EL PULPO & LUIZA PAES
Workshops and classes in the San Francisco Bay Area July 9-19, 2005
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Introductory Workshop series:
Steppin' Out, 830 Stewart Drive, Sunnyvale
(101 exit Fair Oaks South) http://www.steppinoutproductions.com/
Saturday, July 9
2:00-3:15 pm I:
An introduction to the style of El Pulpo
4:15-5:30 pm II:
Opening the Mind to innovative beginnings and endless possibilities -all
levels
Pre-registration is requested: [email protected]
At the door: Each workshops $30
By pre-registration only: both workshops for $50
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Workshop series for Intermediate/Advanced level:
The Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
(near Arastradero/Charleston, between Rickeys Hyatt and Trader Vics)
Sunday, July 10 - Intermediate/Advanced
1:00-2:15 pm 1: The 16 ways to cross
2:30-3:45 pm 2: Pulpo's Ochos Locos
4:00-5:45 pm 3: Pulpo's Ganchos
5:45-7:00pm Free practica
(swimming pool pass $7.00 extra)
The Renaisssance Ballroom, 285 Ellis Street, San Francisco
(between Mason and Taylor)
Saturday, July 16 - Intermediate/Advanced
1:00-2:15 pm 4: Followers'Technique Intensive (leaders included)
2:30-3:45 pm 5: Sacadas & Pasadas: placing the foot like Maradona
4:00-5:15 pm 6: Enganches
Sunday, July 17- Advanced
1:00-2:15 pm 7: High ganchos
2:30-3:45 pm 8: Enredadas (entanglements)
4:00-5:15 pm 9: Tango Essentials: making complex moves look easy
Workshops $30 each at the door. Pre-registration is requested.
Discounts for pre-registration: two or three workshops $25 each,
four or more $20 each, all nine workshops $160.
Contact Dorcas Hendershott
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: (408) 739 9737
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Classes @ Mission Blue, 475 Mission Blue Drive, Brisbane
http://sftango.com/mission_blue_location.html
Tuesday, July 12
8:00-9:00 pm Caminatas
9:00-10:00 pm Barridas
10:00-11:00 pm Free Practica
Tuesday, July 19
8:00-9:00 pm Suspension
9:00-10:00 pm Changes of Direction
10:00-11:00 pm Free Practica
Each class $25, two or more $20 each. Includes practica.
Pre-registration is requested: [email protected]
There will be a limited number of privates available.
Phone: (408) 739 9737
The dynamic Pulpo Esbréz is a third generation tanguero, who has been
dancing tango for nearly 18 years. His father and grandfather were both
respected bandoneon players, and his own feeling for the music is evident
in his work. His nickname, "el Pulpo" - the octopus, comes from his unique
fluid style, which uses complicated displacements, ganchos, enganches, and
the intertwining of the dancers' legs. His tango steps were first practised
with rock & roll which gave him tremendous agility and a very relaxed,
almost casual approach to his dance style. He is renowned in Buenos Aires
and all over the world as the "King of the Ganchos" for his ability and
thorough understanding of the leg work in tango. He has created and added
innumerable movements to the tango vocabulary, and is continually
developing his innovative technique and style. For that reason, he is
considered today the most creative of the tango dancers.
Luiza Paes has worked and taught with Pulpo since 1999. She teaches a
creative women's technique that emphasizes the role of the follower and her
connection to the leader, exploring receptiveness and availability for
improvisation.
Pulpo & Luiza have taught at CITA in Buenos Aires 2001-2005, and have
earned an international reputation teaching throughout Europe, the United
States and South Americs.
Pulpo & Luiza's web site: http://www.pulpostango.com.ar
