Dear Ballroom Dancers,
As ballroom dancers ourselves, Susana and I are pleased to have several
ballroom dancers among the 20+ students in our introductory 'Fundamentals of
Argentine Tango' class that started last Wednesday. However, we have 2 extra
women and need 'a few good men' who want to learn the most romantic of
dances - the Argentine Tango. You are not committed to a partner because we
change partners throughout the class, but we'd like an equal number of men
and women. The class meets on Wed 8:30 - 9:45 at the Phillips Recreation
Center, costs $32, and runs for 8 weeks (until Nov 15).
For those of you who missed the first class (or who were there and would
like to review the material), we will have a review session and practice
(for more individual attention) at the Illini Union (Room C on the first
floor) this Tuesday from 8-10 PM.
This will be preceded by a more advanced lesson (try it for a challenge or
just observe) starting at 7 PM. The topics are the following:
We will address strategies to maintain movement along the line of dance.
First we will cover the popular 'cambio de frente' in moving along the line
of dance (literally 'change of face', which puts you facing against the line
of dance), a few ways to achieve 'cambio de frente' and strategies for
regaining movement along the line of dance.
After that we will switch to the topic 'Painting Yourself into a Corner? How
to Navigate around the Corners of the Dance Floor' and address various
options when approaching the corners of the dance floor.
Although this topic is focused more on men's skills than women's, the steps
and technique covered will be useful for women as well. So, women, learn
something new and support your tangueros in their quest for perefection in
tango navigational skills.
We hope to see you Tuesday at the Illini Union and Wednesday at the Phillips
Center.
Ron and Susana Weigel
Ronald M. Weigel, Ph.D.
Professor
Division of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
2001 S Lincoln Avenue
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61802 USA
phone: (217)-244-1365
messages: (217)-333-2449
FAX: (217)-244-7421
e-mail: weigel@uiuc.edu
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