6:30 – 7:30 pm Chamuyo and
7:30 – 9:30 pm Milonga at Higher Groundz

There is so much more to Tango than just dancing! Kick off the evening with a free discussion group (chamuyo). Agustina & Claudio will discuss the music, dance and culture of Tango. Bring your questions and enjoy meeting this couple.

Continue the evening with great food, drink, music, and most of all dancing. They will do a demo or two for your enjoyment. No cover for this social dancing event at the Higher Groundz Family Coffee House, 3230 Broad St., Suite 130, San Luis Obispo (Broad and Orcutt).

12:00 – 1:30 pm Fundamentals (all levels)

Professionals and beginners alike need to work on the fundamental elements of Tango. There is always something in our posture and form to be more aware of to make us look fantastic on the dance floor. Issues with more advanced movements can most often be traced back to balance, foot-work, connection, parallel & crossed (even / uneven) walk, forward & back ochos.

Agustina & Claudio step it up a notch and help us with some more demanding skills: changing directions, changing dynamics, as well as enrosques & acceleration in turns.

Elegant execution of entertaining moves like sweeps, secadas. & ganchos.

If you can walk, you can learn to Tango!

Before the dance, kick off the evening with a one hour Argentine Tango lesson. Agustina & Claudio will lead a special introduction covering the basics required to get around the floor. Cost for class and dance together is $10 per person and is not part of the workshop price structure.

Come enjoy a varity of tango music -- tango, vals & milonga.

5:00 – 6:30 pm More Fundamentals (Beginning / Intermediate)

In this class, explore turning techniques and the skills and techniques of both leading and following. We will also examine the essential and elusive role of musicality.

Spice up your Milonga with Agustina & Claudio’s insight to this fun dance with such useful skills as traspié, syncopation, and corridas.

San Luis Obispo Oddfellow's Hall

Cost: $25 per person per class. Register for multiple classes at once and save: 3 for $70, 4 for $85 or all 5 for $95. One hour private classes also available for $80 per couple, contact Rich to schedule.

Agustina & Claudio will review the material covered over the weekend and answer questions. You will also have plenty of time to practice and have opportunities to receive corrections from these expert dancers. $15 for the evening at the San Luis Obispo Vets' Hall (near the corner of Grand & Monterey).

Agustina Videla and Claudio Asprea have been dance partners since 1997. They have performed at many major tango events in Buenos Aires and appeared several times on Argentine Television. They have also been part of numerous tango shows on multiple continents.

Agustina and Claudio have toured Europe several times, performing and teaching in Austria, France, Germany, Luxemboug, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Russia as well as a large number of cities in the United States including New York, Washington, San Francisco, Miami, and Portland.

Agustina & Claudio’s web site is at www.actango.com.ar.

For more info: Call Rich, (805)783-0569.

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We all had a great time when they were here last fall and are looking forward to their return!

Dick and Doris had this to say about the weekend:

We think that they are:
1. amazing dancers - what they can do is incredible,
2. great teachers - every few minutes in all of the classes they were right there with us pointing out what to do to do the steps better. They were totally attentive and caring. They seemed genuinely interested in having us learn what they were teaching,
3. simply friendly, outgoing, personable, lovely people. How can anyone help but like them.
So would we ever take classes from them again? IN A HEART BEAT!!

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