Classes

Private lessons in Portland

Emma Holder (207 415 7204) email her ($50/couple, 60 minutes)

Paul Bavineau (207 504 7026) email him ($50/couple, $35 for a single, 60 minutes)

Portland ME: Argentine Tango Fundamentals with Emma and Laura

We’ll start a new series in January 2012! series 1: 1/10 – 2/14/12, series 2: 3/6 – 4/10/12.

Tuesdays 6:45-8:15 pm. No partner or experience needed! Just Yourself!

Lincoln Middle School Cafeteria 522 Stevens Ave (enter at back of school, go downstairs)

Non-beginners may also drop in for review of basics for $15 cash per class. Basics and ongoing techniques in Argentine Tango, Milonga and Tango Vals. We will introduce the fundamental concepts in the magic of Argentine Tango. Walking, connection, giros (turns) moving to the cross (cruzada), and the molinete (moving around the partner).

This class is specifically designed for entry level dancers with NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL, though ongoing tangueros are welcome to review the basics. Please bring wool socks, or shoes with soles that slide (heels not necessary). Instructors Emma Holder and Laura Balladur.

Portland ME: Milonga Class with Emma Holder

Mondays 1/9/12 – 2/13/12
7:30 – 8:45 pm lesson
Milonga Practica 8:45 – 9:30 pm

$75 per dancer for 6 classes, please bring a pair of clean indoor shoes, including a pair of flats

location: Bhakti in Motion Yoga Studio 155 Brackett st, Portland ME, 3rd Floor

MILONGA IS NOT TANGO. It shares many similarities, but a few very important differences, and it actually predates tango.

1) In tango, you may step on ANY beat. In Milonga you step on EVERY beat.

2) There is no collection in Milonga, just steps

3) The embrace is less elastic and designed to transmit the intention instantaneously. However, both tango and milonga share the same idea of connection.

All Levels welcome and encouraged to attend. We will be deconstructing and reconstructing milonga into the easy and fun dance it is. If you are a beginner, milonga is one of the 3 dances you will need to know to dance socially. It is playful, uncomplicated, rhythmic, and gets everyone smiling on the dance floor. If you have danced milonga before, you are welcome to enter this class with a beginner mind and find new ways to approach and enjoy the dance.

Registration, and more information click HERE

Argentine Tango “Initiation” Classes at Maine Ballroom Dance

Argentine Tango “Initiation” Classes at Maine Ballroom Dance Beginning this Wednesday, January 11, Daniel and Marcy will be teaching a lesson at 7PM each week that is designed for beginners and for those who wish to review the fundamentals of tango from a new perspective. Each class will start with a focus on fundamental movements and technique that leads up to a pattern you can use when dancing with your partner.
$60 for the 6-week series, $12 if you drop in for one class.

If you participate in the class, stay for the Wednesday practica and pay only $2.

At Maine Ballroom Dance daniel@danceanswer.com

Portsmouth NH: Beginner Argentine Tango

Beginner Classes and group private lessons with Elmira Cancelada: QUESTIONS: elmira@tangotales.com 603.501.8218