We turned the air conditioning on Thursday evening and LEFT IT RUNNING ALL DAY TODAY to ensure a cool, comfortable salon for Karas class and Tango Vidas milonga tonight!!! Kara and Leroy will showcase around 11:30 p. The AC and cool refreshments will be available all evening and throughout the weekend for your dancing enjoyment and workshops on Saturday and Sunday with Kara. ALL of the WCT, Inc. classes/workshops with Kara are at Mariposa (346 N. Justine at Arbour, Chicago).
Friday, August 19 (before Milonga Vida at Mariposa) - 7:308:45 p (All Levels+): The Embrace and Improvisation: Opening and closing the embrace with ease. Breaking structures in the embrace to generate new possibilities for leaders and followers. (This class is specially priced at $15/person; $15 separate entrance fee for Milonga Vida from 9:00 p2:00 a) Saturday, August 20 12 noon-1:30 p (All Levels!!): Variations on Ochos: Cleaning our lead and follow, exploring small, large and deep ochos in both directions. 1:30-2:00 p: Practica/Break for 1/2 hr 2:00-3:30 p (Intermediate): Rebounds and the ocho cortado: Change directions with elasticity, find momentum and develop new structures to your dance. 3:30-4:00 p: Practica/Break for 1/2 hr 4:00-5:30 p (Intermediate & Advanced): Circular Sacadas, of the lead and the follow: Using the giro as the basis of the sacada. Working with impulses and opposite energies to facilitate the sacada. 5:30-6:30 p: Practica until 6:30 p Sunday, August 21 12 noon-1:30 p (All Levels!!): Dancing with Pugliese: A look into his music. Interpretations, sudden stops and changes of dynamic. 1:30-2:00 p: Practica/Break for 1/2 hr 2:00-3:30 p (Intermediate): Boleos: The flying leg - Leaders learn to generate dynamic forward and back boleos both with changes of weight and with disassociation. Women learn to disassociate the hips from the leg. 3:30-4:00 p: Practica/Break for 1/2 hr 4:00-5:30 p (Intermediate & Advanced): Advanced combinations: Integrating boleos and sacadas within the structure of the giro. Maintaining a circular energy in order to connect the movements to move smoothly through space. 5:30-6:30 p: Practica until 6:30 p or later if enrollment warrants ALL of the WCT, Inc. classes/workshops with Kara are at Mariposa (346 N. Justine at Arbour, Chicago). And, the 2nd Followers Technique class from 8:00-9:30 p. on Tuesday, August 23: Using resistance; opportunities for adornments: Resistance as the first reaction plus the when and where for adornments. This class also is $15/person. Kara will lead a review of the 1st Followers Technique class, Support systems for the embrace. Receiving and processing of the lead to react in time, from 7:30-8:00 p. on the 23rd for an additional $5 (i.e., for $20 you have 2 hours of Karas instruction!!). Additional classes/workshops may be added (for example, a Leaders Technique workshop on Tues., Aug. 30) and others in September let Phoebe J. Grant know if this interests you!!! WCT, Inc.s Discount Pricing Policy for multiple classes/workshops with Kara Wenham during August 16 & 23 and 19-21, 2005 in Chicago with advance registration and payment follows: Introductory class (1.25 hours) on Friday, Aug. 19 as well as the Two Tuesdays for Followers on Aug. 16 & 23 (1.5 hours each) are $15 each. Note that these classes are not eligible for any individual discounts and do NOT qualify for any discount toward private lessons. Workshops on Saturday and Sunday (1.5 hours each plus a = hour or more Practica): a single workshop or any non-pre-registered workshop = $25 per person per class/workshop; with pre-registration, any 2 WCT, Inc. workshops = $49; any 3 WCT, Inc. workshops = $72; any 4 WCT, Inc. workshops = $94; any 5 WCT, Inc. workshops = $115; all 6 WCT, Inc. workshops if paid incrementally = $135; all 6 WCT, Inc. workshops = $120 ($20 each!!!) ONLY with advance payment. ALL of the WCT, Inc. classes/workshops with Kara are at Mariposa (346 N. Justine at Arbour, Chicago). To pre-register, contact Phoebe and then bring payment with you to your first class/workshop. For more information, contact Phoebe J. Grant at 312-342-4335 or email [email protected]. Private lessons with Kara Wenham will be available August 3 through September 24, 2005 (except Aug. 5-8 and 26-28 when shell be teaching in Milwaukee & Madison, WI). To learn pricing and/or to schedule private lessons with Kara, contact her directly at (773) 486-6890 / (773) 517-4712 or [email protected].
