Planning for the 9th Annual Portland TangoFest, Wed-Sun, Oct 12-16, 2005 is nearly complete. Here's a brief run down:
Instructors: Antonio "Tono" Gallesio (Buenos Aires), David Chiu (Orange County/LA)), El Pulpo & Luiza <http://www.pulpostango.com.ar> (Buenos Aires), Fabrizio & Mariana Dragone <http://www.accommodationbsas.com.ar/LVI.htm> (Buenos Aires), Homer Ladas <http://organictango.info/index_SF.shtml> (San Francsco), Jorge Nel <http://www.tangoinmiami.com/booking.html> (Columbia), Mariana & Murat <http://muraterdemsel.com/> (New York), Mariana Fresno & Ney Melo <http://www.neymelo.com> <http://www.neymelo.com/> (Buenos Aires), Metin <http://www.bailatango.com/index.php> (Istanbul) & Vanessa <http://www.bailatango.com/index.php> (France), Moria & Javier (Buenos Aires/New York), Nick Jones & Tara Fortier <http://www.naturaltango.com/> (Denver), Roxanne McKenney <http://www.tangoteacher.com/> (St Louis), Robin & Jennifer <http://www.close-embrace.com/bios.html> (New York), Felix Hahme <http://felixtango.net> (Berlin) & Anne-Sophie <http://www.le-tango.com/> (Washington, DC). Orchestra & DJs: Conjunto Berretin Tango Orchestra <http://www.tangoberretin.com/band/band.html> (Portland), Robin Thomas <http://www.close-embrace.com/bios.html> (New York), Homer Ladas <http://organictango.info/index_SF.shtml> (San Francisco), Ramu Pyreddy <http://festivals.tango.info/RamuaPyred> (Ann Arbor), Jaimes Friedgen <http://freetango.net/> (Seattle), Ben Bogard <http://www.tangojam.com/> (St Louis), Dan Boccia <http://www.tangotrance.com/> (Anchorage), Alex Krebs <http://www.tangoberretin.com/> (Portlad), Robert Hauk <http://home.teleport.com/%7Erobhauk/> (Portland), Felix Hahme <http://felixtango.net> (Berlin), Semiral Tuncer <http://www.bailatango.com/vancouver/> (Vancouver, BC), et. al. Workshops, Milongas and Special Events: Beg-Adv classes everyday; special adv classes for couples Fri, Sat, & Sun; supervised practicas Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun; traditional milongas every evening; alternative milongas Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat afternoon and Fri evening; tango concert Fri evening; traditional milongas every evening; all-night milongas Sat & Sun; women's practica Sun afternoon; and tango jam session sun afternoon. For complete details, see the following: Overview, maps, registration, etc: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/TangoFest05/TangoFest05.htm Detailed web schedule: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/TangoFest05/TangoFest05Schedule.htm Detailed printable schedule: http://www.claysdancestudio.com/TangoFest05/TangoFest05Schedule.pdf Prices: $235 for all workshops if paid by Oct 5, 2005, $55/day, $20/class. Supervised practicas are free if you pay for a class on that day ($10 otherwise). Milongas range $5 to $20. City of Portland: Proclaimed by Money magazine as North America's "Best Big City", Portland is one of the most beautiful tango friendly cities in the world. For more information see http://www.pova.com/. Hope you can join us!....clay Clay Nelson P.O. Box 9983, Seattle, WA 98109 Cell: (206) 972-0728 www.ClaysDanceStudio.com [email protected]
