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TUESDAY - Tango
New Series Starting Mar 9th - April 27th 2010
Please register in Advance
8 Weeks Regular Series at Elan Dancesport
Pick your Class and Register Online!!

Taught by
FABIO BONINI

@ ÉLAN DanceSport Center
8442 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031
(703) 798-1071
Tango dance performance

Each level last 6 to 8 weeks(semester). Drop-ins on the first 2 weeks only, or with instructor permission. For completion of each level and,or, fully understanding of the material, each level is recommended to be taken at least 6 times.

6:45 PM–7:30PM

REGISTER HERE !!

This 6 or 8 week course is for dancers targeting to work on their lead & follow techniques. Improve your dancing with the biggest selection of hints and tips& exercise you've ever seen in lead & follow connection, balance, tension, spinning, safe drops, leans , PLUS loads of great moves!! Skills that will allow you to dance with confidence in any social, competitive or performance dance settings.

Lead
Follow
A

Jan
Feb

(2010)

Communicating shifts of weight in place
Syncopated change of direction
Progressive rock steps
Crossed rock steps
Cortada Isolations
Close embrace grapevine

Lead
Follow
B

Mar
Apr

Connection & Tension
The Quiet Hand
Dynamic Tension

Lead
Follow
C
May
Jun
The Lead is an invitation
The Importance of Balance
Perfecting Turns & Returns

Lead
Follow
D
Jul
Aug

Static Tension
Signals and Leads
Dance Trust

Lead
Follow
E
Sep
Oct

The Frame and Body Leads
Newton's Laws of Motion
Musicality

Lead
Follow
F
Nov
Dec
These classes will focus on the technique to lead,  follow, posture, communication & musicality for Ochos, Ganchos, Calecitas, Barridas & Adornos

7:30 PM–8:15PM

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Now that you know how to dance tango let's take it to the next level. You will learn everything else that is missing in your tango. This level will develop strong confidence in Argentine tango dancing, and will improve rhythmic interpretation as well. You will develop a further understanding of the foundation and how those basics relate to more complex figures.

Tango II is a 2 year program that will cover most of the intermediate material of argentine tango. Private lessons may be advised in conjunction with those lessons to ensure proper lead and following. After those two years students may take the classes again and still benefit from them as they review the same themes they may learn new variations.

Tango II A

Jan Feb
(2010
)

Tango milonga _ All Baldosas Combinations, outside running syncopated drifts, turning grapevines syncopations. Variations
Tango II B

Mar Apr

Milonguero style - technique. Outside partner position , hands, arms. Grapevines and circular walks with sacadas. Outside partner circular walks
Tango II C

May
Jun

Waltz - Regular and Crossed Cadenas, Variations and combos.
Tango II D
Jul
Aug
Tango Show elements - linear voleos, circular Voleos, ganchos, poses.
Tango II E
Sep
Oct
Tango Milonga - la cuna syncopada, syncopated side rocks, turning syncopated side rocks, syncopated back rock, multiple crosses.
Tango II F
Nov
Dec

Colgadas variations and fast molinete with patadas.

Tango II G

Jan
Feb
(2011)

Tango Waltz - Syncopated Half grapevines variations connected with forward ocho and back ocho pivots, different leader accompaniments, Invertion of direction, outside pivots traveling and turning Right starting on 3 of the basic.
Tango II H
Mar
Apr
Dancing in Small spaces, using close embrace, calecitas, travadas, rock steps, cortadas variation, crossed back ochos, close embrace grapevine to left and right. Turning in close embrace
Tango II
I
May
Jun
Tango Milonga - Forward and Back ochos milongueros and variations, circular walks, syncopated ochos, dissociated accompaniments, crossed cunitas , outside partner cunitas
Tango II K
Jul
Aug
Leg actions - multiple sacadas or pernadas, side sacadas for leaders and ladies from outside partner position. Sweeps, sacadas, leg wrap variations. Leaders and ladies back sacadas.
Tango II L
Sep
Oct
Tango Waltz - Walks Outside - balancetes - Giros with sacadas to Left and Rigth and planeo to drag. Molinete to left.
Tango II M
Nov
Dec
Close embrace, Social Volcadas, Social Colgadas, change of directions. Open embrace - back leg catches(agarre)-displacement(sacada),forward leg catches
to sweeps

8:15 PM–9:00PM

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TANGO ONE BEGINNER & UP
( Foundation)

Lead and follow basic figures, and have a good understanding of how figures relate to each other. Material covered are structured in the following semesters. If you have never tango before you will be dancing after your first 8 weeks. However, to cover the whole foundation you should take one year of tango classes. If you already dance tango you should look into the Tango I topics that you are not familiar with of have difficulties and come to those classes.  All Material covered in tango I will be necessary on Tango II.

Tango I A

Jan
Feb
(2010
)

Linear grapevine/Molinete introduction; Walk to Cross, rock steps, checking actions outside partner, change of directions.
Tango I B
Mar
Apr
Cutting Basic (Basico Cortado); Back Ochos with crosses ending, Crossed walks, Variations and combinations using cross basic and bk ochos.
Tango I C
May
Jun
Tango walks, Cross Basic(Basic Cruzado); Forward Ochos, cunita, rock steps, Variations and combinations with cortadas and fwd ochos.
Tango I D
Jul
Aug
Turning/Continuous Basic, linear grapevines, cunitas, drifting side to side, Variations and combinations.
Tango I E
Sep
Oct

Back ochos, sweeps, paradas, sandwich, pasadas, sacadas introduction.

Tango I F
Nov
Dec
Crossed back ochos with regular ending, turning back ochos variations from outside partner position (pivoting back ochos), intro to half grapevines to the R (media luna), Intro to half grapevines to the left. Combinations.

Click here to see how a Beginner & Up class looks like.

Tango Practica from 9:00PM to 10:30PM
Best music, cushioned dance floor, plenty of room, perfect atmosphere for the practice of Tango. Hosted by Fabio and Jennifer Bonini. It is a lot of fun!!! Students $5- Non Students $8. Just Show up and Dance !

Every 1st Tuesday of the Month "La Divina Milonga"
is Back !! from 9:00 PM to 12:00 AM

Great music, great food, great dancing and lots of fun!

If you are looking for Capital Tangueros calendar click here !

IV Annual "Tribute to the Tango Dancer"

SAVE THE DATE!
saturday,
January 29th, 2011

Do you Dance tango?
Do you Enjoy watching

Tango Dancers?
Live Music?
What about a Tango show?
Do you want to learn?

The tribute is coming...Get
ready for one of the best
tango events of the
DC Metropolitan area...


Tango Tribute 2010
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