Central Tango Milonguero Festival Fri Feb 29 - Sun Mar 2 Urbana IL Instructors (teaching teams): - Alicia Pons (Buenos Aires) & Robert Hauk* (Portland OR) - Melina Sedo* & Detlef Engel (Germany) * = DJs for Milongas
Advance Registration due Monday Feb 25 - Send in your registration this week to obtain discounts - Weekend Pass: $120 ($60 students), > 200 mi: $100 ($50 students) - includes 7 workshop sessions + 2 milongas - Advance Registration form available from festival homepage (link below) It is rare to find a tango festival that focuses exclusively on tango milonguero, the social tango danced in the milongas of Buenos Aires. The Tango Society of Central Illinois is dedicated to the promotion of social tango as danced in Buenos Aires, the birthplace of tango. Our festivals attract dancers from all around the Midwest and some from beyond. Full Festival Details: http://www.centraltango.com/TangoInstruction/2008CentralTangoFestHomePage.htm Highlights and Options: -> Technique Workshops: - Alicia's Women's Technique Workshop: Learn from someone with great artistic style in expressing the woman's role in tango - Robert's Men's Technique Workshop: View video footage of milongueros dancing in Buenos Aires milongas as a starting point for exercises to improve your technique - Alicia & Robert: Workshops on leader - follower communication - Melina & Detlef: Workshop on enhancing the close embrace -> Musicality Workshops: - Melina & Detlef: Milonga Lisa, Milonga Traspie, Dancing Really Slow - Alicia & Robert: Stops & Suspensions -> Workshops on Navigation & Improvisation - Melina & Detlef: Navigation for crowded floors; Ocho cortado variations - Alicia & Robert: Navigation combined with musicality - Robert: Turns for navigation -> Instructor Performances: during Saturday evening milonga Come join us for a relaxed fun-filled weekend of Tango Milonguero in friendly Urbana IL, home of the University of Illinois. Ron Weigel & Susana Vazquez Weigel Tango Society of Central Illinois Urbana IL http://www.centraltango.com
