[Tango-A] NA-E: Daniela Arcuri in Pittsburgh - Sept. 11-13

Fri Sep 4 01:21:51 EDT 2009

Daniela Arcuri of Buenos Aires - Sept. 11-13

Please welcome DANIELA ARCURI back to Pittsburgh!  Daniela and then-partner Armando Orzuza taught here fairly regularly a few years ago, winning many fans.  We’re delighted to have Daniela back teaching here again.

Daniela Arcuri grew up in the heart of Buenos Aires, where she absorbed the English, French, Spanish and mostly Italian influences that define the cosmopolitan "porteño" culture of this port city. At age thirteen, Daniela began training in ballet, modern dance, music, acting, jazz, argentinean folk dancing and gymnastics.  She began to teach and choreograph tango at the age of twenty-five and developed the passion for the drama of the latin dances and cultures, recognizing that the Tango was her own artistic vocabulary.

Her style developed as a result of her training both in ballet and modern-contemporary dance, and the influence and instruction from some of the great "milongueros" (the tango masters) of Club Almagro and Villa Urquiza of Buenos Aires such as Rodolfo Dinzel,  Eduardo Arquimbau, Antonio Todaro, and Pepito Avellaneda and years spent dancing and observing in the milongas of Buenos Aires.  The partnership of Daniela & Armando Orzuza was one of the most important professional tango couples in the world. They have performed along with very important artists such as Julio Iglesias, Madonna, Libertad Lamarque, Maria Grana, Alba Solis, Beba Vidart, Juan Carlos Copes y Maria Nieves, Pepito Avellaneda, Fernando Soler, Sexteto Mayor Orchestra, Sexteto Tango Orchestra, La orquesta de Ernesto Franco, The Symphonic Orchestra from the Hollywoood Bowl among others.

For more on Daniela, visit http://daniela4tango.googlepages.com/

MILONGA PICANTE
Saturday, Sept. 12
9:30pm-1:30am
DJ Greg Messina
3519 Butler St., 2nd Floor (Rob's)
$10

Workshops held at the Wilkins School & Community Center, 7604 Braddock Ave. Swissvale, PA

SATURDAY, Sept. 12
12:00-12:30am:  Registration & Warmup

12:30-2:00pm:  1.  Basic Technique and Adornments I (All levels).  Balance, change of weight, ochos, boleos, giros, molinetes.  For men and women.

2:15-3:45pm:  2.  Figures and Combinations for Villa Urquiza Style.  Historic patterns form the most famous milongueros from the 40’s and 50’s.  Open-embrace.

4:00-5:30pm:  3.  Musicality and Improvisation.  Explore possibilities and link the steps with the different orchestras.

SUNDAY, Sept. 13
12:30-1:30pm:  4.  Tango Warmup.  Led by Trini Regaspi, this stretching and exercise program for dancers is designed to wake up and lengthen the body, improve your posture, and prepare students for Technique & Adornments II.  Bring a towel to lie down upon.  $10.  

1:45-3:15pm:  5.  Technique & Adornments II.  More advanced work for women.  Regular male partners of the women are invited to attend in a supporting role for only $10.  Limited registration.

3:30-5:00pm:  6.  Advanced Turn Combinations.  Technique for turns, sacadas, barridas, boleos, and ganchos.  Knowledge of classic turns are assumed.  Focus on the class is doing the movements with more elegance and be more Argentine.  Limited registration.

Workshop Cost
1 class - $25
2 classes - $45
3 classes - $65
4 classes - $85
5 classes - $100
Tango Warmup priced separately ($10).

STUDENT RATE:  $15 for Workshops 1,2,3 only.  Full-time students only with a valid i.d.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT:  10% if paid/postmarked by Tuesday, Sept. 8.  Not applicable to Student rate.  Credit cards accepted by PayPal (send to seancosgrove66 at yahoo.com).

PRIVATE LESSONS
Privates with Daniela are $80/hour or $300 for 4 hours, paid directly to Daniela.  She will be available for privates Friday evening through Monday evening.  Room fee of $15 if applicable.  Contact Trini to schedule at 412-521-1476 or patangos at yahoo.com

Send checks (indicate for what workshops) payable to:

Trinidad Regaspi
3 Musgrave St.
Pittsburgh, PA  15207

For more info, contact Trini at 412-521-1476 or patangos at yahoo.com