Welcome to our first Special Tango Weekend of the new tangademic year!
We are welcoming for the first time in Cambridge Diego Riemer and Raquel Greenberg.
We are welcoming for the first time in Cambridge Diego Riemer and Raquel Greenberg.
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Diego “El Pájaro” Riemer , multifaceted artist in dance, music, design and advertising, takes up tango in Buenos Aires, his hometown, where he is formed with the maestro Tito Molinari and learns from the “old” dancers and milongueros. He thereafter perfects his technique with several professional dancers. In 2000 he leaves for Europe and is first installed in Berlin and then in Lyon where he single-handedly develops a successful international career, becoming a reference and inspiration for many dancers, especially for his musicality in tango and his way of dancing milonga.
As a former drummer, he explores the rhythms of the tango, waltz and milonga in a very particular manner. Owner of a unique and original musical expression in his dancing and improviser par excellence, he is internationally recognized and sought for his sense of humor in tango, the exploration of the traspié and rhythm, the caminata and the giros with adornments (enrosques and lapices), in addition to his special and thorough technique and pedagogy for the transmission of tango and its culture. |
Raquel started dancing when she was 6 years old. 12 years of ballet and contemporary were the foundation for all that followed. In 1991 she started Latin and ballroom studies, received the IDTA diploma (international dance teachers association) and competed in international dance competitions such as the prestigious Blackpool congress in England. In 1998 she discovered and was swept away by the Argentine tango. From 2001 she based herself and lived in Buenos Aires, capital of Tango, where she was teaching and performing, breathing the essence of the Argentine Tango.
Her personal style is the outcome of fusion between traditional tango and modern tendencies, having studied worked and danced with old age milongueros, great masters of the traditional style and the leaders of “new age” tango. Elegance, grace, musicality and aesthetics within the embrace – the soul of tango, are her guidelines. |
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Sunday 3rd September 2023
WORKSHOP 1: "Technique in couple – establish a good connection, lead and follow of chest and back, how to manage the transition between close and open embrace during the dance" Time: 15.30-17.00 WORKSHOP 2: "Circular boleos to enrich your dance" Time: 17.15-18.45 Venue: Wesley Methodist Church (entry via King Street's private parking) COSTS 1 workshop: £25 2 workshops: £40 *PARKING INFO*: If you are coming by car, there is on-street parking along King Street, Jesus Lane, Maids Causeway and Newmarket Road and two car parks: Grafton West car park and Park street car park. If you are coming by bike, there are several spaces to park your bike along King street, Christ's Pieces, and the Grafton area. |
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