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This week, fireworks from Colombia! Edwin Cardenas and Tanya Gutierrez
Get a taste on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgKh5fgE_Ik
8.30pm classes included with admission:
Upper level with Tanya and Edwin
Intermediate with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul
More about our stars:
Edwin and Tanya from Medellin, Colombia, have been professional dancers of salon and show tango since 2007. They are part of the most renowned Colombian tango dance ensemble "A Puro Tango". They have been finalists in several tango competitions in Colombia, Spain and Argentina. They trained with world class maestros including Roberto Herrera, Ernesto Balmaceda & Estela Baez, Martin Ojeda & Eliana Sanchez, Alejandra Mantinian, Aoniken Quiroga, Daniel Nacucchio, Sebastian Achaval, Diego Benavidez y Nachata Agudelo.
Join us at Tango Lounge this Friday for a milonga class and performance with Mike Eblen and Vanja Modzelewski.
Mike was Alex Krebs's right hand during his wildly successful workshops this past weekend. Come support fresh talent, and have a great time!
8.30pm Classes included with milonga admission:
Milonga class with Mike and Vanja, intermediate and up
Intermediate with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul
Midnightish performance by Mike & Vanja
Mike Eblen stumbled across an Argentine Tango class in 2007, and he stumbled through his first few lessons. What started as a casual hobby eventually snowballed into a full-on obsession. Weekly group classes in Asheville, North Carolina were not enough.
If you asked Mike where the turning point was, he would probably tell you it fell somewhere between driving twelve hours for a weekend festival and putting his chances of graduating college on time at risk so he could fit in a trip to Portland for Valentango.
Mike has studied privately with a plethora of world renowned teachers including Alex Krebs, Tomas Howlin, Brigitta Winkler, Homer and Cristina Ladas and Robin Thomas to just name a few.
Mike’s philosophy on tango revolves around an emphasis on pure kinesthetic communication. He works to empower both the leader and the follower to take control of their own voice within the dance.
Mike is available for private lessons in NY from Sept 14 until the 24th. Contact Mike at:
828-606-6783 mikeeblentango@gmail.com
Vanja Modzelewski is a highly experienced dancer in both - open and in close embrace. Her proficiency in the various styles of tango along with her sophisticated musicality has made her one of the better known female dancers in the US. Vanja's dance style is characterized with fluidity and sensual elegance. She has a profound knowledge of movements and partner connection and is a sought after lead who has been teaching group and private classes in tango with a partner and on her own for over 8 years. Currently Vanja is working together with Alexis Rosen. During the past years, among others, she has taught and performed with Constantin Rueger (Germany), Robin Thomas (NY), Murat Erdemsel (Washington, DC), Ney Melo (San Francisco), Hernan Brizuela (Buenos Aires), Armando Orzuza (Buenos Aires) and Junior Cervila (Buenos Aires).
This week learn chacarera with the fabulous Alex Krebs from Portland!
Alex is in town for Nocturne and workshops (almost sold out) and the excitement starts at Tango Lounge on Friday at 8.30.
Classes included with admission at 8.30pm
Chacarera with Alex Krebs
Intermediate tango with Jennifer
Beginners with Paul Pellicoro
Alex will perform with Rebecca Shulman around midnight
DJ Tine
The workshop details are on this website
www.newyorktangoclub.com
Pre-registration is required, only a few spots are still available. It is highly unlikely we can accommodate walk-ins, sorry
About Alex
Alex has been teaching Argentine Tango worldwide since 1998, including performances in Buenos Aires. He has run his all-Argentine tango studio, Tango Berretin, in Portland, Oregon since 2001 and has also studied the bandoneon since 2001, currently directing his sextet.
He is completely fanatic about the dance, and shares his passion with his students. He teaches for the social dance floor, emphasizing the improvisational side of the dance through a strong communication between the lead and follow and on musicality. Alex strives to give his students the vocabulary necessary so that each person can find their own unique way of dancing -- dancing the tango of their own body.
This week join us at Tango Lounge for another premiere: Yamila Viana partnering with Alexis Rosen!
830pm classes are included with admission
Upper level with Yamila and Alexis
Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul Pellicoro
midnight perfomrance with Yamlia and Alexis
DJ Tine
More about our artists:
Yamila Viana is a versatile and innovative dancer focusing on the quality of movement derived from various dance disciplines. She has a deep understanding of rhythmic dances such as jazz, flamenco, Latin, Capoeira, Argentine and Latin folk dances. Her curiosity to gain ore knowledge in dance led her to aerial dance and tango. With a strong background in classical and contemporary dance, Yamila joined the National Ballet Company in Buenos Aires in 1998. She performed and toured with the company throughout Latin America and Europe.
For 14 years tango has formed an integral part of Yamila's dance world. Her skills as a professional performer are Incorporated into her teaching method. Her teaching style is suitable for dancers of all ages and skill levels, from social to professional. Yamila shares with her students her experience in rhythm, musicality, interpretation, improvisation, creativity and emotion in the dance.
In 2007, Yamila moved to Italy and began teaching in Venice and Rome in addition to participating in numerous tango festivals.
For the next few years, Yamila will share her teaching experience between New York and Buenos Aires.
Alexis Rosen has been dancing Tango for nine years, and teaching for the last four. He first gained notice as an original and creative leader of Tango Nuevo. However, in the last couple of years he has focused closely on close embrace as well. Alexis believes that great dance is built on musicality, connection to the partner, and fundamental movement technique. Many of his classes start with a specific sequence of movements, which are then used to explore those three topics in depth.The first teachers to strongly influence Alexis were Robin Thomas and Mario Consiglieri. While he has learned from numerous other teachers in Buenos Aires and the U.S. since then, the biggest influence on his dance comes from the many great followers he has danced with, including his partner Vanja.
