[Tango-A] NA-W: Andres Amarilla in Southern California, Jan. 29 - March 9, 2007

[Meredith Klein]

Andres Amarilla will complete a 6-week residency in Southern
California from Jan. 29 - March 9, with classes & practicas in Santa
Barbara, Ojai and Los Angeles.  Details below.  Andres and Meredith
will return to the US together for a 10-city tour from September
through November.  (More details on the tour coming soon.)

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Classes & Practica in Goleta (next to Santa Barbara)
Fridays Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, and Mar. 2
6 - 7:30 pm: five secrets to make all tango steps work (all levels)
7:30 - 9 pm: pushing the envelope (all levels)
9 - 10 pm: practica
single class: $20
two classes in one night: $35
series of all 10 classes: $150 (to be paid at the first class)
practica: $5 (free if attending class)
Goleta Valley Community Center, 5679 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA (805-967-1237)
Questions? email Andres at andresamarilla at gmail.com

Classes in Ojai
Mondays Feb. 5 & 19 and Mar. 5
6 - 7:30 pm: unlocking simple and complex turns (all levels)
7:30 - 8 pm: practica
each class: $20
practica: by donation (free if attending class)
Ojai Art Center (in the gallery), 113 South Montgomery, Ojai, CA
8 - 10 pm: Casual "Milonga" (free) after each practica, around the corner at:
Los Caporales Restaurant, 307 East Ojai Ave., Ojai (805-646-5452)
Questions? contact Stephen Bauer at 805-646-7355 or sbauer at west.net

Classes in Los Angeles
Feb. 24 - 28
for details, see:
http://casadepractica.com/2006Update/Fancy/FancyAndresalone.html#

Private lessons
Email Andres at andresamarilla at gmail.com to schedule

Andres Amarilla
Although only 30 years old, Andres Amarilla is celebrating 20 years
dancing tango in 2007. As a child and teenager, Andres studied with
and performed in the dance companies of legends Gustavo Naveira, Juan
Carlos Copes and Rodolfo Dinzel. As a young adult, he participated in
the creation of nuevo tango in closed rehearsals organized by Fabian
Salas and attended by Gustavo Naveira, Chicho Frumboli, Mauricio
Castro, Milo Quadros Smith, and other international stars. Andres has
performed over 70 times at Buenos Aires milongas, including 20
performances with the legendary Geraldine Rojas.

Andres launched his international career in 2006, leaving students in
19 cities marveling at his ability to make the most complex concepts
and movements accessible—even easy. Equally versed in "traditional"
and "nuevo" tango, Andres teaches a solid, consistent movement
technique that works for any step, from the most simple walk to the
cross, to the most challenging colgada. As an example, one Santa
Barbara student recently sent an email with a remarkable observation:
by applying a simple set of three rules that Andres had given him
during a series of private lessons, he and his partner had found that
they were now able to solve any problem that came up in their dance on
their own. By giving students the tools to solve their own problems,
Andres helps them go beyond being perpetual tango students to become
tango dancers in their own right.

In 2007, Andres will teach on three continents and reach students in
over 20 tango communities, including Buenos Aires, Belo Horizonte
(Brazil), Nicosia (South Cyprus), Ercan (North Cyprus), Istanbul, Los
Angeles, San Francisco, and many more. While Andres will be teaching
on his own in Southern California this winter, he will tour the rest
of the year with his partner and wife, Meredith Klein.

For more information on Andres, as well as videos, see http://andresamarilla.com

For even more videos featuring Andres, see:
http://www.tangovideoproject.com/cgi-bin/video.pl?TAG:PEOPLE=AndresAmarilla