The Tango Room presents
TANGO ZEN With Chan Park
A series of Workshops aimed at elevating your dancing to
a higher level through the disciplines of Zen.
SATURDAY JULY 21
SUNDAY JULY 22
MONDAY JULY 23
Integrating Zen into tango Mr. Park leads you through exercises which can
show you how to devote 100% of your physical and mental attention to being
in the Here and Now of tango.
Saturday, July 21
Class 1 4:00pm 5:15pm Two Bodies, Four Legs, One Heart
Introducing concepts of posture, tango walk and embrace with exercises for
establishing mindfulness and connection with ones partner and the music.
Class 2 5:30pm 6:45pm How can you dance tango without legs?
Focus on centering, weight-shifting, walking in various patterns and tuning
your mind/body to the different rhythms of tango, milonga and vals.
Sunday, July 22
Class 3 5:30pm 6:45pm To be a beginner again
In the beginners mind there are many possibilities but in the experts
mind there are few Shunryu Suzuki.
Learn to appreciate basic tango movements by adding simple yet challenging
variations to them.
Class 4 7:00pm 8:15pm Tai Chi to Tango
Experience joy of tango movements from Tai Chi perspectives.
Monday, July 23
Bonus Class 8:45pm 10:00pm Letting Go with Milonga
Milonga is not about knowing new patterns but letting go of the mind and
following the flow of the music.
To fully benefit from them, these workshops are specifically designed to be
taken together. You may register for two classes either Sat or Sun or, of
course, for all four weekend classes. A discount applies if you take all
five classes.
Cost: $40 for Sat. $40 for Sun. $70 for both Sat & Sun. $20 for Monday.
To reserve your spot, please call:
(818) 997-9419 or
(818) 981-6500 or
(818) 606-5895
Classes will be at:
The Tango Room Dance Center
4346 Woodman Avenue
Sherman Oaks 91423
Wear comfortable clothes and flat-bottomed shoes. A partner is encouraged
but not required. PRIVATES AVAILABLE.
If you have inquiries about class content please email Chan at
[email protected] or visit http://www.TangoZen.com
Chan Park is an innovative and adventurous tango dance instructor. He has
made it his quest to promote traditional tango for pleasure and inner peace.
In 2005, Chan published Tango Zen: Walking Dance Meditation. For years
he has offered workshops and week-long retreats in Europe, Asia, North and
South America.
And join us for El Encuentro in Asia special milonga Sat. July 21
El Encuentro in Asia
EL ENCUENTRO in ASIA
In keeping with the theme of the TangoZen workshops being offered at the
Tango Room
El Encuentro takes you to the far East
Saturday, July 21
for a night of
exotic dress
exotic food
exotic tango.
So whether you wear a Mandarin collar, a kimono or simply your yin & yang,
join us for another of El Encuentros always memorable special events.
Our adventure begins at 9:30pm
A prize for the most creative dress will be given.
Milonga $12 arriving between 9:30 and 10pm
$15 arriving after 10pm
Class: $12(starts at 8:30)
Class & Milonga $18
El Encuentro at The Tango Room Dance Center
4346 Woodman Avenue, Sherman Oaks 91423
(818) 981-6500 or (818) 997-9419 or (818) 606-5895
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TangoZen is Tango Made Simple.
TangoZen is about learning to appreciate traditional tango through
disciplines of Zen, which is synonymous to simplicity and clarity of body
and mind. For decades dancers have discovered that learning to enjoy dancing
requires not only physical but also mental disciplines. TangoZen is to
advocate and promote the traditional tango with aid of the Zen, which
teaches us to devote 100% of our physical and mental attention to what we
are doing Here Now.
Many tango dancers, for example, struggle to deal with an issue of
followers anticipation of leaders next movements while dancing tango.
This issue can be easily addressed and resolved with the Zen principles such
as awareness of presence.
Goal of the TangoZen courses is to help the students appreciate the
tradition tango by experiencing total concentration on dancing while dancing
Tango. To accomplish the goal, the students in the TangoZen courses are
guided to practice a number of exercises, which are fundamental and closely
linked to tango dance movements. The exercises are adopted from martial
arts such as Tai Chi and Chi Kung, and meditation techniques such as yoga.
Practicing the exercises can lead the students to be attentive of ones body
and mind, to recognize importance of connection with partner, to be
sensitive to music, and to appreciate the surroundings including other
dancers while dancing. Through the exercises repeated over time dancers can
acquire and increase sensitivity to balance, connection, centering, and
groundedness, and weight shifting, all of which are known critical for tango
dancing.
Chan Park
Tango Zen House
http://www.TangoZen.com
[email protected]
