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DATE: March 9, 2009 SOURCE: Embassy of Argentina |
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Free Things to Do at Dupont Circle Introduction to Tango Dancing Workshop
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Workshop
Guidelines
This free workshop is aimed at people with no previous experience or
knowledge of tango dancing.
It is expected that these 6 introductory classes will provide students
with the basic elements and feel of the dance.
You need to register as a couple. No individual registrations are
accepted. In other words, you need to find a dance partner before
starting the registration.Classes
will be in English.
Everybody is welcome, independently of age and nationality.
In order to secure your place at this free workshop, each couple needs
to register online. We will not take any phone reservations. We will not
accept walk-ins. Please, do not show up if you haven't registered online
and received a confirmation number. There will be absolutely no
exceptions.
Bring the right shoes: no rubber soles, please.
Space is very limited. Hurry up and register!If the class is already full and you are not able to register, do not despair! The Embassy is planning to offer more tango workshops in the future. |
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| About the Instructor
Carina Losano has studied ballet in the USA (at the Maryland Youth Ballet) and in Argentina (at the Alfredo Gurquel’s studio and with Estela Erman). She has assisted the Masters of the Show "Tango Argentino" Juan Carlos Copes, Eduardo Arquimbau, Gloria and Rodolfo Dinzels and Carlos Rivarola (choreographer of the movie "Tango" with J.C.Copes) and has studied with tango dancers Gustavo Naveira, Fabian Salas and Graciela Gonzales, among others. Her accomplishments include teaching Madonna for her role in "Evita", and designing dances for the movie with the choreographer Vincent Paterson (Michael Jackson’s Bad Tour and Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour). Carina has also co-choreograph, the last "Pepsi" commercial starring "Shakira," with Vincent Paterson. This commercial was directed by Joe Pytka, and was "viewed on air" for the first time at the night of the Oscars, in March of 2003. In the Washington DC area, she performed at the Kennedy Center and the Wolf Trap with Quintango. Carina had received awards and mentions like "Golden Obelisk", "Teacher of Milongueros", "Young Generation of Milongueros" and "Dedication to Tango", awarded by Juan Carlos Copes. She had also represented "Solo Tango" -a TV channel from Buenos Aires only dedicated to the promotion of Tango- in the International Exposition of the Cable TV Industry for three consecutive years, and has obtained the first prize in the Championship Hugo del Carril in 1997. For a complete understanding of tango culture, Carina studied History, Poetry and Sociology of Tango at the Tango University, with the most important researchers and journalist of Tango like Jose Gobello, Héctor Negro, Oscar del Priore and Roberto Selles.
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