Susana Miller in Los Angeles July 2-8, 2009 SUSANA MILLER is the most prominent teacher in the world today of the “milonguero" style of tango or what Argentines call "apilado." This style is danced in the crowded clubs of central Buenos Aires. It is a strictly social style that emphasizes musicality and the connection between partners. Susana has researched and studied the dancing of the older milongueros, each of whom has created a unique way to tango. She has been able to decipher their distinct vocabularies and choreographic combinations, and found a way to transmit these to students.
SUSANA encourages students to employ more rhythm in their dance, to discover their own dance vocabularies, and to learn how to shape and shrink these in space. For women, she encourages active following, in which the woman interprets the messages that the leader's body and the spirit are sending. Clarin, the major Buenos Aires daily paper, called her one of the four most important influences on contemporary tango, along with Miguel Angel Zotto, Gustavo Naveira and Gerardo Portalea. SUSANA is a native of Buenos Aires and has been dancing and teaching tango since the late 1980’s revival of social tango. She founded and operates her own tango academy in Buenos Aires, and is the owner of one of Buenos Aires' most popular tango clubs, El Beso. She has made annual teaching tours to the United States and Europe since 1994. She helps students improve posture, axis, grounding, breathing, balance, and sensitivity to the lead and follow roles. She aims to encourage dancers to develop their own unique improvisational styles through knowledge of the music, space and body. Her classes emphasize step quality and rhythm rather than predetermined patterns. She imparts a basic choreographic vocabulary in order to enable dancers to creatively shape their own language. FMI: www.casadepractica.com Schedule (subject to change) Thursday, July 2 - Caltech's Winnet Lounge Hall 9:00-10:30 - Pugliese Tiempos de espera. Voleos en el Milonguero 10:30-11:00 - Practica Sunday afternoon, July 5 - Sophie Dance 2:00-3:15 - The body of the man is a bandoneon: Our steps create the circulation: one step transforms into many others. Corridas (fast steps/run) backwards and forwards. For women: balance in the walk, how to support the feet to avoid pain and gain fluidity. 3:30-4:45 - The legs "listen": Vals. Technique for balanced turns. Double giro to the right with sacada to the left. Cepillos. For women: The body of the woman is a violin. Balance and fluidity in giros and the backwards ocho. Sunday evening, July 5 - Caltech's Winnet Lounge Hall 8:00-9:30 - D'Arienzo Ritmo. Tecnicas de velocidad 9:30-10:00 - Practica Private Lessons Available at Casa de Practica Fees Caltech Classes: Caltech Students w/ID: $5@ Affilliates & other full-time Students w/ID: $10/one; $15/two Non-Student/Affiliate: $20/one; $35/two Sophie Dance Classes per day $20/one, $35/2 (If, on Thursday night, you sign up for both Caltech classes - Thursday & Sunday evenings - these will be considered your 3rd and 4th Sophie Dance classes: $15/one; $10/two) Private Lessons at Casa de Practica $110/1 hour Locations Caltech's Winnett Lounge 1200 E. California Boulevard Pasadena 91125 Sophie Dance Studio 310 S. La Brea Avenue (S. of 3rd, E. side of street between YOGURTLAND & SUBWAY) Los Angeles 90036 Casa de Practica 506 N. Fuller Avenue (enter studio at end of driveway) Los Angeles 90036 323-969-1610/573-5663 COMING SOON TO THE CASA DE PRACTICA: OLIVER KOLKER & SILVINA VALZ - JULY 14-22 CLAUDIO VILLAGRA & ROMINA LEVIN - JULY 28-AUGUST 7 Lynn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Vous avez reçu ce message, car vous êtes abonné au groupe Groupe "Les listes de diffusion Tango Argentin" de Google Groupes. Pour transmettre des messages à ce groupe, envoyez un e-mail à l'adresse [email protected] Pour résilier votre abonnement à ce groupe, envoyez un e-mail à l'adresse [email protected] Pour afficher d'autres options, visitez ce groupe à l'adresse http://groups.google.com/group/tangodiffusion?hl=fr -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
