The Men of Tango A multimedia lecture presentation by Anton Gazenbeek Assisted by Sergio Segura Fascinating and extremely rare films from the 1930s until 2000s, some of them never seen outside of Argentina , about the evolution of the Argentine Tango Dance. Anton Gazenbeek will explore and analyze the history of some of the greatest male tango dancers, who made an impact on Tango: El Cachafaz, Virulazo, Juan Carlos Copes, Antonio Todaro, Pepito Avellaneda, Fino Ribera, Rodolfo Cieri, Miguel Angel Zotto, Carlos Gavito, Gustavo Naveira, Fabian Salas, among others
Followed by a question and answer session. Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 7:00 to 8:15 pm Chelsea Studios 151 W. 26th St. 5th Floor, NY, NY, 10001 $15 $8 for students with ID Advance registration recommended ($2 off from full price), through www.statnyc.com or [email protected] or by calling 917-373-7446 Part of the funds will be used to support the research, acquisition and diffusion of material related with tango, to preserve the roots of this beautiful dance. Tax deductible donations are accepted. About the lecturer: Anton's passion for traditional tango lead him to start collecting all types of photographic and video material related to tango. After nine years, he has put together the largest and most important tango video collection in the world (now with well over 1,500 videos from all time periods). He has written articles for many magazines including those of the Asociacion de Maestros, Bailarines y Coreografos de Tango Argentino, Explore Dance in the USA , and TangoDanza in Germany . He also has been lecturing at the Translation Dance International Researchers Conference in Hamburg, Germany . Anton has been invited to give lectures together with major tango personalities such as Gloria and Eduardo Arquimbau, Maria Nieves, and the great Juan Carlos Copes, who recently hired Anton to compile a book about Copes career. He has also been giving video presentations at NYC Summer Tango & Film Festival 2007, Boston Tango Festival and World Tango Festival as well as at NYU and Carnegie Mellon. He is the director of the School of Traditional Argentine Tango in New York City , a dance school dedicated to the diffusion of the pure forms of tango dance. About Tango Classes at School of Traditional Argentine Tango @ Chelsea Studios, 151 W, 26st, 5th fl. Begginers Courses: Mondays 7-9 pm Class + Practica by Sergio Segura Int-Adv: Mondays 7-9 pm Class + Practica by Anton Gazenbeek @ LA BOCA in Iguana Restaurant 240W, 54th st. 2nd fl. Leaders Practica: Tuesdays 6:30 7:00pm All Levels FREE Mondays 6:30 to 7pm @ Chelsea Studios, 151 W, 26st, 5th fl. Tuesdays 6:30 to 7pm @ LA BOCA in Iguana Restaurant 240W, 54th st. 2nd fl. Every 4th Friday at 5 to 5:45 @ CHELSEA MARKET Produced by: School of Traditional Argentine Tango - www.statnyc.com & Sergio Segura Tango Productions www.sergioseguraproductions.com School of Traditional Argentine Tango WWW.STATNYC.COM 917-373-7446 / 917-373-7444 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
