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• The EVALUATIONS are starting to come in. Read them here
• Thanks to everybody who came to the 5th DC Tango Marathon. I hope you all had a great time. I know there were some problems with the floor and size of the classes, but I hope it did not stop you from having a great time. Please send me your evaluations: what you liked, and did not like about the event, teachers, DJs, Locations etc by sending me an email me an email .
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• I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who helped me: Tuan, for a fabulous website and great Tshirts; Callie, for all her ground work and her work at the registration table; Linda, Danica, Gun, Alex, Heidi, Lauren, Nancy, John, Clara, Phil, Rebecca, Ali.
• Mark your calendar: 3rd weekend of September (September 15-16-17th): Baltimore Tango Festival with Chicho and Eugenia, and Sebastian and Mariana. More info soon (Check Baltimore Tango website
• See what's happening in the Tango community in Washington DC at Anne-Sophie's website
• The Tango Marathon is an event where all styles of tango are welcome. We are dancing Tango, a dance that is complex and unique and brings different styles together. The classes and the teachers chosen for the event is reflecting that idea. We have some of the most renowned close embrace and open embrace/tango nuevo teachers from around the world: Argentina, Europe and the States. Come, dance, learn and have fun
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• "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the moments that take our breath away"
- George Carlin.
I hope you will this year as you did last!
A total of 7 milongas! This is an ALL-YOU-CAN-DANCE event. We hope you will leave here with tired feet but your hearts will be happy and your heads full of good memories.
The DJs will play a mix of traditional and alternative music to suit everybody's taste.
| Thursday | 9:00 PM - 3:00 AM | Opening milonga | Nick |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Afternoon milonga | Ben |
| 10:00 PM - 5:00 AM | All-night milonga | Robin | |
| Saturday | 4:15 PM - 8:15 PM | Afternoon milonga | Fredi |
| 10:00 PM - 5:00 AM | All-night milonga | Alex | |
| Sunday | 4:15 PM - 8:15 PM | Afternoon milonga | Robin |
| 9:00 PM - 5:00 AM | All-night milonga | Shorey |
• Alex Krebs - Portland
• Ben Bogart - Providence
• Fredi Lienhart - Sitges, Spain
• Nick Jones - Denver
• Robin Thomas - New York
• Shorey Meyer - Portland
Download a printable version of the workshop and milonga schedule, still subject to changes.
There is no preregistration for the group classes. Please feel free to attend any class you want.
Teachers will rotate partners.
| BEGINNER INTENSIVE WEEKEND Teacher Isaac Oboka |
Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon's village community House | 1:00 - 2:15 Secrets of the walk |
2:30 - 3:45 Front and back crosses |
4:00 - 5:15 Introduction to close embrace |
| Sunday | |||
| Lyon's village community House | 1:00 - 2:15 Let's turn |
2:30 - 3:45 Sacadas in turns |
4:00 - 5:15 Dancing to the music |
Other beginners classes |
| Holiday Inn Arlington | Friday at 8:30pm Introduction to Tango |
Saturday at 8:30pm Introduction to tango |
Teacher: Nick and Tara |
| FRIDAY | |||
| Time | Studio I | Studio II | Ballroom |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:00 - 4:15 | Intermediate Fabulous use of the dance flow - Komala/Setfan |
Intermediate The secret to moving fluidly - Andres/Meredith |
Afternoon Milonga |
| 4:30 - 5:45 | Intermediate Using suspension in Tango movements - Ney/Jennifer |
Intermediate Fundamentals of dancing musically - Alex |
Afternoon Milonga |
| 8:30 - 9:30 | none | none | Beginner Introduction to Tango - Nick/Tara |
| SATURDAY | |||
| Time | Studio I | Studio II | Ballroom |
| 12:00 - 1:15 | Intermediate Variation on el Ocho Cortado - Ney/Jennifer |
Intermediate The closing steps - Komala/Stefan |
Advanced Historical roots of nuevo tango steps - Andres/Meredith |
| 1:30 - 2:45 | Intermediate Connecting People - Komala/Stefan |
Intermediate Milonga - Anne-Sophie/Pablo |
Advanced An easy formula for creating steps - Meredith/Andres |
| 3:00 - 4:15 | Advanced Close embrace for Alternative music - Komala/Stefan |
Intermediate Intro to Volcadas - Alex |
Intermediate One sacada, two sacada, three sacada, floor! -Nick/Tara |
| 4:30 - 5:45 | Int./Advanced Turns with Enrosque - Ney/Jennifer |
Advanced Adding dynamics to your dance - Alex |
Afternoon Milonga |
| 6:00 - 7:30 | private classes | Tango Jam | Afternoon milonga |
| 8:30 - 9:30 | none | none | Beginner Introduction to Tango - Nick/Tara |
| SUNDAY | |||
| Time | Studio I | Studio II | Ballroom |
| 12:00 - 1:15 | Intermediate A Vals is Vals is a Vals - Komala/Stefan |
Intermediate/Advanced Adornos for Women; leading them and doing them - Ney/Jennifer |
Very Advanced Combinations with Colgadas - Meredith/Andres |
| 1:30 - 2:45 | Intermediate Musicality for Milonga Traspie - Ney/Jennifer |
Advance Volcadas and walking volcadas - Anne-Sophie/Pablo |
Very Advanced Dancing on Piazzolla - Alex |
| 3:00 - 4:15 | Intermediate Dancing on Di Sarli - Alex |
Advanced Change at next stop (alteraciones) - Komala/Stefan |
Intermediate The Counter Movement: Adding Dynamic to Your Dance - Nick/Tara |
| 4:30 - 5:45 | Intermediate Boleos and change of direction - Ney/Jennifer |
Advanced Reaching for the impossible sacada/gancho - Meredith/Andres |
Afternoon Milonga |
The instructors will be available for private classes. Please contact them directly via their websites to make the arrangements.
Alex Krebs (Portland)
Alex's reputation extends way beyond the Northwest - into Europe (where
he has taught in four countries) - and Buenos Aires (where he lived for
over six months during three visits to Argentina). Alex Krebs has taught, performed, and DJed in over 40 cities in 9 countries. He plays the bandoneon, and with his tango group "Conjunto Berretin," has performed throughout the West Coast and has released several tango CD's. Often he can be found teaching and performing with Luciana Valle and Florencia Taccetti. In his classes, Alex focuses on connection, lead/follow technique, and musicality."
www.tangoberretin.com
Andres Amarilla & Meredith Klein
(Buenos Aires)
In 1987, when he was 11 years old, Andres saw Juan Carlos Copes dancing tango on TV. Fascinated, he begged his mother to find him a tango teacher. After dancing for a year, he was recruited by Gustavo Naveira, with whom he studied and in whose company he performed for 3 years. He went on to study & perform with two more tango icons—Juan Carlos Copes & Rodolpho Dinzel--all before the age of 18. In the 1990s, Andres was part of a small group of dancers, including Fabian Salas, Gustavo Naveira and Chicho Frumboli, who met weekly to explore new avenues in tango. These investigations led to the creation of "nuevo tango." Although Andres is best known in Buenos Aires for teaching and performing nuevo tango, his dancing is firmly grounded in traditional tango technique and his teaching is applicable to afficionados of all tango styles. Andres has performed over 50 times at milongas in Buenos Aires and has choreographed 3 full-length shows. In addition to offering classes in BA for the past 9 years, he taught for one year in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This is his first trip to the US.
Meredith began dancing tango in Massachusetts in 1999. Early in 2005, she decided to leave her career as a Development Consultant for nonprofits and move to Buenos Aires to devote herself to tango. Meredith & Andres have been working together since April 2005.
www.andresamarilla.com
Komala & Stefan (Nijmegen, Holland)
For over a decade Komala has been teaching in Europe where she is highly respected. She has a profound knowledge of the body and of the dynamics of tango. Her follower's workshops are invaluable to followers who want to know their bodies better and to become more active in the dance, and her other workshops deal primarily with the energy and dynamics of the dance, preparing leaders and followers for a new level of communication.
Komala started tango dancing in 1990. She began her professional career by teaching together with Eric Jorissen, founder of the famous tango center, El Corte, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. She is currently a main hostess and teacher of El Corte.
Stefan started Tango in May 1997 because he needed some Tango steps for a chanson he was singing in a local theatre group. In no time he was completely catched up by this fascinating dance and could barely finish his preparations for a black belt in Karate. After achieving his black belt he very soon realized that he preferred a partner who is not responding every movement he makes with a punch but with a soft and gentle movement
After spending 1 year in Munich dancing nearly every night he was ready to look for something more and he found it in another city in another country: Nijmegen - Holland. There he stopped taking classes for a while and started dancing - all nights & days long. And there he learned that there are mainly 3 components which make a Tango a Tango:
• the partner you're dancing with
• the music you're dancing to
• the other people who are dancing in the same room
After this period of 'just dancing' he started to take lessons again with different Argentinian teachers - among them Nancy y Damian, Natalia y Gabriel, Corinna y Julio, Teté, Graciela Gonzalez, Osvaldo Zotto y Lorena. But the most inspiration he got from his work with Eric Jeurissen & Komala - not only regarding the dance but also the teaching. The most important thing since then is for him
'not what you dance but how you dance it'.
www.xs4all.nl/~swimmer
Ney Melo & Jennifer Bratt (New York)
Ney Melo and Jennifer Bratt dance an elegant style of social tango
which is rooted in the traditions of the neighborhood of Villa Urquiza in Buenos Aires. Their style is defined by a smooth and graceful walk, a powerful sense of musicality, a mix of subtle and intricate steps, precision of movement and an intimate embrace. Their passion and respect for tango, its
culture, and its music is clearly evidenced in their emotional dancing, as well as in their teaching. Ney and Jennifer have studied together with such maestros as Javier Rodriguez, Jorge Dispari y Maria del Carmen, Geraldine Rojas, and Julio Balmaceda y Corina de la Rosa.
Their of school of Tango Argentino, EL ABRAZO (which means The Embrace), is based in New York City at Empire Dance Studio and in their classes together they are dedicated to inspiring students to dance tango with feeling, musicality, cadencia, and connection - the way it is danced in Buenos Aires.
The atmosphere in their classes is relaxed, personable and lively, and they place equal emphasis on the lady´s role as the men´s. Technique and the essence of tango, both fundamental to dancing well, are stressed in whatever step is being shown. Ney and Jennifer have recently taught and performed in
Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia, as well as extensively all over North America.
www.neymelo.com www.close-embrace.com
Pablo Fontana (Washington DC)
Pablo is a dancer, performer, choreographer, and teacher of Argentine Tango. Pablo has trained extensively with professionals such as Juan Carlos Copes and Gustavo Naveira. He has received many awards including the "Golden Obelisco" by Carlos Mattera Producciones in 1997 and the "Hugo del Carril" award in 1997. His television and film credits include an appearance on the Cristina Show, and a performance in the film Tango Lesson by Sally Potter. He also has performed live for such prestigious events as the "Latino Diamante Awards" in 1999, at the Kennedy Center with QuinTango in March 2000, and at the Inauguration for President Bush in January 2001.
www.fontanatango.com
Anne-Sophie Villé (Washington DC)
Anne-Sophie, a Belgian native, started dancing Argentine Tango in Washington DC and in very short time became one of the main tango organizers in this community as well as a highly sought after dancer and instructor.
She has studied with many of the great dancers of our day: Fabian Salas, Gustavo Naveira, Pablo Veron, Chicho Frumboli, Julio and Corina, Jean-Sebastien Rampazzi, Mauricio Castro, and the late Carlos Gavito, to name a few.
Anne-Sophie continues to sharpen her dancing skills assisting these and the other great tango instructors she invites each year to instruct and visit with the DC-Baltimore tango community. Anne-Sophie is recognized for her skills as both a follower and leader. She is also known as a dancer of all styles: a true milonguera when she dances close-embrace and a fluid and innovative tanguera when she dances the "Nuevo Tango" style in open embrace.
www.le-tango.com
Isaac Oboka (Denver)
Isaac's quest for the heart of tango has taken him most recently to Buenos Aires for three months. On his way back to Colorado, he is stopping by D.C. to dance and teach. Isaac is a young, creative, and dynamic dancer known for his clear and insightful teaching. His tango path has been influenced by many people including Nick Johns, Alex Krebs, Jaimes Friedgen and Homer Ladas. He has a strong traditional background and is now exploring the dangers and excitement of new possibilities and ideas that tango has to offer.
Nick Jones and Tara Fortier (Denver)
Teach at the Tango House , the Mercury Cafe and for Tango Colorado in Denver and give workshops around the greater united States as well as internationally. Their dance is based on natural movement that both feels and appears effortless. Their young and creative techniques for dance also apply to their teaching style.
In early 2004, Nick & Tara spent three months in Buenos Aires pusuing an intensive study with several master tango instructors. During their stay they assisted "El Pulpo" Esbrez and Luiza Paes during CITA 2004. Their influences include "El Pulpo" Esbrez and Luiza Paes, Chicho Frumboli, Julio Balmaceda & Corina de la Rosa, Ernesto Balmaceda & Stella Baez.
www.NaturalTango.com
• you can pay for all the events (classes and milongas) at the door. No need to preregister. At the door: ONLY CASH accepted
• Payment accepted: cash, checks and Paypal
• Download a printable version of the workshop and milonga schedule
• Please make sure that you send me the registration form through email as well, or include Name, address and email in your payment through PayPal
• Not-So-Early-Bird deadline: payment must be received by March 1st. No exception.
• Schedule and prices are all subject to change
Select a package and save
| Package description | At the door |
|---|---|
| Beginner weekend: Saturday and Sunday intensive - 6 classes - 1 milonga |
$100 |
| Dance Package - 3 afternoon milongas - 4 all night milongas |
$115 |
| All 10 classes Friday through Sunday |
$230 |
| Package 1 - 6 classes - 3 milongas (Eve or aft. to choose at registration table) |
$190 |
| Package 2 - any 4 classes |
$90 |
| Package 3 - 2 afternoon milongas - 2 all night milongas (choose at the reg. table) |
$60 |
Price per event at the Door
• Beginners classes: $20 each
• Intermediate/advanced classes: $25 each
• Evening milongas: $20 each
• Afternoon milongas: $15 each
Paid by check or at the door
Registration form
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Anne-Sophie Villé
1020 N. Quincy Street #304
Arlington VA 22201
Going around Ballston:
Holiday Inn, Arlington at Ballston
4610 N. Fairfax Dr. Arlington, VA 22203
Tel: 1-703-2439800 Fax: 1-703-5272677
information@hiava.com
Check-In Time: 3:00 PM Check-Out Time: 12:00
PM
Mention the Washington DC Tango Festival when making reservations and
you'll receive the special rate of $129 per night. You must make your
booking before February 20 to receive the special rate.
Make reservations
How to get there
The hotel is located 3 blocks from Ballston Metro Station (Orange line) and directly off Route 66.
Driving directions
From DC: Take I66 West. Exit on Glebe Road. Left on Glebe Road and right on Fairfax Drive
From VA/ 495: Take 495 to 66 East. Glebe Road exit. The Hotel will be on the exit ramp on your right hand side
Rush Hour time: From DC: Take Route 50 west. Exit on 10th street and keep straight on 10th. It will change to Fairfax drive. Take Fairfax drive all the way, you'll be crossing Glebe Road and the Hotel will be in front of you.
Note: Vehicle occupancy restrictions via I-66 do not apply when driving to airport. One must have an airline ticket.
Alternate Rush Hour Rate: From Dulles Airport to Ballston (I-495 to US Rt.50 East/Arlington Blvd. - No vehicle occupancy restrictions- 25.6 miles, 38 minutes)
• Exit airport area to Dulles Access Road
• Follow I-495 sign to Washington/Richmond
• Take Exit 18 (Right Lane) to I-495 South-Richmond (4.5 to 5 miles)
• Take Exit 8, U.S. Rt.50 East (Arlington Boulevard)
• Pass Graham Road, Annandale Road, Patrick Henry - Get in RIGHT
lane
• Exit Glebe Road, North.
• Drive until you pass the Ballston Commons Mall on your right and
take a LEFT on Fairfax Drive (After passing Staples). The Holiday Inn
is 50 yards on LEFT.
By Metro
Subway connection from Reagan National Airport: Blue line to Rosslyn then change to the Orange line to Ballston.
Lyon Village Community House
1920 N. Highland St.
Arlington, VA 22201
How to get there
At the corner of N. Highland and Lee Hwy. The house with the cupola located next to the tennis course at Lyon Village Park. Just one block east of the intersection of Lee Hwy. and Spout Run Parkway.
From I-495
- Take 66 east; exit 72, Spout Run/Lee Hwyyy.
- Turn right at the exit light onto Lee Hwy.
- Go through the first light (intersection of Lee Hwy. and Spout Run).
- Turn right at the next light onto No. Highland.
- Immediate right onto N. 20th and the Lyon Village Community House will be in front of you.
From DC
- Cross the Theodore Roosevelt brigde to take you to I66/Rte 50 west
- Keep right to merge onto George Washington Memorial Parkway N.
- Take the Spout Run Parkway exit on the left toward I-66W/US 29/Arlington/Washington
- Merge onto Spout Run Pkway
- At the light (Giant Store on your right), take a left on Lee Highway and then a right onto N. Highland St
By Metro
The Clarendon Metro station is located at the intersection of Wilson, Hartford, and Highland streets. Exit the metro station and walk north on Highland Street. Highland can be recognized by a prominent red-brick church visible from the metro. Lyon Village community center is five blocks down Highland.
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MARATHON 2006 .... PICTURES AND VIDEOS....
Check out the different website. Please I would love to be able to link to your pictures and/or videos. .
• March 16th: Opening milonga: Click HERE
• March 17th: All nighter: Click HERE
• March 18th: Performances and All Nigher HERE
• March 19th: Beginners Class HERE
• Pictures and Videos of the performances on Fredi's Website at Un Momento
• Jennifer has posted some on The Close Embrace Website
• Pictures of the Tango Jam
•From Tango Video Project, check Video of the performances
MARATHON 2006 .... PREVIOUS EVENTS....
• 2005 Tango Marathon
• 2004 Tango Marathon
• 2003 Tango
Marathon
The Holiday Inn is surrounded by many restaurants and shops.
There are alternative options for hotels around the Ballston Area and their rates may be better.
Hostels in Arlington:
• American
Guest House
• DC
Travel Source
Airports
The Washington DC metropolitan area is served by 3 airports. They are listed below from the closest one to the farthest. See their site for information on ground transportation.
• Reagan National Airport is on the DC Metro subway and fares are relatively low.
• Dulles Airport. Check for Metrobus (Route 5A) schedules to Rosslyn. The Washington Flyer Coach Service also offers a service for $8 to East Falls church, and then you will take the Organge line to Ballston.
• Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) is accessible to the DC Metro system by an express bus system (B30) that runs for $3 per way.
Buses
"Chinatown" bus lines offer relatively cheap roundtrips ($20-$50) all
along the East Coast corridor between Washington DC and Atlanta, Boston,
Norfolk, NYC, Philadephia, Richmond, etc. Greyhound and Peter Pan bus
lines also offer competitive rates.
www.chinatown-bus.com
www.greyhound.com
www.peterpanbus.com
Subway and buses
Washington DC's network of public transportation is relatively easy to
use. Subway lines are color coded and bus stops are clearly marked. Keep
in mind that the DC metro closes on Friday and Saturday nights at 3:00
AM and on Sunday at midnight.
www.wmata.com
Taxis
Taxicabs in Washington, DC determine fares by the zone system, subzones
divide zones to better correspond fares to mileage. Prices range from
$4 for a single zone to $12.50 for an eight-zone ride.
www.commuterpage.com
Trains
Trains Amtrak offers service all along the East Coast and Union Station
is on the DC Metro subway.
www.amtrak.com
Anne-Sophie Villé founded the annual Washington DC Tango Marathon in 2002, after dancing in cities around the world and realizing it was time for DC to have a festival of its own.
Now in its 5th year, the DC Tango Marathon attracts dancers of all levels, bringing in top teachers from the East Coast, West Coast, and Europe, along with students and experienced milongueros from around the globe, for 4 days of non-stop tango.
The concept is simple: at a really good festival, you can never have too much dancing. Anne-Sophie organizes the Marathon to include not only evening milongas (all-nighters running till 5am), but also afternoon milongas, daytime workshops, and other events.
The DC Marathon also embraces variety, and welcomes all styles of dancing. Whether you’re a devotee of the close or open embrace, traditional or alternative music, an old-guard adherent or a tango nuevo punk, you’ll find what you’re looking for here. The Marathon’s one driving purpose is the same as its inspiration: people who love to dance tango.
Newcomers are welcome too, and the DC Marathon makes special room for those who’ve never had a lesson before, with beginners’ classes taught by a variety of excellent local and visiting teachers.
The international flavor of the DC Marathon has been heating up in recent years, as Anne-Sophie continues to travel abroad and recruit new participants—and influences—from around the world.
This year’s Marathon, in March 2006, promises a wide range of teachers from America, Europe, and Argentina. With hundreds of dancers attending, it’s set to be even bigger and better than last year’s festival. Keep checking the website for details, and make sure to get a discount with early registration once it becomes available.
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