The weather will be cold but clear this weekend in Urbana, but the dancers at the Milonguero Tango Weekend with Alicia Pons & Robert Hauk will be filled with warmth and friendliness. There will be a collection of great dancers from all over the Midwest waiting to dance with you. All events are at the Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W Stoughton, Urbana.
Although the deadline for advance registration discounts have passed, we will still have available the Milonguero Training Pass for those new to the close embrace milonguero style tango. For $60 ($40 students) this includes: - 2 milongas: Friday & Saturday nights + Friday night pre-workshop, either: - "Intensive Introduction to Tango in Close Embrace" (7:30-9:30 PM) with Ron & Susana, resident instructors of the Tango Society of Central Illinois, for those with less than 6 hrs instruction in tango in close embrace or, for those with > 6 hrs instruction: - "Milonguero Tango Technique for Women" with Alicia Pons (8-9:30 PM), or - "Milonguero Tango Technique for Men" with Robert Hauk + Saturday afternoon workshop (1:30-4:45 PM) with Robert Hauk "The Core of Milonguero Style Tango". The Sunday workshop "Tango for the Women's Enjoyment: Leader & Follower Interaction" (1-4:15 PM; $50 per person) is still open on a limited basis ($50, $35 students) as follows: - Couples will be admitted to the workshop - Dancers without partners will be put on a waiting list and admitted as pairs (one man and one woman) in order of sign-up to maintain gender parity. Dancers may register freely for the following individual events: - Friday night: 7:30-9:30 PM "Intensive Introduction to Tango in Close Embrace" with Ron & Susana ($15, $10 students) 8-9:30 PM: "Milonguero Tango Technique for Women / Men with Alicia / Robert ($20, $15 students) - Admission to subsequent milonga is included in workshop admission. - 9:30 PM - 1 AM: Friday night milonga (DJ Ron) $10 - Saturday: 1:30-4:45 PM - "The Core of Milonguero Style Tango" with Robert ($40, $25 students) - "Men & Women's Strategies and Technique for Managing the Crowded Dance Floor" with Alicia ($40, $25 students) 8-9:30 PM - "Switching between Forward and Backward Movements: Men & Women's Technique for Change of Direction" with Robert ($20, $15 students) - 9:30 PM - 1:30 AM: Milonga (DJ Robert) $15 This is going to be another great milonguero tango weekend in Urbana. We have great instructors and great dancers registered. Don't miss out on a special tango event!! Complete weekend info: http://www.centraltango.com/TangoInstruction/AliciaRobertWorkshopsFeb07.htm or go to our home page: http://www.centraltango.com and click on link to Milonguero Tango Weekend page Ron Weigel & Susana Vazquez Weigel Tango Society of Central Illinois Urbana IL
