Immersion Seminar Description

DANCING INTO ADVANCED LEVEL AND BEYOND
Two Days Dedicated To Exploring Advanced Aspects Of Tango

DAY I (INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED)
Saturday, June 18th, 12:30-5:30m @ Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue, NY, NY

12:30-2:00pm
Dancing As Man and Woman
In this workshop we will explore the leader and follower roles and how we relate through the language of tango. Through a deeper understanding of tango structure, we will see how leaders can dance confidently and expressively while allowing the follower room for her own expression, and how followers can go beyond merely following and venture into truly dancing. The ultimate goal is to develop a vibrant conversation through movement.


Led by Diego Di Falco and Carolina Zokalski and co-taught by Luis Bianchi, Diego Blanco, Ana Padron and Daniela Pucci.


2:15-3:45pm FindingBarridas in Unexpected Places
In this workshop we will explore improvisation in tango from the perspective of barridas, finding new and unusual ways of incorporating them.

Led by Diego Blanco and Ana Padron and co-taught by Luis Bianchi, Diego Di Falco, Daniela Pucci and Carolina Zokalski


4:00-5:30pm Mind-Bending Improvisation Games
In this workshop we will explore how to stop repeating the same steps and sequences and start creating a fresh dance movement by movement, multiplying your options. For followers, we will look into techniques and secrets for adapting to different moves comfortably and expressively. We will look into possibilities in parallel and cross systems, linear and circular, and more!

Led by Luis Bianchi and Daniela Pucci and co-taught by Diego Blanco, Diego Di Falco, Ana Padron and Carolina Zokalski .

DAY II (ADVANCED)
Sunday, June 19th, 12:30-3:30pm @ Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue, NY, NY

12:30-2pm Spicing Up Your Dance With Dynamics

Dynamics can be thought of the as flavor of our moves --- the sometimes subtle, sometimes breathtaking changes of speed that convey our personal interpretation of the music. Without dynamics, even the most complicated combination falls flat; with dynamics, even the simplest movements look and feel exciting and three-dimensional. Dynamics are one of the aspects of tango that take a lifetime to develop. In this workshop, we will push the boundaries on what we can do with dynamics. Each couple of instructors will share their secrets and techniques for dancing with fluidity, pausing, speeding up with control and precision, and much more.

Taught by Luis Bianchi, Diego Blanco, Diego Di Falco, Ana Padron, Daniela Pucci and Carolina Zokalski

2pm-3:30pm Our Favorite Moves

In this advanced workshop, each couple of instructors will share some of their favorite movements. After a weekend of focused work refining technique and pushing the limits of your dance, this is the dessert!

Taught by Luis Bianchi, Diego Blanco, Diego Di Falco, Ana Padron, Daniela Pucci and Carolina Zokalski


Pricing & Registration

For registration, please email thetangozone@gmail.com or call 617-218-7548

THE TANGO ZONE FULL PASS

6 workshops, The Tango Zone and Nocturne milongas, 1 show ticket: $185

FRIDAY NIGHT PASSES

Workshop + Show + Milonga: $45
Show + Milonga: $35

WORKSHOP-ONLY PASSES

Friday workshop: $15
Saturday and Sunday workshops: $40/1, $70/2, $95/3, $120/4, $145/5
Full workshop package: $150

MILONGA-ONLY PASSES

The Tango Zone Milonga: $8, $5 with any workshop and/or show registration
Nocturne by Robin Thomas: $12 (pay at the door or when signing up for The Tango Zone Pass)

SHOW

Thursday: $25
Friday, Saturday and Sunday: $30

Schedule

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH

SHOW: THE TANGO ZONE presents: "DREAMONIA" + "TIME" Double-Feature
8pm @Poet's Den Theater,
309 East 108th Street, New York, NY 10029

Recommended milonga: La Nacional, 9:30pm-1:30am @ 239 W.14th St. (between 7th and 8th Ave.), 2nd floor

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH

WORKSHOP: "SECRETS OF THE CONNECTION"
6:30-7:30pm @ Poet's Den Gallery,
309 East 108th Street, New York, NY 10029

SHOW: THE TANGO ZONE presents: "DREAMONIA" + "TIME" Double-Feature

8pm @Poet's Den Theater,
309 East 108th Street, New York, NY 10029

MILONGA: "THE TANGO ZONE"
9:30pm-1am @Poet's Den Theater, 309 East 108th Street, New York, NY 10029

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST

IMMERSION SEMINAR I: ADDING POWER AND IMAGINATION TO YOUR DANCE
1-6pm @ Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue, NY, NY

1-2:30pm Tuning Your Instrument: An Exploration of Body Awareness
2:45-4:15pm High-Definition Boleos: Razor-Sharp vs Snake-Like Dynamics
4:30-6pm: Mind-Bending Combinations with Legwraps

SHOW: THE TANGO ZONE presents: "DREAMONIA" + "TIME" Double-Feature

8pm @Poet's Den Theater,
309 East 108th Street, New York, NY 10029

MILONGA: "NOCTURNE" BY ROBIN THOMAS
10:00pm-3am, lesson at 9pm @Dancesport, 22 W 34th St, 4th floor

Recommended outdoor milonga: Central Park Tango, 6pm-9pm, map at newyorktango.com

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND

IMMERSION SEMINAR II: ADDING VERTIGO TO YOUR DANCE
12:30-3:30pm @ Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue, NY, NY

12:30-2pm Languid Walks, Dramatic Pauses and Surprise Effects
2pm-3:30pm Ferocious Turns

SHOW: THE TANGO ZONE presents: "DREAMONIA" + "TIME" Double-Feature

5pm @Poet's Den Theater,
309 East 108th Street, New York, NY 10029

Recommended milonga: Roko, 8:15pm-12:30am @ 29 W 36th St, 2nd floor, (bet 5th & 6th Aves.)
Recommended outdoor milonga: Tango Porteno, 8pm-12am @ Pier 16, South St Seaport

Synopsis

The Tango Zone offers a one-of-a-kind experience, taking a NEW look at an OLD art form. This is a new concept in Argentine tango theater art. It consists of a double-feature show with the titles "Man VsTime" and "Dreamonia" realizing our ambition to make tango speak. Combining the media of dance, theater, comedy and video, the show tells short stories that expand on traditional tango show themes to encompass the funny, exciting, dramatic and even mundane aspects of existence, both real and imaginary.

Act 1: Man Vs Time

If you could turn back time, would you? "Man Vs Time" is composed of a series of vignettes going from heart warming to heart breaking, centered around the universal theme of the passage of time: a young couple discovers love; an old woman regains her lost youth but must choose between that and her lifelong companion; a love triangle ends with dire consequences --- or does it? A giant clock overlooks their challenges and joys as characters both young and old are faced with the full range of human emotion: love, regret, jealousy, nostalgia, anger, guilt, happiness and despair. An absurd recurring fight between Everyman and Time, the latter embodied as a capricious mythical figure, connects the threads and proves completely futile to Everyman: utterly indifferent to the human plight, Time presses forward, flips back, and at points even seems to stand still.

Act 2: Dreamonia

When Alberto loses his customary fight with Carmela for the TV remote control, he slips off into a long tango-flavored dream. What follows is a series of skits portraying TV shows and movies through the unlikely combination of tango and slapstick comedy. Among other stories, "Missing Bogart" shows the romance between a blond bombshell damsel in distress over the disappearance of her dog and a very clumsy private eye, in the tradition of the 40s and 50s film noir; "Tango Matrix" pits humans and agents against each over a disk containing all of the secrets and wisdom of tango; "Sportango: the channel where tango is the sport, and that sport is tango!" offers the "Tango Race", "High Jump with Partner" and "Boxing" competitions, complete with televised commentators intertwined with live action. Alternating between live performance and film commercials of some very special fictitious tango related products, "Dreamonia" blurs the line between dream and reality.

Nick Jones & Diana Cruz & Amy Anderson

http://www.naturaltango.com

Nick Jones approaches dancing with great abandon and seriousness. Mixing formal Argentine Tango styles to create creative, musical dance that pushes the limits of the genera. As an enthusiastic teacher, choreographer, performer, dj and musician he is invited to tango festivals and workshops around the world. He has studied tango since 1998 and to this day continues to take classes with whomever catches his eye.

Diana Cruz is a dancer who has dedicated her life to understanding body movement and performing. She pulls together all of her multi-diciplinary techniques (including: Ballet, Contemporary, Modern and Latin American folk dances, Pilates, Yoga, singing and many tango styles) into one cohesive dance. She uses these techniques as a base to create powerful, musical unique performances.

She has been invited as been invited as a performer and teacher around the US and Australia, and to many festivals including the Montreal Nuevo Tango Festival.
YouTube Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9BMBRqs59U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUVuGVDbtE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yik5-apOGfc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEKHl4csGSE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1vTqGqECYY

Carolina Jaurena

http://www.carolinadancer.com

Influenced by her parents, a Bandoneon Master from Uruguay and a Tango singer from Venezuela, from an early age Carolina pursued a desire to perform. Her comprehensive dance background includes ballet, salsa, flamenco and capoeira, and she now specializes in Argentine Tango. She has worked with some of the most recognized names in the tango world: Jorge Torres, Fabian Peralta,Cesar Coelho and Hugo Patyn. Having been fortunate enough to work with some of the best, it comes as no surprise that Carolina’s career is filled with a long list of dance credits that includes, Tango & Tango at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Tango Fantastico at the Bellearyre Music Festival, on Broadway at Town Hall in the show “Tangos for la Milonga” with Romulo Larrea and in 2005 she traveled to Europe to perform with the Sudwestfalen Philarmonic at the Symphonic Tango night in Hilchenbach-Lutzel, Germany. In addition, she was also a featured dancer, singer and actress in the Two River Theatre Company production of Blood Wedding and performed in the Buenos Aires month celebration at the World Financial Center. She was also invited to perform at The 10th Annual Orlando International Fringe Festival in Florida, "Tango Summit" with the Panamerican Symphony Orchestra, and "100 años de tango, de Villoldo a Piazzolla" at the prestigious Solis Theatre in Montevideo, Uruguay. She performs regularly in New York City with Leonardo Suarez Paz's "Cuartetango" and at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Queens. Carolina is also a much sought after performer in television and film, having appeared on such shows as Fox 5 “Good Day New York” with Penny Crone, "Today in NY" on NBC. In 2006 she was a first prize winner on the popular program Sábado Gigante on Univision. However, the height of her professional career was marked by her role as a primary dancer in the feature film Random Hearts directed by Sidney Pollack and starring Harrison Ford. Carolina talents are not just limited to teaching, but she is a much respected and sought after instructor as well. Over the years, she has been invited to perform and teach at several Dance Festivals including; The Colorado Dance Festival, The D.C. Tango Festival, The Boston Tango Festival, and the "Tango Norte” 2007 Stockholm Tango Festival. Most recently, Carolina was invited to teach at Nashville Tango and performed with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra in Tennessee, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and performed with “Tango Five” at the Einhalden Festival in Germany. This, Carolina performed with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra and Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and was a part of the Evolution Tango Show in Dallas, Texas

YouTube Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huAN1tdoH_0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDA4JHCZcfE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruThWsFqpWA

Ana Padron & Diego Blanco

http://www.tangoforall.com

Award-winning Argentine Tango dancers Diego Blanco and Ana Padron are one of the top performing young couples in the world today. Their tango style is energetic, rhythmical, and innovative, and through their fluid moves they fuse nuevo tango with the close embrace look of traditional tango. They co- founded their dance company, Tango for All, to bring this electrifying tango to audiences in America and throughout the world.

The name “Tango for All” was inspired by Diego and Ana’s work with the program You Move Me Tango developed by the Shimmy Club, an organization that preserves and promotes music, art and dance traditions from around the world with the goal of strengthening community interactions. Ana explains that the Shimmy Club’s You Move Me Tango program, which is open to the visually impaired youth, “empowers them with improved health and fitness, feelings of self-worth, and increased self-confidence to engage socially with a broadening circle of peers with and without disabilities.” Ana says, “the reason we chose Tango For All was that we wanted tango to be open to everyone across cultures and nationalities.”

For the sake of their strong love of communication through movement, Diego and Ana cross yet another set of boundaries with their company’s first co-production with Rapture Tango, The Tango Zone: a mix of tango, theatre and video. The Tango Zone presents tango as a language, expanding traditional tango themes to encompass funny, exciting, dramatic and even mundane aspects of existence, both real and imaginary. The show represents a confluence of visions, cultures and media, brought together in a celebration of the multitude of experiences and relationships that make up the fabric of living.

Diego and Ana command a wide range of dance disciplines from which they tap inspiration for their movement. In addition to Argentine Tango, these include Classical Ballet, Jazz, African, and Jose Limon, Martha Graham, and Jennifer Muller techniques. They have honed these techniques and skills since their paths first crossed at the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida, culminating in Bachelor in Fine Arts degrees from the University of Florida, from which they both graduated with Honors.

Diego and Ana have radiated their love of tango and brought audiences to their feet in applause over many years in many nations: they have toured throughout the United States, the Caribbean, South America, Europe and Asia. They have worked with fellow tango stars such as the dancers Diego Di Falco and Carolina Zokalski, and the Grammy winner musician Raul Jaurena. They have also brought tango to numerous off-Broadway shows and danced and choreographed for an independent film. Outside of the tango realm they have choreographed and danced for legendary modern dance companies that include Jennifer Muller and Martha Graham.

One long-held goal of the couple is to have their own studio where they can teach tango, ballet, yoga and modern dance. Meanwhile they teach tango workshops and private lessons that involve a holistic understanding of movement and an increased awareness of the body as the bases for musicality and creativity.

Youtube videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuU9bH535DQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH1K4Ck5TE8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I_2Febgj8c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EmTDF8Jgn0&feature=related



Daniela Pucci & Luis Bianchi

http://www.luisbianchi.com

Daniela and Luis met during her first trip to Buenos Aires. What was supposed to be Luis's last tanda for the night turned into two hours of dancing together. The magical connection they experienced that night led them to share their tango paths. Daniela left her career as an MIT engineering professor to join Luis as his tango partner. Luis left Buenos Aires to join her in New York City, where they currently reside.

Daniela and Luis' performances have been described as sensational, passionate, musical, and technically impeccable. Their dance and instruction are based on deep knowledge of the different styles of tango: milonguero, salon, nuevo and stage, which they blend with ease and fluidity to create very personal interpretations. Expressive and dedicated performers, they bring the excitement level of any crowd to new heights, combining mastery of their art with a sincere humanity that often moves the public to tears or makes them burst into laughter.

Equally passionate about teaching and performing, they have quickly gained renown for their deep grasp on body mechanics as well as analytical, logical and detail-oriented teaching style. On tour for the better part of each year, since the beginning of their partnership in 2006 they have taught and performed throughout the U.S., in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland and Egypt, as well as in their native countries of Brazil and Argentina, including several major festivals both in North America and in Europe. In 2010 they were also hired by U.S. champions and Olympic silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White to help coach their Argentine tango routine for the 2010/2011 ice dance championships. When not on tour, they offer their "Tango Clinic" and several intensive weekend seminars in New York City. They are co-founders of "The Tango Zone Dance Company", which produces shows combining tango, theater, video and comedy, realizing their long-term vision of telling stories through tango.

Born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Luis started dancing tango in 1994 and became a professional dancer in 1997. He taught and performed for several years in Buenos Aires, including performances with leading tango bands Bajofondo and Tanguetto, before tango took him to Brazil, Europe and North America. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Daniela quit her academic career as an MIT engineering professor to fully dedicate herself to professional tango dancing. She started dancing tango in 1999 and brings lifelong training in classical piano to the partnership.

YouTube Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq0Df1YnUN4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3HcC04A5o


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnRA5Bwp3FM


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9BMBRqs59U


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs_FP7b6oOk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8W84eqJKQs


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7N7D-VJF4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1XuuXB0GOM