From: Richard Powers <vintage@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Message-Id: <199501301632.IAA01525@elaine26.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 08:32:41 -0800 (PST)

The fifth annual STANFORD TANGO WEEK  
July 9-14,1995 at Stanford University, near San Francisco, California

The Stanford Tango Week is the largest gathering of Argentine tango
enthusiasts in the U.S. Last summer 220 participants from six countries
convened to study with Juan Carlos Copes and eight other masters of
tango. Full days of classes and special-theme workshops are followed
by informal milongas (tango dances) in the evening, to live music, and
a concert by the week's masters. 

Over the first four years of tango at Stanford, participants
have shown an increased preference for the social (informal, club, salon
or "milonguero") style of dancing Argentine tango, as opposed to "fantasia"
exhibition for the stage.

For its fifth year, Stanford has taken a further step in this direction
by assembling a group of milongueros from Buenos Aires. Stanford has invited
some of the most highly esteemed veterans of the milongas, a team that offers
the best combination of experience, dancing style and teaching skills.
Stanford has also retained those who were instrumental in establishing
the reputation of the Stanford Tango Week. Here is the lineup so far, 
with two more yet to be confirmed:

Eduardo Arquimbau, of the famous team of Gloria and Eduardo. It is
    his masterful, understated milonguero style of dancing, not his
    stage repertoire, that Eduardo will bring to Stanford.

Lampazo is one of the most respected and best known milongueros from the
    barrios of Buenos Aires. Lampazo's distinctive style is elegant,
    classic Caminada, highly regarded but very seldom taught.

Graciela Gonzales is considered by many to be the best female dancer in
    Buenos Aires. She is also a fabulous teacher, very clear and technically
    precise, at her classes at La Galeria del Tango.

Juan Bruno, the "Kid from Ciudadela," is regarded as one of the best of the
    older milongueros. Respected by the traditionalists, Juan Bruno is also
    greatly admired by the youngest generation of tangueros.

Nora Dinzelbacher is a beautiful dancer and an inspiring teacher, noted for
    her generosity, warmth and especially her genius at conveying the style
    and soul of the Argentine tango while perfecting its technique.

Danel and Maria are back. Danel learned to dance in the neighborhood salons
    of Buenos Aires during the Golden Age of tango, and later he and Maria
    sharpened their skills with intensive dance training in New York City.

Of the non-Argentine instructors in this country, we think the best are:

Michael Walker and Luren Bellucci, known for their combination of 
    flawless technique, powerful exhibitions, analytical clarity in their
    instruction, and personal charm.

Daniel Trenner and Rebecca Shulman, who are rapidly gaining a following of
    enthusiastic dancers who admire their innovative approach to teaching
    the Argentine tango.

and the New York/Buenos Aires Connection, an outstanding quartet of tango
    musicians, will return to provide live music for the concert and for
    the evening milongas.

Tuition will remain at $295, thanks to generous support from Aerolineas
    Argentinas, the San Francisco Argentine Consulate and Friends of Dance
    at Stanford. Various on- and off-campus housing options are available.
Partially refundable deposits of $75 per person are now being accepted,
    payable to Stanford Dance. Last year's Tango Week was filled to its
    capacity of 220, for two weeks, so this year's 110 spaces, for one week,
    may fill early.

For a newsletter, or to register, write to the Stanford Tango Week at:
    Stanford Dance, 375 Santa Teresa, Stanford, CA 94305
Tel: (415) 723-1234 or 725-0739   Fax: 725-7242