Four Saturday Classes in the Fall of 2011 – October 8 through October 29.

11 am - noon
Fundamental Flow for beginners and experienced dancers: fundamentals will be taught by starting with leg wraps and other movements that use the same elements as walking. Emphasis will be on hearing and dancing musical phrases and on becoming comfortable and expressive dancing with a partner.

12:15 - 1:15 pm
Improvised Flow for experienced dancers: movements that flow into and out of ganchos and evolve into movements with trapped legs. This class includes all the techniques of the Fundamental Flow class with an expanded tango vocabulary and movement dynamics.

All classes at Salon d'H, south of East Towne, just off North Thompson Drive, Madison, WI 53704. Email Heather at heather@tangoflow.net or Tom at tom@tangoflow.net for the address.

$40 for four classes or $15 each. Experienced dancers may take the beginning class for $5. For students the cost is $20 for four classes or $10 each.

Clothing should allow free movement and shoes should have clean soles that pivot easily on a wood floor.

El Pulpo Workshop – Saturday, November 6, and Sunday, November 7, 2010.

Norberto Esbrez, El Pulpo, has a distinctive style that will expand any dancer's expression, technical range, and creativity. His style is more easily watched than described. This workshop is a rare opportunity for people in the midwest.

El Pulpo will also perform at the Madison Tango Society milonga Saturday evening. Live music for the milonga will be by Quinteto Yzafa.

Saturday classes.
1 pm. Tango basis. Caminadas (walks) in different directions. All levels.
2:30 pm. Trap sacadas. Intermediate level.
7 pm. Pasadas. Footwork and turns. All levels. This is the only class at Grace Church, it is just before the milonga.

Sunday classes.
12:30 pm. Suspension. Improve your lead, pause, change of direction, smoothness, maintain your own axis. All levels.
2:00 pm. Ganchos and gancho continuos. Intermediate level.
3:30 pm. Enganches and Pulpo's special style. Advanced level.

The cost for all of the classes is $125 ($100 for students with valid ID) in advance. Individual classes are $25 each ($20 for students). Three classes in one day for $65 ($50 for students).   Private lessons are $80.00 per hour.

All classes, except the 7 pm Saturday class, are at TAPIT/new works, 1957 Winnebago Street, Madison, WI 53704. Enter TAPIT in the back, but do not park in the back, park on the street. The 7 pm Saturday class, and milonga, is at Grace Episcopal Church, 116 West Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53703.

Please contact Heather if you are interested in some, or all, of the classes.

Contacts

Heather Yonker is a musician, composer, and dancer. In Buenos Aires for 15 months, she studied tango, the music and the dance, with well-known professionals Pepe Motta, Alberto Chaimu, Norberto Esbrez (El Pulpo), Fabian Salas, Gustavo Naveira, and others. Contact Heather at heather@tangoflow.net.

Tom Rice started dancing at age 42 and can't stop; it's now been more than 20 years. Marek Szotkowski and Kara Wenham have been his main tango teachers. He has also danced ballroom, ballet, jazz, African, and tap. Contact Tom at tom@tangoflow.net.

The Madison Tango Society has information about all things tango in Madison.