This Saturday: Workshop in the other Argentine music dances that are popular in the milongas of Buenos Aires, sometimes called Folkloric. Now that they are commonly played here, you don't want to have to sit them out. If you are going to Buenos Aires, knowing these dances will go a long way towards showing the milongueros that you are knowledgeable, and serious about tango.
Does the Chacarera look like a lot of fun? Can't understand the musical nuances of the Canyengue? Want to learn the subtle and beautiful seduction messages in the Zamba and other dances? These other dances are a lot of fun to learn, and we'll have a great time.
Even if you never chose to dance these, understanding them as well as the music will be an invaluable help to your tango, vals and milonga. This music, and these dances, are some of the roots of tango, and will really help to improve your musicality and the beauty of your dance. They will also help you to solve some questions you may be working on in tango: walking, the embrace, posture, attitude, poses and other fundamentals that came from these dances into tango.
At the turn of the 19th century, Argentina was a huge draw for immigrants, as well as the gauchos from the pampas. As they filled the streets and alleyways of Buenos Aires, they mingled with the portenos (the inhabitants of the city's port area), African slaves, and natives. There was a vibrant mix of music and dance representing these cultures—flamenco, Italian melodies, Cuban habanera, African Candombe, polkas, mazurkas, and Spanish contradanse. These cultural styles began to fuse, and new styles of music and dance were invented.
Chacarera is a couple's dance, but the two dancers dance without touching. Women usually wear brightly-colored, flowing dresses. Men wear baggy pants, hats, and silk scarves tied at the neck. Zamba is a slow dance, where the couple does not touch but communicates with each other with their scarves. Showy and seductive, it is often danced in the streets of Argentina. Canyengue is the forerunner of tango, scandalous in its time because of the close embrace.
Come ready to work! We have a lot to cover!!
1:30 - 3:30 PM Saturday, October 17th
Center for Performing Arts
3754 Pleasant Ave S
Mpls, 55409
$20 Half price for full time students.
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