TANGO Weekend -- workshops/milonga/practica

TANGOVITA Special TANGO Weekend

featuring

Tomas HOWLIN of Buenos Aires & Montreal AND

a guest DJ and instructor from San Francisco, Shorey MYERS!

Also a guest DJ from Atlanta: Angel MONTERO!

June 26-29, 2009
in Durham, NC
at the Triangle Dance Studio (for workshops/milonga/practica) &
Studio Tango - RTP (for private lessons)

Our "very early" registrants will pick the topics out of ~30 choices Tomas offered and Tomas will decide when to teach which topic! So, register by MAY 31 and select your favorite topics to study with Tomas! Also, limited private lesson slots will be reserved for those who sign up the earliest for the whole weekend!

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (there may be minor changes to the schedule to accommodate Tomas' trip, if necessary) :

June 26, Friday:
8:30-10:00 PM Workshop 1
10:00 PM-1:00 AM Casual MILONGA (at TDS) DJ: Angel Montero

June 27, Saturday:
12:30-1:45 PM Workshop 2
2:00-3:15 PM Workshop 3
3:30-4:45 PM Workshop 4

9:30 PM-2:00 AM MilongaVita (at Cafe Parizade - pre-milonga group dinner available) DJ: Shorey Myers

June 28, Sunday:
1:00-2:15 PM Workshop 5
2:30-3:45 PM Workshop 6
4:00-5:00 PM Guided PRACTICA

June 29, Monday:
Private Lessons at Studio Tango - RTP

NOW, PICK YOUR FAVORITES!
Tomas's themes and ideas and my suggestions for potential classes

(ONLY for very early weekend registrants attending all the workshops, ie, you must purchase one of "Full Package", "Saturday&Sunday Package", or "Workshop Only Package" that are listed as registration options below! Please mark your preferences for 6 classes max and mail a print out of this page with your registration info and check or do it all online and e-mail me your choices)

__ The Tango Pyramid: The 4 pillars for a skillful dance
__ What color is your practica? A class on how to practice skillfully in order to achieve improvement
__ Breaking codes and rules: Playing with our habits
__ Tango Jewels: A brief collection of short, simple & practical forgotten classics
__ A class on "yeites": the secrets that make the whole difference
__ Leaders development: involve yourself into a complete tango experience
__ Follower's technique: a class based on the leader's perspective
__ Tango de los Barrios: over viewing styles
__ "Viboritas", rattling snakes (sequencing crispy ochos)
__ "Empujadas", sacadas under vertigo (an on axis "off axis feeling")
__ The Conscious Tango Connection
__ Tango Teasers: offer and share some tango temptations with your partner
__ Expression and meaning in tango: achieving communication skills through understanding significance in tango
__ One axis in movement: Dancing closer than close
__ Turns in close embrace
__ Milonguero who?! Social dancing in Buenos Aires
__ Exploring the inner space (intimacy and contact)
__ Tango traspie: Playing with rhythm, musicality and connection on the quick beat
__ Milonga traspie and falsety: an overview on traspie, balanceo and falsety
__ Milonga larga, milonga corta
__ The musical embrace: the intimate musicality
__ Vals: entangling rhythm and melody
__ The turning wheel
__ "cortes y quebradas" (based on twisting consequences and musical or choreographical cuts)
__ "tango toys" (a recollection of little things we all use in order to flavor our playful communication in an easy way)

REGISTRATION (if FULLY PAID by May 31, 2009!):

Full Package (6 Workshops + 2 Milongas* + 1 practica):
$160/person
Saturday&Sunday Package (5 Workshops + MilongaVita* + 1 Practica):
$130/person
Workshop only package (Workshops 1-6):
$115/person

Limited private lesson slots will be reserved for those who sign up the earliest for the whole weekend ("Full Package") !

If you want to commit to some of the workshops by registering very early, you will save over the early or late registration prices but you will not be included in the process of selecting workshop topics!

Workshop 1 : $25/person
Workshops 2-6 : $20/person/each workshop

Pre-Milonga Group Dinner @ Cafe Parizade (Sat. night): $35/person
*For "Full" or "Saturday&Sunday" Package holders, Group Dinner (Sat. night): $25/person

No individual milonga or practica pricing is available at this time, they are included in the relevant package prices as mentioned and detailed above. Individual pricing for milonga(s) and/or practica (practica will be open to workshop attendees only!) options will be available in June and also at the door.

Registration info:

Your First & Last Name:??????????????????????????

Your gender role in the workshops (leader or follower):
Leader __ Follower __

Your address:????????????????????????????????????????????

Your e-mail:?????????????????????????????????????????????

Payment in: Check __ Cash __

Please make your check out to: Gulden OZEN and
mail it to: 5814 Henner Place, Durham, NC 27713
along with the registration information above to be received by May 31, 2009, at latest to take advantage of the "very early pricing" listed above!
Questions? Contact Gulden Ozen at:
gulden at tangovita dot net or call 919-42