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Michigan Argentine Tango Club proudly presents
Tango Workshops with Susana Miller
July 11-13, 2003
About Susana Miller
Susana Miller is the most prominent teacher in the world today
of the "milonguero" style of tango. The milonguero, or what
Argentines call "apilado," style is danced in the crowded clubs
of central Buenos Aires. It is a strictly social style that
emphasizes musicality and the connection between partners.
The apilado style uses compact choreography that creatively
employs the limited space of the social dance floor. It is
a rich and complex form of subtle body signals that profoundly
respects tango's rhythms.
Susana has researched and studied the dancing of the older
milongueros, each of whom has created a unique way to tango.
She has been able to decipher their distinct vocabularies and
choreographic combinations, and found a way to transmit these
to students. Her exploration of apilado dancing is a huge
contribution to passing on this popular form of social tango.
Susana encourages students to employ more rhythm in their dance,
to discover their own dance vocabularies, and to learn how to
shape and shrink these in space. For women, she encourages active
following, in which the woman interprets the messages that the
leader's body and the spirit are sending.
Susana has probably put more people on the dance floors of
Buenos Aires than any other single teacher. Clarin, the major
Buenos Aires daily paper, called her one of the four most important
influences on contemporary tango, along with Miguel Angel Zotto,
Gustavo Naveira and Gerardo Portalea.
Susana is a native of Buenos Aires and has been dancing and teaching
tango since the late 1980s revival of social tango. She founded and
operates her own tango academy in Buenos Aires, and is the owner of
one of B.A.'s most popular tango clubs, El Beso. She has made annual
teaching tours to the United States and Europe since 1994.
She will help students improve posture, axis, grounding, breathing,
balance, and sensitivity to the lead and follow roles. She aims to
encourage dancers to develop their own unique improvisational styles
through knowledge of the music, space and body. Her classes will
emphasize step quality and rhythm. Rather than predetermined patterns,
she will impart a basic choreographic vocabulary that allows dancers
to creatively shape their own language.
See Susana's Website:
http://www.susanamiller.com.ar
Workshop Schedule
Saturday, July 12; G115 Angell Hall or Mason Hall Lobby
MOVED TO Room 2000, Chemistry Building
Workshop A: Fundamentals; 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Posture, balance, axis, walking, and embrace.
- Hearing the music.
- Rhythm, rhythmic walking, basic choreography,
including changes of direction.
Workshop B: No steps in social tango, Only situations; 1:30pm - 3:00pm
- Working with basic elements on a small dance floor,
which parts of the man's body move to lead the woman.
Workshop C: Dancing into the Floor; 3:15pm - 4:45 pm
- The quality of tango is when it is danced into the
floor. This occurs when the body contact is at the
correct points. Balance, fluidity, musicality depend
on these points of contact. With them you can paint
pictures on the floor for such orchestras as
Pugliese or D'Arienzo.
Sunday, July 13; G115 Angell Hall or Mason Hall Lobby
MOVED TO Room 2000, Chemistry Building
Workshop D: Vals with Turns; 1:00pm - 2:30pm
- How to Vals with more turns, signature of the dance.
Workshop E: Turning on a Dime; 2:45pm - 4:30pm
- Connection, velocity and energy of turns.
Note: Practicas will follow the workshops on both
Saturday and Sunday.
Milonga Schedule
Friday, July 11; Ballroom, Michigan Union
- FREE beginner lesson; 8:00pm - 9:00pm
- Milonga Picante; 9:00pm - 1:30am
Saturday, July 12; Pendleton Room, Michigan Union
- Una Mas Milonga; 9:00pm - 1:00am
Enrollment
As of July 03, the (07/13) Sunday workshops are FULL and
CLOSED for enrollment. (07/12) Saturday workshops are still open for
enrollment.
Enrollment is on a first-come-first-serve basis.
(NO email/phone reservations please!). Please pay in
person or send your check by US mail well in advance.
Enrollment in the Saturday workshops is LIMITED to 60.
You are expected to have finished the Advanced beginners
series to enroll in the Saturday workshops.
Attending Saturday's workshops is highly recommended
if you plan to attend the Sunday's workshops.
Enrollment in the Sunday workshops is LIMITED to 40.
Gender balance will be maintained for Sunday workshops.
So please make "class-dates" with your fellow dancers
for the workshops. Partners will be rotated during
the class though.
Expect the content of Sunday workshops to be challenging.
You are expected to be very comfortable with material
taught in the advanced beginner and intermediate series
OR dancing close-embrace tango for atleast 4 months on
a weekly basis.
Dance shoes or leather-soled shoes are required.
Please DO NOT wear sneakers.
Pricing/Payment
Early registration prices (on or before July 7)
- Any or all workshops on Saturday: $25 (students) / $35 (non-students)
- Any or all workshops on Sunday: $25 (students) / $35 (non-students)
- All 5 workshops: $40 (students) / $60 (non-students)
Late registration (after July 7)
- Any or all workshops on Saturday: $35 (students) / $50 (non-students)
- Any or all workshops on Sunday: $35 (students) / $50 (non-students)
- All 5 workshops: $60 (students) / $90 (non-students)
Please make your check payable to
Michigan Argentine Tango Club
and mail it along with the required registration information (see end of page) to:
Michigan Argentine Tango Club
2755 Windwood Dr. #213
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Questions/concerns: Dudhi Karsono d_karsono@hotmail.com,
Or call Ramu at 734-327-0642, Avik at 734-564-0811.
Private Lessons
Susana's rates for private lessons are $80 for individuals, $110 for
couples. She also requires that women taking privates come with a
partner, though the instruction will be directed at the
woman. Unfortunately, the few private classes available have been all
booked.
Directions/Locations
Chemistry Building (Map)
903 N.University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
The Chemistry building is few hundred feet North-NorthEast of Angell
Hall. Free covered parking at specified times on weekends and evenings
(please see signage on structure) is available in the Church Street parking
structure which is on Church St. between N. University and South
University.
Michigan Union (Map)
530 S. State
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Free covered parking at specified times on weekends and evenings
(please see signage on structure) is available in Thompson Street Parking
structure which is right behind the Michigan Union. Thompson street is
parallel to and one block west of State St.
Here is a map
that shows Michigan Union, Angell Hall and Chemistry Building.
Name:
Student/Non-Student:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Workshops: A/B/C/D/E
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