MARIELA FRANGANILLO is back in the Bay Area!! She will teach two workshops: - Sunday March 24, Progressive, intermediate tango will focus on tango technique. . 2:00 TO 5:00 PM $50 advance registration and payment, $55 at the door LOCATION: Golden Gate Yacht Club, San Francisco For workshop registration, information or directions, call Steve or Luz-Mary at (415) 332-0935, or e-mail [email protected].
- Friday March 29th, 8:00-10:00 class; 10:00-1:00am practica $25 advance registration, 30 at the door LOCATION: Rhythm & Motion, 1133 Mission St., 3rd floor, San Francisco For class information Julian Miller & Claudia (415)386-1378 or [email protected] - Private classes on Monday March 25, Emeryville, for information contact Diane & Polo at (510) 843-1766 The Argentine Tango dancer Mariela Franganillo studied with Gustavo Naveira in Buenos Aires and danced with his Tango Troupe in 1990. Early highlights of her career include performances of Los Tangueros at the Teatro Cervantes (1992) in Buenos Aires, and appearances at the tanguería Casa Blanca (1993), the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC (1994) and Stanford University (1994-5). She was a featured dancer in the show Forever Tango in 1996 and choreographed and performed various numbers in the experimental production Tango Fusion a year later. More recently, Mariela appeared in A Tribute to Astor Piazzolla at the Weill Recital Hall in New York, the National Dance Week festival in Washington, DC, in a number of concerts of Fernando Otero's quintet X-Tango (partnered by Pablo Pugliese), and elsewhere in and around New York. A gifted and enthusiastic teacher who has given workshops across the United States, Canada and Japan, Mariela maintains an extensive instructional program of tango at Dance Manhattan. In addition to her classes for all levels of students and numerous advanced workshops, she coordinates the school's program of workshops presented by guest teachers. Mariela's popular La Practica, regular supervised practice sessions held at Dance Manhattan midday on Saturdays, is now being offered on Wednesday evenings as well, at La Nacional in lower Manhattan. Directions to Golden Gate Yacht Club: >From San Francisco, Take Franklin Ave. north. Turn left on Bay Street, Right >on Laguna, Left on Beach, Right on Marina Blvd. Stay in the far right lane, >and turn right on Yacht Road (just before Baker, the last street light before >Doyle Drive) follow Yacht Road and stay right, past the St. Francis Yacht Club >to the end of the point. Park by the large stone light house monument and >walk to the Golden Gate Yacht club. >From Marin exit on Marina Blvd., left on first stop sign and make a U turn to >go back on Marina Blvd. (You can not turn left on Marina Blvd. as you come >off Doyle Drive) Stay in the far right lane and turn right on Yacht Road, >toward the water just before Baker, the last streetlight before Doyle Drive) >follow Yacht Road and stay right, past the St. Francis Yacht Club to the end >of the point. Park by the large stone monument of a Light house monument and >walk to the Golden Gate Yacht club
