Wednesday, April 18, 2012

April 20: Monica Paz !



Join your friends at Tango Lounge this week for a class with Monica Paz and a performance by Monica and Steve Cook!


8.30pm classes included with admission:
Upper Level Class by Monica Paz
Intermediate with Jennifer Wesnousky
Beginners with Paul Pellicoro

Performance by Monica and Steve Cook around midnight.

DJ Tine

More about our stars...

Mónica Paz received a specialized educational in tango, thus making her one of the very few instructors of tango with an academic training. Because of her didactics, pedagogy and vast experience as a teacher and as a dancer, she is highly recognized in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Washington DC, New York, New Jersey (the USA), The Hague (Holland), Antwerp (Belgium) among others cities where frequently she is invited to offer classes, workshops and performances of tango.
Mónica has a vast teaching experience as follower and leader. She has developed an effective basic method of teaching, both for followers and for leaders, with which the students acquire the solid bases that are functional and universal in tango that will allow them to understand and incorporate the technique and to enable them to develop a personal dance.
Mónica masters the technique of the Tango Salon, of the Milonguero Style, the Vals Cruzado and the Milonga. In addition, she specializes in Technique for followers and has taught many classes and workshops on this subject.

Steven Cook has performed and/or taught with Carina Moeller, Monica Paz, Brigitta Winkler and Sabina Wolfson. He has taught for Triangulo, Tango Cafe, and Ukraine in New York City. He is resident instructor for Asada Milonga and has taught for Pocono Tango, Firehouse Tango, and at festivals such as Tango Extravaganza, Slovenia Tango Camp as well as in Berlin and Portugal. Steven began his career as a dancer with Chicago Ballet. He later danced with the Houston Ballet and on Broadway in the musical “Doonesbury”. Steven has been teaching movement to actors at the Stella Adler Studio since 1995 where he has directed over 30 plays. He has been a guest teacher/director for National Shakespeare Conservatory, National Theater of the Deaf, and Cirque du Soleil.