Oscar Mandagaran
Two special benefit milongas for the children of Argentina:
Sunday, July 27th, 9 p.m. - 12 midnight at the beautiful historic Claremont
Hotel, 41 Tunnel Rd. Oscar will be teaching a class on the Argentine
folkloric dance, chacarera, a must for anyone traveling to Buenos Aires, 8-
9 p.m. Class $15, milonga $15, both for $25. Parking will be validated.
No host bar. Students of Claremont tango classes can purchase tickets in
advance, class $10, milonga $10, both $15.
Sunday, August 3rd, 8 p.m. to midnight. The Oakland milonga at Lake Merritt
Dance Center, 200 Grand Ave., Class 7-8 p.m. with Oscar. Class $10, milonga
$10, both for $15.
Because Oscar will be teaching two classes for Nora Dinzelbacher while she
is on vacation, we are changing the times of two of his originally scheduled
classes. Please note the new information which has * next to it. Thanks.
Oscar teaching for Nora:
*Saturday August 2nd Mission Cultural Center on Mission between 24th and
25th, SF. 11a.m. beginners, 12 noon intermed. Each class $10.
*Tuesday August 5th Allegro Ballroom, 5855 Christie Ave., Emeryville, 7:30
p.m. beginners, 8:30 p.m. intermed. Practice until 11 p.m. $10/class or
$17 for both.
At the Claremont Hotel, 41 Tunnel Rd, Berkeley: Series A, B plus Special
Benefit Milonga July 27th.
Series A (2 classes): Beginners Workshops Sunday July 27 and August 3,
11-12:15 p.m.
Material covered will include balance, walking or the "caminada," the basic
steps, dancing with "elasticity," posture, the embrace, communication within
the couple, and musicality.
$20 drop in single class, $35 for series with pre-payment.
Series B (4 classes): Intermediate Workshops Sunday July 27 and August 3
July 27th 2-3:30 p.m. Tango salon: walking with attitude, ochos
with correct contrabody technique,
fluidity and elasticity of movement, breathing with all parts of the body.
3:45-5:15 p.m. Embellishments for men and women,
August 3rd 2-3:30 p.m. Tango vals: long steps, "floating",
musicality, and making the perfect vals giro.
3:45-5:15 p.m. Milonga in close embrace: traspie, discovery of
"compadrito," and playing with
rhythmical patterns.
$30 drop in single class, $110 entire series with pre-payment ($100 entire
series if Claremont Club member or student, pre-payment required.) Parking
validation available.
At Lake Merritt Dance Center, 200 Grand Ave., Oakland: Series C Advanced I
Series C (6 class series): Advanced I Salon Tango Tuesdays July 22, 29
and *August 5th (see below)
July 22nd 7-8:30 p.m. Advanced technique including clarity and sensuality of
movement, maintaining the
correct posture and axis in levantadas, llevadas, and barridas.
8:45-10:15 p.m. Boleos lead and follow, keeping the axis
July 29th 7-8:30 p.m. Sacadas and entradas, with musicality and correct foot
placement
8:45-10:15 p.m. Favorite patterns of Oscar's taken from his
shows
*August 5th has been changed to Friday August 1st at the Tango Studio. All
other information remains the same. 7-8:30 p.m. A special class on
exchanging the lead between men and women, dynamics of
slowing the dance and conveying emotional expression
8:45-10:15 p.m. Ganchos and giros combined. Returning to the basics but with
more finesse and
sophistication
$30 drop in single class, $160 entire series with pre-payment. Free parking.
Nearest BART 19th St.
At the Tango Studio, Berkeley: Series D Advanced II
Series D (4 classes): Advanced II Tango, Waltz, Milonga 2 Saturdays July
26 and August 2
Available only to those who have already mastered previous waltz, milonga
and salon tango classes with Oscar. This series will be challenging and
fast-paced building on themes previously taught by Oscar.
*1-2:30 p.m. Tango salon which will include refinement of previous patterns,
as well as some fantasia, new complex patterns, finales and exploration of
creativity and choreography * On August 2 this class will start later.
Instead of starting at 1 p.m. it will start at 5:15 p.m. and go until 6:45
p.m. All other information remains the same.
2:45-5:15 p.m. Each class will have 45 min. of waltz followed by 45 min.
of milonga. Playing with rhythms, traspie in both waltz and milonga,
giros.
$30 single class, $110 for all 4. Because space is limited at the Studio,
the classes are small and students receive a lot of personal attention.
However this also means that pre-payment is required to reserve a space and
there is a 24 hour cancellation policy in order to allow those who really
wish to attend the class to be able to do so. Students taking the entire
series will receive priority in reserving a space.
Oscar will be teaching before the following milongas:
"All Night milonga" at the BEAT, 2560 9th St., Berkeley, Class 9:15-10:30
p.m. Dancing until dawn, hosted by Babs, class plus milonga $15.
Privates with Oscar available at the Tango Studio, Berkeley, $100/hour +
$10/hour studio rental fee. For more information or to register please
contact Stella at [email protected] or call 510-655-3585.
