Paulo Araujo Once more in one of his favorite cities, San Francisco Bay area with special tango retreat weekend to lovely Mendocino September 14 - October 12, 2004 This will be Paulo's 5th visit to the Bay area, where many of you are already friends and students. Paulo comes from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil where he founded the Instituto Tango do Brasil, and has been voted "best teacher in Brazil". In Rio he has his own studio, "equipe" or group of dancers and teachers, as well as a weekly Friday milonga at "Xango." He has been dancing and teaching for two decades already, with his primary teachers having been Gustavo Naveira and Pepito Avellaneda. He travels in Italy teaching with Graciela Gonzalez, and most recently taught in festivals in Slovenia, Israel, Oregon and at the World Tango Festival in Buenos Aires. If you love tango you will love Paulo. Tango is his passion 24/7 and when he is not dancing, he is listening to music. He is an excellent DJ with an extensive compilation of tango music, both classical and alternative. As a teacher, his strengths are connection between partners, musicality and fluidity of movement. He specializes in teaching close embrace, milonguero style, and uses ingenious exercises which get to the essence of the movement and also form the basis for excellent technique. Until you have danced or taken a class with him you won't understand why he is such a sensational hit. He is extremely popular, so please reserve your private and class times with him early in order to avoid disappointment.
Events Schedule: Paulo will be teaching and/or dancing at the following milongas: *Friday, Sept 17th, Monte Cristo Milonga, hosted by Gary and Nirmala, intermediate class 8-9 p.m. 136 Missouri, SF, $12 class + milonga. *Saturday, Sept 18th, Milonga at the Masonic with Dale and Becky, class 7:30-8:30 pm. "Finding the Silence within Your Dance", Masonic Lodge, 890 Church St., Mt. View, $12 class + milonga. *Sunday, Sept 19th, Off-Broadway Milonga, exhibition, now at 2560 9th St., Berkeley. *Saturday, Oct 2nd, Golden Gate Milonga, class 8-9 p.m., milonga until 2 a.m. $14 milonga + class, $10 milonga alone. DJ Glenn Corteza, 1 Yacht Club Rd., SF *Sunday, Oct 3rd, Milonga de Espiritu Libre, 5-6 p.m. special class in "cayengue" to the music of Tubatango and Taco y Punto, milonga 6-10 p.m. $15 class alone, $12 milonga alone, $22 class + milonga. Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Blvd., Palo Alto. TANGO FUNDAMENTALS FOR BEGINNERS on 3 Wednesdays, Sept 22, 29 and Oct 6 7:30-8:45 p.m. at the Berkeley Tango Studio, $15/class or series of 3 classes $35 with pre-payment. Pre-registration required as space is limited. Please contact Stella at [email protected] to register or for directions. INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED CLASSES on 4 Tuesdays, Sept. 21, 28 and Oct 5, 12 7:15-8:30 p.m. Intermediate Technique and Refinement (a progressive series) 8:45-10 p.m. Advanced Technique with emphasis on special topics of ganchos, boleos, sacadas, displacements or alterations (varies each evening) 10:15-11:45 p.m. Guided practica $20/class or both classes for $30. Practica free for students of class, $10 for all others. Lake Merritt Dance Center, 200 Grand Ave., Oakland. Please note change in schedule! Two Sundays in SeptemberSept 19th and 26th, Renaissance Ballroom, 285 Ellis St., S.F. Sunday Sept 19th: 1-2:20 p.m. Dancing to the music of Canaro, Lomuto 2:30-3:50 p.m. Dancing to di Sarli 4-5:30 p.m. Dancing to Piazzolla Sunday Sept 26th: 1-2:20 p.m. Waltz turns, smooth and floating 2:30-3:50 p.m. Milonga, traspie and beyond 4-5:30 p.m. Tango esSense and nonSense - creating games in the spirit of tango Located at 285 Ellis St. between Mason and Taylor, 2 blocks from Powell St. BART. Inexpensive parking at Ellis O'Farrell Garage. With advance payment: $22/workshop, 3 for $55 or all 6 for $100. Otherwise $25/workshop at the door. Register through Stella 510-655-3585 or [email protected]. Sunday October 3 South Bay Classes 12:30-2 p.m. Milongeuro I: The Tango Way to Walk the Walk - Varieties of Caminada 2:15-3:45 p.m.MilongueroII: Giros Single and Double Axis $25/workshop or both for $45. 5-6 p.m. Cayengue, having fun with the original form of tango 6-10 p.m. "Milonga del Espiritu Libre" class + exhibition by Paulo and Stella. Cayengue class alone $15, milonga alone $12, both for $22, or the entire day of 3 classes + milonga for only $60, a real deal. Elks Club, 4249 El Camino Rd., Palo Alto. To register or for more information contact Dorcas at [email protected] or call 408-739-9737. October 8-11 Tango Retreat in Mendocino Please contact Cornelia Gerken at 707-937-2500 or email [email protected] for class schedule, registration and lodging information. Private lessons are available: $90/55 min + $10 studio rental fee. A series of 6 hours for $480 (this includes the studio rental) is available only if you are also taking at least two group classes. Stella is available at selected times as dance partner/to translate and/or to co-teach for an additional $40/hour. Introductory special for students who have never had a lesson with Paulo before, $75 for the first hour. Because of overwhelming demand each student is limited to a maximum of 12 hours privates in SF and 1 h in Mendocino in order to allow access to all students. Please contact Stella for more information or to reserve your privates, 510-655-3585 or email: [email protected]. All students taking a series of privates are allowed to a 10% discount on the Rio trip (see below). For information about Rio Transformative Tango Trip to study with Paulo and other remarkable teachers Nov. 4-14th, 2004, check out Stella's website:stellatango.com. There is a new earlybird deadline of Sept 15th since Stella has been out of town.
