[Tango-A] NA-C: Urbana IL: Feb 9-14: Registration for Alicia Pons, Robert Hauk Milonguero Tango Week(end)

[Tango Society of Central Illinois]

Advance Registration Deadline: Wed Feb 7

Prepare for a weekend (Feb 9-11) of delectable tango in close embrace
in Urbana IL, led by Alicia Pons from Buenos Aires and Robert Hauk
from Portland OR, expert instructors and dancers of the milonguero
style of tango. This weekend will focus on the 'Inner Tango' of
communication between man and woman, the conversation of lead and
follow and connection that is characteristic of the milongas of Buenos
Aires. Your tango will improve, and so may your partnership. This may
be essential preparation for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

There will be milongas Friday and Saturday night and workshops Friday
through Sunday to focus you on what makes tango unique, as a special
dance of close connection of man and woman with each other and with
the music. As a special treat, Alicia and Robert will together offer
their perspectives on the tango partnership, in their co-taught Sunday
(3 hr) workshop "Tango for the Woman's Enjoyment: Leader and Follower
Interaction". A man dances tango for the woman, doesn't he? And the
woman provides her own input into the partnership, doesn't she?
Although you do not have to enroll with a partner for this workshop,
in order to assure gender parity, we are requiring advance
registration, limiting enrollment to 20 couples, and giving
registration priority to men and women enrolling together (whatever
relationship you have together outside the workshop is your own
private business). [If you are enrolling with a partner but paying
separately, name your partner on your registration form.]

In addition to securing a place in the Sunday workshop, advance
enrollment carries other benefits, including discounts (e.g., $100 for
Weekend Pass, $60 for students, subtract $10 if traveling > 100 mi.),
priority for private lessons, as well as not having to wait in line at
registration. Registrations are already coming in from all around the
Midwest, but we want to remind you that the deadline for receipt of
advance registration is only a little over one week away - Wed Feb 7.

For dancers new to the milonguero style tango, there is  a special
'Milonguero Training Pass' ($60, $40 students). It includes a 2 hr
'Intensive Introduction to Tango in Close Embrace' workshop Friday
evening with Tango Society of Central Illinois instructors Ron Weigel
& Susana Vazquez Weigel and a 3 hr 'Core of Milonguero Tango' workshop
on Saturday afternoon with Robert Hauk, plus the Friday and Saturday
night milongas. Dancers with basic training (> 6 hr) in close embrace
tango may substitute the "Milonguero Tango Technique" classes with
Alicia (for women) and Robert (for men) Friday evening, and still
benefit from Robert's Saturday afternoon workshop aimed at dancers who
know tango, but feel the need to work on the connecting the
foundations of the milonguero style tango repertoire and technique in
order to be comfortable on the crowded dance floor.

Details of the Milonguero Tango Weekend, as well as REGISTRATION
FORMS, are available on our web page:

http://www.centraltango.com/TangoInstruction/AliciaRobertWorkshopsFeb07.htm

All events are at the Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W Stoughton,
Urbana, which has modern dance facilities. There is ample free parking
adjacent to the event site. There are also numerous affordable hotels
and restaurants within 5-10 minutes of the event site. Housing with
local dancers may also be available upon request, with priority given
to students and those registering for the Weekend Pass.

We look forward to seeing you in Urbana Feb 9-11. Get ready to meet a
friendly tango community affiliated with the University of Illinois,
as well as numerous dancers from around the Midwest who repeatedly
attend our tango weekends. See why they keep on coming back. See why
Alicia and Robert attract so many dancers wherever they go.

Ron Weigel & Susana Vazquez Weigel
Tango Society of Central Illinois
Urbana IL