[TSOM-Announce] Milonga Alquimia - This Friday, June 3rd

Milonga Alquimia

The June Transformation

 

 

Friday - June 3rd

9:30 pm until 1:00 am

 

Come kick off the Summer

with a great evening of Tango

Fabulous dance floor, Great treats,

Enchanting venue.

 

See you there. Bring a friend

 

Location:

Triune Masonic Temple

1898 Iglehart Ave. in St. Paul.MN 55104

$10.00; $5.00 for students.

 

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[TSOM-Announce] Perfectilonga

Hello Dancing Friends,

 

If you were there tonight, you know.   

We had a fabulous practilonga: our third annual Memorial day event.  It was so good, it deserves the moniker Perfectilonga.  Why was it that good? 

 

1.      Jennifer Wang. She rocked the house with the perfect music for our feet, our ears, and our hearts.  Well done Jennifer!  We loved it!

2.      Scott Chase. Ever quietly surveying the room for a chance to sew some joyful dance mayhem, Scott makes it happen and makes it look easy. Many thanks to Scott for being the best partner in crime a Desperado could want.

3.      All of you.  Thank you for coming with open minds, open arms, and with the desire to share the magic. It keeps working for us because of you.

 

My favourite practica comment tonight:  “If you lead something, and I do something weird, lead it again!”    

That’s the spirit!!

 

Next week, we have another, different, special event. We will enjoy the masterful tango provocations of Guillermo Cerneaz and Diana Devi.  Currently the plan is still classified as “ethereal eyes only”.  That’s right. It’s so far-out only the Tango Gods and maybe the Heimdall of Asgard can visualize it.  But by Monday, next 6 June, we will bring a new infusion of tango magic across the rainbow bridge into the desperados practica for your enjoyment.  Don’t miss it.

 

Thank you for sharing your dancing time with us J

 

 

Michael, Scott, and your friends at Desperados

 

PS. We have suspended mini-beginni lessons for the summer. But if you have a small group of interested neophytes, we will happily arrange on a one-off basis. Just give us a week or two notice.  Tango is too good not to share it, and it disappears if you don’t!

 

 

Tango Desperados

                                                           

The Eagles Aerie
25th Avenue and 25th Street
Southeast Minneapolis
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Small Ballroom, Monday Evenings, 7:30 p.m. until 10:00 ish!

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Quarterly, 13-Week Subscription Rate -- $40.00

 

[TSOM-Announce] Fwd: June Tango&I Newsletter

Tango & I in June New Beginnings by Diana Devi Fabian Salas Workshops July 15-17 Open Streets Minneapolis outdoor dancing June 5 Tango Challenge begins Give yourself the gift of presence in your practice by Marcy  Dancing with women by Sharna Fabiana View this email in your browser June 2016 news!! As our seedlings (new movements) in the garden need nourishing and the weeds (old habits) need picking, so is June at Tango & I. Come join us for creative and fun classes. All group classes are held at Dance Life Ballroom in Minneapolis every Wednesday evening and Saturday morning Beginners and learning a new role Every Wednesday 6.30 pm and Saturday 10 am Beginner detailed curriculum 7.30 A level: the mollinette revealed  7.30 B level: the mollinette with a twist Class will be taught by Tango & I Team ( :  The 8.30 Intermediate and Advanced class will be taught by Guillermo Cerneaz and Diana Devi.    Topics are Guillermo's special surprise.   Guillermo is here till the end of June! Come check out his creative ways of exploring the art of Argentine Tango with us! Every Saturday morning: PRACTICA  11 - 1 Come practice your tango skills, always a tango and I team member available to answer any of your questions. Private lessons? No Problem, easy to schedule right here Mark your agenda : TANGO FUSION MILONGA June 25  New beginnings, by Diana Devi It is with mixed emotions that I announce my time at DanceLife is coming to a conclusion.  It has been 6 years since I started working with Sabine, first as an assistant then teaching classes together.   Many things have happened during this time together: changing studios, changing curriculum to name few. As with all things there is a time and place, a time for letting go in order to grow something new.  So what is the new?  Well you can bet tango is involved!  For the last several years I have been talking about building a tango hub in St Paul.  This spring I started teaching at the Historic Triune Masonic Temple in St Paul, which will be my new tango home for a while!  I also enrolled in a year long health coach certification class.  And if that was not enough, I have been continuing to explore exercises for building strong healthy feet, gyrotonic movements for tango on top of my day job as a clinical pharmacist. I think my plate is pretty full!  I want to thank all of the students at Dancelife Ballroom for their generosity and openness to learning tango.  Thanks to Shinya for opening the studio and welcoming us , creating a space that is so right for tango.   And last but not least I would like to thank my friend Sabine for the years that we have spent working together.  It has been wonderful to work with her and I learned a lot.  I learned a great deal about myself and about tango while working with her.  It is nice to work with some one who is such a strong tango advocate!  And who else will eat potato chips with me after dancing all night at a festival milonga!!   Sabine and I will continue to collaborate on projects including a beginner milonga which we hope to schedule soon!   Watch for upcoming events!  See you  in St Paul, at DanceLife or on the dance floor!!  Fabian Salas & Lola Diaz July 15-17 Rochester MN All the important workshop & Milonga information you can find at the Blue Moon Ballroom website Fabian and Lola have been coming to Minnesota for the past couple of years and are liked for their creative way of teaching the art of Argentine Tango.     Many, if not most, of our world class teachers today have first been taught by Fabian Salas first. He began touring the world as a traveling teacher in 1992, long after he had been dancing and promoting tango in Buenos Aires.  Early Bird prices end June 27!! Open streets Minneapolis: Dance Tango with us  Sunday June 5  11 am to 5 pm A unique opportunity to come and play with Tango&I AND with Keri Simonson Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba. Lyndale Ave and 33rd  Keri will kick it off at 11 am with some Salsa and Bachata, followed by some Kizomba!!!  At 12.30 (ish) we will start mini lessons for anybody out there : tango - salsa - kizomba - bachata followed by Argentine Tango milonga at 2.30  Our DJ for that day will be Paul Lohman! Thank you so much for you generous donations: Tango Desperados, Paul Lohman, Ibes Landscaping Tango Challenge begins! This is the very first Tango Challenge in Minnesota! And it did not arrive here by accident! My tango friend and organizer Mitra Martin from Oxygen Tango in Los Angeles is a tango teaching pioneer in the United States. Together with her team she has organized 21 challenges in the past 5 years, with 120 amazing Challenge graduates, from whom 90% are still embracing the Argentine Tango! It is due to their success that Tango & I are very motivated to dive into this new world of learning! We will be working very closely with Oxygen Tango through out the process!    Want to learn more? THE TANGO CHALLENGE  Give yourself the gift of presence in your practice By Marcy Muldoon Whatever your tango goals, they are merely a means to an end in the tango learning process. Focusing on goals as a future state of perfection can lead to emotional reactions of impatience, frustration and feelings of inadequacy. Rather, a shift in perspective to use our goals to perfect our practice will reap far greater rewards. When learning tango we are passive recipients of knowledge. When we practice, we are actively engaged and focused, using deliberation and intention to guide our moves.  . Thomas Sterns, author of "The Practicing Mind" is a piano technician and accomplished pianist. But it wasn't until he tried to learn golf that he realized the importance of setting goals and applying consistent, deliberate effort toward that goal. He practiced one aspect of the golf swing at a time. At the range, he did not focus on the ball flight, instead he focused on the smaller movements of the swing that he had practiced repeatedly in his basement. When he was present in the moment, out of the past and future, he calmed down and focused on the task on hand. He realized he needed to shift his perspective from focusing on results to focusing on his practice. In his book, he outlined a set of rules to develop the practicing mind: - Keep yourself process oriented. - Stay in the present. -Make the process your goal and use the overall goal as a rudder to steer your efforts.  - Be deliberate, have an intention about what you want to accomplish, and remain aware of that intention. To maintain control of this mindset while focusing on your larger goals, he offers four techniques called the "4 S's"- simplify, small, short and slow. Simplify larger goals by breaking them into smaller sections. Keep the sections Small. Short- Limit practice sessions to a realistic and achievable time. Finally, by adding Slow to your practice, you develop a greater awareness of what you are doing and become actually more efficient.  The shift in perspective from results to process can be applied to any discipline or endeavor in life. It can be applied to complex, emotional goals in human relationships. But it can be applied very aptly to tango. For further information, I recommend reading his book. Give yourself the gift of presence in your practice. You will relax and become patient with your efforts, knowing that good practice will yield good results.. You will be liberated from the tyranny of "perfection" and can non-judgmentally observe your movements and can consciously correct them. Using good practice, your goals will flow to you without pain and frustration. Enjoy the process.   Dancing with women by Sharna Fabiano After many years in the tango community, classes for women still hold a special place in my heart. In offering them, I think not only of female tango dancers, but also of the entire spectrum of feminist effort in the world, the right of women to dress, live, study, work, marry, create, and reproduce (or not) as they themselves choose. Relatively speaking, most women in the United States live well, but "it could be worse" is not an answer to the question of equality and freedom. There is inspiring "feministing" to be done everywhere, some of it subtle and some of it fierce. I imagine all of it flowing into the same river of compassionate progress. please read the rest of the article at Sharna's blog  Copyright © 2016 Tango and I, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Tango and I 5816 Pleasant Ave Minneapolis, Mn 55410 Add us to your address book

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Sabine Ibes 

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www.tangoteachercoop.org

[TSOM-Announce] Fwd: Daniela & Luis' May Newsletter

TANGO WORKSHOPS in Italy, Greece, France, etc. by Daniela & Luis:

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From: Daniela y Luis <danielaluistango@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, May 21, 2016 at 11:41 AM
Subject: Daniela & Luis' May Newsletter
To: lmsdance@gmail.com

Our old email address, danielayluis@luisbianchi.com, has been discontinued. Please update your address book!   View this email in your browser Unsubscribe from this list   Dear friends, With the northern summer quickly approaching, have you started planning your holidays yet? Even though we are thoroughly enjoying the chillier-than-usual otoño porteño, Luis and I are looking forward to a summer packed with tango adventures all over Europe, and hope that you'll join us at one of our fabulous desinations! For those planning to come to Buenos Aires, we hope you will be our guests at Tango Oasis and possibly join us at one of our Foundations Immersion Seminars here later this year and in 2017. Please keep reading for more details on our upcoming activities. The full schedule can be found on our web site. We hope to see you somewhere along the way! Europe Summer/Fall Tour Our little family of three will be visiting the Netherlands, Belgium, France, England, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Greece, Italy and Austria from early July through mid-October. You can check out the schedule here. If the idea of a weeklong holiday dancing, learning, and generally having tons of fun in a great location appeals to you, there are several opportunities to join us in such a setup: in the Netherlands, in the south of France, in Greece, in a villa in Umbria, Italy, and in Sardinia, also in Italy. We love this work format and cannot recommend any of these programs enough. They are the perfect opportunity to combine rest & relaxation in a beautiful location with intense, focused tango work, and they allow us the opportunity to really get to know each other after sharing many days together.  For a shorter but just as sweet experience, you may consider joining us in the gorgeous Lake District in the UK for an extended weekend (this is our fourth year and we always look forward to it!), or in our weekend workshops in Freiburg, Germany, Bury St. Edmunds, UK, and Vienna, Austria. Last but not least,we are proud to announce the first European edition of "The Walk, Pivots and Turns" Foundations Immersion Seminar in Krakow, Poland on August 24-28, after 13 successful editions both in Buenos Aires and in the U.S.. You can find extensive information about the seminar here, including feedback from previous students.Krakow is one of our favorite cities and most beloved tango communities and we cannot wait to share it with friends from all over the world! Please keep in mind that June 15th is the early-bird deadline for the Krakow Foundations Immersion Seminar. Registrations are coming in already so make sure to act fast to ensure your spot! Buenos Aires If you are planning to come to Buenos Aires,  "Tango Oasis", our guest house, is waiting for you! It is located in a virtually perfect central location (2 blocks to the subway, 8 to 12 blocks to many of the most popular tango venues including Salon Canning, La Viruta, Villa Malcolm, DNI Studios, Club Fulgor de Villa Crespo and El Yeite), in the lively Almagro neighborhood with multiple restaurants, coffee shops and stores. The house features 9 bedrooms, a quiet lounge, a large kitchen/dining/living area, rooftop terrace and access to our adjacent dance studio, the whole space has been planned to extend you the warmest welcome in Buenos Aires. There is a special 20% discount for May and June! Just mention the code "mayjune" when you contact us! If you prefer to stay in your own apartment, make sure to check out our studio apartment in Palermo. Tango Oasis is open all year round, even when we are on tour. If you'd like to study with us in BA, you can find us here in May and June, and from mid-October onward. We especially hope you consider joining one of our upcoming Foundations Immersion Seminars: PROGRAM "THE LEAD/FOLLOW DIALOGUE" November 21-25  We are excited to introduce a new program, focused exclusively on the interplay between leader and follower. We will explore various channels for connection; understand how to achieve perfect timing with each other; establish a two-way communication with each other guided by the music; and understand how to move both symmetrically and asymmetrically, introducing playfulness and opportunities for both to express themselves. PROGRAM "THE WALK, PIVOTS AND TURNS" February 6-10,2017  Our oldest program consists of a week focused on nothing less than the building pilars of tango: the walk, pivots and turns, including posture, axis and core work; individual and partnered walk and pivot technique; leading and following ochos; technique for turns in small spaces and in close embrace; musicality for turns in tango, vals and milonga. PROGRAM "TURN ODYSSEY" February 20-24 This program consists of a comprehensive exploration of turns, one of the main tools in tango. We will consider all of their aspects: individual foundation work on posture, axis, weight transfers, pivots; the 3 geometrical possibilities for turns; dynamics (suspensions, drops and changes of speed); adding classical elements such as sacadas, ganchos and boleos; breaking away from the molinete to explore new, fully improvised options in the turn, including changes of direction. You can sign up with a partner, by yourself, or hire an advanced dancer as a partner. Each seminar is limited to 20 students so please sign up soon to guarantee your spot; You can find extensive information about the seminar here, including feedback from previous students. Abrazos, Daniela and Luis In Krakow, Poland: "The Walk, Pivots and Turns" Aug 24-28 **Early bird ends on June 15th!** In Buenos Aires: "The Lead/Follow Dialogue" Nov 21-25, 2016 "The Walk, Pivots and Turns" Feb 6-10, 2017 "Turn Odyssey" Feb 20-24, 2017 Click here for details! September 3-11 Tango in the paradise island of Milos... enough said! Click here for details!   October 1-8 More tango in paradise, this time in Italy! Click here for details!   July 24-30 Tango holiday week in a beautiful valley in the south of France. Eat, swim, dance, repeat. Click here for details!   September 24-October 1 A week of tango, amazing food, rest and relaxation in the gorgeous Italian countryside! Click here for details!   Links: Our web site * Our travel schedule * Our YouTube videos * Housing in BA   You have been added to this list because you : a) opted to join it on our web site or b) your email address was in our (discontinued) danielayluis@luisbianchi.com mailbox and we didn't want to lose touch with you or c) you have contacted us about our tango events in Buenos Aires and around the world. unsubscribe from this list    Our mailing address is: Daniela Pucci & Luis Bianchi - Argentine Tango PO Box 10188 87312 Newark, NJ 07101-3188 Add us to your address book

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Lynne Schulz, ORGANIZER ON DUTY 

(de-clutter/beautify your home/office, prepare your home for sale, pack/unpack your move, organize an event) 

organizeronduty.com, lmsdance@gmail.com, LMSDANCE@GMAIL.COM

author of "Lynne's Dance News" (lynnesdancenews.com) and Buenos Aires Tips by Lynne

1-952-545-2989 (home/office); 1-612-940-4981 (text or call); 8030 W. 25th St., St. Louis Park (Mpls.) MN  55426

[TSOM-Announce] Fwd: Tango Fusion May Milonga with guest instructor Guillermo Cerneaz

SATURDAY - as in tonight ! 

      

On May 24, 2016, at 11:21 AM, Tango and I, Sabine Ibes & Diana Devi <dianaddevi@gmail.com> wrote:

TANGO FUSION MILONGA WITH CLASS TAUGHT BY GUEST INSTRUCTOR GUILLE CERNEAZ AND DIANA DEVI                         View this email in your browser TANGO FUSION SATURDAY MAY 28, 2016 AND UPCOMING CLASSES  This month we have a special treat.  Guillermo (affectionately known as Guille)  Cerneaz has agreed to teach the class before the milonga!  So what will we be teaching?    9-10 pm Movin' and Groovin' on the dance floor. Fun and interesting moves in a social setting.  Cost $20.00 (separate from milonga entrance fee )  10 pm to 1am   Milonga with DJ Pablo (aka Paul Lohman) Cost $10.00 Full time students $5.00. AND much much more !!  Adorn Tango Attire will entice you with shoes (yes for men too!) dresses, skirts, etc. Tango Foot kits to calm and strengthen your feet so you can dance the night away! I will be your hostess for an evening of great tango instruction, fun with friends, great music, light snacks (please feel free to bring something) and tango fashion.   Please take advantage of the class before the milonga, Guille's time with us is half over!!   It is a priviledge to have him in our community for such an extended period of time... Take a class, take a private, experience his teaching and the joy he brings to dancing.  Limited privates are still available but are booking up quickly.... Please contact Diana Devi at dianaddevi@gmail.com or 612-385-7798 Where is the class being taught and where is the milonga?   DanceLife Ballroom 6015 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419 Other classes that Guille Cerneaz and I are teaching: Wednesday night 8:30 -9:30 pm at DanceLife Ballroom  Thursday night 7-8:30pm and 8:30- 10pm at the Historic Triune Masonic Temple 1898 Iglehart Ave St. Paul, MN  Sunday afternoon 2-3pm with practica from 3-5pm at the Historic Triune Masonic Temple 1898 Iglehart Ave St Paul, MN  YES there will be classes this Sunday May 29th...   Please remember Guille will be leaving us soon, so please take enjoy his teaching wit and intelligence!  He is fun and a master at his craft of dancing and teaching..   Want more info please see : https://www.facebook.com/groups/180234205706130/ Questions?  please contact me at  dianaddevi@gmail.com or 612-385-7798                   Copyright © 2016 Tango and I, All rights reserved.  You are receiving this email because you signed up in class or opted in at our website.  Our mailing address is:  Tango and I 5816 Pleasant Ave Minneapolis, Mn  55410 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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Diana D Devi

Argentine Tango

Certified Gyrotonic® Instructor

The body tells the truth ( paraphrasing Martha Graham)