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Chelsea Eng in Los Angeles October 5-8 & 12-15 2006

A lifelong dancer and since 1994 a devotee of Argentine tango, Chelsea Eng is a full-time professional performer, choreographer and teacher. She holds a Master's Degree in Education – Dance Specialization from Stanford University.
As head of the popular Argentine Tango Program at City College of San Francisco, she regularly teaches a semester-length credit course in Follower's Technique, which highlights the role of women in the construction of tango culture.
Chelsea's guest teaching engagements have spanned Portland, Las Vegas, Seattle, Philadelphia, Honolulu & San Diego, as well as a Carnival cruise to Ensenada, Mexico.
She will perform choreographic collaborations with Moti-Moses Buchboot in Dialogos at Hollywood's Unknown Theater October 5-8 & 12-15.
As a founding member of the all-female company Tango Con*Fusion Chelsea will perform in Leading Ladies of Tango at San Francisco's Herbst Theatre December 13-16.

FOLLOWER's TECHNIQUE – Your Response to "Just relax & don't anticipate"...
Sunday, October 8 11am-1pm $30
Beginning-Intermediate Level Location: Pacific Arts Center, 10469 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025-5031 (Between Westwood and Beverly Glen) Enter through side gate.

A Morning of Stretching, Exercises, Camaraderie & Discussion
*Come with an enthusiastic body, an open mind, breath mints & a sense of humor!
*We will stretch on the floor. Please bring a towel & dress accordingly. No skirts!
*Please bring soft, flat dance shoes (or socks) and, if desired, heels for the last portion of class.
*This particular workshop is geared for women. Closed to male participants & observers.
For Information & To Book Private Lessons (Individuals & Couples):
Chelsea Eng 415.279.8990 Moti-Moses Buchboot 310.625.6501

For the first time in the Los Angeles area 09/06/2004 - 09/12/2004 Workshop and Classes with Mariana Galassi


Mariana Galassi was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she started dancing tango more than seven years ago. Her background includes modern dance, ballet and contact improvisation. As a member of the "Ana Kamien Dance Company," she performed in Buenos Aires' most notable theatres. In 2000 she moved to New york City where she currently teaches argentine tango at Sandra Cameron Dance Center. Still based in New York, she continues to travel throughout the United States performing at different venues and giving workshops. She has also participated as a dancer and teacher in several tango festivals including the prestigious International Congress of Argentine Tango (CITA, Buenos Aires 2004) and the Boston Tango Festival (April 2004). Currently she is a member of the dance company "Fusiontango," which blends modern dance with tango.

This is Mariannas first visit to Los Angeles, do not miss the opportunity to study with this beautiful dancer.

Saturday, September 11th 2004 at the Pacific Arts Center 10469 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90025 310 481 9966 (between Westwood and Beverly Glen)
 Park at the Nextel parking lot, two doors to the East. Enter through side gate.
2:00-3:30PM Follower’s technique
The workshop is geared to solve the most common problems familiar to all followers. Usually these technical difficulties interfere with the real pleasure and joy of dance: experiencing our emotions. By studying the nature of our movements in this class, we will discover how to make them more efficient and precise. Instead of working on adornments , we are going to learn:
* how to walk with confidence and grace
* how to move freely in space
* how to take longer steps when walking, without looking like a duck
* how to do a back ocho without falling backwards
* how to make fast turns without feeling you are racing to catch up with your partner
* how to execute a beautiful sharp boleo without losing your balance
* how to twist the body like a corkscrew, using natural contraposition, yet to still maintain balance and move with long beautiful steps!!
* how to do a gancho with freedom and without feeling that you have a wooden leg
*Learn to precisely time and position sacadas, to maintain a seamless connection to your partner.

3:30-5:00pm This class focuses on the dynamic of the movement within a combination of steps. In an improvisational dance, like tango, we need to understand the concepts that allow us to freely create all kinds of graceful and precise patterns. In this class we will work with sequences that include sacadas, voleos and barridas, in order to learn how to make them effortless and fluid. To do this we will study:
*The energy and direction of the lead
*The reception of the lead from the follower and its transformation into movement
*The structure in space (architecture of the movement)
*The structure in time (timing of the movement)
Prices: $20/One class-Great Price!
$35/Two classes with advance payment
Privates lessons are also available.
Contact Moti at 310 625 6501 for more information or to pre-register.

"LIQUIDTANGO"- Caleb and Ting
For the first time in the Los Angeles area
April 19th - 26th, 2004
Caleb Cain Marcus and Ting Chin, of Liquidtango, are at the forerfont of a new generation of Argentine Tango dancers. Their innovative style pushes the traditional boundaries of tango and bestows upon it a freedom expressed through modern interpretation. Their teaching embodies a precise understanding of the underlying structure of tango, in the system developed by Gustavo Naveira and Fabian Salas, Which they can clearly convay to their students. Knowledge of this underlying structure enables their students to become dancers who can in turn contribute to the evolution of tango. Caleb and Ting are known, as teachers and performers, for their progressive thought, elegant movement, and dynamic ability. They have taught in many cities in the U.S. and upon arriving in Los Angeles they will have just finished teaching workshops at the San Francisco area after a starring role in the show "Tangomania" in New York's Thalia theatre. They are currently based in NYC at Empire Dance where they teach weekly classes and host one of the hippest milongas "Tanguera". Until recently they hosted a very popular milonga in Boston, "El Catedral." Check out their web site liquidtango.com
Please Join me in welcoming them to the Los Angeles area!

Saturday, April 24th at the Pacific Arts Center 10469 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025 310 481 9966 (between Westwood and Beverly Glan)
 Park at the Nextel parking lot, two doors to the East. Enter through side gate.
1:30pm-3:00pm - Interchanging Sacadas for both women and man (Inter/Adv) learn to precisley time and position sacadas, to maintain a seamless connection to your partner.
3:30pm-5:00pm - Colgadas (Advanced) - Finding the equilibrium with your partner to create the sensation of suspending time within the music.

Sunday, April 25th at Synthesis dance studios 4200 Lankershim Blvd. Universal City 818 754 1760
11:30am-1:00pm Dance without limits (Inter/Adv)- Lern tomove fluidly between the close and open embrace to intensify your dinamic range and musical ability.

1:30pm-3:00pm Liquid concepts (Advanced)- Cutting-Edge Combinations and Theories.

Prices: $20/One class-Great Price!
$35/Two classes with advance payment
$45/Three Classes with advance payment-Such a deal!
$55/ All classes with advance payment- Wow, Check it out!!!

Privates lessons $50/hour, one teacher, $70/hour for both teachers.
Contact Moti at 310 625 6501 for more information or to pre-register.

Name contest

We are still seeking a name for a multimedia tango project.
Please submit any ideas you have.
If chosen you will recive a variety of organic tango T-shirts, plus a private tango lesson with Moti.
Submit as many entries as you want. Contest open to anyone on planet earth
(the lesson will have to wait till you get to Los Angeles, but we will ship the T-shirts).
By March we will post the winner's name (if he/she does not object).
Please e mail entries to Moti-Moses at buchboot@earthlink.net

The Gang is getting back together to teach and perform!!!!
Come join Jaimes & Rachel, Homer & Cristina, and Moti & Carmen for Holloween weekend in San Diego.
Starting with the Pirate's Ball on Friday night and continuing with workshops on Saturday and Sunday.
For More info please go to www.bailatango.com/sd/

Kara Wenham Workshops October 25th and 26th 2003.
For the past several years Kara has been teaching and dancing professionally in Buenos Aires. Her investigation of the tango has led to a profound understanding of not only the structure of the dance, but also the distinct masculine and feminine roles, the technical elements and the fundamental connection of the embrace. As a great leader and follower she teaches these concepts with energy and enthusiasm, has an exceptional talant for communicating her ideas to the needs of each individual, and a sharp eye for detail. No matter your level , you will find that her classes provide the tools and elements one needs in order to progress. Her most influential teachers have been Robrto Herrera, Pavlo Villarraza and Dana Frigoli, Gustavo Naveira, Chicho Frumboli and Leandro Palou and Andrea Misse.

Workshops
A. The Tango Fundamentals:(Beg-Adv.) Defining and building the essential blocks for natural tango movement (this class is for all levels and highly recommended as a base class to understand the system and technique that Kara teaches).

B. Torso, hips, legs:(Beg-Adv.) Learn how natural disassociation in our own body can create an association with your partner and a fluidity in your dance.

C. Leaders and Followers Technique:(Beg-Adv.) Understanding the subtleties of the lead in order to sensitize our body and its response in the most effective way.

D. Giros:(Int-Adv.) The most challenging step in tango. We'll break apart the mystery and work on the elements that will help us better understand the Giro.

For Women (will be addressed at every class for 15 minutes)
Technique and Adornos:(Beg-Adv.) Fundamental technique for women and learn to adorn with more then just the feet!

Saturday classes
Location: Zeal Studios 11911 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles. 310 391 8860
2:00pm-3:30pm Class A*
3:30pm-5:00pm Class B*

Sunday classes**
Location: Synthesis dance Studios 4200 Lankershim Blvd. Universal City. 818 754 1760
11:00am-12:30pm Class C*
12:30pm-2:00pm Class D*

* please arrive few minuets early so we can utilize the studio to the max.
** come and join us at 3rd St. Promenade afterward from 4-8pm



December 2002
Argentine Tango Workshops With Jaimes Friedgen And Rachel Smith

"Jaimes and Rachel give more than steps and patterns. They teach the real fundamentals (accent on fun!): how to be in touch with yourself, the music, and your partner, and how to create from the ground up a heartfelt, intelligent, and creative tango. They break down the most complex aspects of tango making them accessible to all, and remind the advanced of the purity and care necessary for a single step. Besides being one of the most brilliant dance couples on the west coast they are truly great teachers who infuse their classes with warmth, enthusiasm, and creativity, respecting and inspiring many different styles of learning and abilities." Greg Rolnick, Seattle

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