BELMONT - 1st Sat. & SPECIAL 3rd Saturday milonga First Saturday May 5 w/Ney Melo Third Saturday-- May 19 w/ Pulpo and Luiza / Performance:10:30pm
Class: 8-9pm MIlonga: 9-12:30 Class +Milonga: $15 MIlonga only $10 1300 5th Avenue, Belmont, CA 94002 http://www.neymelo.com/videos.html Pulpo & Luiza's web site: www.pulpostango.com.ar Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZk-Kt3NMUI See below for more info on Pulpo & Luiza. --------------------------------------------- PALO ALTO Second Friday 5/11 Guest Teachers: Colette Hebert & Richard Council All Saints Episcopal Church 555 Waverly Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 8:00 - 9:00 pm Class: interesting variation on ocho cortados plus Tango Finales 9:00 - 12:00 Milonga - Cost: $10 for class or milonga, $15 for both2001 U.S. Argentine Tango Champions and Finalists at the Buenos Aires 2005 World Tango Championships. Out of 25,000 couples from all over the world, only one couple from the United States made it to the Finals in the Buenos Aires World Tango Championship II. Come see why! Colette & Ricardo were guest instructors and Performers at the prestigious Portland Tangofest and Valentango (With over 600 in attendance, the largest tango festivals in North America). ---------------------------------------------------------- SAN FRANCISCO Last Friday of the month: 5/25 Guest Teacher: TBA St. Aidan's Episcopal Church 101 Gold Mine Drive, San Francisco, CA 94131 Class: 8 to 9 pm Milonga: 9 pmmidnight Price: $15 for class and milonga $10 for milonga only Contact Elaine Kho at 510-508-9500 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more info! --------------------------- Pulpo & Luiza are the most creative of the today's 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 __
