Brian Dunn and Deborah Sclar of Dance of the Heart are very pleased to announce TANGO SAFARI BERLIN! with Brigitta Winkler, June 18-27, 2004. Share the tango traveler's experience with us in a world-class tango scene!
BERLIN: A World City With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the parts of the city in the former East Germany went through a long and painful rebuilding process. Berlin's new city center was Europe's largest construction site for over ten years, as huge new building projects arose from the former No Man's Land surrounding the fallen Wall. With the recent completion of this massive effort, a gleaming new Berlin again beckons to visitors to experience Germany's old/new capital as a world city in a revitalized Central Europe. BERLIN: A European Tango Capital In 1982, visiting maestros Astor Piazzolla, Sexteto Mayor, Mosalini, and Susana Rinaldi helped rekindle the Berlin tango scene from its pre-WWII dormancy. Berlin's first postwar milongas were held in 1983, and the city has supported a rich and vibrant tango scene ever since. Nightly milongas and practicas, tango music venues, hosts of highly trained Berlin tango teachers, and decades of visits from the best traveling tango master teachers create a rich tango brew for Berliners and for the visitors who come to share tangos with the excellent local dancers. Join us with Brigitta Winkler, one of the founding figures of the contemporary German tango scene, as we explore one of the world's great tango cities from a tango dancer's perspective. Your trip includes: - Guided tours to many Berlin milongas, - Live tango music concerts, - Daily group lessons with Brigitta, Deb & Brian, and seasoned Berlin tango teachers. - Opportunity for studying tango stagecraft with experienced performers, - Opportunity for private lessons at a discount, - Support from local staff dancers in group practicas and on milonga outings, - Tours of Berlin's incredible array of cultural offerings, - Assistance with finding lodging meeting your requirements Your cost: US$695 Airfare, lodging and meals are extra. Limit of 40 participants. BRIGITTA WINKLER has been dancing, teaching, and performing tango for more than twenty years. She was partnered with the renowned Argentine tango performer and teacher Coco Diaz for years. She was a fellow student and tango explorer with Gustavo Naveira in his own early explorations that led to the genesis of the "Nuevo Tango" approach. With Angelika Fischer, she co-founded TanzArt Studio in Berlin, where for many years she hosted group classes, practicas, milongas and performances. She is a member of the acclaimed all-woman tango performance troupe "Tango Mujer", with Angelika, Rebecca Schulman, Valeria Solomonoff, Fabienne Bongard, and Sharna Fabiano. Her innovative synthesis of tango with her background in Body-Mind Centering and Authentic Movement lend a deep richness to her tango teaching. She is acclaimed as a pioneering tango teacher in Europe, Argentina, Russia, and throughout North America. She is a regular featured teacher at such events as the Tango Festivals in Portland and Denver, the former LA Tango Fireworks, and at many gatherings of her fans in cities around the globe. With Deb & Brian, she recently offered a series of workshops with Mauricio Castro in Colorado, and will be returning to join us in Berlin from the Midnight Sun Tango Fest in Alaska. BRIAN DUNN and DEBORAH SCLAR have been tango partners since 1998 and tango teachers since 1999. Based in Boulder, Colorado, their experience in working with Brigitta Winkler traces to the Bridge to the Tango Berlin tour of 2000, where Brian was on staff under Brigitta's direction. Brian has spent over a year in Germany, and is comfortably fluent in German (he once rebuilt a 1951 BMW motorcycle using only German-language manuals!) Brian and Deborah are veterans of the tango travel circuit, having visited Buenos Aires four times, and partaken of the tango traveler experience in Miami, New York, Chicago, Rome, Venice, London, Denmark, Los Angeles, and Portland, culminating in leading tango tours to Buenos Aires in March and April of 2003. Their own innovative approach to tango teaching draws heavily from their work with Brigitta, from their frequent intensive workshops with Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne, from co-producing workshops with Luciana Valle, Tomas Howlin and Florencia Taccetti, and most recently from exploring in depth the work of Mauricio Castro. Their tango approach is synthesized with Deb's extensive background as an award-winning actress, opera singer, acting coach and musician, and Brian's background as a professional trainer, musician, singer/songwriter, and software entrepreneur. This far-flung array of talent and experience finds expression in their tango teaching, in their weekly performances in Boulder as tango dancers and tango musicians, in their musical collaboration with Dan Diaz as musicians in his Tango Camerata, in Brian's weekly role as a Tango DJ in Denver and Boulder, in their role as producers of Colorado tango events, milongas and performances, and in their increasingly frequent invitations to offer workshops and performances in cities around the world. To be placed on a mailing list for updated information, please e-mail Brian and Deb at [email protected]. We look forward to introducing you to the exciting world of Tango in Berlin! Brian Dunn Dance of the Heart Boulder, Colorado USA 1(303)938-0716 http://www.danceoftheheart.com
