[TANGO-L] Graciela Gonzalez -- and Women's Technique

[Philip Seyer <philipseyer @ILOVEMUSIC.COM>]

In Argentina, Graciela Gonzalez, the foremost women's instructor, offers
classes in women's technique. She focuses on walking with utmost quality and
all the elements used in follower's dancing.  Elements such as ochos, boleo,
and many others. There is an emphasis on  posture, breathing, and how to
contact and use the floor with a very quiet yoga-like approach. Men are
welcome at these classes. And smart men often attend. Men gain technique,
technique, and more technique.
Graciela Gonzalez
"Without any doubt, Graciela Gonzalez appears among the most significant pedagogues of the history of the tango. She is characterized by a spirit of innovation which always respects the authentic roots of the tango. She created a course called technique for women, universally recognized, and a course of technique offering guidance to men. The majority of respected and well-known tango dancers in recent years have taken these courses." 

[from http://www.pascaleyluis.com/article24.html -- translated from Spanish)

Graciela's method is the fruit of years of study. Her study has been dedicated to the study of the language of the body and to the analysis of sensations received when dancing with milongueros. Her objective: to help students learn from sensations and "body memory" and combine this with technical studies to achieve an elegant natural dance position." 
[NOTE: This is a loose translation from the Spanish at...

 http://www.gracielagonzalez.com/graciela.html#graciela

Tango in Sacramento

At my Argentine tango website, I'm helping to keep people informed about tango offering in Sacramento and San Francisco. You may want to see:

http://www.ilovemusic.com/Argnetine_tango_Sacramento_Roseville.htm

Here in Sacramento, we also offer classes in women's technqiue.
But men are not welcome and are forbidden to take the class! I wonder about  transexuals--would they be OK? How about transvestites? They might be able to pass. Note: The usual forms of transvestism were removed from the list of mental illnesses in 1995. Source: http://www.sexuality.org/l/incoming/trbasic.html

(Sorry -- hit send button too soon in previous posting, by mistake.  I guess I got too excited about the transexual thing.)

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Phil Seyer
http://www.argentine-tango.com
http://www.sftango.com