JEANNE and GENE HILL'S Lake Merritt MILONGA Every Second Saturday of the month, next milonga on
Saturday, January 10, 2004 Class 8:00-9:00 pm Please note time change: Dance 9:00 - 12:00 PM Performance at 10:30 - 11:00 pm Music by DJ - EMILIO FLORES Argentine Tango Class given by FELIPE MARTINEZ & ROSA Felipe Martinez has a degree in physical education that gives him particular insight into teaching movement. He has a diverse background in movement with study in martial arts, sports, modern dance, ballroom dance, and salsa dancing. His primary tango teachers are Leo Calvelli and Eugenia Usandivaras from Argentina. He has also studied with the Dinzels, Diego di Falco and Carolina Zokalski, Julio Balmaseda and Corina de la Rosa, Fabian Salas and Carolina del Rivero, "Chicho" Frumboli and Lucia Mazer, Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Ann, Geraldine Rojas and Javier Rodriguez as well as other masters and skilled dancers including some of the best "old milongueros". Felipe has performed or taught in Spain, Portugal, France and the US (California, Oregon). Please note: Price $12 class & dance - $10* dance only *$5 off for Tango Organizers - Free for Tango Instructors Lake Merritt Dance Center, Oakland Veterans Hall, 200 Grand Avenue, at Harrison Street, Oakland The Lake Merritt Dance Center is housed in the Downtown Oakland Senior Center. The milonga is held in a large art décor hall on the second floor, with six 8’ x 6’ tall windows overlooking the Lake and six mirrored windows on the opposite wall. The music is played from the stage at the end of the hall using an excellent sound system. Glass chandeliers hang from the 18 foot ceiling. Soft, almost mysteriously deem lighting shadows the dancers. Comfortable seating surrounds the specially made-for-dance floor in a room that measures 34 x 54 feet (1,800 sq. feet). This is a unique site especially for tango dancing in the Bay Area, compared by some as reminiscent of Buenos Aires. For information or directions call Jeanne Hill (925) 283-0191 Or e-mail [email protected]
