The Tango Club of Albuquerque presents a weekend workshop with Felipe Martinez April 27-29, 2012
Friday Night at Las Puertas | 1512 First St. NW Saturday & Sunday at Lloyd Shaw Dance Center | 5506 Coal Ave. SE Albuquerque, New Mexico Registration flier available now: http://www.abqtango.org/Documents/FelipeM2012web.pdf Classes Friday, April 27 - Las Puertas, 1512 First St. NW 7:00-8:30pm, Posture, Axis & Embrace (All levels) 8:45-10:30pm, Practica Saturday, April 28 - Lloyd Shaw Dance Center 1:30-3:00pm, Musicality, Rhythm & Phrasing (All Levels) 3:30-5:00pm, The Ocho Cortado: The king of social dancing moves. Variations, embellishments and different possibilities (Intermediate) Saturday Night | Milonga de las Puertas, 8:00pm-Midnight $5/person. Sponsored by Lee Blaugrund DJ: Matt Kropp Sunday, April 29 - Lloyd Shaw Dance Center 1:30-3:00pm, Embrace Technique: How to keep a dynamic dance and create spaces while preserving a clear and containing frame (Intermediate/Advanced) 3:30-5:00pm, Vals: spirals & turns (Advanced) Sunday Evening | Outdoor Milonga at the Old Town Gazebo, 6:30-9:30 Free event, DJ: Paul Akmajian Workshop classes: $25 TCA members / $30 non-members Custom package prices also available. For more information, please e-mail [email protected] ------------ Felipe embodies a very fluid style of dancing, moving seamlessly through all ranges of the embrace. His dance is at once dynamic, smooth and extremely musical. As teacher, his dedication, enthusiasm, and sheer knowledge of the dance always come across with great clarity. To watch him and to work with him is extremely inspiring and instills a real joy and respect for the dance. Felipe has an extensive background in other forms of movement and has been influenced by the most respected tango masters and dancers. He is a prominent tango teacher in the San Francisco/Bay Area and shares his passion for tango all over North America and Europe.
