We would like to invite you to join us to our tango classes every Tuesday night at La Pista in San Francisco.
Every Tuesday: 8pm - 9pm Beginners Level Tango Class 9pm - 10pm Intermediate Level Tango Class 10pm Guided Practica with Gustavo & Jesica Hornos. Where: La Pista Studio, first floor 766 Brannan Street (between 6th & 7th) San Francisco, CA Price: $ 15/ Drop-in $ 50/ 4 weeks (one class) $ 90/ 4 weeks (both classes) $ 10 for high school or college students under 25 years of age. The Practica is free when you take a class. No special clothes are required; what feels comfortable for you is fine. Please do come with a pair of smooth-soled shoes, either leather or suede will work on the dance floor. Later you might feel the wish to buy tango shoes and we can easily advise you about that. Come by yourslef or with a partner. For both Beginner and Intermediate levels we will work on these fundamentals: 1. Warm up and stretching: tuning our instrument 2. Weight change exercises: creating “we” 3. Footwork placement skills 4. Proper use of joints and muscles: dance with the whole body 5. Leading and following exercises 6. Building a Good Balance 7. Being grounded, the floor is your friend 8. Finding the Best Posture for Tango 9. Open and Close Embrace exercises 10. Connection: creating togetherness 11. Floor navigation exercises 12. Improvisation and Creativity: tango as a dialogue 13. Change of speed and direction exercises 14. Musicality exercises for Tango, Vals and Milonga 15. Tango etiquette BEGINNER LEVEL: A friendly initiation to the Tango. We will focus on the basics needed to enter the world of Tango with confidence and joy. You will learn exercices in balance, body posture, and how to walk, lead or follow properly. As a beginner you will learn the following Argentine Tango steps: 1. El Abrazo (the embrace) 2. La Marca (the lead) 3. Cambio de Peso (changing weight) 4. How to start and end any movement together 5. Doing One Step Forward, Backward and Sideways 6. Caminada (walking) in Open and Close Embrace 7. La Baldosa (the tile) with four and six steps 8. Molinetes (little windmill) 9. La Cruzada ( the cross): Linear & Spiral variations 10. El Basico (the basic eight step tango pattern) 11. Moving in Parallel and Crossed system 12. Giros (turns) and change of directions 13. Calesita (carousel) 14. Cadencias (rock steps) 15. Forward and Backward Ochos (figure eight) 16. Introduction to tango, vals and milonga rhythms INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: So...you have studied in a beginner class for a reasonable time and you have enough experience dancing tango and would like to move to the next level? Then, you will be training with us doing more complex movements. We will teach you the subtleness of the this dance and amazing patterns that make the tango so divine. 1. Caminada, Walking Technique: refinements and variations 2. Getting the most from the cross and parallel systems 3. Going to la cruzada: refinements and variations 4. Corridas, Suspensiones, Pausas and Paradas 5. Forward and Backward Ocho variations 6. Ocho Cortado with variations 7. Advanced Giros 8. Boleos variations 9. Ganchos and Enganches 10. Barridas, Llevadas y Planeos 11. Sacadas, Contra-sacadas and Back sacadas 12. Volcadas and Colgadas variations 13. Embellishments for Leaders and Followers 14. Tango, Vals and Milonga rhythm, refinement of the technique While learning all these different patterns the connection, navigation and musicality will be always emphasized. Warm Regards, Gustavo and Jesica Hornos [http://www.tangoclasses.com] http://www.TangoClasses.com [mailto:i...@tangoclasses.com] i...@tangoclasses.com (415) 573-5735