Archive | February, 2008

Accordionist Ksenija Sidorova and pianist Stefan Ciric are 19 and 21 respectively, they have teamed up to form a tango duo, inspired particularly by the work of the foremost Argentinian tango composer Astor Piazzolla.

They will be playing a concert on Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th March at the Royal Academy of Music.

Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT.

For more info email Angela Jackson

The new timetable is now online and will begin at the end of March. You can see it here.

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Courses are also up and open for booking, you can book your places online;

I am encouraging people to book with a partner. : )

Mondays Improver’s (Step 4):
TOPIC:”Ganchos, are you hooked yet?”
6 week course beginning Monday 31st March.
Where: The White Hart, Kennington
Time: 8:00-9:30pm

Wednesdays Elementary (Step 2):
TOPICS”The cross, walking systems, ochos, giros and the connection”
6 week course beginning Wednesday 2nd April.
Where: Pineapple Dance Studios,
Time: 8:00-9:30pm

Thursdays Beginner’s (Step 3) :
TOPICS”Turns, rebounds and walking”
5 week course beginning Thursday 3rd April.
Please note that for this rotation the Thursday course is 5 not 6 weeks.
Where: Pineapple Dance Studios,
Time: 8:00-9:30pm

You can book your places online;

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I will be away in Buenos Aires from 27th Feb – 27th March, no classes during this time. If you wanted to book private lessons before I leave you can do so here.

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Bring on the Spring Party at the White Hart,
bouncy dancing optional.

February 25th 9:30- 11ish
Milonga by contribution, free glass of bubbly so come and celebrate your latest course of Tango.

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Do you always have the chance or the space to execute steps 1-8 of a sequence on the floor? So why is a sequence a useful thing to learn? It may work, for you to learn sets of steps, but then aren’t you just replicating them on the floor? Dancing like a carbon copy of someone else. What seems more useful is to use a sequence as an example of musicality, floorcraft, or incorporating a tango idea. Peeling away the wrapping and finding a present that really is useful for your dancing. Then you won’t need to count on the floor.