Nick Jones & Tara Fortier (from Denver, Colorado) will be teaching workshops in the SF South Bay (June 4-5) and Oakland (June 6). Nick Jones will also be teaching with Lisette Perelle in San Francisco and Oakland on Saturday, June 11.
Nick and Tara are talented young instructors who have a clear vision and a great sense of fun. Their creative dance style is relaxed, expressive and very musical. Everything they dance is effortless and improvisational. Nick Jones teaches at the Tango House and the mercury Cafe in Denver In early 2004, he and Tara studied intensively in Buenos Aires for three months with leading maestros "El Pulpo" Esbrez, Luiza Paes, Chicho Frumboli, Mingo Pugliese, Julio Balmaceda & Corina de la Rosa, and Ernesto Balmaceda & Stella Baez, and worked as teaching assistants for two of the master instructors at CITA 2004. Nick's web page: http://www.naturaltango.com Saturday, June 4 Steppin' Out Dance Studio, 830 Stewart, Sunnyvale http://www.steppinoutproductions.com/ (exit 101 - Fair Oaks South) Introductory level Workshop with Nick & Tara 3:00-5:00 p.m. Basic Technique for Leaders and Followers Learn how to apply the basic steps to improvise and create patterns in a nuevo tango style... and have fun ! Workshop $20 at the door Sunday, June 5 Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (near Arastradero/Charleston, between Rickey's Hyatt & Trader Vic's) Two workshops with Nick & Tara 3:00-4:15 p.m. Playing with the Axis: Colgadas 4:30 -5:45 p.m. Playing with the Feet I: Barridas and Sacadas Each workshop $25 at the door (including milonga) By pre-registration, both workshops: $40 contact: Dorcas Hendershott, [email protected] http://www.stanford.edu/~dorcas/EspirituLibre 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Milonga del Espiritu Libre Demo by Nick & Tara Music by Bernhard Kohlhaas Milonga $12, Stanford students $7 Free milonga for workshop participants Monday, June 6 Lake Merritt Dance Center, 200 Grand Avenue, Oakland http://www.lakemerrittdancecenter,com/ Workshop & practica with Nick & Tara 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Playing with the Feet II: swirley ochos, and lots of little crosses 9:30 - 10:00 pm Practica Workshop with practica $20. Contact: Jeanne Hill, [email protected] Saturday, June 11 Renaissance Ballroom, 285 Ellis Street, San Francisco (between Mason & Taylor) Two workshops with Nick Jones with Lisette Perelle 2:00-3:30 pm Sacadas in Close Embrace 3:45-5:30 p.m. Playing with the Axis II - Volcadas Each workshop $20 . Pre-registration requested Contact: Dorcas Hendershott, [email protected] Lake Merrit Dance Center, 200 Grand Avenue, Oakland http://www.lakemerrittdancecenter,com/ 8:00 - 9:00 pm Class (all levels) with Nick Jones with Lisette Perelle 9:00-Midnight La Milonga de Jeanne,DJ: Emilio Flores Class & milonga $15, Milonga $12 (refreshments included) Contact: Jeanne Hill (925) 283 0191 [email protected]
