•••See new Advanced Beginner Tango Class, Fridays, starting April 5, 2013•••
La Pista, 766 & 768 Brannan Street, San Francisco, between 6th & 7th streets
MONDAY
Intimate Embrace Tango for Beginners with Sonja Riket {Downstairs Studio}For Date, Time & Registration: call Sonja Riket: 415.661.1852
Somatic Movement Therapist and award winning Tango teacher Sonja Riket offers ongoing 6-week series for Beginners based on the somatic approach to Argentine Tango. The teaching utilizes Body-Mind Centering® and Feldenkrais® methods to facilitate easy learning of the basic elements of Tango through your body’s own intelligence. Pre-requisite: Pre-beginner workshop
More info: www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Tango Fundamentals 1 with Mila & Autumn {Upstairs Studio}
Class 8-9pm, Upstairs Practica 9-whenever
$10 class + practica – $5 practica only
Join Autumn and Mila as they walk you through the tango basics in a very inviting class. No experience or partner necessary.
For more information: www.firetigerdance.com
THURSDAY
Tango Salón w/Guillermo Garcia {Downstairs Studio}Class 8:00-9:30pm
$15
First half-hour features individual technique exercises: build your practice routine.
The second hour section we apply the movements to actual dance with a partner.
The class focuses on technique, lead-and-follow connection, musicality and steps for the social dance floor, providing a strong foundation on fundamental tango elements such as walking, pivots, turns, rhythm and cadencia, embellishments, enrosques, voleos, planeos, etc.
The material is adapted to your level, so that the class is productive for advanced students as well as beginners. This is a relatively small class so students receive significant individual attention.
FRIDAYs
Beginners Tango Class & Practica* {Upstairs Studio}
Camille & Partners (Rob, Ashvin, or Tom)
Class 7:30–8:30 class •
8:30–10:30ish guided practice
$10 class + practice
, $5, practica only
No partner necessary••Drop-ins welcome. We work with beginners who are totally new to tango and our regulars who want more challenge. We build on the basic steps, adding circular patterns and linear figures that you can do in a tight place when the dance floor is crowded.
Info, contact Camille: ocaramia@me.com.
TangoLab with Luz & Alex {Upstairs Studio}
Class 8-9:30
$10
TangoLab is a class designed for exploring and learning technique, dynamic movements and musicality in tango. TangoLab focuses on observation, critical feedback, body awareness.
www.luzyalex.com, info@luzyalex.com
*LAST FRIDAY of the month:
LA MILONGUITA: a Beginner’s Milonga {Downstairs Studio}
$10 class + milonga
DJ: Mila Salazar, Hosts: Tom Lewis and Camille Cusumano
. This is milonga for beginner dancers (others welcome). Dance the moves you have learned in your classes and practice milonga codigos in a welcome, open, and friendly atmosphere. More advanced dancers are welcome to join in and help out and get to know the new dancers!
Contact Camille
SATURDAY
Transformation Tango with Sonja Riket {Upstairs Studio}
Class 10am-1pm on select Saturdays
$15
TRANSFORMATION TANGO: Exploring Tango from the Inside
Intermediate level workshop (at least 1 year experience)
The class explores principles of Yoga, Feldenkrais® and Body-Mind Centering® to find the ease that underlies transformation. Then by moving slowly in comfortable positions and a close embrace we will learn to:
- access the stillness within, leading to a better ability to listen and attend to our own and partner’s needs in a close Tango
- explore and express the physicality of trust in order to acquire the best possible connection in the dance
- add a different level of awareness and effortlessness to your dance transforming tension, fear and doubt into greater ease and freedom of movement while preventing injuries
- improve balance and grounding every second of the dance for greater safety and technical ability in various rhythms and speed
Wear comfortable loose clothing and bring socks and dancing shoes. Leadership roles may be exchanged.
Sonja Riket: Somatic Movement Therapist, Certified Feldenkrais and Body-Mind Centering Teacher
Date, Time &
Registration: call Sonja Riket: 415.661.1852
More info: IntimateEmbraceTango.com