[Tango-A] NA-C: El Pulpo arrives today for a full week of teaching and dancing in Chicago

[PJ Grant]

As we prepare for Norberto "El Pulpo" Esbrez & Stephanie LePeu's arrival on Tues., July 22, there is one more update to the previously announced schedule: The Thursday, July 24 pre-milonga class at Cafe Duvall (2257 W 23rd Place, Chicago) will begin at 8:00 to 9:30 p (cost $15). Milonga Loca follows, 9:30 p - 12:30 a (cost $10). The full schedule appears below, including two corrections noted last week: The Saturday workshops with El Pulpo obviously occur on July 26; and, To reserve private lesson time or register for classes and/or workshops, please contact Phoebe at WindyCityTango at yahoo.com or TangoLadyChicago at yahoo.com; the tmail account previously listed no longer is active.
ALL 9 Classes and Workshops for $210 w/ pre-registration including Monday’s Practonga PLUS discounts to the 4th annual Pulpo’s Week (Nov. in BsAs) for paid attendees. Also, ask Phoebe about 'gas rebate' if traveling more than 60 miles one way to study with El Pulpo.
Jan Glennie-Smith of Virginia recently wrote the following about Pulpo's teaching: 
"Questions that create more questions, creating more questions until the questioning becomes the journey and the destination. El Pulpo's approach introduces TIME as a technique. He focuses on an attention to intention, a reverence for the subtle interplay of the body in partnership and the expansive quality of TIME: reminding us tango is a dance to pleasure not pressure, and in doing so creates a style that is soft and sensual, languorous and supple. El Pulpo's teaching untangles tautness and tension freeing soft strength. TIME is the Zen of tango: to connect rather than resist; to allow possibility rather than rushing to conclusion; to abandon expectation by being balanced to respond in any direction. It takes TIME to understand this, so El Pulpo teaches. 
"Why are we drawn to tango in the first place? Through some sixth sense which suggests the possibility of a passionate connection to a feel, to a way of moving that is an emotional response. And though we recognize the potential, we come to it often without knowledge to support or to surrender. So as we seek the vocabulary and a technique allowing the expression of that initial response, we can find ourselves working so hard we forget the most important thing of all: that we are in an embrace with another human being for the joy of dancing. El Pulpo demonstrates that through movements which form questions, we allow a partnership in balance, an embrace that is enfolding not entrapping. TIME to feel the floor under foot and to extend from a place of equilibrium. A mutual agreement to surrender for the duration of the music. The lesson of seduction not abduction." 
Schedule of Classes and Workshops with Norberto ’El Pulpo’ Esbrez and Stephanie Lepeu - July 23 thru July 29, 2008. 
NOTE: “All Levels” does NOT mean “beginners”’ – El Pulpo and Stephanie will work with and challenge every and all dancers!!! 
Pre- milonga Classes (Thursday, Friday and Monday) are $15 ea; this does NOT include Milonga entry and these are not eligible for any discounts, rebates or other special offers. Saturday and Sunday Workshops are $30 for the first, without pre-registration and pre-payment. Pricing, with WCT’s incremental discounts, follows list of workshops and classes, but ALL 9 for $210 IF pre-paid and you can use PayPal®. Also, those traveling more than 60 miles each way should ask Phoebe about a ‘gas rebate’ discount. 
Thursday, July 24 - Guest Instructors for Nina Tatarowicz at Cafe Duvall (2257 W. 23rd Place, Chicago, 60608): 8:00–9:30 p - a special 1.5 hour Class for All Levels, ”Tango Essentials: barridas, pasadas and traps: multiplying the possibilities with improved foot placement”.
Followed by milonga - $10 cover, 9:30 p-12:30 a. 
Friday, July 25 before our Anniversary milonga Nuestro Tango at The Latvian Community Center (4146 N. Elston at Hamlin, Chicago, 60618): 7:15–8:45 p - a special 1.5 hour Class for All Levels, ”Pasos girados: tango in a rounded way”. Followed by milonga Nuestro Tango
with showcase around 11:30 p; entrance to milonga $15, 9:00 p – 1:00+ a. There will be a special guest DJ (Phoebe J Grant) at this exceptional anniversary Nuestro Tango honoring Juan Pinto’s birthday! 
Saturday, July 26 at American Tango Institute (325 N.  Hoyne (S te. C-404), Chicago, 60612): 
1:00–2:30 p for All Levels, ”Ganchos á la Pulpo: contact to generate movement and movement to generate contact”; 
2:45–4:15 p for Intermediate Level, “Everything from the Crusada”; and, 
4:30–6:00 p for Intermediate Plus Level, ”Sacadas con agarre (trap sacadas)”. 
Sunday, July 27 at Cafe Duvall (2257 W. 23rd Place, Chicago, 60608): 
1:00–2:30 p for Intermediate Level, ”Colgadas: shared axis turns”; 
2:45–4:15 p for Intermediate Plus Level, ”Enganches: leader hooks follower’s leg into another step”; and, 
4:30–6:00 p for Advanced Level, ”Continuous Ganchos in Giros: creating fluid gancho cadenas (chains)” - entrance to this workshop
requires pre-approval by El Pulpo and/or Stephanie and/or Phoebe. 
Monday, July 28 before a unique Opposites Attract practonga at Mariposa (4001 N. Ravenswood (Ste. 503B), Chicago, 60613): 7:30–9:00 p for All Levels, ”Ocho Loco: crazy 8s or ochos a la Pulpo”; followed by Opposites Attract practonga, 9:00–11:30 p; entrance to practonga $10, but Practonga is free to anyone taking at least one paid workshop and/or or private lesson with Pulpo and Stephanie July 23-29, 2008. 
To pre-register, contact Phoebe at 312-60TANGO (312-6082646) – text msgs welcome / WindyCityTango at yahoo.com (allow 24 hours for response to email at this address; for immediate response only, email TangoLadyChicago at yahoo.com) and bring payment with you to a pre-arranged milonga or, by agreement, to your first Class or Workshop. Or, you can pay via PayPal® – send payment to WindyCityTango at yahoo.com  – if you don’t have a PayPal acct, call Phoebe. 
Pricing for July 23 thru 29, 2008 WCT Classes and Workshops with ’El Pulpo’and Stephanie: pre-milonga classes on Thursday, Friday and
Monday are $15 ea; this does NOT include Milonga entry and these are not eligible for any discounts, rebates or other special offers.
Saturday and Sunday workshops are $30 for the first, without pre-registration and pre-payment. WCT’s Discount Pricing Policy for pre-registered and pre-paid Workshops on Saturday and Sunday afternoons: 1st WCT Workshop = $29; any 2 WCT Workshops = $58; any 3 WCT Workshops = $86; any 4 WCT Workshops = $114; any 5 WCT Workshops = $141; all 6 – if paid incrementally = $168. All 9 Classes and Workshops - 15 hours of instruction - with advance payment after July 15th = $210.
Further information on discounts for workshop attendees to registration for the 4th annual Pulpo’s Tango Week (Nov. 16-23, 2008)
will be forthcoming. 
For directions or any other information, including pricing on or to
schedule private lessons with ‘El Pulpo’ and Stephanie - available
Wed., July 23 to Tues., July 29, 2008, contact Phoebe J. Grant at
312-60TANGO (312-6082646) – text msgs welcome / WindyCityTango at yahoo.com (allow 24 hours for response from this email address) or TangoLadyChicago at yahoo.com