[Tango-A] NA-E: Homer Ladas & Cristina Navarro-Ladas Pittsburgh April 19-23

Sun Apr 15 13:20:13 EDT 2007

Homer Ladas & Cristina Navarro-Ladas – Pittsburgh April
19-23

  HOMER LADAS is an inventive enthusiast of the popular
"New Tango" school while also reflecting the traditional
roots of the dance.   He has been dancing tango obsessively
since 1997 and teaching full-time since 2002.   He focuses
on a fusion of open and close embrace tango ideologies
while emphasizing the social aspects of connection,
musicality, and floorcraft.  Homer also enjoys and works
hard at deejaying both traditional and alternative tango
mixes.  In addition, he is a founding member of the
non-profit group Project Tango which endeavors to promote
tango as a social dance and evolving art form in our world
culture while building and maintaining individual &
community integrity, balance, and respect.

  As teachers, Homer and his wife Cristina are committed to
creating a positive class environment where small
epiphanies can & do occur in their students.   It has been
said, on more than one occasion, that few dancing couples
improvise with such skill, personality, and fluidity of
movement.   Married since May 2002 they continue to explore
deeper facets of their relationship to each other and to
tango.

  For more on Homer including videos of class concepts and
deejaying tips, visit his webpage at
http://www.organictangosf.info/index_SF.shtml

MILONGA X
Saturday, April 21, 9:30pm-1:30pm

Ditch the suits and pearls!  Get creative with how you
dress!  X-press the real you or an alternative you!

DJ Greg Messina
3519 Butler Street, Pittsburgh
(Press the Rob Clark buzzer)
$10

THURSDAY, APRIL 19
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(Margaret Morrison Hall, Room 202, Carnegie-Mellon
University)
8:00-9:00pm  X-SESSION: SACADAS.  A thematic creative
exploration session.   Homer & Cristina will provide the
guidance and seeds for dancers to get really creative with
sacadas.   Homer & Cristina will also use this time to get
to know the community and tailor the weekend workshops
accordingly.  Another X-Session is planned with the women’s
sacada’s workshop on Sunday as a followup.  $5
Non-students, free for students.   

9:00-11:00pm CMU Practica.  Free and open to all.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20 (Wilkins School)
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7:30-8:00pm  REGISTRATION & WARMUP
8:00-9:30pm  1. STOPS, CATCHES, & GRABS (All levels).  A
guided exploration of stops, catches, and grabs to add
spice to your dance.

SATURDAY, APRIL 21 (Wilkins School)
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**Note:  We must finish up by 5pm!  Please be on time.**

11:30am-Noon  REGISTRATION & WARMUP

Noon-1:30pm  2. ELASTICITY, GROUNDEDNESS, & LOOSE WOMEN
(Int).  Students will work on feeling solidly connected to
the floor and using that floor connection in addition to an
intelligently malleable frame to generate action and
reaction. Followers will work to create a toned looseness
in the free leg so that leaders can (and will in this
workshop) play with movements that stem from this grounded
looseness.  Upstairs.

1:45-3:10pm  3. THE FLEXIBLE EMBRACE(Int/Adv) Transitioning
from close to open to close embrace.  In the Basement.

3:30- 4:55pm  4. THREE FLAVORS OF OCHOS – FROM PLAIN TO
IMPLUSE (Int/Adv).  The development of leader/follower Ocho
technique from simple to more complex based on need. Their
use from close-embrace to open and overturned will be
explored.  In the Basement.

SUNDAY, APRIL 22 (Wilkins School)
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1:30-3:00pm  5. WOMEN’S SACADAS (Int/Adv).  One theory will
be developed that makes it easier to understand and apply
Women’s Sacadas (front, side, back) in a variety of
different positions.  In the Basement.

3:30-5:00pm  6. PIAZZOLLA AND BEYOND (Adv).  A practical
guide to dancing to non-traditional rhythms, accents, &
melody. 

Workshop Cost
1 class
$25     
2 classes
$45
3 classes
$65
4 classes
$80
5 classes
$95
6 classes
 $110

EARLY BIRD:  10% off if paid/postmarked by Tues, April 17.
TRAVELERS:  10% off if traveling 100+ miles
EARLY TRAVELERS:  15% off for Travelers paid/postmarked by
Tues, April 17.
HOST:  10% off per guest hosted.

Credit cards accepted through PayPal.  Send PayPal payments
to seancosgrove66 at yahoo.com

Private Lessons
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Privates with Homer are $80/hour for single or couples. 
Studio rental fee of $15 if necessary.  Contact Trini at
412-521-1476 or patangos at yahoo.com to schedule.

Wilkins School & Community Center
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7604 Charleston Ave
WSCC is located off Exit 7 (Edgewood/Swissvale) of I-376.
Travel towards Edgewood on S. Braddock Avenue. Turn left
onto Sanders Avenue. Turn left onto Milton Avenue (1
block).

For more information, contact Trini at patangos at yahoo.com
or 412-521-1476.

---------  REGISTRATION FORM  (print this part) ----------

NAME:

ADDRESS:

PHONE:

EMAIL:

___ Leader
___ Follower

WORKSHOPS:

____ Fri. – 1. Stops, Catches, & Grabs
____ Sat. – 2. Elasticity, Groundedness, & Loose Women
____ Sat. – 3. The Flexible Embrace
____ Sat. – 4. Three Flavors of Ochos
____ Sun. – 5. Women’s Sacadas
____ Sun. – 6. Piazzolla and Beyond
____ Milonga X $10

  Send checks payable to 
  Trini Regaspi
  3 Musgrave St.
  Pittsburgh, PA  15207

PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society 
Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburgh's most popular social dance. 
http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ 

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