2007/2008 New Year Milonga by TanguerIN

SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S MILONGA PARTY
L A   M I L O N G A   D E L   A Ñ O   N U E V O

31 December 2007 (Monday)

Starts: 7.00 pm
From 7.00 pm until midnight - tango music only
From midnight until the morning - mixed music

Address: 18 Vitosha Blvd. (the glass door between Upstairs bar and the yellow change bureau)
Entrance: 1 stotinka

Please, bring food for the New Year buffet.
DO NOT BRING IN DRINKS, drinks can be purchased at the bar.

Organized by: The TanguerIN Team & Milko Mateev

Día Del Tango 2007

TanguerIN Studio together with Art Center Altera
presents:

D Í A   D E L   T A N G O   2 0 0 7
T A N G O   D A Y   2 0 0 7

with the support of the Embassy of the Argentinean Republic

11 December
Sofia Hall and Art Center Altera
Interpred, 36 Dragan Tzankov Blvd

Free entrance

Partners: Rousse Winery, Altera Publishing House, LaokoonTango

PROGRAMME:

6.00 p.m.
Screening of the documentary
ABRAZOS, TANGO EN BUENOS AIRES
(2005, Argentina, directed by Daniel Rivas)
Location: Sofia Hall

7.30 p.m.
THE COLORS OF TANGO: PAINTINGS AND CLOTHES
Location: Art Center Altera
Opening of the exhibition of paintings by Fanna Kolarova and tango clothes by Corte Y Quebrada. Complimentary glass of wine from Rousse Winery.

8.00 p.m.
TANGO BALL
Location: Sofia Hall
Tango dancing to the music of the great Argentinean tango orchestras from the Golden Age to the present days.
Special show performances by the dancers and teachers from the tango clubs in Sofia:

Ivaylo and Gabriela (LaokoonTango)

Dobrin and Ivayla (SofiaTango)

Ivo & Nadia (TanguerIN Studio)

11 December, Tango Day, the birthday of the legendary Carlos Gardel

11 December is the birth date of two of the most celebrated persons in tango - the legendary singer and composer Carlos Gardel (born in 1890) and the violinist and composer Julio De Caro, one of the first innovators in tango history. Owing to the the importance of this day it has been proclaim a National tango day in Argentina in 1977. With the spectacular growth of the interest in argentine tango around the world tango lovers in many countries started to celebrate this day and has gradually acquired international fame.

The documentary "Abrazos, Tango en Buenos Aires

The Argentinean documentary directed by Daniel Rivas encompasses nine days of concerts and dancing, introduces the greatest tango artists, their performances, their experiences, their testimonies: the Sexteto Mayor, Horacio Salgán, Adriana Varela, María Graña, Raúl Lavié, Rubén Juárez, Color Tango, Luis Borda, Julio Pane, Juanjo Dominguez, El Arranque, and so many more. This documentary follows the history of Tango and Buenos Aires, the participation of thousands of tourists and residents, and will return us to the moments when more than 300 couples from all over the world competed in the hopes of obtaining the first world championship in tango dancing.

Fanna Kolarova (Germany, Bulgaria) and her tango paintings and clothes.

Fanna Kolarova was born in 1949. She is a graduate of the National Art Academy in Sofia (wall painting) and Kunsthochschule Berlin - Weissensee. From 1974 she lives and works as a free lance artist in Berlin. She is a renowned author of interior and exterior art decoration projects, many of which commissioned by various institutions in Germany. Her works including wall paintings, facades and decoration panels, scultuptures etc. decorate administrative and industrial buildings, hospitals, office and public spaces in many German cities and towns. In 1999 her name was included in the official list of artists to be commissioned for decorating new government buildings in Berlin. With her paintings Fanna has taken part in more than 40 exhibitions and has had over 15 individual exhibitions across Europe.

In Berlin Fanna is attracted by the irresistible charm of the argentine tango and in 1998 she starts dancing and attending regular tango events. Since then the tango finds a special place in her works and is the main theme of 4 of her exhibitions of oil paintings in Berlin and Sofia. The paintings which will be shown on 11 December were created in the period between 2000 and 2007 using oil and mixed technique. The diversity of colors and moods is inspired by the unique spirit and aesthetics of tango fine tuned by the personal experience of the artist and her encounter with the emotional world of the music and the dance. The focus is the dancing couple, its state of unity beyond time and space. Feelings well known to everyone who had succumbed to the addictive embrace of the tango are exposed in a unique and deeply personal manner by the paintings of Fanna Kolarova.

Along with dancing and painting Fanna also designs clothes In 2006 she presented her own designer collection in an art performance entitled "A dance class" at the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden shopping center in Berlin and she has been invited to participate in the 2008 German female designer fair at the Frauen Museum in Bonn. On 11 December Fanna will present a collection of clothes for tango made for the newly established label Corte Y Quebrada.

TanguerIN Studio will teach argentine tango to participants in the TV dance competition Dance With Me

The team of TanguerIN Studio was invited to participate as consultants and choreographers in the second part of the amateur TV dance competition show Dance With Me produced by bTV and Slavi Show. TanguerIN studio will help 4 of the 12 competition finalists prepare and perform a dance piece with argentine tango. This is the first time argentine tango is presented in a TV dance reality show in Bulgaria. Dance With Me is currently rated as the most popular TV show in the country and TanguerIN Studio hopes that its involvment in it will help promote the dance and culture of argentine tango in Bulgaria.

TanguerIN starts ::tangoteca:: - a new tango event concept

As of 1st November 2007 TanguerIN starts a new weekly tango event called ::tangoteca:: combining a traditional milonga and a contemporary tango afterparty. It takes place every Thursday evening in an underground club on 18 Vitosha Blvd. (also known as the "Deep Down Club" or the former 18+ club)

The concept of ::tangoteca:: is to provide a place to dance and communicate to those who love argentine tango in all of its forms and styles. The evening begins with a dance class for all levels and continues with a party, the first part of which is a milonga in the best traditions of Buenos Aires, with music mainly from and in the style of the great orchestras from the Golden Age of tango. In the second part, the party continues with contemporary tango music with emphasis on electronic tango compiled with some tango nuevo and some alternative non-tango music, appreciated by tango dancers. The idea of ::tangoteca:: is to bring together in one evening dancers from different generations, with different music preferences and dance styles to enjoy the magic of argentine tango in all its variations and reincarnations. The official blog of the new event is http://tangoteca.tanguerin.com

The Tango Bar milonga is back!

The long awaited comeback of the Tango Bar milonga by TanguerIN in Sofia will happen on 3rd October 2007. The milonga has a new venue - the ballroom at the Czech Club on 15 Krakra St. in Sofia. It will run in its usual day, Wednesday, from 7.30 pm until 10.30 pm. The organizers from TanguerIN Studio promise to keep alive the tradition of making special thematic milongas and inviting interesting guest performers. The resident DJ Ivo will continue to play the best of the legendary tango orchestras as well as the latest from the contemporary tango music. The Tango Bar milonga has now its own blog (http://tangobar.tanguerin.com) where you will be able to follow news and updates about the milongas. Join us on 3rd October to celebrate the comeback of the Tango Bar after a year long break.

Flyer:

Exhibition of paintings by Fanna Kolarova at TanguerIN Studio

Between 20th August and 30th October the TanguerIN Studio space will turn into an art gallery presenting oil and mixed technique paintings by Fanna Kolarova, an accomplished Bulgarian with residence in Berlin. She is also an experienced tango dancers and she devotes many of her paintings to the music and the dance of tango, depicting the atmosphere and the spiritual world of tango in a way possible only for an insider.

Fanna Kolarova was born in 1949. She is a graduate of the National Art Academy in Sofia (wall painting) and Kunsthochschule Berlin - Weissensee. From 1974 she lives and works as a free lance artist in Berlin. She is a renowned author of interior and exterior art decoration projects, many of which commissioned by various institutions in Germany. She has in her portfolio a great number of works including wall paintings (wet and dry frescoes), facades and decoration panels (painted ceramics, varnish, aliminium) and scultuptures (metal, color paper etc.) which decorate administrative and industrial buildings, hospitals office and public spaces in many German cities and towns, among them Berlin, Hamburg, Potsdam, Oranienburg, Birkenverder, Henigsdorf, Kotbus, Hesen and others.  She was commissioned to make the artistic design and decoration of the center of Oranienburg including a mural with the history of the town (mosaic, stone and color glass) and a fountain of stone and concrete. She has decorated offices and administration building of large German companies including Deutsche Telekom, DeTe-Imobilien and Sireo (facades, decoration panels, wall paintings and full interior decoration). In 1999 her name was included in the official list of artists to be commissioned for decorating new government buildings in Berlin.

With her paintings Fanna has taken part in more than 40 exhibitions and has had over 15 individual exhibitions. She has exhibited in galleries, cultural centers, cathedrals, and other spaces in Berlin, Potsdam, Baden-Baden, Heidelberg, Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam. Antwerp, Sofia, Plovdiv, Thessaloniki, Constance and many other cities in Europe.

In Berlin Fanna is attracted by the irresistible charm of the argentine tango and in 1998 she starts dancing and attending regular tango events. Since then the tango finds a special place in her works and is the main theme of 4 of her exhibitions of oil paintings in Berlin and Sofia. Along with dancing and painting Fanna also designs clothes and in 2006 participates with her own designer collection in an art performance entitled "A dance class" at the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden shopping center in Berlin.

The paintings exhibited at TanguerIN Studio were created in the period between 2000 and 2007 using oil and mixed technique. The diversity of colors and moods is inspired by the unique spirit and aesthetics of tango fine tuned by the personal experience of the artist and her encounter with the emotional world of the music and the dance. The focus is the dancing couple, its state of unity beyond time and space. Feelings well known to everyone who had succumbed to the addictive embrace of the tango are exposed in a unique and deeply personal manner by the paintings of Fanna Kolarova.

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The tango paintings by Fanna Kolarova are on display for those who attend the regular events at TanguerIN Studio. Private views can be arranged for everybody else every weekday between 5.00 pm and 6.00 pm upon appointment.

Address: TanguerIN Studio, Lozenets area, 51 Zlatovruh St. (down the stairs in the shop/office area at the basement level)

TanguerIN is the official representative for Bulgaria of the Istanbul Tango festival

TanguerIN Tango Studio is the local representative for Bulgaria and Serbia of the International Istanbul Tango Festival. The 4th edition of the festival will take place between 5 and 8 July 2007 and will feature classes and perfromances by 4 renowned dance couples from Argentina and 4 milongas including a milonga with live music by Orquesta Tango+ and Orquesta Istanbul Academia Project. The participating maestros are:

Sebastian Arce & Mariana Montes
Adrián Veredice & Alejandra Hobert
Pablo Villaraza & Dana Frigoli
Damian Rozenthal & Celine Ruiz

This year there will be even more workshop packs and more options to chose from compared to previous editions. Apart from the usual levels workshop packs for intermediate, advanced and masterclass there will be a special class pack for all levels and a series of workshops on women technique. Also, two of the milongas in this edition of the festivals will take place in some of the most beautiful historic sites in the Asian part of Istanbul - the magnificent Adile Sultan Palace and the historic Haydarpasa train station terminal. In 2007, for a second year there will be a Bulgarian DJ at the Istanbul Festival - Ivo from TanguerIN Studio was invited again as a DJ at two of the festival milongas. More information about the festival can be obtained from its official website: http://www.tangointurkey.com

Everyone can register and pay the festival fee at TanguerIN Tango Studio's regular classes and milongas. There is a special 5% discount for those who register and pay any of the festival packs for 2007 (except the pack that includes only the milongas) through TanguerIN Tango Studio! In addition, TanguerIN Tango Studio will provide free travel advice/assistance for all who register and travel from Bulgaria.

Tango Nuevo weekend with argentinean maestros Ismael Ludman and Maria Mondino

TanguerIN Studio organizes a special long weekend dedicated to the tango nuevo style of dancing from 14 till 17th June 2007 in Sofia, featuring one of the main protagonists of today's contemporary tango scene, the argentine dancers Ismael Ludman and Maria Mondino. The event is organized in partnership with the Red House Center For Cultutre and Debate in Sofia which will host a special introduction dance class with Ismael and Maria and a big milonga party with shows by the argentine maestros.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAESTROS

Maria Mondino started her career with renowned milonguero Juan Durso in La Plata, Argentina. In 1999 she moved to Buenos Aires where she focused on creative tango and started to work extensively with Gustavo Naveira. She has also worked with Maurico Castro & Carla Marano, "Chicho" Frumboli & Eugenia Parilla, and Pablo Inza. The style she is interested in, and tries to develop and promote, is the result of a search: the idea of generating consciousness of the movement, the systematization of concepts, as well as a clear and defined pedagogy. She stimulates her search to achieve quality and organic movement, as well as warmth, expressiveness and connection in the dance. She also has experience in theatre, flamenco, contemporary dance and release technique, which complement her overall formation as a dancer. Since 1999 Maria has been teaching tango on a regular basis in Argentina and in Europe. In Buenos Aires she has taught at Mora Godoy Studios, Tango Brujo Academy, Centro Cultural La Fragua and she has taken part as teacher and performer in tango festivals, shows and instructional videos. She has taught workshops in many cities around the world including London, Pisa, Rotterdam, Barcelona, Istanbul, Berlin, Basel, Paraguay, TangoCamp in Heinola (Finland) and others.

Ismael Ludman is an artist, part of a generation of young Argentine dancers, whose curiosity led him to penetrate into the great diversity of schools and teachers within the tango of Buenos Aires in the search of a dynamical, improvised and organic tango. He has extensively worked with Gustavo Naveira, and Chicho. He has taught together with Sebastian Arce and Mariana Montes, Melina Bruffman and Claduio Gonzales and others. His formation as a dancer includes also such artistic disciplines as Contact Improvisation, Eutonia, Butoh and Dance-Theatre. He is at the cutting edge of tango development promoting a style with a focus on communication, expressiveness and a relaxed way of dancing. Ismael is a confident, eloquent and accomplished teacher. Based in Buenos Aires, his teaching  spots include the well known Centro Cultural Borges. He is known in Buenos Aires by his creative alternatives on tango. He is actively involved in new age tango performances and other artistic projects. Beyond Buenos Aires he has taken part as a dancer, teacher and organizer in Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Scotland, England, Spain and Turkey.

Both together are a fresh, dynamic and energetic couple. Their performance comes from the simplicity to a complex and personal interpretation of the music, both traditional and modern tango. As teachers, they combine the precision of the technical and mechanical perspective of the movements, with the abstract world of sensations and feelings. They build their classes from strong and simple bases, to arrive to the complexity in an organic way. They understand the pedagogic experience as a "body-mind" interchange between students and teachers.

More information about them can be found at www.tangodinamia.com.ar.

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DETAILS OF THE WORKSHOPS WITH ISMAEL AND MARIA

Thursday, 14 June
The Red House Center, 15 Ljuben Karavelov St.
7.00pm - 8.30pm INTRO: Introduction to "tango nuevo". A workshop for everyone who wants to learn more about the contemporary forms of tango dancing. Suitable for dancers of all styles and levels including absolute beginners with no previous tango experience (all levels). You can book a place for this workshop through the Red House website.

Saturday, 16 June
Latin Dance Studio, 20th April Street No13
1.00pm - 2.30pm TECNICA 1: Women's technique (all levels)
3.00pm - 4.30pm MUSICALIDAD 1:New ideas for dancing to tango music from different time periods:  Orquesta Tipica Victor - Osvaldo Pugliese - Tanghetto (Electrotango) (advanced beginners & intermediate)
5.00pm - 6.30pm OPOSICIONES 1: Fundamentals of movements in opposition - boleos and sacadas (intermediate & advanced)


Sunday, 17 June
Latin Dance Studio, 20th April Street No13
1.00pm - 2.30pm TECNICA 2: Embrace, elasticity of embrace in axis and out of axis (all levels)
3.00pm - 4.30pm MUSICALIDAD 2: Dancing to the music of Astor Piazzolla (advanced beginners & intermediate)
5.00pm - 6.30pm OPOSICIONES 2: Fundamentals of movements in opposition - colgadas (intermediate & advanced)

Price per workshop per person - 20 BGN (approx. 10 EUR)

Registration and attendance in couples is required for all workshops except the workshops INTRO and TECNICA 1. Registration via e-mail: info[at]tanguerin[dot]com or in person during any event by TanguerIN Studio, or the regular milongas in Sofia (see Milongas in the website menu). Payment for the INTRO workshop can be made only at the Red House Center (tel. +359 2 988 81 88)

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TANGO NUEVO MILONGA WITH SHOW BY MARIA AND ISMAEL

(includes tasting of wines from the Tango series by Rousse Winery)

Friday, 15 June

9.00pm - 12.00pm

The Red House Center, 15 Ljuben Karavelov St.

The Red Hall

Tickets: 8/6 BGN (approx. 4/3 EUR)

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TanguerIN Studio brings the argentine tango to Burgas

Ivo and Nadia, the founders of TanguerIN Studio, were invited by DANCE.BG to teach a series of tango workshops in Bourgas aimed at introducing the participants to the basics of argentine tango. Classes will take place at DUNE Dance Studio on 7 Tzar Assen St., 4th floor. This is the first time that someone will teach argentine tango classes in Burgas and the team of Tanguerin Studio is very proud to bring the magic of tango to this buzzing city on the Black Sea coast.

The schedule of the workshops is as follows:
19 April, Thursday, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm
20 April, Friday, 7.30 pm - 9.00 pm

For more information and registration, please, call 0899 499061 or write to dance_bg@abv.bg.

Tango Recreo - a tango weekend in the mountains with tango teachers from USA

TANGO RECREO is a three day immersion into the emotions of the argentine tango amidst the nature and the clean air of Rila Mountain. The aim is to relax from the stress and the tension of the big city and to enjoy the tranquility and the energy of the mountain, to indulge in the beauty of the dance and the music. Three days in which the nature will merge with our inner energy, released through tango, helping us to improve our movements and communication during the dance, to be more creative and natural and to sense better the music and our partner. Three days in which we will learn new things, develop what we already know, experiment with the music and the dance and have fun.

THE TEACHERS

All workshops during the event will be led by our special guests - Sharna Fabiano and Isaac Oboka, who live and teach tango in Washington DC.

Isaac and Sharna are a dynamic and thoroughly modern partnership, pursuing the artistry of the tango with subtlety, playfulness, and precision. Among the most versatile of tango couples, they move elegantly between the intimate moments of traditional tango styles and the complex and athletic vocabulary of the emerging generation.

Equally passionate about teaching, their classes strike a balance between clear and insightful explanations of tango mechanics, and the sensual skills of connecting with a partner. Most of all they want students to have fun with the learning process, and to discover the magic of tango improvisation at any level. More information bout the couple can be found on their website: www.isaacsharna.com.

Sharna is among the most accomplished tango performers and teachers in the United States. She is recognized around the world for her mastery of both leading and following roles, and for her elegant and powerful quality of movement. She is also credited with pioneering the use of non-Argentine "neotango" music for social tango dancing. Sharna has a background of classical and contemporary dance, and has been dancing tango since 1997.

Sharna performs with the internationally acclaimed TangoMujer Dance Company, a group of all-women tango dancers based in NYC. Her own choreographic work combines tango movement with modern dance to explore the meaning of partnership: its allure, conflict and, ultimately, its potential for transformation in our lives. In 2006 she established Sharna Fabiano Tango Company and premiered her first evening-length production, "Tangos From Here" to sold-out audiences in Washington, DC. Her written articles on the depth and mystique of the tango have been widely read online and translated into several languages. For more information about Sharna's current projects, visit www.sharnafabiano.com.

Sharna's partner, Isaac Oboka, is an extraordinarily gifted young dancer from Denver, Colorado. With the smooth, effortless quality attributed to the most sophisticated social dancers, his tango is full of surprises, originality, and humor! For the past several years, Isaac's passionate quest for the heart of the tango has taken him to hundreds of dance floors across the US, and to Buenos Aires for an intensive study of three months. Since his return in early 2006, he has taught in over a dozen cities in the US and Canada, and also in Berlin, Germany. Isaac is greatly inspired by the innovative dancing of the famous argentine artists Chicho Frumboli/Eugenia Parrilla and Sebastian Arce/Mariana Montes.

During TANGO RECREO 2007 Sharna and Isaac will teach a total of 10 tango workshops on different topics and for different levels and will make a demonstration during one of the milongas. Sharna will also be DJing at a special NeoTango Milonga (milonga with alternative non-tango music) during the last night of the event.

THE PLACE

All events will take place at Hotel Zodiac (***) in Borovetz. The hotel is part of the oldest and most famous mountain resort in Bulgaria situated some 75 km. away from Sofia. The hotel is not far away from the resort centre, giving access to the infrastructure and the convenience of the resort life. At the same time, Zodiac Hotel is located in an isolated area amidst a beautiful pine forest, surrounded by the beauty of the mountain. The hotel offers excellent recreation conditions, renovated rooms, cosy restaurant area with nice food and perfect dancing conditions in halls with wooden floors. Sauna, massage and gym facilities are available at a small extra cost.

SCHEDULE*

28th APRIL, SATURDAY
14:00 - 16:00 - Check-in and registration
16:00 - 17:30 - Workshop 1.1 TANGO BASICS AND MUSICALITY level: beginners
17:30 - 18:00 - Break / free practica
18:00 - 19:30 - Workshop 1.2 CLOSE EMBRACE TECHNIQUE level: beginners & intermediates
19:30 - 21:00 - Dinner
21:00 - 01:00 - ЕCO MILONGA (recommended colours: green and blue), teachers presentation, DJ Ivo     

29th APRIL, SUNDAY
09:00 - 11:00 - Breakfast
11:00 - 13:00 - Free Practica
13:00 - 14:30 - Workshop 2.1 MILONGA TRASPIE all levels
14:30 - 15:00 - Break / free practica
15:00 - 16:30 - Workshop 3.1 FOLLOWERS' TECHIQUE 1 / Workshop 4.1 LEADERS' TECHIQUE 1 all levels
16:30 - 17:00 - Break / free practica
17:00 - 18:30 - Workshop 5.1 SACADAS AND OTHER TURNING ELEMENTS level: intermediates & advanced
18:30 - 20:00 - Dinner
20:00 - 22:00 - Movie screening: "Je ne suis pas la pour etre aime", French, with subtitles
22:00 - 02:00 - SHOW MILONGA, demonstration by Sharna and Isaac, DJ Ivo 

30th APRIL, MONDAY
09:00 - 11:00 - Breakfast
11:00 - 13:00 - Free practica
13:00 - 14:30 - Workshop 2.2 VALS TURNS AND MUSICALITY  all levels
14:30 - 15:00 - Break / free practica
15:00 - 16:30 - Workshop 3.2 FOLLOWERS' TECHIQUE 2 / Workshop 4.2 LEADERS' TECHIQUE 2 all levels
16:30 - 17:00 - Break / free practica
17:00 - 18:30 - Workshop 5.2 TANGO NUEVO & CLOSE EMBRACE level: intermediate & advanced
18:30 - 20:00 - Dinner
20:00 - 22:00 - Movie screening: "Assassination Tango", USA, with subtitles
22:00 - 02:00 - NEOTANGO MILONGA (milonga with alternative non-tango music), DJ Sharna

1st MAY, TUESDAY
09:00 - 11:00 - Breakfast
11:00 - 12:00 - Check-out and departure

*The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the schedule.

Rousse Winery launches 4 wines celebrating the tango

Rousse Winery, one of leading wine producers in Bulgaria, presents in its 2007 catalogue a new wine series named Tango - a pleasant surprise for wine lovers as well as for those who are attracted by the passionate dance. Ivo and Nadia, founders of TanguerIN Studio, were invited to promote the new collection by presenting the dance on the labels and the advertising materials of the new wines. For this purpose a special photo session was shot by the photographer Pavel Chervenkov. The concept for the promotion and presentation of the new wines was prepared by Janev & Janev Agency.

Women's technique workshop with Radka Šulcová (Prague)

TanguerIN presents:
SPECIAL TANGO WORKSHOP
W O M E N ' S   T E C H N I Q U E

with Radka Šulcová, a visiting teacher from the Czech Republic (Caminito.cz)

3rd March 2007, Saturday

2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
(2 x 1.5h with a short break)

Miguel's Dance Studio, 20th April No 13

Price: 14 lv.

Radka is an experienced tango dancer and teacher, currently teaching in Prague at Caminito.Cz (www.caminito.cz). Women's technique classes are one of her specialities, she partucularly likes doing them because for her it is "a nice time full of feminine energy" and within a short period of time she can give a lot of ideas, interesting feelings, understanding of the followers role and exercises.

The workshop will focus on improvement of the dancing technique, better feeling and understanding of the role of follower,  better adapting to a different dancing styles of leaders.

Participants are advised to bring both dancing shoes and socks (1st part is without shoes) as well as to wear comfortable clothes (t-shirts, comfortable pants etc.).

 

Gran Milonga Volver on St. Valentine's Day

Big Bang! Entertainment and TanguerIN Studio invite all tango lovers to a special milonga - Gran Milonga Volver - which will take place on 14th February 2007, St. Valentine's Day from 7.30 pm in the lobby of Cinema City located on the top floor of the Mall of Sofia on 101 Stamboliisky Blvd. The occasion is the gala screening of the latest movie by Pedro Almodovar, Volver, which will be in the movie theatres from 16th February. Special prizes will be given to the most passionate couples during the milonga. Addmission to the milonga is free.

The music will be selected by DJ Ivo from TanguerIN and the key theme of the evening will be the tango Volver by Carlos Gardel, after which Almodovar's movie was named. Volver is sung in the movie by Estrella Morente and masterfully performed on screen by Penelope Cruz (Raimunda). Volver is one of the symbols of tango music well known to tango lovers all over the world.

Before the milonga, from 7 pm, TanguerIN Studio will host a free open class for those who want to make their first steps in argentine tango!

THE SCHEDULE OF THE EVENING:

7.00 pm - 7.30 pm - open tango class for absolute beginners,

7.30 pm - start of the milonga,

8.00 pm - 9.00 - voting for the most passionate couples, announcement of the winners and prize draw.

10.30 pm - end of the milonga.

TanguerIN Studio with its own new space

TanguerIN Studio starts the new year with a new space! Finally, TanguerIN will have its own studio where it will conducts its regular tango classes and practicas. The new space is located on 51 Zlatovruh Street in Lozenec, one of the trendiest areas of Sofia within walking distance to the city center. TanguerIN's aim is to turn its new studio to a meeting point of tango lovers in Sofia with classes and practicas running every weekday.

Pictures of the new studio:

Workshop series "Milonga, Vals and more..." by TanguerIN

In January Ivo and Nadia will teach a series of workshops called "Milonga, Vals and more..." during which they will show some new ideas of using elements from contemporary tango and tango nuevo in milonga and tango vals along with some classical figures. The workshops are suitable for dancers who want to learn milonga and vals as well as for those who want to enrich their dancing with new and interesting movements. Basic knowledge of argentine tango is required. Here are the details:

Workshops series "Milonga, vals and more..."

with Ivo an Nadia

Saturday - 13th January 2007 - MILONGA CON TRASPIE + REBOTES

Saturday - 20th January 2007 - MILONGA + VOLCADAS

Saturday - 27th January 2007 - VALS + COLGADAS

Time: 15:30 - 17:00

Price of one workshop: 6 lv

Location: Miguel's Dance Studio, 13, 20th April St. (near Ruski Pametnik - through the gates to the bottom of the court to the right up the stairs)