Many thanks to Barbara Warren our host at Rochester.
8:00-9:00 pm - An Introduction to Colgadas - We will break down the mechanics of a colgada. While leaders practice taking their partners off axis, followers will become more comfortable with this new movement. For experienced dancers.
9:00 pm - 1:00 am - Milonga - DJ: Vatan Koc
Workshop - $10
Milonga - $10
50% off with student ID
Any question about this event? Please email to Barbara: dancencounters@gmail.com or call 585-473-8550 or visit http://www.dancencounters.com/
We had a great time in Buffalo. Many thanks to our host Barbra and always welcoming Buffalo Tango Community...
Noon-1:15 - To Cross or Not to Cross –Leaders and followers will become more aware of their axis, weight changes and pivoting technique.All levels. 1:30-2:45 - A Soltada Workshop- Leaders and followers will experiment with releasing the embrace while staying connected. For adventuresome beginners and experienced dancers. 3:00-4:15 - An Introduction to Colgadas - We will break down the mechanics of a colgada. While leaders practice taking their partners off axis, followers will become more comfortable with this new movement. For experienced dancers. Saturday, Janaury 16 - Milonga at Amherst Community Church 8:00 to 12:00 Sunday, Janaury 17 - Travis and Tali workshops and practica at the Amherst Community Church, 77 Washington Highway, Amherst. 2:30-3:45 – Secrets of Cadencia: 4:00-5:15 – Practica – Here is your opportunity to practice what you’ve learned in the workshops; practice other steps or get advice and suggestions about anything tango while the instructors are still available. Single workshop - $25/$20 2 workshops - $45/$35 3 workshops - $65/$50 4 workshops $85/$65 5 workshops - $100/$80 6 workshops - $110/$90 Milongas - $10/$15 for a couple; $5 with any 4 workshops. Question about January 15-17 workshops please contact Barbra Kavanaugh (buffmilonguera@yahoo.com)
1:00-2:15 - Milonga: Milonga lisa (smooth) and Milonga traspie (double time)
Tango Workshop with Vatan and Georgia @ SU
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Time: 8 pm to 10 pm
Cost: Free and open to public
Place: Shine Student Center Underground - 200 Waverly Ave. Syracuse, NY
Map: http://tinyurl.com/ShineStudentCenter
Any question? Give Vatan a call at 315-569-3441 or click here
The Syracuse Tango Community cordially invites you to
our Summer Milonga
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Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 9 pm to 1 am
Cost: $10.00 per person at the door
Place: Pastime Athletic Club - 1314 N. Salina St, Syracuse, NY
Map: http://tinyurl.com/pastimeclub - Detailed directions are below.
Any question? Give Vatan a call at 315-569-3441 or click here
With special guest D.J. Juan Brache !
We look forward to a fun evening of dance, friends, and refreshments. Cash bar is available.
Directions to Pastime Athletic Club (1314 N. Salina St, Syracuse, NY):
FROM THE SOUTH: Take Rt 81 North through Syracuse and get off at Exit 22 - Court St. Bear left at the end of the ramp, go straight for 1 block and turn right on to Court Street. Go through two traffic lights and make your first left onto Pastime Dr. The parking lot is on your immediate left (yes, it’s huge). Enter the club trough the closest side door (not the front) and follow the Tango music up the stairs!
FROM THE NORTH: Take Rt 81 South towards Syracuse and keep following the signs for Bear St – Exit 22. At the first stop sign, turn left onto Bear Street. At the 3rd traffic light, turn right onto N. Salina St. (Rt 11). At the 1st traffic light turn left onto Court St. Make your first left onto Pastime Dr. The parking lot is on your immediate left (yes, it’s huge). Enter the club trough the closest side door (not the front) and follow the Tango music up the stairs!
FROM THE EAST: Take Rt 690 West to Rt 81 North get off at Exit 22 - Court St. Bear left at the end of the ramp, go straight for 1 block and turn right on to Court Street. Go through two traffic lights and make your first left onto Pastime Dr. The parking lot is on your immediate left (yes, it’s huge). Enter the club trough the closest side door (not the front) and follow the Tango music up the stairs!
FROM THE WEST: Take 690 East to Exit 9 – Bear street. Continue straight on bear street for several blocks and turn right onto N. Salina St. (Rt 11). At the 1st traffic light turn left onto Court St. Make your first left onto Pastime Dr. The parking lot is on your immediate left (yes, it’s huge). Enter the club trough the closest side door (not the front) and follow the Tango music up the stairs!
Andy and Ilona did and have been doing a superb job of carrying the flag after Bruce. Our class was very well attended. Many thanks for inviting us. We had a blast as always.
Tango class with
Vatan & Georgia in Syracuse, NY
We will be teaching a Tango lesson as guest instructors of USA Dance at Pensabene’s Casa Grande
When: Sunday, April 26th
Time: 6pm-7pm
Where: The Casa Grande Ballroom, Pensabene’s Casa Grande, 135 State Fair Blvd. Syracuse, NY.
There will be a dance night (Balroom, Latin and Tango mix) from 7pm to 10 pm and refresments will be served.
Hope to see you there...
We had a great visit to Oswego. Tanna and Steve put up a wonderful event. The venue which sits right about the harbor and have a gourgus view of the lake was icing on the cake. Thank you...
Tango workshop with
Vatan & Georgia in Oswego, NY
We are heading up to Oswego, NY for workshops as guest instructors of USA Dance. We hope to see you with us.
Please remember preregistration is required for these workshops!
Date: Friday April 17th, 2009 and Friday April 24th, 2009
Place: McCrobie Building 41 Lake Street Oswego, NY
Map: http://tinyurl.com/dn6crg
Flyer: Click here
April 17th - 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm Weight changes and syncopations (all levels):
This is an important class teaches technique for dancers of all levels. The concepts taught will lay the groundwork for the following workshop. (followed by short practica and Spring Fling Dance)
Many many thanks to Barbra for inviting us to Buffalo. It was a great event and we met with a lot of fun people. Thank you all for you hospitality.
Tango workshops with
Vatan & Georgia in Buffalo, NY
We are looking forward to coming to Buffalo to dance and to teach. The workshops listed below, focus on both techniques and concepts, however, we like to address musicality and embellishments, in workshops, so that dancers can develop their own personal style.
Date: Saturday January 31st, 2009
Place: The Grant Gallery in the Sweetness 7 Cafe building at 220 Grant St. (at Lafayette). Buffalo, NY
Map: http://tinyurl.com/c2qg5r
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Techniques for weight changes and syncopations (all levels):
This is an exciting and important class for dancers of all levels. The concepts taught will lay the groundwork for the following two workshops.
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Turns involving sacadas (intermediate level):
This is where tango gets fun and creative. We will work with the concept of sacadas and integrate syncopations into your dancing.
3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Playfully combining sacadas with the ocho cortado (intermediate/advanced level):
Combining sacadas with an ocho cortado, dancers will create a turn perfect for vals or tango by playing with syncopation, embellishments and musicality.
Cost:
1 workshop – $20 ($25 after 1/25)
2 workshops - $35 ($45 after 1/25)
3 workshops - $50 ($65 after 1/25)
Milongas:
1/30 Friday night milonga (8 pm – 12 am) - $5 or free if you bring a poster/picture/painting to hang for the weekend
1/31 Saturday night milonga with performance by Vatan & Georgia (8 pm - 1 am) - $10 ($15 after 1/25) or $5 if you register all 3 workhops
Contact person: Barbra buffmilonguera@yahoo.com
Many thanks to you for coming all around and making our Fall Milonga memorable.
The Syracuse Tango Community cordially invites you to
our Fall Milonga
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008
Time: 9pm to 1am
Cost: $10.00 per person at the door
Place: Johnston's Bally Bay
550 Richmond Ave. Syracuse NY
Map: http://tinyurl.com/aw4wl
With special guest D.J. Juan Brache !
We look forward to a fun evening of dance, friends, and refreshments. Cash bar is available.
Many thanks to Olga and Misha for inviting us and organizing our workshops in Rochester, NY. It was a fun evening full of Tango. Also many thanks to Rochester Tango Community...
Tango workshops and Milonga
with
Vatan & Georgia
Date: Saturday August 23rd, 2008
Place: Dancencounters Studio 1115 E Main St. Rochester, NY
Map: http://tinyurl.com/578nl6
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Techniques for Shifting Weight (all levels):
This is an exciting and important class for novice dancers (and challenging for intermediate dancers). We will work with techniques for leading and “not leading” weight changes while learning split - weight turns and surprise turns.
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Working with the Loose Leg (Intermediate):
This is where tango gets fun and creative. We will work with the concept of “the loose leg” while learning some cool sacada-boleo combinations.
Cost:
1 class – $20
2 classes - $35
2 classes + milonga - $40
milonga (9 pm – 1 am) - $10 DJ Misha
For more information contact Misha 585-214-9886 or Olga voleala@yahoo.com
We would like to thank all of you who attended the workshops by Juaquin & Larrisa and Georgia & Vatan and the Spring Milonga organized by the Syracuse Tango Community, it was a great success. It was so nice to see our tango friends all around upstate NY.
The Syracuse Tango community cordially invites you to our
Spring Milonga plus Tango workshops
Date: Saturdays March 1st, 2008 and June 7th, 2008
Place: Johnston's Bally Bay 550 Richmond Ave. Syracuse NY
Milonga
Time: 9pm to 1am
Cost:$10.00 per person at the door. We look forward to a fun evening of dance, friends, and refreshments. Door prizes will be given throughout the evening
Saturday Tango Workshops *(some tango experience required)
Workshop-With Joaquin and Larissa
1:30pm – 3pm Changes of Direction
Sharp changes of direction from 90 to 180 degree
Workshop-With Vatan and Georgia
3:15pm – 4:45pm Colgadas
Translates as “a hanger” - when the follower's axis is tilted away from the leader
Workshop Prices:
One workshop $20
Two workshops and Milonga $40
Milonga $10
Any questions regarding the milonga, please email your hosts: Gosia at gosia5@twcny.rr.com or Peg at mmaustin@syr.edu
Any questions regarding the workshops please email Vatan at vatan@bailatango.com
We look forward to seeing you there.
Many thanks to Dance Lovers of Central NY and Bruce Heffron for their kind invitations. During our classes on November 9th, 2007 and November 14th, 2007 over 60 people got to meet with TANGO... Thank you all for attending our classes, it was a blast.
Thank you to all our friends around upstate NY for attending this memoriable event. It was great to see them all and great to dance on live music. We very much appreciate Pedro Cuperman, Tere Paniagua and Owen Shapiro for putting this amazing event together.
"Tango dancers shift to a pure kinetic reason grafted in the specifics of a simple street dance. At the fringe of the city, drained of its margins, the pavement is inhabited by dance."
Pedro Cuperman
THE POINT OF CONTACT GALLERY
presents
TANGO
Installation & Performance
October 18, 2007 - January 31, 2008
Music, dance... transposed into video—a sort
of performance projected into the space of the gallery
where audience and art become intertwined
in the field of representation.
A renowned Miami-based Tango instrumentalist and composer
Maestro Miguel Arrabal, on the classic bandoneón
while Vatan & Georgia from SyracuseTango
along with Jean Fung from New York City’s Fun-Tango
and tangueros from near and far perform to the rhythms of the Maestro in a one-time only extravaganza, where the space of the gallery
and the sidewalks of East Genesee St. turned to dance floors.
Noon to 3 p.m. November 18, 2006
@Pioneer Health Club
taught by Georgia & Vatan
(thank you Lisa, Sandy W, Yvonne, George, Bonnie, Pasha, Sukru, Sandy P, Christian, Isaias, Deb, Ruth for participating in the boleo olympics)
“DANCERS ARE ALL CONNECTED”
September 29, 30, 2006
Marika and Bulent - Tango performances
Steve Ryan and Cindy Overstreet - West Coast Swing performances
Andy and Ilona - Latin dance performances
Hannah-Elizabeth - Bellydance performance
Special performances by LHS 13 Vocal Ensemble & Performing Arts class from Liverpool High School (under the direction of Cathy Osinski).
Workshop on September 29th:
Marika, Bulent, Andy, Ilona, Steve and Cindy cooperatively taught a class in "Connection and Communication " in dance.
Followed by a practica.
Workshops on September 30th:
Marika and Bulent taught 3 workshops: “Structural Elements”, “Analyzing Turns”, and “Dynamics & Change of Energy”.
The weekend event culminated with a milonga at Johnston’s Ballybay
*To find out more about Bulent and Marika go to: www.tangofabrika.com
Presented by the Liverpool High School Dance Club (under the direction of Cathy Osinski)
and Syracuse Tango
A Weekend of Performances, Dancing, and Workshops featuring Bulent and Marika from Montreal*
Including Steve Ryan, Andy and Ilona,and Hannah-Elizabeth from Syracuse and more!