Tuesday, November 11, 2014

A milonga/practica Tuesday at the Dance Junxion ,a practica Friday at Alchemy, a Tango evening at the Orbit, a milonga Sunday as well as various courses and Classes
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Tango News
10 November

Hola Tango Lovers!


This week there are two milongas a practica and a Tango evening at the Orbit in the area as well as various courses and classes
  1. Andrea Hosts The Tuesday milonga at the Dance Junxion in Rosebank
  2. Emiliano hosts the Sunday milonga .
  3. Bert hosts the Friday practica at Alchemy
  4. Join us at Orbit with Stanislav on Saturday night.
  5. See upcoming events for an important notification for the year end milonga regarding booking of meals.
Here's to seeing everyone on the dance floor!

Daily Digest

Monday

10 November

Beginners Tango Course weekly at Katz's in Sandton.

Every Monday
Time 18:30
Price R120.00 per lesson per person.
Venue Katz's School of dance
Sandhurst Centre, 60 Rivonia Road, Sandhurst Sandton.
If you wish to join the course please confirm with Emiliano.
Contact: Emiliano Fernandez :Professional Argentine Tango Teacher
emiliano.tango@yahoo.com Tel: 072 980 5747

Tuesday

11 November

Tango Courses, Classes , Milonga's and Practica's at the Dance Junxion in Rosebank


Argentine Tango Prelim Class
18:30 to 19:30
Teacher : Ralph
R100/class


Argentine Tango Beginners 6 Week Group Course
19:30 -20:30
Teacher: Tony
R660/person for 6 weeks, or feel free to drop in for one lesson only at R110
Currently running .

Argentine Tango Intermediate class
19:30 to 20:30
Teacher : Ralph
R100/Class
R360/month
Milonga/Practica included 20:30 to 23:00

Weekly Milonga

This milonga /practica is one of the weekly highlights in Johannesburg. It has been held regularly since 2007 and follows the lessons and courses.
DJ: Andrea is the regular D.J . Sometimes other local D.J's and overseas visitors play the music.
Time 20:30 to around 22:30
Cost: R40.
The venue has a cash bar with a superb sound system , large professional dance floor and excellent lighting.

For more information call 011 442 6462.or info@dancejunxion.co.za

Beginner's Course weekly at the Argentinian Association of South Africa

Argentine Tango Beginner's course
19:00 to 20:00
Teacher Emiliano
Price: R120.00 per lesson per person.
at the Argentinian Association of South Africa in Marks Park, Judith Road in Emmarentia.
If you wish to join the course please confirm with Emiliano
For more information contact him at emiliano.tango@yahoo.com; 072 980 5747.

Wednesday

12 November

Weekly Tango Lessons and Workshops at La Casa Del Tango in Norwood with Emiliano starts at 7:00pm this week

Pivot training to improve your “Giros”.
This week there is a workshop and a free lesson if you pay for the workshop.
The workshop is for leaders and followers and provides a great opportunity to improve your tango, doing the kind of training that is not possible in a normal lesson. This hour of training focuses in training your pivot to improve the “Giros”.
The lesson follows the workshop and it is for leaders and followers as well. The lesson is part of the progressive course that we are doing every Wednesday from 20.00 to 21.00 and the topic is in connection with the previous lesson which is: “Giros”.
The price of the workshop is R120.00 per person and if you stay for the lesson the lesson is free, otherwise the lesson is R120.00. WORD OF MOUTH!
Emiliano Fernandez
Professional Argentine Tango Teacher
emiliano.tango@yahoo.com
Facebook: Emiliano Fernandez
072 980 5747




Contact Emiliano at emiliano.tango@yahoo.com or 072 980 5747 for more information.

Thursday

13 November

Argentine Tango classes at the Dance Café


Argentine Tango classes are held from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Dance Cafe.
Experience the thrill of dancing Argentine Tango and improve your dancing skills, Learn to dance Argentine Tango in a delightful social and friendly environment. Our Instructors are professional and qualified to teach you the social basics all the way to competitive steps Price R750.00 for the course
For more information call 011 465-5113 or email info@dancecafe.co.za.

Beginner's Course at Argentine Ambassadors' residence in Pretoria

Every Thursday
Time 18:30 to 19:30
Price: R120.00 per lesson per person.
Venue Argentine Ambassadors Residence
270 Johan Rissik Drive, Waterkloof Ridge , Pretoria
If you wish to join the course please confirm with Emiliano.

Contact: Emiliano Fernandez :Professional Argentine Tango Teacher
emiliano.tango@yahoo.com Tel: 072 980 5747

Friday

14 November

Friday Night Tango at Alchemy.

Tango Lovers.

With this venture, we (the teachers) hope to grow and unite the community… but we can’t do it alone. We need the support of you – our community. So, help us make Friday night a Tango night in Johannesburg!
… and bring your friends along. We will have them dancing a tango in ‘no-time’.

Dancers who take classes with the Maestros will automatically gain entry to the Practica after the class. For those who just want to ‘practica’, the entry will be R30 person, and will start after the classes - at 9pm.

Emiliano will be taking Beginners through an 8 week course - guiding them to the fundamentals of leading and following from the heart/chest. (for more details see his flyer)
Emiliano: “My goal is to transfer the passion and respect for classic tango. In the end of the 8 lessons my students must be able to circulate in the dance floor environment without crashing into other couples, following the music and doing basic structures and combinations in classic style.”

Tango-Tensity (Bert and Lerato) will be taking intermediate students through an 8 week course – focusing on the communication between the partners. We explore what it is we are communicating; how we communicate; and the skills we use to communicate effectively. Mastery of the art of communication within our Tango, is an essential milestone on any Tango dancer’s path. (for more details see their flyer)

Sonia and Ralph – Primo Tango will come together for the first time - after a decade apart - to conduct 4 classes at Alchemy – aimed at the more advanced Tango dancers, who want to expand and improve on the structures and patterns they know. This class will be the re-uniting of old friends; and the exploring of new Tango moments. (for more details see their flyer)

Alchemy is a Martial Arts and Fitness centre that is opening its studios - and huge hall - to the Tango community, so that we can make Friday night a Tango night in Jozi. (address: Alchemy Health and Fitness Centre, cnr Lewisham and Beyers Naude Drive, Blackheath; near Cresta shopping centre)

All classes will run from 8pm to 9 pm on Friday nights – beginning the 3rd of October - followed by a ‘Practica’ till late.

For more details and prices of lessons and courses, please see the teachers’ flyers.
(Please note: Alchemy is a martial arts centre and does not have a bar facility. You are invited to bring your own snacks and refreshments to enjoy at the Practica.
There is a pizza restaurant and a steak house around the corner from Alchemy - for those who want to have a meal before or during the Practica.)
‘La Practica’ / the Practise session
The Format of our Practica...
Unlike a milonga the musica is not played in ‘Tandas’ (group of three or four ‘tangos’ or ‘valsesitos’ or ‘milongas’ played in a row)… And there are no ‘cortinas’ (a musical sound-byte that breaks up the ‘Tandas’)…
We will play: 15 mins of ‘tango’, 15 mins ‘vals’, 15 mins of ‘tango’, 15 mins of ‘milonga’ – in a one hour cycle… and then repeat. This gives a couple the opportunity to practice what they have learnt to ‘tango’ music for 15 minutes… and then try the same moves and structures to the different rhythms and tempos of ‘milonga’ or ‘vals’ as well.
‘Cortinas’ at a Milonga, oblige the couples to split up and find new partners at the end of each ‘Tanda’. At practicas the partners are not obliged to split up as they may be practicing something together… and so we do not interrupt the couples with ‘cortinas’.
Practicas are also social occasions and so some may come just to dance and socialise with other ‘tangueros’… it’s not all about work and practice.
So, join us on Friday nights - at Alchemy. There’s Tango there!


See you all on the dance floor soon!

JoburgTango

Sonia and Ralph

Bert and Lerato

Emiliano

Vanesa

Tango Ladies Style - "Tecnica para mujeres" with Vanesa Mestre
Starting at Alchemy on Friday the 17th of October - Vanesa will share her knowledge and talent with the ladies of Tango. Vanesa will start a progressive cycle especially for the ladies who would like to improve their Tango Technique.
Vanesa’s classes will focus on: the correct walk; the axis; ‘adornos’ / adornments; musicality and posture.
Vanesa: “The technical class is not a couple’s class, but the men are welcome… The class is not only for single women !!!! All tango's dancers should practice the technical tango... “
Tango Ladies Style will be a progressive cycle with classes happening on the Fridays that Primo Tango is not teaching (please see their flyer for more details) so as to slot in nicely for those who would like to join us every Friday for a class.
That is: Fridays the 17th & 31st October and 7th and 28th of November with Vanesa doing “Tango Ladies Style”, from 8 – 9 pm…
and 10th and 24th September… and the 14th and 21st November with Primo Tango.
The Price for Tango Ladies Style R400 for all 4 classes or a ‘drop-in’ fee of R130 per class. Of course -entry to the practica afterwards is included.


Saturday

15 November

Melanie Scholtz & CT Tango Ensemble Live @ The Orbit

Melanie Scholtz & the Cape Town based group (a SAMA nominee) CT Tango Ensemble are bringing to the Orbit an evening of Tango.
The repertoire will range from traditional Tangos to the Tango Nuevo of Astor Piazzolla, Richard Galliano & more.
Melanie (a well-known Jazz singer) had embraced this style of music fully which has culminated into her collaboration with CT Tango Ensemble in their 2014 album "Tango Dreams".
For this performance CT Tango Ensemble will join forces with two Johannesburg based musicians - Elena Zlatkova (Violin) & Tembinkosi Mavimbela (Double Bass)
Whether you'd like to dance Argentinean Tango to their music or listen to them - this evening will be for you!
Dance Floor will be open for the Johannesburg Tango Community.

Date: 15 November 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 20:30 (Please note that The Orbit is a fully licensed restaurant & you are most welcome to arrive earlier & enjoy dishes and beverages from their fantastic menu)
Venue: The Orbit - Home of Jazz, 81 de Korte Street, Braamfontein, 2001 Johannesburg, Gauteng
www.theorbit.co.za
Tickets: R120 http://www.theorbit.co.za/tickets/

Stanislav
Cell: 0836015751
Fax: 0862184979
www.goodmusic.co.za
http://www.youtube.com/user/Stanislavaccordion
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CT-Tango-Ensemble/303090854086
http://soundcloud.com/stanislav-angelov





Sunday

16 November
Sunday Milonga hosted by Emiliano



Visit http://www.tangojoburg.com/?p=222 for the latest update and late changes to the evenings schedule.

Upcoming Events:

SAVE THE DATE
FOR
YEAR END MILONGA - Sunday 30 Nov - 7pm Please book your meals now as, if we don't get the numbers the evening will have to be cancelled as there is a minimum number of meals that need to be booked.
Bert Tango Tensity and Stasi are hosting the year end Milonga at the Houghton Golf Club.
Dress is Tango Elegant.
Entrance to Milonga R50.00
Buffet dinner R145.00 served from 7.30pm
MENU
Slow Roast Beef covered in Brown Gravy
Fluffy White Rice
Roasted Seasonal Vegetables
Green leaf salad with homemade dressing
Bread Rolls & Butter
Dessert: Pavlova Roll filled with Lemon Curd Mousse
Vegetarian option available. Order when booking.
Dinner to be paid for in advance via EFT or cash to Stasi.
Banking details on booking.
Book with Stasi 0828212166 or email stazi@global.co.za or message on Facebook.

Articles


This week there is an interesting article titled Cabeceo : A Users Guide
Visit http://www.tangojoburg.com/?p=295

Tango Teachers

Please see http://www.tangojoburg.com/?page_id=30 for a list of teachers in the Johannesburg area .

In the Country

Please see http://www.tangojoburg.com/?page_id=32 for tango opportunities throughout South Africa.

Tango Resources

Tango Joburg

This website offers information about Argentine tango events in the greater Johannesburg area.
The site includes information about teachers, milongas and practicas. It also offers general information about tango in other parts of South Africa and a gives a hint of some of the other dance opportunities in the greater Gauteng area.
It is administered by tango lovers in the area.
http://tangojhb.co.za/

Tango Argentino de Tejas

Information about Argentine tango including terminology, guides to tango music, articles about learning and dancing tango, reviews of instructional videos, and links
http://www.tejastango.com

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