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Sharing our love for Argentine Tango

Archive for June, 2007

New classes in July

Beginners II:

Schedule: Wednesdays 8-10pm for 4 weeks (11, 18, 25 July and 1 August).

Cost: $140 per person ($120 for full-time students), payable at first class by cash.
Starting on 11 July (registrations close on 7 July).

Focus classes

1. Women’s techniques for developing a dynamic and graceful walk. This class will be restricted to women only.

Schedule: Sunday 15 July (Note the change to Sunday!)
1pm - 2.30pm : Exercises for leg extensions and correct weight shifts when walking.
3pm - 4.30pm : Expressiveness in walking, plus some embellishments.

Cost: $15 per person for each session.
Pre-requisites: Students who have completed our Beginners I, or has 2-6 months exposure to Tango. Please bring a pair of socks for the class as we will be doing some exercises without shoes.

2. Techniques for turns.

Schedule: Sunday 29 July. (registrations close on 21 July)
1pm - 2.30pm : Compact turns that can be executed on the spot, to both clock-wise and anti-clockwise directions; suitable for dancing in both open- or close-embrace. We will explore elements which allows a couple to execute turns smoothly.
3pm - 4.30pm :Turns while continuing to move forward, and using some elements of turning on a shared axis. We will explore dynamics and how to handle dance space.

Cost: $15 per person for each session.
Pre-requisites: Students who have completed our Beginners II, good command of giro (also known as molinete) and ochos (women), understanding of torsion in turns (for men and women).

Please register in advance because we normally limit each class to a maximum of about 6 couples to maximise your learning experience. Student concessions for full-time students available for all classes.

Posted by Louis on June 28th, 2007

Coming up in July

Milongas

Date: Saturday 7 July, 21 July.
Time: 9pm - 2am.
Cost: SG$15 per person, includes non-alcoholic drinks and snacks.

Guided Practicas (every Tuesday and Thursday)

Time: 8pm - 11pm.
Cost: SG$8 per person.

Theme: “Tango Tips from Buenos Aires” with Isaac Ho

  • 26 June: Musicality: Playing with the Rhythmic Elements in the Music
  • 29 June: Ocho Cortardo Variations: Opening Up the Embrace and Walking Forwards Together
  • 3 July: Injecting Dynamic Energy in the Dance: Running Around the Lady and Letting her Run Around You
  • 5 July: Giros - Playing with Turns
  • 10 July: Self-practice
  • 12 July: Milonga fundamentals (Lisa and Traspie)
  • 17 July: Vals: The suspended feeling
  • 19 July: Musicality: Going slow, expressing the melody in tango
  • 24 July: Dancing calmly; enjoying a comfortable embrace and navigating in a crowd
  • 26 July: Ochos & variations
  • 31 July: Practical Social Dancing Tips - final guided practica from Isaac, so don’t miss it!

Posted by Louis on June 28th, 2007