The Tango Society of Central Illinois is pleased to announce our Milonguero Tango Weekend with Brigitta Winkler in Urbana-Champaign, IL from April 1-3, 2005. There will be workshops from beginner to advanced levels in the rhythmic, close embrace milonguero style tango. There will also be milongas Friday and Saturday evenings. A preliminary schedule is available at: www.centraltango.com/TangoInstruction/BrigittaWinklerApr05.htm This web page will be updated as details are finalized. Additional announcements will be made when additional details are available. We usually have a large number of out-of-town guests at our milonguero tango weekends, so there will be an interesting mix of dancers from throughout the Midwest. We look forward to seeing you. Mark your calendar!! ABOUT BRIGITTA Brigitta Winkler is an internationally recognized tango instructor and performer. She has been teaching tango since 1980 and is the founder of the tango community in Berlin, the largest in the world outside Buenos Aires. Her own tango instructors have included Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, Gustavo Naveira, and Eduardo Arquimbau. Her performance credits include the internationally-acclaimed “Tango Mujer” production, as well as numerous other productions that have toured throughout Europe and North America. In addition to tango, Brigitta is trained in ballet and modern dance. She has also been trained in Body-Mind Centering, which she incorporates into her unique style of tango instruction. Brigitta is in high demand as an invited instructor at tango festivals, as well for workshops in numerous other tango communities throughout North America and Europe. Her focus in instruction is on milonguero style tango, the intermingling of close embrace with playful improvisation in musicality and navigation. Her workshops are an enjoyable journey where body, mind, and emotion play together in the acquisition of tango skills. She has the ability to communicate to a wide variety of dancers on different planes and evoke their own creativity in this very creative dance.
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/ Join CentralTango, the e-mail list for announcements of tango activities in the Midwest: Send a blank message to: [email protected]
