[Tango-A] NA-W: Avik and Yelena with Trio Folias in Albuquerque, Feb. 29-March 2, 2008

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Join us for part one of a year-long celebration of our 10th anniversary!

The Tango Club of Albuquerque Presents:
   
Avik & Yelena with Trio Folias

Registration form is now online at:
http://www.abqtango.org/special.html

Seven workshop classes and 2 live music milongas:
   
February 29-March 2, 2008
  
Lloyd Shaw Dance Center, 5506 Coal Ave. SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Friday February 29 
  7:30 ­ 9:00 pm: What color is your tango? (All Levels, Avik & Yelena)
  9:00 ­ 11:00 pm: Live Music Milonga with Trio Folias

Saturday, March 1  
  1:30 ­2:45 pm: Instant Musicality (All Levels, Avik & Yelena)
  3:00 ­ 4:15 pm: Secret Ochos from Buenos Aires (Intermediate)
  4:30 ­ 5:30 pm: Interesting Rhythms in Tango (Trio Folias/Musicality)
  
 
Saturday night live music milonga at the Old Mission Church in Corrales with
Trio Folias, 8:00pm-midnight. ($20 at the door / $15 with weekend package)

 
Sunday, March 2   
  1:30 ­ 2:45 pm: Milonga! (Intermediate/Advanced, Avik & Yelena)
  3:00 ­ 4:15 pm: Volcadas for the Social Dance Floor (Advanced)
  4:30 ­ 5:30 pm: Rhythmic Options for Vals (Trio Folias/Musicality)
  
 
Sunday night milonga at Kelly's Brew Pub, 7:30-11:00pm (FREE)
Guest DJ: Avik Basu

 
Full weekend package price only $125 (save $40!)
 
For a-la-carte class prices and more information, visit our web site at:
http://www.abqtango.org/special.html

Or e-mail: info at abqtango.org

Lodging with local dancers may be available.

Yelena Sinelnikova and Avik Basu are two of several instructors who have
helped to develop the Ann Arbor tango community. They specialize in close
embrace social tango emphasizing connection, musicality, and navigation, all
of which inspire improvisation. Their classes are designed to help you enjoy
the process of finding your own tango while respecting the traditions of
this century old dance. In addition to their regular classes in Ann Arbor,
they have also been featured instructors in Denver (at the Denver Labor Day
Milonguero Tango Festival), Cleveland, Pittsburgh, New York, and most
recently Mumbai, India. Despite this considerable experience, they continue
to have a vivid memory of what it was like to start learning this dance and
this aids their teaching in a profound way. More than anything else, they
wish to infect their students with their passion for this dance. Many
talented teachers have helped Yelena and Avik in the quest for their tango,
including Cacho Dante, Robert Hauk, Alex Krebs, Hsueh-Tze Lee, Susana
Miller, Christopher Nassopoulos & Caroline Peattie, Tom Stermitz, Robin
Thomas, and Brigitta Winkler. And in great measure, these two instructors
have been guided by their experiences with their many talented students.
Avik, who is bandoneonist for Trio Folios, is also nationally known as a
tango DJ.
 
Carmen Maret and Andrew Bergeron are founding community organizers &
teachers in the Grand Rapids Tango community. Together with Avik Basu, they
have performed as Tango Folias throughout the US over the past four years.

Carmen (flute) began dancing tango and performing tango with the Kansas
City, Missouri based group, Tango Lorca in 2001. Later, she studied tango as
an ethnomusicology Masters student at Michigan State University, and
produced a Master's thesis in 2005 that looked at tango in the Michigan
Argentine Tango club based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Carmen Maret is a
co-founder of the Grand Rapids Tango Community where she works as a tango
teacher and tango musician. She has been performing live tango music for
dancers since 2003 when she joined with her husband guitarist Andrew
Bergeron to form their duo called Folias.

Andrew (guitar) has performed tango music for dancers since 2003 when he
joined with Carmen Maret to form their duo called Folias. Originally from
Holland, Michigan, Andrew Bergeron splits his creative efforts between
composition and performance. During his Master's degree in composition at
Michigan State University, Andrew Bergeron composed music for a variety of
ensembles including, solo guitar, guitar and flute, electro-acoustic music,
chamber music, and tango. He has taught tango in the Grand Rapids tango
community since co-founding it in 2005.