-------------------On behalf of Andy Carrillo <[email protected]>----------- www.TangoZen.com Let me briefly talk about background on Tango Zen. The concept struck my mind while dancing about five years ago. Whatever feelings I experienced were beyond words. I started searching for an answer to relate the feelings and found it in Zen, which I had studied for many years. Since then Eugenia and I have been teaching tango based on the Zen concept, a different approach yet fundamentally leading to a same goal of making connection with self and others. Basically it has taken me four years to come up with what you see in my web site and to improve our teachings of tango based on Zen.
Yes, whenever we teach tango at home and abroad including Russia, Lithuania, Korea, France, and recently Argentina, the Zen concept was embedded. However, I discovered that it is more meaningful to teach tango from the Zen perspective, and that's why we started Tango Zen workshops. Chan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chan & Eugenia will be teaching Tango Zen in San Francisco and Sacramento on St. Valentine's Weekend: Saturday, Feb. 14th Stella Ling's Studio, Berkeley Private Lessons Morning & Afternoon Tango By The River 126 J Street Old Sacramento, CA 7:45pm-9:00pm "Dance Here Now" Sunday, Feb. 15th Stella Ling's Studio, Berkeley 2 Tango Zen Workshops: The first class , "Body moves, mind flows." Exercises in this class will focus on introducing basic concept of Zen meditation, breathing and posture, warming up for exercises, being mindful of oneself, and connecting with one's partner and music,. The second class, entitled "Tango Zen mind, beginner's mind", will focus on refining movements by revisiting well known tango steps and mindfulness established in the first class. Cost: $25/workshop, $40 for both. Private lessons: $60.00/hr. Contact Andy Carrillo at [email protected] to register. To further enhance your Tango Zen experience: Feb 22, 2004 Zen and Tango Workshop with Christy Cote' A one day retreat at Green Gulch in Marin County. Explore the many correlations between Zen and Tango. Space is limited. You can see more info about the workshop at http://www.sfzc.org/ggfindex.htm and scroll down to workshops and click on workshops. Cost: $55 including lunch. For reservations Green Gulch directly at (415) 383-3134 or mail your check to Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach CA 94965. Other inquiries may be directed to Tango community coordinator: contact: Eleesa Hager at [email protected] Seek the Connection through Tango Zen. _________________________________________________________________ Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1
