[Tango-A] NA C: Alicia Pons in Albuquerque, March 11-13, 2011

[Paul Akmajian]

The Tango Club of Albuquerque presents a weekend with Alicia Pons
March 11-13, 2011

Lloyd Shaw Dance Center
5506 Coal Ave. SE
Albuquerque, NM 

Schedule of classes & milongas:
Friday, March 11
7:00 - 8:30 pm: Embrace. Posture. Roles.  (Beg/Int/Adv)
8:30 - 10:00 pm: Practica with Alicia

Saturday, March 12
1:15 - 2:45 pm:  Introduction to movement: how we produce and
transmit
movement. Exercises.  (Intermediate)

3:00 - 4:30 pm: Tools for creativity in tango: stops and suspension.
(Intermediate)

Saturday night milonga Milonga Roma, 8 pm - 12 am
($5/person - sponsored by Studio Roma)

Sunday, March 13
1:15 - 2:45 pm: Between step and step, tango happens: the seductive
conversation between dance partners. (int/adv)

3:00 - 4:30 pm: Musicality: rhythm, melody (int/adv)

TCA Kelly's Milonga (free) 7:30 - 10:30pm

Full weekend early bird registration (before 3/1): $105
Weekend price (after 3/1): $110
By the class: $30  
Special rates for full-time students with current ID: Only $65 for weekend
pass or $15 per class


Alicia Pons is an elegant and accomplished dancer with refined technique and
distinctive personality. Her ability to imbue the role of the woman with
verve and style has made her one of the most sought-after female partners in
Buenos Aires milongas.

She is most noted for her foot play and sensual seduction, which are done
with humor and decorum. She exemplifies presence in the dance, and this is a
focus in her teaching for both men and women.

As a teacher, Alicia emphasizes the partners¹ connection, and in particular
the woman¹s ability to not just follow, but to be an equal protagonist in
the dance. She is a very warm and caring person who loves to share her
knowledge.

Alicia was trained in classical dance from an early age and as a young woman
performed in some of Buenos Aires¹ most well known theaters, the Colon, the
Coliseo, and the Alvear. Her introduction to tango came later, and her first
teacher was Graciela Gonzalez, whose women¹s technique has shaped her tango
footwork. But Alicia gravitated toward the milonguero style and her first
inspiration and male teacher in that style was Tete Rusconi, one of the most
renowned milongueros of his generation.

Alicia¹s teaching methods are grounded in her academic training. She holds a
degree in Educational Science and Psychology, and she is currently an
instructor for university level education students, in addition to her
teaching, being a mother of two sons, and running her family real estate
business.