Dear Tango Aficionados, Dance of the Heart is thrilled to announce the return of los maestros de los maestros, tango legends GUSTAVO NAVEIRA and GISELLE ANNE to Boulder, Colorado for the second annual Colorado TangoEncuentro(tm) festival in July-August 2008!
Gustavo and Giselle will be our guests as "artists-in-residence" in Boulder from Tuesday July 22nd through Monday August 4th. Classes will be held from 11am-1pm and from 2pm-4pm most days. The primary venue for most events will again be Boulders incomparable 7000 s.f. Avalon ballroom, designed and built by social dancers explicitly for social dancing. We encourage COUPLES ONLY to register ASAP for the 20-hour Seminar Week from Tuesday July 22nd through Sunday July 27. We do not find you a partner, although on our website we maintain a list of people who are searching for partners. Please contact us to have your name and email inserted into this list. The cost is US$560 per person until June 1st, after which the price goes up to $595. Full information is on the website at www.danceoftheheart.com under TangoEncuentro 2008. After only five days of registrations, we are already at 35% full! For many, the dancing of Gustavo & Giselle helps to remind them of why they dance tango. Unlike the tango stars who have risen to international prominence primarily due to their presence in large touring tango stage productions, Gustavo and Giselle have reached the pinnacle of worldwide tango success because of the changes they have inspired in the minds and hearts of those who work with them and learn from them. More than twenty years ago, Gustavo served his tango apprenticeship and received his diploma from both renowned teachers like Rodolfo Dinzel and the old now-departed milongueros like Miguel Balmaceda and Puppi Castello. These viejos milongueros forced Gustavo to earn their respect the old-fashioned way, by putting him through his paces on the floors of classic Buenos Aires milongas that exist now only in memory. At the same time, in the company of young tango investigators like Fabian Salas and Mariano Chicho Frumboli, Gustavo started charting a course to tango mastery that combined the durability of tango tradition withs a forward-looking approach to analyzing the structure of tango that changed its foundations forever. Meanwhile, Giselle had been carving her own arc through the tango stratosphere, creating a truly stellar tango resume, mostly in Europe, where she founded and subsequently directed her own tango school in Seville, Spain for seven years. In the ten years since they became partners, Gustavo and Giselle have taken tango dancing to a point of refinement that most of us have only dreamt about. Dancing at a level that transcends and includes all designations of style, these two share with us the fire they find at the common core of tango in brilliantly clear, gently humorous, yet powerfully affecting tango encounters that leave the participants clamoring for more. Speaking of their appearance last year in Dusseldorf, Germany, renowned tango dancer, teacher and European tango pioneer Brigitta Winkler said of their dancing he rips out his heart and throws it to you anyone who cares about tango must see them dance. We're very grateful for the opportunity to collaborate so closely with them in sharing their treasure with all of you. Of course, in addition to the fantastic seminar experience, AND in addition to just BEING in the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains in the summer, look forward to a full menu of practicas, milongas, presentations, and other tasty tango treats including DJ Gustavo and DJ Giselle taking their turns at the DJ table and other surprises we cant take the lid off yet! Please visit our website at www.danceoftheheart.com and select the link for Colorado TangoEncuentro 2008 for complete information, as well as credit-card payment options through Paypal. If this sounds like YOUR kind of tango event, dont wait too long spaces are filling rapidly! BUT WHAT IF I DONT HAVE A PARTNER? Dont despair for the SECOND week of the Encuentro, from July 28th through August 4th, well be offering a full week of workshops with Gustavo & Giselle that do NOT require a full-time partner (although you are welcome to partner someone if you like). We expect to release details in the next two weeks. Please send a reply email if you want to be kept informed of the workshop schedule and registration opportunities. As with the seminar, those on our mailing list will get advance notice of registration opportunities. See you in July! Brian Dunn & Deb Sclar Dance of the Heart Boulder, CO USA 303-938-0716 www.danceoftheheart.com Building a Better World, One Tango at a Time
