Special Workshop
"Co-Creation"
The Art & Language of an Evolving Argentine Tango
with special guest instructors
Karen Jaffe (Asheville) & Tate DiChiazza (Carpinteria, AR)
Thursday, August 22 - Sunday August 25
MoveStudio Charlotte
1111 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28208
-----------------------------------------------------
Join us for this unique opportunity to explore Argentine tango from its deep traditional roots to today’s evolving dance.
MoveStudio Charlotte
1111 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28208
-----------------------------------------------------
Join us for this unique opportunity to explore Argentine tango from its deep traditional roots to today’s evolving dance.
This exciting weekend of workshops and dances is designed to help you discover a more "co-creative" way of dancing, one in which the responsibility and joy of creating tango are shared equally between partners, significantly enhancing each person's experience of the dance. Tango is constantly evolving, and Karen and Tate offer deep insight into the current state of the art form as it exists among some of the most experienced dancers in Buenos Aires today. Tango is indeed becoming more "co-creative" than ever before. Don't miss this rare opportunity to study with Karen & Tate in Charlotte!
All classes & dances will take place at MoveStudio Charlotte.
Schedule
Thursday, August 22
7:00 - 8:30 PM Workshop (all-levels) - "The Intelligent Embrace"
Learn ways to adapt your embrace for more clarity, comfort, and connection.
8:30 - 9:30 PM Guided practica (open to workshop participants only)
Friday, August 23
7:00 - 8:30 PM Workshop (intermediate/advanced) - "Role Reversal - and Beyond!"
Deepen your understanding of your primary role by exploring the opposite role. Not simply a class where you can switch up your usual role, this class will help you understand more fully the qualities that are essential to both roles.
8:30 - 12:00 AM Practilonga (open to all - workshop not required to attend.)
Saturday, August 24
1:00 - 2:30 PM Workshop (intermediate/advanced) - "Tension & Release"
Create more dynamic movement by sharing the energy organically.
2:45 - 4:15 PM Workshop (intermediate/advanced) - "Elasticity & Lag Time"
Learn to read and make room for our partner's timing and expression.
8:00 - 9:00 PM Class (all levels - no pre-reg required) - "Expressing Musical Elements"
Learn techniques and exercises to deepen your interpretion of the music.
9:00 - 1:00 AM Milonga & Performance (open to all - no pre-reg required)
Tate will DJ, and Karen & Tate will perform!
Sunday, August 25
2:00 - 3:30 PM Workshop (intermediate/advanced) - "Keys to the Kingdom"
Exercises and techniques for experiencing a deeper, more profound connection and social dance experience.
3:45 - 5:15 PM Workshop (Intermediate/advanced) - "What, Where, When & How"
Share the responsibility and joy of co-creating all the elements of tango, both physical and musical.
7:00 - 8:30 PM Workshop (all-levels) - "The Intelligent Embrace"
Learn ways to adapt your embrace for more clarity, comfort, and connection.
8:30 - 9:30 PM Guided practica (open to workshop participants only)
Friday, August 23
7:00 - 8:30 PM Workshop (intermediate/advanced) - "Role Reversal - and Beyond!"
Deepen your understanding of your primary role by exploring the opposite role. Not simply a class where you can switch up your usual role, this class will help you understand more fully the qualities that are essential to both roles.
8:30 - 12:00 AM Practilonga (open to all - workshop not required to attend.)
Saturday, August 24
1:00 - 2:30 PM Workshop (intermediate/advanced) - "Tension & Release"
Create more dynamic movement by sharing the energy organically.
2:45 - 4:15 PM Workshop (intermediate/advanced) - "Elasticity & Lag Time"
Learn to read and make room for our partner's timing and expression.
8:00 - 9:00 PM Class (all levels - no pre-reg required) - "Expressing Musical Elements"
Learn techniques and exercises to deepen your interpretion of the music.
9:00 - 1:00 AM Milonga & Performance (open to all - no pre-reg required)
Tate will DJ, and Karen & Tate will perform!
Sunday, August 25
2:00 - 3:30 PM Workshop (intermediate/advanced) - "Keys to the Kingdom"
Exercises and techniques for experiencing a deeper, more profound connection and social dance experience.
3:45 - 5:15 PM Workshop (Intermediate/advanced) - "What, Where, When & How"
Share the responsibility and joy of co-creating all the elements of tango, both physical and musical.
Early Registration - ends August 1
$120 - Thursday - Sunday All-Inclusive Pass
$100 - Friday - Sunday All-Inclusive Pass
$50 - Newer Dancer Pass
- includes Thursday workshop/practica, Saturday pre-milonga class,
and Friday & Saturday milongas
$30 - Saturday night pre-milonga class & milonga
$25 - Thursday night class & practica
$15 - Saturday night milonga (includes performance w/ Karen & Tate.)
$10 - Friday night practilonga
Pre-registration is required for all Intermediate/Advanced workshops, and for the Thursday workshop & practica.
Intermediate/advanced classes are sequenced, and because of this they are not available as drop-ins. You can register for them by purchasing an all-inclusive pass.
There is no need to pre-register for the Friday night practilonga, though the Friday evening class does require pre-registration. There is also no need to pre-register for the Saturday night milonga or pre-milonga class.
Prices increase after August 1 - Register today! :-)
$100 - Friday - Sunday All-Inclusive Pass
$50 - Newer Dancer Pass
- includes Thursday workshop/practica, Saturday pre-milonga class,
and Friday & Saturday milongas
$30 - Saturday night pre-milonga class & milonga
$25 - Thursday night class & practica
$15 - Saturday night milonga (includes performance w/ Karen & Tate.)
$10 - Friday night practilonga
Pre-registration is required for all Intermediate/Advanced workshops, and for the Thursday workshop & practica.
Intermediate/advanced classes are sequenced, and because of this they are not available as drop-ins. You can register for them by purchasing an all-inclusive pass.
There is no need to pre-register for the Friday night practilonga, though the Friday evening class does require pre-registration. There is also no need to pre-register for the Saturday night milonga or pre-milonga class.
Prices increase after August 1 - Register today! :-)
All registered? CLICK HERE to RSVP on the Facebook event page!
Private lessons with Karen and Tate are also available.
To schedule a lesson, or if you have any questions,
Contact Matthew.
Private lessons with Karen and Tate are also available.
To schedule a lesson, or if you have any questions,
Contact Matthew.
About the Instructors
|
|
|
|
Tate Di Chiazza - A native of Buenos Aires, Tate has studied, danced, taught, and performed tango in its global epicenter for decades. He has also traveled extensively around the world both as an instructor and as a performer. Most notably, from 2002 - 2009 he toured with the famous show "Tanguera." Tate is excited to expand his teaching practice to include the southeastern United States and also to continue his work and partnership with Karen Jaffe. www.tatetango.com
Karen Jaffe lives near Asheville, NC. In her 20+ years of tango she has supported dancers by offering weekly classes, social dances, and organizing dozens of events. Karen has also traveled extensively to continue her own education and to teach Argentine tango, the dance to which she has devoted her artistic life. www.tangogypsies.com
Together, Karen & Tate have over 40 years’ experience dancing, teaching, and performing Argentine tango!
Karen's & Tate's Teaching Philosophy
Karen’s and Tate’s teaching philosophy is based on the ideal of being “co-creative.” Co-creative dancers are simultaneously independent and yet connected; they create the dance together. In order to achieve this ideal, Karen and Tate rely especially on two concepts: active following and tension & release.
Active following is essential to a co-creative dance. An active follower interprets the music through her body, at times independently from the leader. Within a solid base of structure, technique, and timing, the energy flows freely through the couple, generating comfort, connection, and clarity.
Also essential to this philosophy is the concept of tension & release. When dancers incorporate tension & release into their technique, kinetic energy ebbs and flows organically between them, allowing the dance to come from a very quiet place and yet explode at moments, always returning to an attentive, subtle baseline.
Classes with Karen and Tate are relaxed, fun, and exploration-based, yet always grounded in technique. Karen and Tate may use a movement or sequence as a framework for a technique or concept, but the true focus is the natural flow of energy from lead to follow… all with a healthy dose of playfulness!
Once students grasp the mechanics of a given movement, the focus turns to how the movement is executed, the quality of the connection and communication, the clarity of the movement, and most importantly how dancers experience the movement. In the end, this is a social dance, so having a good experience is paramount no matter what movement dancers create together.
This approach is modern, complex, and evolving, but it has deep roots in traditional tango. Leaders and followers have distinct roles, yet they share many aspects of fundamental technique. They collaborate and negotiate from moment to moment, reading each other, redirecting the flow of energy between them, understanding the perfectly imperfect nature of the dance.
Karen Jaffe lives near Asheville, NC. In her 20+ years of tango she has supported dancers by offering weekly classes, social dances, and organizing dozens of events. Karen has also traveled extensively to continue her own education and to teach Argentine tango, the dance to which she has devoted her artistic life. www.tangogypsies.com
Together, Karen & Tate have over 40 years’ experience dancing, teaching, and performing Argentine tango!
Karen's & Tate's Teaching Philosophy
Karen’s and Tate’s teaching philosophy is based on the ideal of being “co-creative.” Co-creative dancers are simultaneously independent and yet connected; they create the dance together. In order to achieve this ideal, Karen and Tate rely especially on two concepts: active following and tension & release.
Active following is essential to a co-creative dance. An active follower interprets the music through her body, at times independently from the leader. Within a solid base of structure, technique, and timing, the energy flows freely through the couple, generating comfort, connection, and clarity.
Also essential to this philosophy is the concept of tension & release. When dancers incorporate tension & release into their technique, kinetic energy ebbs and flows organically between them, allowing the dance to come from a very quiet place and yet explode at moments, always returning to an attentive, subtle baseline.
Classes with Karen and Tate are relaxed, fun, and exploration-based, yet always grounded in technique. Karen and Tate may use a movement or sequence as a framework for a technique or concept, but the true focus is the natural flow of energy from lead to follow… all with a healthy dose of playfulness!
Once students grasp the mechanics of a given movement, the focus turns to how the movement is executed, the quality of the connection and communication, the clarity of the movement, and most importantly how dancers experience the movement. In the end, this is a social dance, so having a good experience is paramount no matter what movement dancers create together.
This approach is modern, complex, and evolving, but it has deep roots in traditional tango. Leaders and followers have distinct roles, yet they share many aspects of fundamental technique. They collaborate and negotiate from moment to moment, reading each other, redirecting the flow of energy between them, understanding the perfectly imperfect nature of the dance.