentine waiters and menu in Spanish for more practice!! Then a milonga (Spanish speaking only!) continues until 7:00, with entertainment. Open also to the tango community. If you know no Spanish, you can come if a. you want to pretend you are in a foreign country, b. promise not to speak English. (There will be a first aid station for emergency words) There will be lots of repeating, encouragement to all to join in, no matter what level!!! There will be one native or fluent speaker to every 4 attendees, And lots of vocabulary lists and aids! Groups are small so register as soon as you can. Whole package: $160 until October 31, After: $180. For additional information see WWW.NYCTANGO.COM Call 212 777-6053 or E-mail: [email protected]
