[Tango-A] NA-C: Central Tango Milonguero Fest - Alicia Pons, Robert Hauk, Melina Sedo & Detlef Engel - Feb 29 - Mar 2: Urbana IL

[Tango Society of Central Illinois]

The Tango Society of Central Illinois is hosting a festival in Urbana IL the
weekend of Feb 29 - Mar 2, 2008. Our continuing focus is on tango
milonguero, the close embrace tango danced in the milongas of Buenos Aires.
Tango festivals in Urbana are recognized as fun, inspiring, educational, and
relaxing events that bring together dancers from all over the Midwest and
beyond.

For this festival we have a distinguished teaching team:

- Alicia Pons (Buenos Aires) is a popular instructor who shows how the tango
of Buenos Aires milongas can be a most elegant dance, rich with style,
musicality, and creativity for both men and women. She is highly respected
role model for women's style, and is effective in communicating to men the
skills they needs to provide women an enjoyable dance experience.  She is
well known for being responsible for transforming the dance of many men and
women tangueros to have greater sensitivity to one's partner.

- Robert Hauk (Portland OR), with years of dancing and teaching experience,
including numerous trips to Buenos Aires, communicates essential skills for
thriving in crowded milongas, emphasizing technique, navigation,
improvisation and musicality throughout. The strong foundation skills of
many dancers of tango milonguero in the US can be traced to study with
Robert. Robert's extensive knowledge and appreciation of tango music also
makes him one of the tango DJs in highest demand for tango festivals in the
US.

- Melina Sedo & Detlef Engel (Saarbruecken, Germany), through their teaching
and performances, are recognized for their favorable impact on the growth
and development of close embrace tango in Germany, France, and Luxembourg
where they teach regularly, as well as throughout Europe in their
participation in tango festivals. They bring a unique flair in showing in
their performances how social tango can be expressive and creative, while at
the same time emphasizing the importance of technique in their teaching.

Details of our program will be announced soon. Links to web sites of the
instructors and videos of their performances are available from:

http://www.centraltango.com/TangoInstruction/2008CentralTangoFestHomePage.htm


Mark your calendar for a great weekend of tango milonguero in Urbana. We
look forward to seeing you.

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