Pulpo Esbriz & Luiza Paes will be teaching at Lake Merritt Dance Center, 200 Grand Avenue, Oakland
Monday, July 11 8:00-9:30 pm Workshop: Tools for Navigation 9:30-10:00 pm Practica Monday, July 18 8:00-9:30 pm Workshop: Gancho combinations 9:30-10:00 pm Practica Each workshop with practica $30 at the door. By pre-registration only: both workshops+practica $50 e-mail: [email protected] For more information, contact Jeanne Hill (925) 283-0191, [email protected], http://lakemerrittdancecenter.com/_wsn/page5.html The dynamic Pulpo Esbriz is a third generation tanguero, who has been dancing tango for 16 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 practiced 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 has studied music since she was six, and has worked in musical education and vocal technique. She teaches a creative womens technique that emphasizes the role of the follower and her connection to the leader, exploring receptiveness and availability for improvisation. Jeanne
