EspirituLibreTango

Argentine Tango @ Alberto's

2012-12-05T12:01:00.000-08:00

736 W. Dana Street, Mountain View, California
contact: espiritulibretango@yahoo.com

MILONGA every Sunday
from 7:00 p.m. until late

A traditional milonga in the atmosphere of a
Buenos Aires tango bar with air conditioning,

bar snacks, and a first-class wooden dance floor

Cover charge $10 (extra for live music).

DJ Schedule:

February 12 - Bernhard Kohlhaas

February 19 - Marcelo Solis + Seth Asarnow y su orquesta tipico

February 26 - Israel Lipinsky
March 5 - Caleb Welton

To join the mailing list, send e-mail to: espiritulibretango@yahoo.com

February 19, 2012

2012-02-07T06:09:00.000-08:00

ALICIA PONS

WORKSHOPS @ Alberto's
Sunday, February 19

3:00-4:30 p.m. Movement & Energy Flow
Movement as a journey.
How we produce and transmit movement -
partner to partner, dancer to floor.

5:00 - 6:30 p.m. The Ocho Cortado
Exploring the creative concepts

At the door: $30 each workshop

Pre-registration by Friday, February 17:
$50 for both workshops
e-mail: espiritulibretango@yahoo.com

Full details of Alicia Pons visit to the San Francisco Bay area, February 9-19, 2012
http://www.mayumix.com/2012_Alicia_Pons.htm

Alicia Pons, a teachers of teachers, is an elegant and accomplished dancer with refined technique who teaches authentic milonguero style tango in close embrace.
She is famous for her beautiful, precise and playful footwork, and a strongly sensual connection with her partner, creating a dance of great subtlety and beauty, with movement that is deeply expressive of the music.
Alicia exemplifies communication and presence in the dance, and this is the focus in her teaching for both men and women. The dance becomes the creative conversation between the two partners. She emphasizes the woman's ability to not just follow, but to be an equal partner in the dance, contributing inspiration and musicality. Her ability to imbue the role of the woman with verve and style has made her one of the most sought after female partners in Buenos Aires milongas.
On the dance floor, Alicia is without equal.

Alicia taught for several years with Cacho Dante, with whom she frequently performed. She was trained in classical dance from an early age, and her first tango teachers wereGraciela Gonzalez, whose women's technique has shaped her precise footwork, and the late Pedro "Tete" Rusconi, one of the most renowned milongueros of his generation.
As a teacher, Alicia emphasizes the connection between the partners, and in particular the woman's ability to not just follow, but to be an equal protagonist in the dance. Her knowledge of the mechanics of what makes the dance work in the "milonguero" embrace is unique.
Alicia is one of only a handful of teachers of Argentine Tango who teaches this particular style of tango, and she is the only teacher who teaches what she teaches.
Even in Buenos Aires, Alicia Pons is unique in what she teaches. Alicia teaches the "authentic" style of tango danced in the traditional clubs in central Buenos Aires, such as El Beso, where it is danced in a very close, chest to chest embrace and there may be up to 160 dancers in a 90 square foot area.

2012-02-01T13:07:00.000-08:00

ALICIA PONS & LUIS ROJAS @ El Beso, Buenos Aires September 2011

Sunday, February 19

2012-01-31T12:59:00.000-08:00

MILONGA @ Alberto
with live music by
SETH ASARNOW y SU SEXTETO TIPICO

Doors open 7:00 p.m. until late
$15

MARCH - APRIL 2012

2012-01-30T12:34:00.000-08:00

OSCAR CASAS
& ANA MIGUEL

Monday, March 26
CLASSES @ 7pm & 8m, followed by practica
One class $13, both classes $25

Sunday, April 1
WORKSHOPS @ 3pm and 5pm
One workshop: $25, both workshops $45
Pre-registration requested: espiritulibretango@yahoo.com

Oscar Casas is an experienced teacher, and a well-known figure in the milongas of Buenos Aires. He is very milonguero, and respected by the "old guard" in the milongas of BA. He grew up in the tango barrio Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, living and breathing tango. His parents were avid tango dancers and, in the 1950's and 1960's, they organized three different milongas per week, which regularly drew in 400-500 dancers.

Oscar teaches with energy and humor, emphasizing concepts, specializing in improvisation always interpreting the music and respecting the character of the different orchestras. He is especially interested in the dynamics and cadencia of the dance. Everything he teaches is applicable to crowded milongas.

Ana Miguel started her Argentine Tango training in the dance school of Moron Jose Neglia. She started teaching with the famous Argentine tango instructor and performer, Pocho Pizarro. From 2005 to 2008, Ana Miguel performed in the Show “Bacanazo” which was held in the Empire Theatre and the Roman Theatre in BA and she also performed as part of the show at Esquina Carlos Cardel from 2006 to 2010 in BA. Ana has taught tango at various tango festivals and was also a tango teacher at ACETA (Academia de Estilos de Tango Argentino – Academy of Argentine Tango Styles) from 2006 to 2010.