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New Workshops and Courses! Jango News September 2008
Bonjour, Baby,
I’m in Paris right now, staying in a big old house centered around a classic ballet studio that could easily have been used in ‘The Red Shoes’. There are mirrors on both sides, huge windows towering over the place, a glorious chandelier, African masks glare down at us dancing. It belongs to an aging ex-soloist from the Paris Opera, who when not teaching classes paints sad looking clowns dressed as matadors provoking guitar playing bulls. Around the house lay half finished paintings, disused guitars, a didgeridoo, a pedal organ, various antique furniture. A pixilated rendition of Coubert’s ‘Origin of the World’ (look it up) is spread right in front of where I sit down to eat. In the evenings I’m working on a tango piece with Tara, a Contemporary dancer I met in Buenos Aires, who has rented the house for the summer. During the day I’m trying to choreograph a solo that, well, I guess I’ll show you when I’m done. Even the music choice isn’t set yet, I’m pulled between this bizarre Quincy Jones piece that conjures up matadors (again) and samurai. I’m taking advantage of some of the great House classes here in Paris, and Tara sometimes invites some of the best tango dancers in Paris to come around and practice, so I’m having an amazing time, and feeling pleasantly tired from it all as well! But of course, I’ve still found time to cook up some ideas for great workshops and courses for when I’m back in London over October and November. Details are below. I hope you can make at least one of them! The courses are longer than I normally do, which means we will have the time and focus to really change your dancing. They are both based on specific requests I’ve received, so hope you like them! Numbers for these are really limited – I really want to transform some people’s dancing, so book asap if you wanna space! x Amir
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1. Eight Week Argentine Tango Course! Beg/Int Thursdays of October and November 2008 In summary this will be the best immersion you can get towards mastering this amazing and sophisticated dance, discovering the posture, connection and musicality that will have you addicted to this for life! Not only will you grow in competency as a Tango dancer, but this will transform your understanding of connection, style and musicality! You will discover what I consider the most essential Tango patterns for navigating the dance floor, whilst looking stylish, confident and elegant! And best yet, I will have Jenny back teaching with me. Jenny has been living in Buenos Aires for the last 9 months, taking classes with some of the very best (and often being told they have nothing left to teach her.) The course will go far beyond teaching steps, however. The focus will be on molding you into the kind of dancer others swoon at the chance to dance with! This involves creating an ‘embrace’ that is flexible, warm and full of communication. You will discover the most important tango terminology, how the worlds best dancers analyze the dance, and how to go out and navigate and understand what can be the confusing tango world! This is without doubt the best way to learn this dance since the small group will allow individual attention. Meeting with the same people each week I will get to know you as dancers and focus on exactly what you need for your tango to improve. And longer than normal classes means you really get a chance to practice and understand what you learn to ensure it becomes part of you. Too many classes do not give you the opportunity to really master new information, and by the next week the new mix of students means that proper revision is never possible. You don’t need a partner and the course is suitable for newcomers to tango who would like to really catapult themselves into . Those of you with tango experience will also get a tremendous amount out of the course, since we will be focusing on aspects of the dance that are relevant from beginner to professional level. Booking essential! Email me amir@jango.co.uk to request a space… Booking secured with 50% payment: Send a cheque to A Giles, 6 Lammas Road, Burnham, Slough, SL1 6LG, make the cheque out to Amir Giles. Dates: Thursdays the 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th of October and Thursdays the 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th of November! Course cost: £80 per person, or £70 if paying before 15th of September! Hours: 8pm to 10pm, optional practice and Q&A time afterwards Venue: The Philbeach Hall, 51 Philbeach Gardens, Earls' Courts, London SW5 9EB 2. Int Level Jango Course – Transform All Aspect of Your Dancing In Just Eight Weeks! This will be the first course of its kind in Modern Jive, guiding you into mastery of style, musicality and connection in your modern jive, and creating a framework to fuse Argentine Tango style lunges, flicks and tricks into your modern jive! I am totally confident in saying there will be no better way to totally transform your modern jive then in this course! To join in you need to be comfortable either leading or following the fundamental Modern Jive / Jango moves as demonstrated on this video! The first four weeks will revise and build on the basics covered in the Jango Fundamentals course. You will get new insights and confidence in footwork, style and connection. The last four weeks will improve your musicality, your style and give you a big bag of impressive tricks to show off on the dance floor! Every week you are allowed to video a summary of the material covered, so you will always have a resource to keep coming back to and mastering your dancing! Booking essential! Email me amir@jango.co.uk to request a space… Booking secured on 50% payment: Send a cheque to 6 Lammas Road, Burnham, Slough, SL1 6LG, make payable to Amir Giles Dates: Mondays the 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th of Oct and 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th of November Course cost: £80 per person, or £70 if paid before the 15th of Sept Hours: 8pm to 10pm Venue: 28 Winchester Road, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, TW1 1LF 3. September Tango and Jango Sat Workshop Day
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27th September 2008 Take your
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4. Last Sunday of the Month Jango Workshop Returning for Oct & Nov As was once was our great tradition, we are returning to the last Sunday of every month for our monthly workshop for Oct and Nov. We’ll be continuing the popular format which starts of with two hours of introduction to Argentine Tango, followed by two hours of hot sequences for Jango and Tango. The workshops can be booked separately or together. Booking essential! Email me amir@jango.co.uk to request a space, letting me know which dates and workshops you want to do! Booking secured on payment: Send a cheque to 6 Lammas Road, Burnham, Slough, SL1 6LG, payable to Amir Giles Dates: 26th Oct and 30th of Nov Course cost: £15 for one workshop or £25 for both! Hours: Intro to Tango: 12 – 2pm Sequences for Jango / Tango 2.30 to 4.30pm Venue: Old Actonians Sports Club, Gunnersbury Drive, Ealing, W5 4LL 5. Future Jango Dates…. With everything that is going on it can be hard to keep track. This little list is as much for my benefit as yours! You can also stay up to date with all workshops and classes around the country by checking my teaching and travel schedule on Google Calendars. September 27th – Jango / Tango Saturday Workshop Oct / Nov – Mondays starting 6th Oct, Int Jango Course in Twickenham Oct / Nov – Thursdays starting 2nd Oct, Tango Course in Earls Court Oct 26th – Jango / Tango Sunday Workshop Nov 30th – Jango / Tango Sunday Workshop Amir 07881 622 909
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