First announcement -- book your travel now for the best deals! The Tango Club of Albuquerque presents Silvina Valz, April 20-24 for a full weekend of workshop classes and milongas, Friday through Sunday, plus slots for private lessons Monday & Tuesday (with preference given first to workshop participants). A detailed schedule and prices will be available soon.
Classes (limited to 100 people) will be at the Lloyd Shaw Dance Center, 5506 Coal Ave. SE in Albuquerque. Map link at: http://www.abqtango.org/mapPage.html Lodging with local dancers may be available. E-mail us for more more information: [email protected] See you in April! ------------- Argentinean Silvina Valz currently resides in Paris where she is an acclaimed artist. She teaches and performs tango throughout Europe, Japan, the United States and in Buenos Aires. Silvina is one of the young great tango dancers whose dance incorporates elements from all styles of tango. This capacity has made it possible for her to perform with the old masters as well as the young stars of tango. Her footwork is as good as you will ever see. She creates a dance within a dance. Her ability to break down the movements in dance and make them understandable to her students has made her a respected and sought after teacher. Silvina has studied and practiced tango in Buenos Aires with different teachers, among others Pepito Avellaneda and Gustavo Naveira. Actress, choreographer ad dancer, she has studied classical ballet and modern jazz. Among her numerous achievements and abilities, one should mention acrobatics and artistic gymnastics, in a field of which she won several medals. Her style is a combination of creativity, grace, sensitivity and sensuality with great precision of each movement, deep understanding of tango code and great interpretation of music. -------------
