[Tango-A] EU-W: 2012 May 25.26.27.28, Triora, Liguria, Italy. CHAN PARK TangoZen weekend.

[Tango in Italy, in Triora, Valle Argentina!]

EU-W :

2012 May 25, 26, 27and 28,
in Triora,
The Italian Riviera.

A weekend with Chan Park,
author, film maker and creator of TangoZen.
Long weekend consits of 5 workshop seminars,
an evening of rare tango films,
including the Italian opening of the new film by Chan Park,
and at least two evening milongas,
with
shiatsu and holistic massages practitioners
and tango shoes and clothing vendors.

Stunning mountain Hotel, formerly a 500 year old monastery,
or medieval palace accommodation available.

Excellent value hotel half-board packet consists of B&B and evening meal,
from only 80 Euros per person, per day, plus tango costs.

Workshop costs.
Full costs listed on website below
30 Euros for 1 workshop of 90 minutes
50 Euros for 2, or only 125 Euros for all 5 Chan Park workshops.

Chan Park  is more than just an author, and a film maker on Tango.
He is a tango therapist,
a very fine tango teacher,
and a traditional porteno tanguero.

Chan Park comes to Triora from Buenos Aires.
He will be teaching in English, offering many opportunities for 
private lessons,
for up to 4 days in 1-of-the-top-100 beauty spots in Italy,
only 90 minutes from Nice airport, in nearby France,
just 2 hours west of Genoa,
near the Italian Riviera,
close to the chic port of San Remo
and 1 hour from Monte Carlo / Monaco.
http://www.italiandream.info
Facebook link details are available on the above website

Carl and Veronica

"Tango Triora",
and Chan Park Tango Zen.
For Chan Park CV and biog see below.

Italiandream Tango Holidays,
Palazzo Borelli,
Via Poggio 16,
Triora
IM
18010
Italy

email (insert an @ and remove the X) tangoXitaliandream.info
sms please to: +39 349-739-4951
www.italiandream.info


Chan Park CV and biog.
TangoZen: Embrace, Music, and Walk, by Chan Park...

In much of the popular imagination, tango is seen as a dance 
involving complex steps
performed by dancers whose intensity swirls around them as they enact 
visions of
dark passion.  However, Portenos, referring to the residents in Buenos Aires,
explain that tango provides them with a safe haven where they can transform to
be completely present, letting go of ego, enjoying calmness in body and mind,
expressing their passion, sharing their emotions with trustful dance partners
in a respectful manner, and accumulating satisfying moments, while 
dancing on a regular basis.

Porteno milongueros recommend us to practice three things :
have good embrace, listen to music, and walk,
just like the way they have learned to dance from the beginning of 
their tango life.

The goal of the TangoZen Workshop is to help the participants learn 
to dance tango
with understanding of the importance of "embrace, music, and walk" in 
social tango
scenes. The goal will be achieved by practicing a series of intuitive 
and simple
exercises which are adapted from martial arts such as Tai Chi and Chi Kung,
meditation techniques such as zazen and yoga, and sports. By practicing these
exercises, each participant will be able to not only learn to have 
confidence in
fundamental movements of the tango dance but also to increase sensitivity to
balance, connection, centering, and groundedness, and weight 
shifting, all of which
are known as critical elements for dancing tango, eventually enjoying 
the dance to a
maximum pleasure.

The workshop participants will be able
to have confidence in tango movements;
to experience tango as "an art of embrace" for enjoying connection 
with partners,
music, and the surroundings;
to enjoy dancing tango with emphasis on sharing pleasure with partner;
to understand difference between social tango versus stage tango;
to understand the unique tango culture in Buenos Aires, such as tango 
etiquettes in
milongas.

Chan Park has offered classes and workshops on tango in
more than 22 countries (68 cities).
He now lives in Buenos Aires, where he is well
recognized as a respected instructor and dancer in all of the best milongas.

Chan Park's book, "Tango Zen: Walking Dance Meditation" was published in 2005,
and since then, re-published over and over again, now in 4 languages