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The 4th England Tango Festival Part 1
Part 1
Juan Capriotti and Graciana Romeo
Rachel Greenberg and Jorge Pahl
Part 2
"Chicho" Mariano Frumboli and Juana Sepulveda
Fabian Salas and Carolina del Rivero
The Programme for Part 1 Click Here
The Programme for Part 2 Click Here
The Festival is starting immediately after New Year on Friday the 4th January. Prices and Levels.
However, you are welcome to arrive on Thursday (3rd Jan) when there is free dancing all evening and into the night, preceded by the regular one hour class at 8.00pm. The practice dance floor is open all day on Thursday and on free days during the following week of the festival.
Once again it is a 10 day festival.
This means that you can come for either all of it, both weekends, or just one weekend.
The First Weekend includes workshops and performance by
Juan Manuel Capriotti and Graciana Romeo
Rachel Greenberg and Jorge Pahl
I don't think that many people in England have come across Rachel Greenwood and Jorge Pahl.
We have alot about them on the above link to our Tutors section. But I would like to add here that they are famous for showing the ladies the special techniques for them adn therefore for the guys to know how to take care of the lady in this respect and 'show her off'.
The programme will be built up gradually on this website so that if you wish, you may email Angela on angela (then symbol for at) bylaugh.com and give some suggestions for the festival that you would like us to incorporate.
A message from Juan and Graciana, who are being joined by Rachel Greenberg and Jorge Pahl for this first part of the festival.
"We can work with TECHNIQUE TO TANGO NUEVO. We can work with the different levels you propose and prepare the people for the other part of the Festival.
How we prepare our body to get into Colgadas - Volcadas - Tomadas - Enganchadas - Sostenidas - double Ganchos -Soltadas - Boleos -
We can work with the Law of Movements and the Gravity...."God save Isaac Newton...", Axis, Ground, Embrace, Intention of Movement, Connection with the centers. Then we can start working with the music....How we explore the Tango Nuevo Music.
And finally....Improvisation: this is, for us, "The Soul of Tango Dance"
We go into the basic tools of the Tango Dance (structure of the dance) and combine them breaking the "yeites" (repeated steps) that all dancers do without taking a decision. We train a lot to take decisions in every moment to improve our dance and make it real. Not only to repeat what the teachers tell us and accept like the truth.
Working with the different levels you say and so to prepare to the people for the other part of the festival. "
A phenomenal tango experience
Pablo Inza with Maria Diaz Mondino
Ismael Ludman with Sonia Deidda
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Archive:
25th to 30th September 2007. For anyone wishing to develop their dance into the 'cutting edge' of creativity. It is felt by many that Pablo Inza and Ismael Ludman with their partners are leading lights.
Pablo Inza has been a part of many of the great Tango Festivals of Europe and Argentina.
His arrival in England and the UK is much belated and very much welcomed.
Only Tango 
(eat, sleep and chill)
But perhaps the most important thing for you all is that we will be having these two couples only in the intimacy of Bylaugh. This gives everyone the opportunity to totally indulge in the creation of tango with the guidance of these two, two of the best. We very much doubt that this will be repeated in this way - but they have been invited to a future Festival at Bylaugh of course.
Timetable
We are aware that the course will start on Thursday. However, many of you have asked if it can commence on Thursday evening so that you only have to take one day off work.
This will mean 3 workshops per day, plus one on Friday night and one on Thursday night. Which is quite intensive. You are welcome to come earlier, and by popular request we might be able to spread it out more on the weekdays. Wait to hear from you all.
There will be 16.5 hours of tuition from each couple and a performance on Saturday night.
Each workshop is 1.5 hours
Pablo and Maria Workshop Class Titles
Level 1 and Level 2
Rather than use words such as Intermediate etc - we leave you to judge your level from the subject matter and your knowledge of your dance level and your workshop expectations. You might like to discuss the levels with the tutors prior or soon after the commencement of the Seminar of Workshops. But in fact, there is so much enormously valuable material at both levels that I don't think anyone could get it wrong - personally I would like to do all the classes, they look fascinating.
Level 1
1) solid basics 1 (how to feel your axis, been grounded and move relaxed in couple)
2) sacadas (for man and woman), technique and applications.
3) circular boleos, (manage the element without forcing it)
4) changes of direction, one great tool to develop your dance.
Level 2
5) solid basics 2 (how does it work the anticipation and the reaction, the spiral)
6) ganchos (for man and woman), some classics and some others...
7) colgadas and volcadas, basically let's work combing them.
8) soltadas , structure and some applications.
9) dynamics and rhythm, ideas to make your dance more personal.
10) atrapadas and other contacts , some newest ideas.
11) mixing elements , a bit challenging, some combinations.
Ismael a
nd Sonia Workshop Class Titles
Level I
1) Dancing with the whole body
2) Ochos and Rebounds
3) Close and open Embrace in simple patterns
4) Musicality I
5) Simple rhythmical tools for Milonga
6) Combination in circular patterns I:Planeos
7) Elasticity of the movement (a modern and dynamic perspective of Tango... from
the beginning)
Level 2
8) Rules and patterns for Improvisation
9) Musicality II: From the old Tango Guard to the Contemporary Electronic Tango
10) Dynamic and density in complex movements (complex ganchos and straight boleos)
11) Musical Variation of complex sequences
Milonga and Dancing
Due to there being a performances, the Saturday Night Milonga will be £10.
Dancing on other nights and at other times is of course FREE.
If you book a private class, the room hire (subject to availability) will be free to participants in the weekend workshops (even if you only take one workshop).
Cost of Bedrooms and food.
Bedrooms are 2 nights for the price of one. ie £55 pp.
Meals are £25 per day includes breakfast, lunch, dinner and teas, coffees etc throughout the day
Actual workshop times
Levels 1 and 2 will have their workshops at the same times and on separate floors.
In this way we can all eat together and follow the same daily programme for the Practica and Milonga evenings, and generally.
Thursday 8.00-9.30 (day-time to be arranged and announced)
Friday 11.00-12.30
2.00-3.30
4.00-5.30
8.00-9.30
Saturday 11.00-12.30
2.00-3.30
4.00 - 5.30
Sunday 11.00-12.30
2.00-3.30
4.00-5.30
Cost of Classes
i) The cost is £132 for the 11 workshops. This works out at only £12 per workshop, or £8 per hour !
ii) £15 per workshop for fewer workshops, or £10 per hour.
iii) Saturday Night Milonga with performances £10
If you miss Pablo Inza and Ismael Ludman at Bylaugh and are going to Buenos Aires, do start by clicking here to find them.
Carlos and Maria Rivarola
23 June - 6 July 2008
2 Weeks holiday
We have left the details below about the last visit of Carlos and Maria this last summer since the principals will be the same or very similar. Will edit to fit the week long holiday as soon as we have the programme.
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It is almost unbearable waiting so long each time for the return of this wonderful couple. I know, half of you have been booked since last year. 
It all seems so obvious when they leave - we'll be able to practice that and get it perfect we think. And in a month or two we will be ready for something else from them. But instead we start to forget the nuance, then forget a bit more and so on...... then we loose it.
But they will be back very soon. If you have not joined classes with them, then now is the time. They attend to that bit of tango which seems unteachable. There is something in the music which is a bit rough and non-classical - Carlos and Maria search for a perfection in the dance yet which has this edge. But that is me talking - that is only a part of what I think they do. Everyone finds a different thing and many things.
We should have had 5 days (ie a week) but instead we have 4 days. So only 2 to take off work if you can. One needs the 4 days if one can, to really soak it all up and relax into Bylaugh and the whole tango retreat - enjoy the place, your private room and being near to the dance floors. The food and the other dancers company in the surroundings of Bylaugh itself.
We look forward to seeing you all
Timet
able
The course will start on Thursday so that you only have to take two days off work.
This will mean 3 workshops per day except Saturday which has the big performance in the evening milonga. It is quite intensive. You are welcome to come earlier, and by popular request we might be able to spread it out more on the weekdays. Wait to hear from you all.
There will be 16.5 hours of tuition and a performance on Saturday night.
Each workshop is 1.5 hours (see below, bottom for actual times)
Level = Upper Intermediate and Advanced
The content and aim of the Rivarola Workshops
As an integral part of the course of lessons, Carlos and Maria aim to convey the essential elements of the dance Argentine Tango.
With the aid of well thought out and constructed examples they wish to convey –
1 The most fundamental aspect of tango – ‘Musical Interpretation’
a) The ‘Pause’ as an integral part of Interpretation
b) The ‘Rhythm’ and its variance between the great orchestras
c) The ‘Traspie’ in tango, milonga and vals
d) The difference between ‘tiempo’ and ‘contratiempo’
2 The absolute embrace and connection between the partners.
3 The correct technique for the walk in salon tango and keeping the embrace during the turn.
4 To dance the Salon Tango with elegance
5 To maintain balance, equilibrium and comfort
6 Different salidas in Tango and Milonga
Programme
Thursday 2.00-3.30 Milonga with Traspie [1]
4.00-5.30 Body Movement Techniques [2]
8.00-9.30 Start your tango right [8]
Friday 11.00-12.30 Fokus on the Orchestra [3]
2.00-3.30 Asi se baila el tango [5]
4.00-5.30 Milonga Essentials with Musicality [4]
Saturday 10.30- 11.30 Ladies technique and Men's technique, separately
12.00-1.30 Close embrace totally connected [6]
3.30- 5.00 Combinations - Sacadas and Barridas in Turns [7]
Sunday 11.00-12.30 Close Embrace - Argentine Vals [9]
2.00-3.30 Rhythm, melody, cadence, pauses, and phrases [10]
4.00-5.30 Giros to the left and right with enrosque [11]
*Please note that the additional workshop is £12 for those who have already booked 16 hours.
Workshop Descriptions
Below is Carlos' description of these workshops in his own words. This list is not in the same order as the times and days set above.
1. MILONGA with TRASPIE
Learning steps in double time for milongas in close embrace.
2. BODY MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES for DANCERS (Intermediate-advanced)
Do you find yourself losing balance or your axis, do you have back strain, aching feet?
Each participant will bring specific concerns to be dealt with and then receive input.
3. IMPROVING your APPRECIATION of the MUSIC by FOCUSING ON the ORCHESTRA - (intermediate-advanced)
We study and dance to a few popular tango orchestras to understand how they can affect both the tempo and interpretation of your dancing.
4. MILONGA ESSENTIALS & MUSICALITY -(all levels)
The difference between a tango and a milonga. How to walk it.
5. ASI SE BAILA EL TANGO - The WAY to DANCE TANGO
(all levels)
Learn to walk with elegance and improve your connection in the embrace. -
6. CLOSE EMBRACE, MAKING IT SIMPLE and CONNECTED
(intermediate & advanced)
A few secret rhythm steps from the masters with change of direction.
7. COMBINATION MOVEMENTS for SACADAS and
BARRIDAS (sweeps) in TURNS -(intermediate-advanced)
8. IMPROVE YOUR TANGO AESTHETIC -(all levels)
Fundamental walks, embrace, connection and basic steps.
9. CLOSE EMBRACE ARGENTINE WALTZ -(all levels)
Play with waltz musicality and syncopated walks. -
10. LISTENING to the MUSIC during the DANCE- (intermediate-advance)
How to understand rhythm, melody, cadence, pauses, and phrases. Listen, practice and dance. -
11. GIROS to the LEFT and RIGHT with ENROSQUE (twist) - (advanced)
And other fun combinations per request. In close embrace. Feedback to lead and followers.
Rivarola in Rome 2007
Rivarola in Morzine Festival 2008
