[Tango-A] NA-C: Ernest Williams & Maricela Wilson in Iowa City Feb.13-14-15, 2009

[Greg Kovaciny]

SAVE THE DATES NOW!  Feb. 13-14-15, 2009 - Iowa City! 

ERNEST WILLIAMS & MARICELA WILSON
Teach Canyengue & Candombe
in Iowa City, Iowa - February 13-14-15, 2009

IC Senior Center Assembly Room & Room G13 - 
28 S. Linn Street (Old Post Office Building-Corner Linn & Washington--Downtown)
Come Learn & Dance With Us! - Their First Visit to Iowa!
Iowa City Tango Club is Partnered with the Iowa City Senior Center to present this Special Workshop

Workshop coordinated by Juan Marcos - Iowa City Tango Club

http://www.tangolifeinc.com ERNEST WILLIAMS' Website - Tango Life Chicago

ERNEST WILLIAMS & MARICELA WILSON WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
FEBRUARY 13-14-15, 2009

Iowa City Tango Club* Presents
Ernest Williams & Maricela Wilson
Canyengue & Candombe Workshop Schedule
February 13-14-15, 2009
I.C. Senior Center Assembly Room & Room G13
28 S. Linn Street - (Old Post Office)
Iowa City, Iowa 


ERNEST & MARICELA'S FIRST VISIT TO IOWA CITY

FRIDAY EVENING (VIERNES) - February 13, 2009 
Rare Concepts in Closed Embrace.
7:00-8:30PM		Rare concepts in closed embrace.  
Be prepared to open your minds to some rare or completely new ways of
dancing in closed embrace that's very appropriate for the dance floor.
8:30-9:30PM		Open Practica		
8:45-9:45PM		Private Lesson	

		
SATURDAY MORNING (SABADO)- February 13, 2009 
10:00AM-1:00PM	Private Lessons will be available


SATURDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING (SABADO) - February 14, 2009 
2:30-3:45PM		Candombe & Milonga candombera
This is a very educational workshop steeped in contextual information
about some of the past and present roots of tango.
4:00-5:15PM		Canyengue
Have fun and add another way of interpreting Old Guard music from the 1920's


SATURDAY EVENING (SABADO) - February 14, 2009
7:30PM-11:00PM	MILONGA (Argentine Tango Social Dance Party!)** 		
- General Public Welcome**
(Tango, Vals, Milonga Music by "djgregk")

		
SUNDAY MORNING (DOMINGO) - February 15, 2009
10:00AM-1:00PM	Private Lessons will be available


SUNDAY AFTERNOON (DOMINGO) - February 15, 2009 
2:30-3:45PM		Tango Canyenguero
Add spice to your tango by adding some canyengue  elements. 
Mix some of what you learned about canyengue with your normal closed embrace dancing.
4:00-5:15PM		Milonga con cuerpo
A highly musical workshop that encourages you to dance using your whole body.
5:15-5:45 PM		Open Practica


GROUP CLASSES COST	
1 Class  - $25.00
2 or more classes - $20/each
Student Discount - $50.00 full weekend


MILONGA (Dance Party) COST	
Workshop Participants - $5.00	
**General Public - $5.00
(Tango, Vals, Milonga Music by "djgregk")

							
ONE-HOUR PRIVATE LESSON COST	
- Individual or One Couple -    Contact Juan Marcos   				


Please CALL Juan Marcos 319-354-1526  to register for group classes
or to schedule private lessons with Ernest & Maricela or other workshop details OR EMAIL Juan at juan at juanmarcos.com - he will confirm classes and class times.  


(Schedule & Other Information Presented Herein - Subject To Change - check webpage regularly)    

http://soli.inav.net/~dance/ernestwilliams2009feb.html    v.1-01-02-09

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*Be part of an Exciting Weekend of Tango Passion!  See you there!
Iowa City Tango Club is partnered with the IC Senior Center to present this special event*

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Please mark your calendars now so you don't miss this unique & exciting dancing opportunity.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON ERNEST WILLIAMS AND MARICELA WILSON

Ernest Williams first discovered Tango in 2000 in Monterey, CA, with Argentina's Fernando Filipelli as his Instructor. While living in Hawaii in 2002 Ernest began teaching tango formally at the request of fellow dancers. 

Since 2003 Ernest has traveled nationally and internationally gathering a wealth of knowledge and experience in the world of dance from various sources. He has conducted workshops, seminars and/or dance exhibitions across the country in cities such as Richmond, VA, Charlotte, N.C., Raleigh-Durham, N.C, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Nashville, St. Louis, Cleveland, Wichita, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago Albuquerque, San Francisco and Honolulu. He has also taught several intensive tango and milonga seminars in Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

Some of his most notable US performances include the musical Candombe: Tango Negro with choreographer Carina Losano and the famous Candombe group Cuareim1080 at the Gala Theatre in Washington, DC.

During a sojourn to the Rio de la Plata region of South America, he was a three-time featured tango performer on "La Ciudad de Tango", a live national TV show in Uruguay and a two-time featured candombe dancer with the high-profile candombe organization La Gozadera in Montevideo. He has also given special exhibitions in milonga con traspie and salsa at the famous milonga/tangueria Viejo Correo in Buenos Aires. 

A graduate of the "Master para Maestros" program at La Escuela Argentina del Tango in Buenos Aires, Ernest's teaching style is clear and detailed, and his profound knowledge of the many forms of Tango make him an ideal instructor for both the beginner and the advanced tanguero.

Maricela Wilson has trained in dance forms as divergent as hip hop, ballet, tap, jazz, modern interpretive, African folkloric, salsa, mambo and cha cha. Her first love and expertise is in Salsa, Mambo and Cha Cha. She has recently become a tanguera under the tutelage of Ernest and is now his partner in their many appearances at Tango events around the country. Her teaching philosophy is to have fun first and foremost but also to give her students a strong foundation along with the latest cutting edge moves and concepts. 

Together Ernest and Maricela represent the future of tango while respecting the past. They are playful and youthful with their dance. They believe in knowing the rules before breaking them and that anyone can learn from anyone else, thus they are always seeking knowledge and inspiration from all walks of life.

They are an exciting new couple on the national scene with something truly different to offer, so come check them out.

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Information From Ernest on these dances which may be "new" to us in SE Iowa

CANYENGUE
Canyengue is the offspring of milonga and the precursor to the tango  as we know it. I was how people danced tango in the first couple of decades of the 20th century. It has hands lowered and bent knees. It was danced to early tango orchestras like Francisco Canaro and Roberto Firpo and can be  danced to newer groups like Tubatango. It's fun, relevant to music we often hear at milongas, and it's enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
 
CANDOMBE
Candombe is an Afro Uruguayan drum and dance tradition that is the father of the milonga (habanera/son would be the mother). It gives much of the footwork, body movements and rhythm of milonga. It was  originally, (and still is) danced by the blacks of the Rio de la Plata  region of Uruguay and Argentina. It is now enjoyed by the blacks and whites of the region, but primarily in Uruguay.
 
MILONGA CANDOMBERA
Milonga Candombera is a more recent reconstruction of a fusion of the  milonga and the candombe which is reminiscent of the times when candombe and habanera/son were giving birth to the milonga as a dance  (from the year 1860 to 1880). The most famous dancers of this style are Facundo and Kely Posadas.

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HOSTS REQUESTED FOR OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS COMING IN FOR THE WORKSHOPS

Ernest and Maricela's visit to Iowa City promises to be new and exciting for our community.  We are very pleased to have Ernest and Maricela come to Iowa City.

If you wish to host out-of-town guests coming in for the weekend that can be a great help to the success of the weekend.  More folks are hearing about Iowa City as a place to dance and learn tango, milonga, vals, canyengue, condombe.  Contact Juan Marcos 319-354-1526 if you can make space available for guests coming in for our Ernest Williams Workshop Weekend.  THANKS for your part in helping make this weekend great!

Greg Kovaciny, Iowa City Tango Club