CLASSES IN MILONGA & TANGO starting Thursdays, July 7 by Shahrukh Merchant
** Free Open House & complimentary lesson Thursday, 30 June 8-10 pm ** 6-week sessions Thursday evenings July 7 - Aug 11 open to all levels (see below) 7:30-8:45 pm: MILONGA WITH TRASPIE 8:45-10:15 pm: TANGO FUNDAMENTALS WITH FLOORCRAFT & NAVIGATION * Location: 1643 Cambridge Street, Cambridge (near Harvard Square, free street parking generally available, and good access via T) * Small group classes (8-12 persons only with gender balance) with plenty of individual attention * Classes are oriented towards Intermediate level dancers, but are open to newcomers also. The small size of the classes allow me to show more advanced material to the more advanced students, while spending more time on fundamentals with those less advanced or new to Tango. Details below and at http://www.tangofoundation.com/ MILONGA WITH TRASPIE (7:30-8:45 pm) Traspie (syncopations) is fundamental to the dance of the Milonga. You can hear it in the music, it is necessary to know it to navigate on a crowded floor, and Milonga is just more fun with traspie. If you are dancing Milonga as "Tango steps done faster," you are completely missing out on what the dance has to offer! This class is open to all levels and will cover a dozen or so Milonga figures with traspie, and the technique to do them naturally. Open to all levels (concurrent registration in Tango Fundamentals with Floorcraft recommended for those with no previous Tango experience). TANGO FUNDAMENTALS WITH FLOORCRAFT (8:45-10:00 pm) All too often, Tango is taught as a set of disjointed figures, which result in a "choppy" or repetitive look to the dance, or as a set of fixed sequences, which takes away from the fundamentally improvisational nature of the dance (and is useless on a crowded dance floor). This Tango class will focus on the fundamental elements of Tango (salidas, crusada, ochos, giros, boleos, etc.) while emphasizing the connection and linking needed between the elements, so that your Tango looks more like an elegant flow and less like a series of memorized figures. Appropriate embellishments will be taught for the women. This class is open to all levels. Beginners will be taught solid technique in the fundamentals of tango. More advanced material will be presented to intermediate dancers. Price per 6-week session: $90 for Tango Society of Boston members ($110 others). The class is not available on a drop-in basis, but makeup is available for those who unavoidably have to miss a session. Registration confirmed upon receipt of payment (credit card via PayPal at [email protected] or mail a cheque). Prompt registration recommended owing to the small size of the class. Please see "Classes & Registration" at http://www.tangofoundation.com/ for details. About the instructor: Shahrukh is trained exclusively by top Tango maestros from Buenos Aires and is among the longest-time Tango dancers and teachers in the Boston area. He currently spends about half his time in Buenos Aires, where he dances, trains and teaches. His specialties are "Tango as Danced in Buenos Aires" and "Milonga with Traspie." His classes are focussed on small groups where individual attention (essential for properly learning Tango technique) is possible. Additional information is at the website below. Please see details and availability at http://www.tangofoundation.com/ or contact Shahrukh at [email protected] or 617-877-5666 to register or for questions or placement guidance.
