Direct from Buenos Aires: Tango Weekend with Kara Wenham & Yanick Wyler Nov 20-23, 2008 ARTango Center
Kara Wenham &Yanick Wyler will be conducting series of Argentine Tango workshops at Chicago's brandnew Arts venue devoted to Tango Culture, ARTango Center between Nov 20-23, 2008. In Buenos Aires, Kara &Yanick are considered among leading representatives of new generation Argentine Tango. ARTango center 4011 N Ravenswood Chicago IL Thursday 11/20: 8pm-9:30pm TECHNIQUE FOR WOMEN (all levels) Placement and Technique for the free leg in Ganchos, Piernazos, Voleos, and other positions of the leg in adornos. ($15) Friday 11/21: 8:30pm-10pm CHALLENGING VARIATIONS ON VOLCADAS (int) Develop a strong technical understanding for volcadas (both sides) and combine them with boleos, ganchos and displacements. Saturday 11/22: 12pm-1:30pm MUSICALITY (int) Get Rhythm! The small stuff that makes you dance. Complex rhythmic variations in small steps. 1:45pm-3:15pm INTIMATE GIROS AND SACADAS (int) Creating spaces so you can do the steps you love in close embrace. 3:30pm-5pm DIRECT COMBINATIONS OF COLGADAS AND VOLCADAS (adv) Living on the edge: challenge yourself by going directly from one extreme to the other. SPECIAL PRACTILONGA SUPERVISED by Kara & Yanick 7pm-9pm followed by casual milonga Sunday 11/22: 1pm-2:30pm COMPLEX GANCHOS (adv) Combinations with creative and impactfulganchos. 2:45pm-4:15pm EMBRACE AND ELASTICITY (int/adv) How rubberband-situations create new dynamics between the couple without tension and force. 4:30pm-6pm DISPLACEMENTS AND CHANGES OF DIRECTION (int) Project your lead in space and follow with dynamic as you expand your improvisational possibilities. WORKSHOP PRICING: Full Pass (6 workshops): $100 Day Pass (3 Workshops): $60 A la carte (1 workshops): $25 - Full time student discounts available - Thursday 11/20 and Friday 11/21 workshops are separately priced at $15, (pay at the door only) - All workshops will be held at ArTango Center 4011 N Ravenswood ave, Chicago IL 60613 - Make checks payable to Tango Eclectique 367 W Superior St #A Chicago IL 60610 - Kara &Yanick will be performing at Friday night milonga on 11/21 at ArTango Center. - For private lesson reservations, please contact us Burak: 312.451.4068 [email protected] or Maria: 312.823.4859 [email protected] Kara Wenham &Yanick Wyler workshop weekend sponsored by Tango Eclectique Event Architects LLC. www.tangoeclectique.com You can watch Kara &Yanick dancing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdtZ0ZD0Hx8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYLvbop76eQ KARA WENHAM (Buenos Aires) Recognized as an excellent dancer and teacher in Buenos Aires and abroad, Kara's dancing and classes are founded on a modern tango salon that incorporates the techniques and dynamics of a contemporary tango whilst maintaining a strong connection to the roots of the dance. Kara has developed a pedagogy that is designed to empower students by giving them tools that focus on a solid technique, a clear idea of the structure of the dance, connection, lead and follow, musicality, improvisation, and the development of a personal style. Whether the embrace is open or closed, Kara's emphasis is on how to maintain a connection that is sensitive, communicative and sensual between both leader and follower. She currently lives in Buenos Aires, teaching well-attended classes at Tango Brujo. She also gives workshops and participates in festivals throughout Argentina, Asia, Europe, and the United States. She participated last year in TangoMagia's 10th Anniversary Festival in Amsterdam and has also participated in festivals in Istanbul, Zurich and Siracusa in 2008. YANICK WYLER (Buenos Aires) Forming part of the new generation of tango dancers investigating in Buenos Aires, Yanick is expanding the vocabulary of the contemporary tango movement.He has developed great creativity and a playful musicality which now stand out as key elements in his dance.Yanick's teaching is based on his profound knowledge of the technique, the structure of dance, and the connection and communication of the couple. His precise explanations are focused on facilitating an energetic yet sensitive and smooth dialogue between leader and follower. When not travelling the U.S. or Europe, he lives in Buenos Aires where he works as a staff teacher at Tango Brujo. Apart from his dedication to tango, he investigates the movements of the human body as a certified trainer of the Gyrotonic Expansion System(R).
