[Tango-A] NA-C: Tango Workshops in Kansas City with Dina Martinez of Buenos Aires

[kmcgeeney@att.net]

August 12-14 - Kansas City
Workshops with Dina Martinez from Buenos Aires

Dina Martinez was born in Buenos Aires and has a degree as a National Classic Dance teacher. In 1987 she started studying tango with several important teachers such as Gustavo Naveira and “Chicho” Frumboli. She was part of the investigation group, led by Gustavo Naveira and Fabian Salas, that generated a new understanding of and new vocabulary for tango.

In 2004, along with Valencia Batiuk and Luciana Valle, she co-founded El Motivo Tango, reviving the tradition of tango practicas in Buenos Aires and providing dance instruction. 

Dina teaches understanding of the technique, the mechanics, the dynamics and the structure of tango. Working on more basic elements, the concepts
that are the foundation of the dance, we can become much better dancers.

Friday, Aug. 12
8:00-9:15
Caminatas and ochos- all levels
· Changing the body weight
· Work associated with the free leg and the supporting leg
· Differences between the man’s walk and the woman’s walk
· Working with spirals
· Working with the opposition between the man and the woman
9:15-midnight 
Practica/Milonga

Saturday, Aug. 13 
1:30-2:45
Basic turns - all levels
· Working with the center and the circumference
· Working with the spirals
· The importance of the circumference as the engine for the giro
3:00-4:15
Giros and planeos for the woman - intermediate level
· The difference between the spiral coming from the top and the spiral coming from the bottom
· Concepts of who turns around whom
· Control of the woman’s hips
4:30-5:45
Dynamics for the woman’s free leg - intermediate level
· Quality and response of the free leg
· Working with the residual energy and how to guide it
9:00-midnight
Milonga

Sunday, Aug. 14
1:00-2:15
Boleos - intermediate/advanced level
· Differences between boleos with and against 
· Working with ones that spiral 
2:30-3:45
Cambios dirección - intermediate/advanced level      
· Structure, mechanics, technique and dynamics

Cost:
Full weekend: $125
Friday only: $30
Saturday only: $60 (classes only), $65 (classes and milonga)
Sunday only: $40
Individual classes: $25
Milongas only: $10 each

Location:
Kansas City Swing Dance Club
6101 Martway, Mission, KS 66202
(in the basement)

Private lessons are $85. Contact me for scheduling by email 
(kmcgeeney at att.net) or call (816)361-1167.