[Tango-A] NA-C: Oscar Casas y Ana Miguel Minnesota Workshop Week

[Lois Donnay]

Oscar Casas and Ana Miguel are coming to Minneapolis!  Details on the
website:  www.mndance.com/CasaWorkshops.html  Housing is available for
traveling tangueros.

Here's a brief idea of how the week will go:
Wednesday, Nov 2nd:  Oscar and Ana will arrive, and we will have
dinner at the Nicollet Milonga.  Come and meet them!
Thursday, Nov 3rd:  Intensive Milonga Workshop-Location TBD
Friday, 4th:  Workshop before the milonga at 4 Seasons, milonga
following with Abandonada
Saturday and Sunday:  Workshops at Center for Performing Arts, 3754
Pleasant Ave S. It is highly recommended you take all the workshops,
in order to get the most out of them
Monday, 7th: Special Dinner with Oscar and Ana.and special class following

The deadline for discounts is this Friday, Nov 21st.  Get your money in!
Weekend package: 6
classes.................................................... $150.00
Full Time Student: 6 classes
.................................................... $120.00
Any 3 workshops (excluding milonga workshop) ........................ $ 80.00
Full Time Student: Any 3 workshops
.......................................... $ 64.00
Thursday Milonga Class:
...........................................................$35.00

Friday class 8:00 before the Abandonado Live Music Milonga only (no
discount) $25.00/$15.00 full time students

Privates still available:  $110/hour, both Oscar & Ana teaching

Saturday
1:15 - 2:45  Critical points of the salida (basic step): By analyzing
the salida, we will explore all the existing variations that are
possible. The object is to develop individual ways to express the
music through figures created spontaneously in the milonguero style.
Breaking down the structure of the steps and figures already known by
the dancer will give him/her the liberty of getting in or out of these
steps in the most convenient or necessary form.

3:00 - 4:30   Displacement of the body in rotation:
This refers to the importance of thinking ahead to where ones body
will be in the next moment.  This is a very important concept, as it
affects both the control and creativity of the dancer. It is also
crucial for navigating effectively in the crowded milongas of Buenos
Aires.

4:45-6:15  Different energies (rounded or sharp) and their
applications (techniques of accumulation and release):
Energy is an ingredient of the dance that is visible, tangible and concrete.
Energy is not a philosophical idea in tango; it is a reality,
necessary for the dancer to express passion, musicality and connection
with his/her partner.
It is particularly important to keep this reality in mind when dancing
in the often crowded milongas of Buenos Aires. If the dancer truly
wishes to express himself in these situations he must apply this
concept of energy. Otherwise, he is just navigating.
It is useful to think of the body as a musical instrument that can be
controlled and directed according to the dancer's wishes and the needs
of the moment. The body must be able to handle constant and
instantaneous displacement.
Sunday
1:15 - 2:45  The spontaneous creation of steps or figures in the
milonguero style techniques and methods:
Through an analysis of the critical points of the basic step, the
displacement of the body in rotation, giros (turns) rocking,
accompanied, and continued management of energy the dancer will be
able to create spontaneous figures in the milonguero style.

3:00 - 4:30   Vals, Exploring the mutual axis. The dancers can change
the different figures from the close embrace, to make full turns and
half turns in one or two axes shared or not shared (colgadas and
volcadas milongueros). These fine movements (giros on one or two axes,
shared or not) are very valuable for the vals and with orchestras like
D’Angelis, etc.

4:45-6:15 The Center of the Body for the Dancer The use and
understanding of the center which is related to the embrace will
permit you to study and do boleos from the floor, serpentines with or
w/o change of weight (ganchos milongueros, on the floor or within the
embrace), embellishments of the woman, etc. These movements are made
in close embrace. They were created by the milongueros of the 40’s and
50’s to decorate their dance musically.

THURSDAY Special Workshop: Milonga! Oscar and Ana dance AMAZING milongas!!!
Milonga is Fun, Really! And not all that hard. We will study the long
and and short of it and add effortless variations that only look
complicated! Special 2 Hr. Milonga Workshop (Int./ Adv.) Partner is
required for this special milonga workshop.

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Lois Donnay
www.mndance.com
612.822.8436