Milonga, Milonga Traspie and Nutty Fun Stuff
Please check the schedule for future courses
Dates/Times
8pm to 10pm (20:00 - 22:00) on these Fridays:Friday 15th January Friday 22nd January Friday 29th January Friday 5th February Friday 12th February NOT Friday 19th February - NO CLASS Friday 26th February Friday 5th March Friday 12th March Friday 19th March Friday 26th MarchIncluding free help (Mike or Stephanie) available on these Sunday Practice dates at St. Paul's:
Sun 17th January 14th February 14th March
We will do our best to make each class stand-a-lone (modular), so you can do the classes that you can make it to. For best results we recommend doing most or all of the classes of the course.
If you want to drop-in (out of the blue without telling us) to a class on this course then you MUST do so with a dance partner.
Venue
Ross Street Community CentrePrice
£10 (£7) per class.Yes, you can do as many or few of the classes as you like.
Booking & Information
email: courses @ XXXXXcamtango.com (remove XXXXX to get the real email address)Or talk to me on Tuesdays.
You can book as an individual dancer or with a dance partner. If you book with a dance partner then you are guaranteed a place when the time for balancing the number of men and women on the course arrives (a few days before the course starts).
Course Contents
Milonga is the "fast" music that followers tend to like and leaders dread as there is not enough time to think! It can all be OK and we'll work on finding pauses and time in milonga. Then we will do some milonga traspie which is really fast steps, except when done well your whole body moves more slowly.
Do you want to dance milonga for 2 hours? Nope, probably not so we are going to break the milonga up with "nutty fun stuff".
So, what is this "nutty fun stuff", then? Silly sacadas, bonkers barridas, gauche ganchos, exciting embrace changes, magnificent music, brilliant boleos and crazy colgadas.
To do all of the above there will be a lot of concentration upon core posture, movement and connection.
- Music: Milonga and Tango (rhythm, phrasing and melody)
- Embrace: close embrace for milonga, variations for the nutty stuff
- Posture
- Walk and basic elements in Milonga
- Giro and ochos in milonga
- Milonga Traspie (the fast steps)
- Nutty Fun Stuff
Other Information
Snacks and drinks will be provided during the breaks.
You will need slippery soled shoes for pivoting on wooden floors (leather soles are good).
We suggest that to enjoy this course you are able to dance the content of
Exceptions are possible in consultation with the course teachers (Mike and Stephanie).