Argentine Tango Fundamentals At the Berkeley Tango Studio
Learn or review the beautiful, romantic, and sensuous dance: the passion and fire of Argentine tango 4 class series, Saturdays 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. Nov. 15: The walk, musicality, posture, change of weight, lead and follow, simple turns, basic 8 count pattern, history of tango Nov 22: Refinements of balance, posture and the basic step, "ochos" forward and backward, the "sandwichito" and "shoeshine", lead and follow, the "embrace" Nov 29: Review of previous 2 classes, "dissociation" and giros and "molinetes" right and left Dec 6: Review of previous 3 classes, walking, "attitude", simple "gancho" Location: the Berkeley Tango Studio (about 6 blocks from the Claremont Hotel, call Stella at 510-655-3585 for directions or more information) Cost: Adults $15 drop in/ class or $50 series Teens or full-time students $10 drop in/ class or $35 series Limited to 6 leaders and 6 followers. The teacher: Stella has been dancing since she could walk, including many years of ballet, modern and jazz. She has studied tango intensively for the past 6 years and brings many of the techniques to teaching that she has learned from contemporary masters of tango including Gustavo Naveira, Fabian Salas, Jorge Firpo and Graciela Gonzalez. Her most intensive studies have been with Oscar Mandagaran, Paulo Araujo, Hernan Obispo, Mariana Dragone, and Angel Garcia-Clemente. She teaches tango with the use of guided imagery, uses both traditional tango music as well as non-traditional tango music, and uses ingenious exercises to help break down complex patterns into understandable relationships. She has assisted many visiting maestros with classes and exhibitions. She has led multiple groups to Buenos Aires to study tango and visits there twice a year to study intensively herself. Please check out her website: stellatango.com
