PULPO & LUIZA
Workshop series in South Bay, Aptos/Santa Cruz & Pacific Grove
Sunday, May 20
The Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
(near Arastradero/Charleston, next to Trader Vics)
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Luizas Technique Intensive
for all dancers
2:45 4:00 p.m. Tango Vals
4.15 5:30 p.m. Pulpos entanglements Enredadas
Each workshop: $25 at the door
$20 with pre-registration and pre-payment by Friday, May 18
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (408) 739 9737
Wednesday, May 23
Elliott Program Center (by Lake Lagunita), Stanford University
hosted by the Stanford Tango Club
7:00 p.m. Navigation Skills for all dancers
8:30 p.m. Enganches (hooks) intermediate/advanced level
Each workshop: $25 at the door
$20 with pre-registration and pre-payment by Friday, May 18
Stanford students: $10 per workshop - pre-registration requested
phone: 6560-723-9778 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Directions to the Palo Alto Elks Lodge & Elliott Program Center:
http://www.stanford.edu/~dorcas/Elks_Elliot.html
Friday, May 25
Dance Synergy, 8035 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003
(10 mins south of Santa Cruz, at the base of Nisene Marks Park)
7:30- 9:00 p.m. The versatile Ocho and its endless possibilities
9.00 -10.45 p.m. The versatile Gancho and its endless possibilities
Workshops $25 at the door.
$20 with pre-registration and pre-payment received by Wednesday, May 23.
Contact: Iris Mayo (831) 476 9186
Saturday, May 26
Shall We Dance, 205 17th Street, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
1:00- 2.15 p.m. Introducing the unique style of Pulpo & Luiza
Tango fundamentals for all dancers
2:30 - 3:45 p.m. Barridas
4.00 - 5:15 p.m. Sacadas (invasions of space)
Workshops $25 at the door..Contact: Ingrid Tower (831) 373-5678
$20 with pre-registration and pre-payment received by Wednesday, May 23.
Pulpo & Luiza are the most creative of the
todays Argentine tango dancers and
teachers. They have earned an international reputation teaching and performing
throughout Europe, the United States, Japan and South America.
The dynamic Pulpo Esbréz is a third generation tanguero, who has been dancing
tango for nearly 18 years. His father and
grandfather were both respected bandoneon
players, and his own feeling for the music is
evident in his work. His nickname, el Pulpo
the octopus, comes from his unique fluid
style, which uses complicated displacements,
ganchos, enganches, and the intertwining of the
dancers legs. His tango steps were first
practised with rock & roll which gave him
tremendous agility and a very relaxed, almost
casual approach to his dance style. He is
renowned in Buenos Aires and all over the world
as the King of the Ganchos for his ability and
thorough understanding of the leg work
in tango. He has created and added innumerable
movements to the tango vocabulary,
and is continually developing his innovative technique and style
Luiza Paes has worked and taught with Pulpo since
1999, and she is now recognized
as an outstanding teacher in her own right, whois
dedicated to her art and her students.
She teaches a creative technique that emphasizes
the role of the follower and her
connection to the leader, exploring receptiveness
and availability for improvisation.
Pulpo's Tango Week 2007: November 11-17
Maestros include: Omar Vega, Ernesto Balmaceda & Stella Baez,
Pablo Villarraza & Dana Frigoli, Marcela Varela & Analia Vega,
Federico & Ariadna Naveira, Hugo "Gato" Valdez & Andrea Monti,
Nick Jones & Tara Fortier.....and more. www.pulpostangoweek.com.ar
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZk-Kt3NMUI
Pulpo & Luiza's web site: www.pulpostango.com.ar
