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Topics of the day:
1. NA-S: Workshop with Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo
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Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 14:49:53 EST
From: Victor Crichton <victor_vsc @HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: NA-S: Workshop with Fernanda Ghi and Guillermo Merlo
I a very pleased to announce a weekend of workshops with Fernanda Ghi and
Guillermo Merlo in Tampa Bay on March, 4th and 5th, 2000.
Fernanda and Guillermo are one of the best young couples performing and
teaching Argentine Tango anywhere in the world. They are from Buenos Aires,
Argentina and they tour extensively throught Europe and the United States.
Their performances are breath-takingly dynamic and filled with passion.
They are the current Argentine Tango Professional World Champions and have
been featured in many Tango shows such as "Tango Vivo", "Tangoing", and the
recent PBS production "Tango Magic".
Along with their performance credentials they are also very well respected
and extremely popular teachers. This was acknowledged recently when they
were invited to teach at CITA 2000, the biggest Tango Congress in Argentina.
I have attended their workshops and have taken private lessons with them and
I can tell you first hand that they are wonderful teachers. Though their
performance style is definitely for show, they teach truly authentic salon
Tango. They have a preference for close embrace while allowing for a slight
openness for specific movements. They focus on strong fundaments and proper
communication between the man and the lady.
Anyone who attends their workshops will come away an improved dancer. You
will learn exercises that can be used individually or as a couple to improve
your technique, your balance, your posture, and your understanding of your
individual responsibilities within the couple. You will learn some
different variations to show how the exercises can be applied to your
dancing while at a milonga. And you will also learn how to improve the
movements that you already know. Fernanda and Guillermo are truly a warm
and charming couple and they will make sure that you also enjoy yourselves
while you are learning.
There will be a milonga on Friday, March 3rd where Fernanda and Guillermo
will honor us with a couple of performances, there will be two workshops on
Saturday, March 4th and two workshops plus a supervised practica on Sunday,
March 5th.
Here is a description of the weekends classes directly from Fernanda and
Guillermo. (Please note: "Taller" means seminar)
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Taller de Tango - Saturday, March 4
First Taller (2 classes with 10 minutes break between classes)
- Placement of body weight to obtain better balance
- The importance of the embrace in the Tango
- Fundamental leads to improvise in tango dance
- The pause in the Tango
- The possibilities to be creative in the tango
First class 1:30hs (Techniques. Working individually and with the partner)
Second class 1:30hs (Working in being creative with the partner)
Sunday, March 5
Second Taller (2 classes with 10 minutes break between classes)
Pivots, Turns, (Giros)
First class 1:30hrs:
- Individual techniques,
- techniques for men, and
- techniques for women
Second class 1:30hrs:
- Techniques in "giros" with partner and
- possibilities of giros
"Practica": 1:30 hrs.
- Practice and review on everything that was taught.
We feel the student will take with them clear concepts and will achieve a
comfort level and confidence in their dancing.
Fernanda y Guillermo
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The full schedule follows:
Friday, March 3rd
Milonga - 8:30pm - Dancer's Rendezvous - Largo
Milonga $8 (TBT memebers $6)
Saturday, March 4th - Continental Ballroom
Workshop 1 - 2:00 - 3:30pm
Workshop 2 - 3:45 - 5:15pm
Both workshops $50
Sunday, March 5th - Dancer's Rendezvous
Workshop 3 - 1:00 - 2:30pm
Workshop 4 - 2:45 - 4:15pm
Both workshops $50
Practica - 4:30 - 6:00pm
Practica $20
All 4 workshops plus practica - $110
For more information please reply to this email or phone Victor Cricthon at
(727) 573-9271
To register please send a check or money order payable to Victor Crichton
to: 4301 106th Drive North, Clearwater FL 33762
Due to travel schedules if you will be paying on the day of the event,
please pay by cash.
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