Facundo Posadas & Christy Cote Workshop- April 23rd-25th, 2010

Facundo Posadas is an icon in the world of Argentine Tango and the only Afro-
Argentine traveling the world to share the roots of this dance by teaching Milonga and
Candombe as well at Tango. Robert Farris Thompson writes of Facundo in his book
Tango:The Art History of Love "today's master of Argentine tango, milonga, and jazz
dance" and tells of the rich history of the Posadas family dating back to the 1800s.
Facundo starting dancing at a young age and enjoyed dancing in Buenos Aires all his
life. He danced with many of the great orchestras such as that of Jose Basso, Anibal
Troilo, Osvaldo Pugliese, Juan D'Arienzo, Carlos DiSarli and Miguel Calo. He has been
in 6 films including Tango The Obsession, Tango Un Giro Extranio, Despabilate Amor
Afro-Argentinos, Negro Che and El Cafe de Los Maestros and he has been featured in
many television shows for Buenos Aires television as well as the BBC in London.Visit
Facundo at www.facundoposadastango.com.ar

Christy Coté has been teaching Argentine Tango for 14 years and is one of San
Francisco's most respected teachers. Christy’s teaching method has been published in
the Argentine Tango Manual by Dance Vision (www.dancevision.com) and is
complimented by a series of 20 instructional DVDs. Christy is also a founding member
of the all female tango company, Tango Con*Fusión (www.tangoconfusion.com) with
whom she performed in Leading Ladies of Tango at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater,
Glamour Tango at Chicago’s Logan Auditorium and at La Ideal and other locations in
Buenos Aires. With partner Darren Lees she has been teaching at tango festivals such
as the Los Angeles Tango Masquerade, the Maui TangoFest, Reno's Tango Brujo, and
the Tango at Sea Cruises. Stage shows include TANGO X 3 at San Francisco's Palace of
Fine Arts, The Elegant Era, and The Latin Show at the San Jose Center for Performing
Arts, and The 28th annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
Visit Christy at www.christycote.com

Facundo on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJHS03V6AyM

Facundo & Christy Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy-XDnMIq28&feature=related

Workshop Schedule

   Friday, April 23rd

   Phinney Neighborhood Ctr- 6532 Phinney Ave N

   (Main Bldg, 2nd Floor, Room #7)

      A) 7:30PM-9:00PM The Tango Salon of Facundo Posadas (All levels)

           Facundo’s favorite steps for the Tango salon!

   Saturday, April 24th

   Dance Underground- 340 15th E, Capitol Hill

      B) 1:30PM-3:00PM Milonga Lisa (Int level)

           Slow Milonga steps Working on milonga technique and musicality

      C) 3:30PM-5:00PM Milonga con Traspie (Int/Adv level)

           Facundo’s rhythmic traspie steps!

      D) 5:15PM-6:45PM Milonga con Barridas (Int/Adv level)

           Barridas in Milonga! New Material!!!

   Sunday, April 25th

   Dance Underground- 340 15th E, Capitol Hill

      E) 2:30PM-4:00PM Milonga Candombe I (Adv.) Part 1 of 2

           Facundo’s Specility! Don’t miss it!!!

      F) 4:15PM-5:45PM Milonga Candombe II (Adv.) Part 2 of 2

           Part II of this special Milonga Condombe series.

Workshop Fee

      $25 per workshop per person

      $20 per workshop if registered for 3 or more workshops per person

      $10 Special Saturday night dance at the Dance Underground- 9:30PM-1:00AM

      * Performance by Facundo & Christy

      * DJ: Tony Fan

More Info:

      seattletango@hotmail.com / 206-781-9553

Graciella Gonzalez Workshop- June 4th-6th, 2010

Please check back for detailed workshop information!

Graciella on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6zr1gb24nY&feature=related

Graciela is very well known worldwide, and especially among the traditional milongueros in Buenos Aires, for her skills to integrate new ideas into the elegance of tango salon. She started dancing in 1988, being her teachers authentic myths of the Argentine tango: Pupy Castello, Pepito Avellaneda, Antonio Todaro, Gustavo Naveira, Juan Bruno, Tete, Nito y Elba, among many others.

Her way of teaching is completely innovative. It is the result of years of studying the body language and the analysis of the feelings when dancing with the milongueros. It can be summarized in one objective: to take the body from the feeling and body memory to natural positions that lately will be transformed through the understanding, into technical positions. This way the student can give it his/her "own style"

She is one of the principal exponents of the new generation of tango. Through her research work she became the creator of the world renown seminars for Women's Technique (1994) and for Men's Lead (1995).

In 1997 she created the first "Grupo de Maestros de Tango Argentino" (Argentine tango teacher's group) in Argentina, Israel, Brazil, Germany and Italy, with the purpose of promoting the research and spreading of Argentine tango through her teaching method.

She has taught classes in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Israel, USA, Brazil, Chile, Turkey, Sweden and Finland.

As a guest teacher, she has been at Stanford Tango Week 95 (USA), Nora's Tang Week 98 (USA), CITA 1999 (Buenos Aires), Tangomagia 2000 (Amsterdam), Tango en Flor 2001/2002 (Zurich), Festival en Firenze -May 2003 (Italy), World Tango Festival -October 2003 (Buenos Aires) and 7o. Encuentro con los Grandes -December 2003 (Madrid).

She was summoned to integrate the group of young professionals of Argentine tango by the Academia Nacional del Tango, in Buenos Aires.

She is founding partner of the First Association of Teachers, Dancers and Choreographers of Argentine Tango, created in Buenos Aires in April 2001.

Info taken from: http://www.tangoweek.com/bios/old/gracielabio.html