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This week Lounge is part of the first Big Apple Tango Festival!
We are therefore excited to welcome all the stars of the Festival:
Sol Alzamora and Leandro Capparelli,
Daniela Pucci and Luis Bianchi,
Carolina Jaurena and Andres Bravo
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| Sol and Leandro |
Incidentally this is Daniela and Luis's last weekend in New York!
8.30pm Pre-milonga classes :
Upper level with Daniela and Luis
Intermediate with Jennifer
Beginners with Tine
Performances by the 3 couples around midnight
DJ Tine
Info about the stars is at http://www.bigappletangofestival.com/
Join Helen la Vikinga and Leonardo Sardella this week at Lounge for a lesson and performance.
DJ Tine
Be unfazed by the heat: we have powerful A/C!
***SPECIAL THIS WEEK: 2-for-1 admission before 9.45! Bring a friend for free or share the savings!
Tango Lounge offers 3 lessons at 8.30pm, one for each level, so you can learn at your own level with other people of your level, and the price is right too (it's included free with admission)!
* Upper level with our guest artists of the week
* Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
* Beginners with Paul Pellicoro
Midnight performance with Helen and Leo.
More about our stars:
Helen La Vikinga is originally from Iceland but has been living abroad for 20 years: about 15 years in Sweden, 1 year in Chile, and now Argentina since 2005. Helen loves the Argentine Tango! Not only the dance, but the music, the poetry, the teaching, the exhibitions.... She has taught tango, milonga and chacarera since 2000 with dancers such as German Gentile, Victor Hugo Diaz, Miguel Romero, Omar Vega and many others. Helen teaches and performs at festivals and events all over the world, including New York City, Chicago, Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Buenos Aires. Her work has also branched into an audio visual projects, poetry, musicals and a television production. Helen organizes milongas that feature live music and dance performances, and trips for tango lovers to Argentina. She has also created a line of elegant dance shoes called "La Vikinga Shoes and Sneakers."
Leonardo Sardella from Buenos Aires has trained in various dance styles, including jazz, ballet, Argentine Folklore traditional dance, Latin and Arabic Dances, and Argentine Tango. He has trained at various schools such as the University of Tango, the Argentine School of Tango and DNI Tango, where his master teachers included: Javier Rodriguez, Carlos Copello, Jorge Firpo, Maria y Carlos Rivarola, Cristina Cortes, Nicolas Cobos-Paola Jean Jean, Dana Frigoli-Pablo Villarraza, Mora Godoy, Junior Cervila, Fabian Peralta, Sabrina y Ruben Veliz, Juan Balois Pardo, Miguel Angel Coria.
He has performed in many dance productions as a principal dancer or guest artist, has taught tango master classes at the renowned schools Argentinean Academies Escuela Argentina de Tango and Escuela Nacional de Arte Leopoldo Marechal, and is an acclaimed singer-songwriter. Leonardo is currently a choreographer and featured dancer in "Cacho Castagna."
This week Lounge welcomes Tomas Howlin (Arg/Montreal) and Shorey Myers (SF) for a class and performance.
This weekend Tomas and Shorey are teaching workshops at Chelsea Studios (details below).
830pm classes included with admission to Tango Lounge:
Upper level with Tomas and Shorey
Intermediate with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul
Midnight performance with Tomas and Shorey
DJ Tine
More about our artists:
Tomas is a teacher of teachers. Between Tomas and Shorey, the pedagogical skills are amazing. What they teaches will stick! Plus, it's stuff you will actually use at the milonga. Amaze yourself!
For more info, click here: http://newyorktangoclub.com/artists.html.
WORKSHOPS THIS WEEKEND AT CHELSEA STUDIOS
Join Tomas Howlin and Shorey Myers for some mind-boggling insights on how to take your tango to the next level, and be cleverly entertained in the process.
Saturday June 16
3pm Timeless Tango Gems: A brief collection of handy, forgotten classics (interm + up)
4.30pm Enlaces: Entangling sacadas (interm + interm-adv)
Sunday June 17
3pm New Catch Dynamics: Orbiting your dance (interm + up)
4.30pm Vertigo in Intimacy - close-embrace colgadas (int + interm-adv)
All workshops are 90 minutes.
Online Registration click
http://newyorktangoclub.com/register.html
Location:
Chelsea Studios 151 West 26th St 5th floor, between 6 and 7 Ave.
Brought to you by Tine Herreman and Robin Thomas.
This week Tango Lounge will sizzle with the dynamic duo of John Erban and Clarissa Sanchez from Venezuela! John and Clarissa were in NY once before and left a lasting impression, we are so excited to have them back with us!
8.30pm Upper level class with John and Clarissa
Intermediates with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul
ALL CLASSES INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION!
Midnight performance with John and Clarissa
DJ Tine :)
About our stars:
John Erban and Clarissa Sanchez are the most representative tango couple in Venezuela, as teachers and choreographers. Their versatility lets them be at home both on a social dance floor and on a stage. They perform beautifully.
John has toured Asia, Europe and Latin America teaching Salon Tango workshops. John won the 3rd place in the World Tango Championship 2008 in Argentina at the “Salon Tango” Category, the 6th place at the Japan Tango Open 2008 and together they represented Venezuela in the 8th World Tango Festival celebrated in Bariloche.
