Special Tango Workshops by Veronica Toumanova
Sunday 16 September 2018: 12-3:30pm
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On Sunday 16 September we have the pleasure to host Veronica Toumanova for a couple of workshop in Cambridge. Veronica has been highly recommended by several of the best Tango dancers in Europe. She is well known for her Tango essays which have been translated to 16 languages. She recently published a collection of nineteens essays in a book called WHY TANGO.
Check out her performances and pay attention to her impecable technique and musicality. Follow the link to her page: www.verotango.com/p/performing.html Prices per Workshop:
Venue for all Workshops: Hills Road Sports & Tennis Centre, Purbeck Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PF, goo.gl/maps/8cQi7HWMfXE2 |
Sunday 16th September 2018
12pm-1:30pm. Workshop 1. Introduction to musicality. We all have an idea of what it means to be musical, but what does it mean to be a musical dancer? Can one become a musical dancer without prior experience with dance or music? Can one deepen one’s musical sensitivity beyond a basic sense of rhythm? What does it mean to truly dance? In this workshop Veronica will give you a basic understanding of tango music and how it is expressed through movement. You will also get a better feeling of the difference between just moving your body and dancing to music. Veronica will take you through various layers of musical complexity, such as rhythm, tempo, phrasing and accents, using simple vocabulary of steps and pauses.
1:30pm-2pm. Break. Drinks and food can be ordered at the bar.
2:00pm-3:30pm. Workshops 2. A musical walk. Walking is considered to be the core element of tango, but walking together in close embrace especially is a technique that sometimes takes years to master. In this workshop we will revisit some of the basics of a comfortable walk, such as posture and grounding, but we will also specifically concentrate on how to use the music for a walk that is connected, smooth and aesthetical. If you participated in the previous workshops with Veronica some of the basic techniques in this one will ring a bell, but in dance we need to repeat things many times before our bodies integrate the new way of moving.
1:30pm-2pm. Break. Drinks and food can be ordered at the bar.
2:00pm-3:30pm. Workshops 2. A musical walk. Walking is considered to be the core element of tango, but walking together in close embrace especially is a technique that sometimes takes years to master. In this workshop we will revisit some of the basics of a comfortable walk, such as posture and grounding, but we will also specifically concentrate on how to use the music for a walk that is connected, smooth and aesthetical. If you participated in the previous workshops with Veronica some of the basic techniques in this one will ring a bell, but in dance we need to repeat things many times before our bodies integrate the new way of moving.
