[HouTango-L] Austin Workshop with Gato Valdez & Andrea Monti, Feb 19-20

Juan Carlos and Alicia Suarez alwaystango at gmail.com
Fri Jan 7 23:17:20 UTC 2011


Argentine Tango Masters 

GATO VALDEZ & ANDREA MONTI 


>From Buenos Aires 

Special Tango Workshops in Austin 

Andrea Monti and Gato Valdez, are a professional tango couple with
superb skills in tango performance and tango instruction. Since
they met in 1998, they have been continuously working together in
their native city of Buenos Aires and throughout the world. They
became one of the most solid, distinctive professional tango
couples from Buenos Aires, with an great international reputation,
pedagogical training and vast teaching experience.

Gato and Andrea have been active delegate members of the
Association of Teachers, Dancers and Choreographers of Argentine
Tango in Buenos Aires since 1999.

As a recognition to Gato and Andrea's tremendous contribution to
the practice and promotion of Argentine tango, they were selected
as official Judges for Salon Tango of the "Festival y Mundial
de Tango de Buenos Aires" (World Tango Festival and Championship
August 13-31, 2010) which is organized yearly by the Ministry of
Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

More info about the teachers: http://www.gatotango.com 

Tango I Workshop 2/19/2011 - 1:00 - 2:30pm 

Dance with style and musicality: different possibilities when
walking for parallel and cross systems; double time steps in
the walk. Use of the pause. Changes of directions. Turns. Good
resources for good navigation. Easy sequencies for the social
dance. Close and open embrace.

TangoII Workshop 2/19/2011 - 2:45 - 4:15pm 

Turns with "entradas" and stops. Technique of the
"sacada". Special moves and positions for sacadas. Technique
of the "barrida"; barridas inside the turn and from different
positions. Coordination and musicality. Line of dance. Flexibility
of the embrace. Combinations and Sequencies.

Tango Vals Workshop 2/20/2011 - 1:00 - 2:30pm 

Rhythm and musicality for vals. Figuras from cross system. Turns
with syncopation for vals; double time in the turn. Turns with
sacadas and voleos. Specific sequencies and combinations for vals.

Milonga Workshop 2/20/2011 - 2:45 - 4:15pm 

Rhythm and musicality. Close embrace and connection. Different
walks. Easy, useful and playful moves for the social dance,
leading tranfer of weight. Combinations.


Venue 
Copa Bar & Grill 

217 Congress Ave 

Austin, TX 78701 

Cost 

$25 per person for each 1.5hr Workshop 
OR all 4 Workshops for $90 

Contact 

Juan Carlos and Alicia Suarez 
512.695.1024 




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