SUSANA MILLER COMES TO CHICAGO
FIRST TIME EVER, APRIL 13-19
SPECIAL GUEST DJ RAMU PYREDDY FROM ANN ARBOR
FRIDAY, APRIL 15 AT MARIPOSA
Dont miss the opportunity to study with this great master teacher!!!
Susana Miller is the most prominent teacher in the world today of the
milonguero" style of tango or what Argentines call "apilado." This style is
danced in the crowded clubs of central
Buenos Aires. It is a strictly social style that emphasizes musicality and the
connection between partners. Susana has researched and studied the dancing of
the older milongueros, each of whom has created their own unique style of
tango. She has been able to decipher their distinct vocabularies and
choreographic combinations, and is gifted in her ability to convey these to
students.
Susana encourages students to employ more rhythm in their dance, to discover
their own dance vocabularies, and to learn how to shape and shrink these in
space. For women, she encourages active following, in which the woman
interprets the messages that the leader's body and the spirit are sending.
Clarin, the major Buenos Aires daily paper, called her one of the four most
important influences on contemporary tango, along with Miguel Angel Zotto,
Gustavo Naveira and Gerardo Portalea.
Susana is a native of Buenos Aires and has been dancing and teaching tango
since the late 1980s revival of social tango. She founded and operates her own
tango academy in Buenos Aires, and is the owner of one of B.A.'s most popular
tango clubs, El Beso. She has made annual teaching tours to the United States
and Europe since 1994. She will facilitate students improvement of posture,
axis, grounding, breathing, balance, and sensitivity to the lead and follow
roles. She aims to encourage dancers to develop their own unique
improvisational styles through knowledge of the music, space and body. Her
classes
will emphasize step quality and rhythm. Rather than predetermined patterns, she
will impart a choreographic vocabulary that allows dancers to creatively shape
their own language.
SUSANA MILLER APRIL 16-17 WORKSHOPS
Saturday, April 16, 2005,
12:00-1:30 A: The Backbone of Tango (all levels) Posture, balance,
axis, walking and embrace; hearing and feeling the music, rhythm,
rhythmic walking, basic choreography, including changes of direction
in apilado frame.
2:00-3:30 B: How to build perfect dance floor movement (all levels)
Working with the basic elements on a small dance floor, which parts
of the mans body move to lead the woman. There are no steps in
social tango, only situations.
4:00-5:30 C: Lead and follow techniques (intermediate) Posture,
connection, leading and following technique for balance. Includes
ochos and basic turns.
Sunday, April 17, 2005,
12-1:30 D : Musicality variations (intermediate) Musicality and
rhythmic variations according to the orchestra
2:00-3:30 E: Turning on a Dime (advanced) connection, velocity and
turning on a dime Choreographic bridges to combine figures including
sacadas and boleos, with variations according to the music.
4:00-5:30 F: Sacadas (advanced) The sacada from all types of figures.
SPECIAL WORKSHOP FOR INSTRUCTORS
I have asked Susana to consider to teach special workshop "How to
teach Tango Milonguero" on Monday afternoon. It will be from 1-
3:30pm. Pricing will be $75. We need a minimum of 10 instructors to
enroll in advance for this to happen. Please let me know if you are
interested in taking this special course.
PRICING AND LOCATION
Early Registration Discount 10% (for classes)
Entire package: 6 classes and Friday milonga $140.00
Saturday classes $ 75.00
Sunday classes $ 75.00
Individual classes $ 30.00
Milonga only (no discount) $ 12.00
All classes and milonga take place at Mariposa
346 N. Justine, Suite 300, Chicago, Illinois
*****Early Registration Discount good through March 28, 2005******
INFORMATION
For more information and pricing details or to arrange for private
instruction please go to
http://www.geocities.com/chicagomilonguero/Susana.pdf or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagotango/files/Susana.pdf
or contact Ray Barbosa at [email protected] or at 708-955-
6040.
SEE YOU THERE!!!!
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