[Tango-A] NW-A: Violin Soloist, Leonardo Saurez Paz shares his tango heritage in the SF Bay Area

[Stuart Schmukler]

Folks,

BATango is bringing you a special series of workshops with Leonardo Suarez-Paz. 

There is a $5 discount for BATango members with your card at the door.

Here is the information from the website  ( http://bayareatango.org/node/750 ):


Leonardo Suarez-Paz, and is a well-known (and amazing) musician,
with his group, Cuartetango, which is on EMI Classics record label.
After his upcoming concert on the Russian River with Cuartetango is staying 
in town to teach tango musicality workshops.

Seminars at The Beat on Saturday are 1.5 hours for $25 
(BAATA member with card $20) with a short practica:
2560 9th St # 119, Berkeley, CA 94710,  (510) 548-5348

   3:00pm : 1st workshop focuses on balance exercises,
milongero walk, dissociation, changing direction, and other elements,
with tips for leaders and followers. Dancers of any level can benefit
from this.]

   5:00pm : 2nd workshop, takes the basic elements above to
a higher level adding turns and sacadas, and incorporating them into a
complex dance sequence with focus on musicality. 

On Sunday he will continue to focus on musicality with lessons at the 
Belrose milonga with two classes

   All Levels fundamental technique Class (2:00pm-3:00pm)
Musicality to composers. Dancers of any level can benefit from this.

   Intermediate/Advanced Class (3:00-4:00pm)
Musicality for choreography. For more advanced dancers.

Dancing video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YstoAQifCrU 
Check out his music here: http://www.leonardosuarezpaz.com/
Here is a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_guj2HH5EjA

Leonardo  Bio:
Leonardo Suarez Paz is among the most sought-after violin soloists
worldwide in the field of the Argentine Tango. Based in New York City
he teaches 5 days a week.

"Leonardo possesses a unique spirit and is a virtuoso extraordinaire 
on the violin� the spirit of the age inhabits him"
WYNTON MARSALIS, Artistic Director - Jazz at Lincoln Center

Growing up with the internationally renowned tango maestros Astor
Piazzolla and Fernando Suarez Paz, Leonardo was engaged professionally
at the age of 16 with the leading tango orchestras, making the history
of the Argentine tango music. As a violin soloist, Leonardo was part of
Roberto Gallardo Orchestra, Mariano Mores Sextet and Orchestra, Horacio
Salgan Orchestra, Osvaldo Berlingieri Sextet, Jose Colangelo Septet and
Orchestra, Atilio Stampone Quintet and Orquestra, Duo Porte�o, Nestor
Marconi Orchestra, and Saul Cosentino Sextet. Leonardo toured worldwide
for eleven years with the prestigious international tango companies as
a violin soloist and a professional tango dancer, including the
critically acclaimed Argentinean Tango show �TangoX2� in the United
States, France, Italy, Spain, England, Greece, Japan & Mexico. He
starred as a soloist in both Broadway shows �Forever Tango� and �Tango
Argentino,�Julio Bocca�s Ballet Argentino, Orquesta de Hioshinori
Hioneyama, among others. Leonardo performed and recorded with Placido
Domingo, American jazz legend Stanley Jordan, Latin star Luis Miguel,
on the motion pictures tracks of Bossa Nova, Flawless, Imposters, and
on the 2002 Latin Grammy nominated CD "Tango Bar" (Chesky Records).