CT Tango Festival and CT Tango Weekend are Organized by Tango Sueno...
CT Tango Festival July 6 - July 21, 2013
Milford, Norwalk, Danbury, Hartford, New Haven
Pablo Velez, Daniela Kizyma, Dale Ellison, Gem Duras, Raul Jaurena, Marga Mitchell, Judy Phelps
Michele Evans, Grupo Folklorico Uruguay
Daniela Kizyma and Pablo Velez |
Festival Summary Tango Passion Show:
Classes/Workshops:
Milongas (Tango Dance Events):
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Dale Ellison and Gem Duras video... |
Festival Activities and Full Schedule: (Hotline: (203) 584 4480) |
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A night of Tango: Music and Dance A Tango Show featuring Latin Grammy Award winner bandoneonist Raul Jaurena, visiting dancers from Argentina Pablo and Daniela, Marga Mitchell, voice, Gem Duras on the guitar, Grupo Folklorico Uruguay and Tango Sueño Performance Group! 8:00 PM: Seats are limited |
Raul Jaurena, Latin Grammy Winner |
Grupo Folklorico Uruguay |
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The festival presents an extensive and inclusive set of classes and workshops to cover various aspects of Argentine Tango with international performers Pablo and Daniela, as well as Dale Ellison from Charleston SC and Connecticut's own Gem Duras. Snacks will be served at the breaks. Singles are welcome, we change partners. |
Milongas Milongas are Argentine Tango Dance events where people spend the evening to socialize and dance tango. The 2013 Festival presents an exciting range of Milongas with some of Connecticut's most popular Milonga hosts.
Opening Milonga Connecticut Argentine Tango Society (CATS) Milonga hosted by Judy Phelps. Performance: Judy Phelps and Gem Duras. DJ: Anda Horvath.
8 p.m. - 12 a.m. Hartford Ballroom Milonga Milonga hosted by Michele Evans from Hartford Ballroom. Mix of mostly classic and some nuevo music. Performance: Dale and Gem, DJ: Gem 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.: Musicality Workshop Tango Sueño Summer Milonga Tango Sueño 2nd Saturday Milonga at the Milford Fine Arts Council. Superb dance floor, refreshments,. DJ Gem with classic and nuevo mix. Performance: Dale and Gem. 8-8:30 pm: free Chacarera Class (Argentine Folk Dance) taught by Dale and Gem $15 at the door |
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Tango Intensive, Day I Full day, 5 hours of instruction with Dale and Gem packed into this Saturday of intensive Argentine Tango. The morning sessions will take place in Danbury CT to cover tango elegance, pauses, beginnings and endings. The afternoon sessions will be held in Milford focusing on fundamentals for beginners. limited enrollment. Morning: Tango Elegance (Danbury) 11:00 a.m.: Tango Connection: Accuracy, synchronized elegant movements and strong communication with your partner Vitti's Dance Studio, Danbury (VD) Boot Camp for Beginners (Milford) 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 pm (with short breaks): Argentine Tango basics, embrace and connection. Next phase, pivots, ochos and turns. Free leg movements, combinations with ganchos "hooking legs together". Dancing to Nuevo and Classic Full day, 5 hours of intensive tango instruction with Dale and Gem. The morning sessions cover various essentials such as turns and sweeps. Recommended for those who took a boot camp the previous day or in the past as well as experienced dancers. The afternoon workshops will focus on nuevo style and present various steps and concepts developed by renowned dancer Chicho Frumboli. Morning: Dancing Classic Tango 11:00 a.m.: Essentials I: Entangled legs: Sensual Sacadas and Enganches, slow sassy displacements with leg wraps. Afternoon: Dancing Nuevo Tango
2:30 p.m.: Soltadas and Spins: Letting go of the embrace with on axis turns for nuevo dancing. Dance Dimansions , Norwalk (DD) Dale Ellison, known in Buenos Aires as Delia, has been dancing Argentine tango for more than 18 years, and teaching for more than 9. She has developed a reputation as a dynamic Argentine Tango teacher and performer in salon, milonguero, nuevo and performance styles of tango. Originally a San Francisco resident, Dale received her tango training from the stars of the famous show “Forever Tango” most notably Carlos Gavito and Marcela Duran. Initially a salsa dancer and club style salsa instructor, Dale was drawn to tango for its sensuality and passion, later winning the first prize in the first San Francisco Tango Competition in 1998. She has traveled to Buenos Aires numerous times to study with Gustavo Naveira, Osvaldo Zotto, Oscar Mandagaran, Chicho Frumboli, Geraldine Rojas, Graciela Gonzales, Marcela Duran, and women's technique with Lorena Ermocida. Dale Ellison teaches and runs tango activities as the director of Tango Rojo in Charleston SC. Gem Duras started his tango training in 1995 with the stars of the famous show "Forever Tango" especially the legendary Carlos Gavito with whom he had the opportunity to study extensively for several years, incorporating his technique, elegance and musicality into his own dancing and teaching. Later he studied performance tango with Francisco Forquera in Argentina to become a certified tango instructor and dancer. Gem recently performed and taught at the Stardust weekend upstate New York, and participated as a performer in the New Year’s Celebration event organized by Akademi Tango, in Ankara-Turkey. He was also a guest instructor at the HARTS Tango cruise in 2011. Since the founding of Tango Sueno in 2003 with Dale Ellison, he has been a popular instructor in CT, teaching in cities such as Milford, Norwalk, Stamford, Danbury and Hartford, as well as Chappaqua NY.
Dale Ellison and Gem Duras |
Tango Workshops Internationally acclaimed Argentine Teachers/Performers Pablo and Daniela will present workshops addressing various aspects of tango in a fun environment. All tango dancers are welcome as well as beginners who have taken Dale and Gem's intensive workshops. 1:00 p.m.: Sacadas with Changes of Direction and using them to create creative walking sequences. Milford Center for the Arts , Milford (MF) Tango Workshops Pablo and Daniela will continue their teaching in Connecticut with three more workshops with progressive difficulty. All tango dancers are welcome as well as beginners who have taken Dale and Gem's intensive workshops. Dance Dimensions, Norwalk (DD) United for their common passion, Pablo Velez and Daneial Kizyma, are rising stars of a younger generation of Argentine Tango dancers and performers. Bron in Argentina with Ukrainian, Lithuanina and Italian heritages, Pablo and Daniela started dancing as teenagers first studying with Walter Gomez. They formed their partnership in 1998, to start a successful career of performances in shows such as La Ventana, Gala Tango, El Viejo Almacen, Madero Tango, Che Tango, Complejo Tango, Bien de Tango and Mora Godoy Company. In Buenos Aires they teach at the Mora Godoy School, Milonga El Tacuari as well as Gala Tango. Their international engagements took them to four continents to teach and perform in countries such as Denmark, Italy, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, Japan, Paraguay and Brazil among others.
Pablo and Daniela |
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Red and Black Formal Milonga: A special milonga emphasizing the sensual nature of tango! Ladies: dress as sensually as you feel comfortable, gentlemen suit and tie or black compadrito costume encouraged! Tango Sueño style refreshments with an extra twist, drinks and surprises! 8 p.m. - 1 a.m. Surprise Milongas for festival participants only Location and times TBA during festival activities. |
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Thai Massage for Dancers: |
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Register early! Limited Enrollment for classes and workshops. Admission to classes is not guaranteed without pre-registration; Dance shoes required for classes and workshops except the Beginner Boot Camp. The prices below are per person. No partner necessary, singles welcome. Private lessons available with all instructors, call (203) 584 4480 to inquire. Don't forget to check out the festival passes at the bottom for further discounts... To pay by credit card, please click the Add to Cart buttons below and checkout using PayPal. You don't have to be or become a PayPal member. To pay by check use the registration form here... |
MF: Milford Center for the Arts, 40 Railroad Avenue South, Milford, www.milfordarts.org |
| July 13 (VD) (In Danbury) | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Tango Connection: | $25 | ||
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Beginnings, Quebradas, Endings | $25 | |||
| July 13 (MF) (in Milford) | Beginner boot camp: (2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.) | $50 | ||
| Discount packages: (Further Silver and Gold pass discounts available here...) |
Both Danbury Workshops: (11 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.) | $40 | ||
| OR discount registration for all day | $80 |
| July 14 (DD) | 12:15 pm: Essentials I: Sacadas and Enganches | $30 | ||
| 12:15 - 1:30 pm: Essentials II: Barridas and Gyros | $30 | |||
| 2:30 - 3:45 pm: Soltadas and Spins | $30 | |||
| 3:45 - 5:00 pm: Ganchos with Soltadas | $30 | |||
| Discount packages: (Further Silver and Gold Pass |
Both Morning Workshops: Dancing to Classic: (11 am - 1:30 pm) | $50 | ||
| Both Afternoon Wokshops Dancing to Nuevo Chicho Style: (2:30 - 5:00 pm) | $50 | |||
| Discount registration for all day | $90 |
| July 20 (MF) | 1:00 p.m. Sacadas with Changes of Direction | $30 | ||
| 2:30 p.m. Contratiempos and Enrosques | $30 | |||
| 4:00 p.m. Dancing to Milonga | $30 | |||
| Discount packages: (Further Silver and Gold pass discounts available here...) |
OR discount registration for all day | $75 |
| July 21 (DD) | 11:00 a.m. Pivots and Boleos | $30 | ||
| 12:30 p.m. Fluidity, Torsion and back sacadas | $30 | |||
| 2:00 p.m. Vals with Ganchos and Boleos | $30 | |||
| Discount packages: (Further Silver and Gold pass discounts available here...) |
OR discount registration for all day | $75 |
| Save! Silver Pass Includes 10 classes -other than the beginner boot camp- and the Second Saturday Milonga. Please specify the 10 classes at the "Comments" area after the PayPal checkout. (Please note: the Silver Pass does NOT include the Tango Passion Show ticket) |
$220 | ||
| Save More! Gold Pass All classes, one Tango Passion Show ticket, Second Saturday Milonga, Red and Black Formal Milonga. (Please note: the Gold Pass does NOT include the Opening CATS Milonga and the Hartford Ballroom Milonga) |
$320 |
| Phone: 203 584 4480, E-mail: info@cttangofest.org Phone number for the Press: (203) 543 8099. Photos for the press: click here... |
Get ready for a week of pure excitement!
