Tango January 2013
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Weekend Schedule


Below is a summary of what happens on this Rock Bottoms Tango Weekend. A detailed workshop schedule is at the bottom of the page..

Times to Note

You may check in to the Hotel from 3pm onwards on Friday. Evening dinner on arrival day is served until 8:30pm. Don't worry about arriving really late as the Hotel has 24 hour reception.

Workshops
Workshops run continuously between 10am and 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday. The majority of these workshops will be Tango at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Also included will be half a dozen workshops in Smooth Jive.

Evening Dances
Evening dances run from 9pm until around 3am (sometimes later) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. During peak time the main ballroom will be Tango with modern jive in the second hall. From 1am the second hall will be a blues room.
Extra entertainment includes Cabarets on Saturday and Sunday. The Theme for the Saturday Night is "Strictly Ballroom".

Full Weekend Workshop Schedule

Saturday - Hall 1 Saturday Hall 2
Jenny & Ricardo - Tango (Advanced)
Dynamics in Giros (Turns) 		Rene & Hiba - Tango (beginners)
Get Comfortable in Close Embrace
Jenny & Ricardo - Tango (Intermediate)
Unsterstanding Boleos: Leading and Following
Steve Hunt - Modern Jive
(Let's take a walk)
Rene & Hiba - Tango (intermediate)
Musicality		 Warren and Kerenza - Tango (beginners)
Ochos (steps + pivots), Paradas (blocks) and Sandwich steps
Jenny & Ricardo - Tango (Advanced)
Milonga: Interesting Traspies 		Steve Hunt - West Coast Swing
(fundamentals)
Rene & Hiba - Tango (intermediate)
Decorations - Musical & Well Executed 		Warren and Kerenza - Tango (beginners)
Milonga – Have fun with tango’s fastest, most frivolous rhythm. Great for jivers new to tango
Rene & Hiba - Tango (advanced)
Milonga		 Jenny & Ricardo - Tango (Beginners)
Balance and Fluidity of Movement
Steve Hunt - Blues
(musicality)		 None
 
Sunday - Hall 1 Sunday - Hall 2
Steve Hunt - MJ
(Leans, dips and cheeky seducers)		 None
Rene & Hiba - Tango (intermediate)
Rebounds in close/open embrace		 Jenny & Ricardo - Tango (Advanced)
Vals: Playing with Dynamics in Giros (Turns)
Rene & Hiba - Tango (advanced)
Unexpected Out-of-Axis Surprises 		Warren and Kerenza - Tango (beginners)
Simple Giros (turns) and medio Giros (half turns)
Jenny & Ricardo - Tango (Intermediate)
Comfort and Combinations in Close Embrace 		Steve Hunt - West Coast Swing
(the conversation)
Rene & Hiba Tango (advanced)
Advanced Close-Embrace 		Warren and Kerenza - Tango (beginners)
Milonga – More technique + fun steps to help beginners enjoy the Milonga rhythm
Jenny & Ricardo - Tango (Advanced)
Rebotes (Bounces) and Pasadas 		Warren and Kerenza - Tango (intermediate)
Different Crosses (backwards, forced, extended, double) + Crossing tango’s 3 walking tracks
Jenny & Ricardo - Tango (Intermediate)
Developing Musical Boleos 		Rene & Hiba - Tango (beginners)
Ocho Cortado