The next Milonga at the Vancouver Maritime Museum is on February 25th, 2012
Please scroll down to see details. Time 1) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Class (A): Body Mechanics, no partner is required. 2) 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Class (B): Fun Steps & Sequences
3) 9:00 pm - 12:30 am Milonga:
Fees $15 one class and milonga (special rate $50 for a series of four class 'A' or 'B' to be paid in full on the first class) $25 classes A & B and milonga (special rate $80 for a series of four class 'A' & 'B' to be paid in full on the first class) $10 milonga only 2012 Class Series Program Overview - All materials will be demonstrated in close-embrace dance hold Series 1: Jan 14, 28, Feb 11, 25 (A) Tango Basic - For those who are new to tango and those who want to refine their footworks i. Basic 16 Exercise: Leader's eight steps starting with the right foot & follower's eight steps starting with the left foot as a continuous exercise by oneself. Emphasis will be on the mechanics of each step. ii. Molinette Exercise: Emphasis will be on the torso rotation, contra-body positioning, timing and footwork iii. Giro & Ocho Exercises: Emphasis will be on the axis, torso and contra-body positioning iv. Enrrosque Exercises: Emphasis will be on variations to initiate a giro with cross-knee (a) in clockwise and counter-clockwise directions and (b) from stationary position and from dynamic transitions (B) Transitions - All the little things that we do before going into a move - "setting it up creatively" i. Syncopated Side Steps: precursor to (a) changing between parallel and cross system (b) sandwich and reverse sandwich (c) mirrored molinette (d) front boleo and inside gancho (e) linear barridas & bicycle (f) inside circular barridas ii. Parallel & Cross Mordida (Sandwich Steps): precursor to (a) colgada (b) gancho (c) leg wraps (d) volcada (e) calesita (f) arrastre iii. Forward & Back Crosses (L&R): precursor to (a) sacada/molinette (b) enrrosque/molinette (c) giro/barrida (d) sacada/forward ocho iv. Traspie & Pica: (a) in open and in cross postion (b) precursor to (i) changing between parallel and cross system (ii) sacada (iii) enrrosque Series 2: Mar 10, 24, Apr 14, 28 (A) Leads & Follows i. Refining the Tango Walk (foward & backward), points of contact with the floor and with the foot ii. Torso-rotation & Leg-swing Synchronization iii. Personal Axis and Shared Axis iv. Dance Hold & Posture (B) Sacadas i. Parallel (R-L or L-R) & Cross (R-R or L-L) System Inside Sacadas ii. Outside Back Sacadas in Parallel System iii. Triple Inside Back Sacadas in Cross System iv. Combinations of mixing Sacadas and enrrosques Series 3: May 12, 26, Jun 9, 23 (A) Contrabody movements i. in Ochos ii. in Back Sacadas iii. in Circular Barridas iv. in Molinette & Enrrosques (B) Molinette, Enrrosques, Lapis and Needle i. setting up with a forward cross (clockwise rotation) ii. setting up with a backward (clockwise rotation) iii. setting up with a forward cross (counter-clockwise rotation) iv. setting up with a backward cross (counter-clockwise rotation) Series 4: Sep 8, 22, Oct 13, 27 (A) Vals i. Basic turn steps ii. Straight Walk to accented beat and syncopated beats iii. Turn steps to syncopated beats iv. Rock step sequence (B) Volcadas & Colgadas i. Support and Gravity in Volcadas ii. Adding barridas within a Volcadas iii. Support and Gravity in on-axis Colgadas iv. Off-axis Colgadas Series 5: Nov 10, 24, Dec 8, 22
(A) Milonga i. Basic Box ii. Grape Vine to the Left and to the Right iii. Heel-Toe Grape Vine iv. Open and close promenade forward and backward (B) Ganchos, Wraps, & Barridas i. Emphasize the down step in Ganchos ii. Wrap likes a piece of rope iii. Circular Barridas to Cross Sandwich to inside Wrap iv. Four-way Ganchos, Left and Right Wraps with a surprise ending Notes (A) Topics - posture (extension of the torso and neck line), circle of balance, step sizes, natural walk vs. tango walk, points of contact with the floor and alignment of the common axis, pendulum in our body, natural swing in the movement, axis, standing leg vs. swing leg, using gravity vs. forcing the swing leg, linear swing vs. circular swing, grounded movement vs. reaching, molinette exercise (contrabody movement positioning - CBMP), enrrosque & giro exercises (disassociation movement between torso and hip), traspie exercises, basic 16 exercises (leader & follower sequence together starting with the right foot), basic 32 exercises (leader & follower sequence together with mirror-side), basic vals turn, basic milonga box steps, syncopated steps, how not to dance milonga & vals like a tango and navigation techniques (dancing on the spot [blocked at the front] and swap position with the dancers behind [pressed at the back]). (B) Topics - transition steps: cross steps, parallel vs. cross sandwich steps, syncopated side steps, etc. - sequences: sacadas & ochos, molinette and enrrosques, volcadas, colgadas, ganchos, wraps, barridas, Parking Passes Availability - First come first serve (40 stalls)
Contact Steven & Joanna at
Cell: (604) 671-4363
Email:
|