UPDATE: Central Illinois Close Embrace Tango Weekend
- Minor modifications have been made in schedule of events (listed below).
- Out-of-town guests are urged ASAP to make hotel reservations (listed at
end) or contact us regarding lodging with local dancers because this is a
football weekend in a Big 10 University town.
- We have added a Community Organizers Seminar as a Sunday Brunch. Tom has
been instrumental in providing an impetus to growth in numerous tango
communities around the US. In this seminar Tom will lead a discussion on
strategies for
community growth and teaching close embrace tango in your community. This
seminar costs $15 (including breakfast) and is by advance registration only.
Send
check to TANGO SOCIETY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS to the US Mail address given in the
signature at end of this message.
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CENTRAL ILLINOIS CLOSE EMBRACE TANGO WEEKEND
Friday September 10 - Monday September 13
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Guest Instructor: Tom Stermitz, Denver, Colorado
At its best, Tango is a trance - danced so closely that you feel your
partner's heart beat and you share the rhythm of their breathing.
- For beginners: Tom Stermitz's classes are designed to have you up and
dancing Buenos Aires social style tango as quickly as possible. He is especially
effective at getting men to be confident, to feel the beat, and to effectively
lead their partners. Tom's approach to teaching tango is from the inside out,
emphasizing improvisation, fundamentals, heart & soul, rhythm & music and
especially the connection between man and woman. What looks complex is actually
simple when tango is approached as an improvised, rhythmic walk rather than
memorized patterns.
- For more advanced dancers: There will also be several classes at the
intermediate/advanced level for those already experienced in close embrace style
tango. However, due to Tom's unique approach based in musicality, even advanced
dancers will find his beginner level classes enlightening, even challenging.
Since all classes are based in these fundamentals of musicality, advanced
dancers are encouraged to attend the workshop series from the beginning.
Depending
upon your prior education in close embrace tango, you may even find the
musicality instruction in the Beginner level workshops enlightening.
- About Tom: Tom is a major promoter of the rhythmic close-embrace social
style of tango in the US. He is the organizer of the annual Memorial Day Weekend
and Labor Day Weekend tango festivals in Denver. Teaching in Boulder & Denver
for many years, Tom has trained some of the best tango dancers in his area and
is increasingly in demand for workshops and Tango Festivals around the US and
abroad.
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Schedule of Activities
Central Illinois Close Embrace Tango Weekend with Tom Stermitz:
Friday Sept 10 => All Friday Evening Events are FREE
314 Illini Union, University of Illinois, 1401 W Green, Urbana
[Parking in city lot 1.5 blocks west at 6th & Green]
=> Evening Session:
(1) 7:30-8:30 PM: Workshop (Intermediate/Advanced):
Advanced Musicality [All Styles]
(2) 8:30-9:30 PM: Workshop (Novice):
Welcome to Argentine tango
(3) 9:30-12 PM: MILONGA
Saturday Sept 11
Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W Stoughton, Urbana
[Free Parking in lot next to facility]
=> Afternoon Session:
(1) 1:00-1:30 PM: Registration
(2) 1:30-3:00 PM: Workshop (All levels):
Rhythm, Musicality & Improvisation
(3) 3:15-4:45 PM: Workshop (Advanced Beginner & up):
Introduction - Ocho Cortados & Ochos
=> Evening Session:
(1) 8:00-9:30 PM: Workshop (Advanced Beginner & up):
Milonga: Vocabulary & Improvisation
(2) 9:30-12:30AM: MILONGA
Sunday Sept 12
=> Sunday Morning (location to be announced)
(1) 10:00-12:00 PM: Sunday Brunch (Community Organizers)
Community Organizer Seminar [advance registration only]
- Cost: $15 (separate from other events)
Refinery, 502 S Kenwood, Chmapaign
[Free Parking in lot next to facility]
=> Afternoon Session:
(1) 1:00-1:30 PM: Registration
(2) 1:30-3:00 PM: Workshop (Intermediate/Advanced):
More Rhythms, Cross-System, More Ocho Cortados
(3) 3:15-4:45 PM: Workshop (Intermediate/Advanced):
Ochos, Pivots & Spirals
=> Evening Session: Practica at the Refinery
(1) 7:00-8:00 PM: Review of Weekend Workshop Material
(2) 8:00-9:30 PM: Workshop (All Levels):
Navigation for Crowded Floors & Tango Trance
(3) 9:30-10:30 PM: Dance Practice: Dancing the Trance
Monday Sept 13
Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W Stoughton, Urbana
[Free Parking in lot next to facility]
(1) 8:15-9:45 PM: Workshop (Intermediate/Advanced):
Boleos, Turns, & Special Topics
Cost of events:
- Friday evening events are FREE.
- Otherwise: $20 for 1 workshop
- Saturday pre-milonga workshop cost includes Milonga admission;
- Saturday Milonga only: $7
Discounts:
(1) 2 Saturday or Sunday Afternoon Workshops: $30
(2) Day Pass: 3 Workshops + Milonga (Sat) / Practica (Sun): $45
(3) Newcomer Pass: All Saturday events + Sunday Evening Practica: $60
(4) Weekend Pass: All Saturday + Sunday events: $75
(5) Milonguero Pass: All Saturday + Sunday + Monday events: $90
Private Lessons: A limited number of private lessons available upon request.
Recommended Lodging:
- At nearby hotels (rates per room per night):
- Within 0.5 mi:
- Lincoln Lodge ($65 up): 403 W University, Urbana. 217-367-1111
- Travel Lodge ($80): 409 W University, Urbana. 217-328-3521
- Lincoln Hotel ($115 up): 209 S Broaway, Urbana. 217-384-8800
- Within 2 mi:
- Ramada Inn ($62 up): 902 W Killarney, Urbana. 217-328-4400
- Park Inn ($72 up): 2408 N Cunningham, Urbana. 217-344-8000
- A limited number of spaces are available in the homes of local tangueros
upon request.
For additional information:
Ron Weigel: [email protected], 217-328-1311
Website: http://www.centraltango.com/
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Ron Weigel & Susana Vazquez Weigel
Instructors / Organizers
Tango Society of Central Illinois
Home: Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W Stoughton, Urbana, IL 61801
Mail: PO Box 1054, Urbana, IL 61803-1054
Tango Society Website with Community Calendar:
http://www.centraltango.com/
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