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Special Event Announcement! Whether you have just started dancing tango or are already an experienced tanguero, you won't want to miss the Noche de Tango (Tango Night)! Come discover the roots of this intriguing cultural phenomenon that was born in Argentina over a hundred years ago.

More than a dance, tango's history & music made it a way of life for porteños. Nowadays, Argentine Tango is more popular than ever on the international scene. It not only teaches us about the unique cultural characteristics of the Argentines, but it enlightens us too about our own struggles with identity and humanity.

When: Friday, November 1, 8 - 9 pm, Reception following until 9:30pm.
What: FREE Lecture, Tango Class & Dance Demonstrations presented by Nina & Marek of Tango Conexión. Open to the Public, Refreshments served afterwards.
Where: 148 Greene Hall, 3347 N. Downer Ave. (Part of UWM Campus)
Sponsored By: UWM Sigma Delta Pi, National Spanish Honor SocietyNew November Schedule Starts Week of November 3rd SUNDAYS at The Safe House!
5:30 -- 7 pm BASIC
4 - 5:30 pm ADV BASIC
2:30 - 4 pm INT/ADV
COST: $40/person per 4 week Session
$15 drop-in
LOCATION: The Safe House
779 North Front Street (Downtown)
(for directions, www.safe-house.com )
THURSDAYS
6:30 - 9 pm ALL LEVELS
TECHNIQUE CLASS (1 hour) + PRÁCTICA
COST: $10/person
LOCATION: Kinetic Dance Studio
3068 S. 13th St. (13th & Oklahoma)

To Pre-Register for Classes & For More Information Contact Nina: (414) 305-9906 ninatanguera@yahoo.com www.milwaukeetango.com

The Milonga
Uneasy about starting classes? Join us at our Milonga (tango social dance) to try it out first! $15 admission ($8 with student ID) includes an Introductory Lesson from 8-9pm, drink ticket, light buffet and dancing until 1am! Come discover our gorgeous selection of tango music, plus enjoy dancing salsa, swing, merengue, cumbia & more throughout the evening!

Milongas held every 2nd and 4th Fridays at the Milwaukee Elks Lodge: 5555 W. Good Hope Rd.
This Month's Milongas:
Fri Nov 8th & Fri Nov 22nd
· Dinner/ Dancing Special only $21 includes the Intro Class & Milonga! Call for reservations.

Group Classes not possible with your schedule, or would you like more personal attention to complement what you learn in class? Private Instruction is the answer! Both Nina & Marek available -- Call for times and cost.

tangochicago.com    Tango Instructor Questionnaire for nina & Marek

Tatarowicz, Nina
ninatanguera@yahoo.com Website: milwaukeetango.com
Ph#: 414-332-0575

1. How long have you danced tango and list the teachers you studied with? :

I began dancing tango in New 'York City in October 1999 until December 2000 In March 2001  I moved to Buenos Aires to study and dance more tango on a Rotary Club Ambassadorial Scholarship. I lived in San Telmo, Buenos Aires until March 2002 at which time I returned to the Chicago/Milwaukee area. I have studied with many different instructors, each contributing in their unique way to my formation as a tango dancer :

Pablo Pugliese (Modern dancer studying in NYC, son of Mingo and Esther Pugliese) Miguel Coppini (Attributes most of his training to Gustavo Naveirra)
Dana Frigoli and Pablo Villarraza (Studio Mora Godoy) Mariana Dragons
Alejandra Martins (Especially foot and leg strengthening and balance exercises) Julio Balmaceda. and Corina de la Rosa

Fernando and Vilma

Gustavo Naveirra and Giselle

Many other dance instructors and regular milongueros of Buenos Aires Monica Souto: Ballet and Stretching geared towards tango dancers

2. List other dance experience: Ballroom dance beginning at age 12 Various university dance classes in modern, African, yoga Famenco dance for 6 months in Seville, Spain: Studio Moulds Coral Beginning ballroom dance instruction in Milwaukee and New York Yoga practice.

3. Do you teach with a partner : I normally teach with a partner as it is the easiest way for people to visually learn in group class setting. However, I do teach group classes alone on request, as well as privates.

4. List of personal dance philosophy: I see tango as the unison of energy connections the music penetrates my ears, my feet densely caress the floor, we feel every muscle twitch in a suggestive embrace. An internal resistance places our bodies at a fixed distance yet simultaneously fosters a fierce attraction which binds us together. I inhale him in, he exhales me out and we take the step together. And then the emotional connection comes into play that tango can turn as terribly passionate and evocatively dynamic as we evaluate our lives to be on a daily basis. To dance tango well, you must not only dance the steps, but the breaths in between as well.

Technique is the tool which will allow your body to express your innermost emotions in the dance. Without the vocabulary, how will you be able to speak?



6. What Percentage of the instructional class is each instructorresponsible for?
My partner and I are instructing on a 50/50 basis.

7. Do you prefer to teach groups, privates or both
I enjoy teaching both, and believe that both can be beneficial to students in distinct ways.

8. Please put a value of 1-4 in order of importance to a student's learning progress when you instruct them: Musicality/Creativity/Technique/Leading & Following Ability
I cannot fairly rate these in order of importance since every student differs in ability and experience level. Therefore, since each student's needs vary greatly, I try to construct my group classes to cater to the needs of the majority of students in that class. Of course, private classes ensure that an individual dancer or couple is receiving the most important tools for them to progress at that time.

9. In what length of time can a beginner with no dance experience expect to become competent?
This again would depend on the ability and experience of the dancer. Even if the person has no dance experience whatsoever, everybody carries within their backgrounds habits or experiences which have already started to mold them for dance. What I try to do is tap into these unique, sometimes everyday experiences, and relate them to tango. In this way, what may appear foreign to students at first will end up feeling completely natural.

10.What is your philosophy of the woman's role in the dance?
Out of all of the choices, I must choose 2 in combination: 50% Participation in the Creative Process and The Woman can do anything creatively that she likes as long as it doesn't disturb the male lead. I believe that tango is a corporal dialogue between the man and the woman, or leader and follower, on the dance floor. Therefore, even if the woman: does not decide which space on the dance floor the couple will occupy next (as the leader must do} she contributes in many other equally important ways to the dance, ways which ultimately affect the man when he leads. I must agree though that whatever this influence may pose, it must not interfere directly in the man's proposed path of movement. In order for tango to be a dialogue, both partners must understand the right time to voice their opinion as well as what it means to be a good listener.

Marek Szotkowski,


1. How long have you danced tango and list the teachers you studied with :
I have danced Argentine tango since November 2001. I have studied with Bob Dronski, Paulo Araujo, Fabian Salas in private and workshop settings.

2. List other dance experience Fclk dance 4 years :
Folk dance for 4 years
European International Ballroom 8 years: Competitions and Peer teaching Ballroom Dance Instruction in USA 5 months

3. Do you teach with a partner?    
Yes Nina

4. List your personal dance philosophy :
People should enjoy enjoy social dancing, and good dancing technique is the way for them to heighten this enjoyment.

5. What is your partner's dance philosophy?
We have very similar views an tango dance.

6. What Percentage of the instructional class is each person responsible for?
50/50

7. Do you prefer to teach groups, privates?
Both

8. Please put a value of 1-4 in order of importance to a student's learning progress when you instruct them: Musicality/Creativity/Technique/Leading & Following Ability

I cannot fairly rate these in order of importance since every student differs in ability and experience level. Therefore, since each student's needs vary greatly, group classes will cater to the needs of the majority of students in that class.

9. In what length of time can a beginner with no dance experience expect to become competent?
This again would depend on the ability and experience of the dancer.

10.What is your philosophy of the woman's role in the dance?
50% Participation in the Creative Process and The woman can do anything creatively that she likes as long as it doesn't disturb the male lead.