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TangoZen Workshops/Retreats
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Workshops/Retreats
UPCOMING Events
2008
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Workshop in Washington, DC, January 12-13, 2008 MORE
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Workshop in Worcester, MA, January 19-20, 2008
# TangoZen
Meditation Workshop
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# Workshop in Seoul,
Korea, January 29-February 5
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Workshop in Lübeck, Germany,
February 8-10
# Workshop in Liepaja, Latvia, February 14-19
# Workshop in Freiburg, Germany, February 22
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Workshop in Frankfurt, Germany, March 1-2
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Workshop in München, Germany, March
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# Workshop in Bristol, United Kingdom, March 19
# Workshop in Cardiff, United Kingdom, March 20
# Tango Camp in Omega Institute, NY, June 29-July 4 MORE
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Tango Festival, Pohang, Korea, October 1-3
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TangoZen Workshop in Washington, DC
January 12-13, 2008
TangoZen
is milonguero. TangoZen
is about learning to appreciate traditional tango through
disciplines of Zen, which is synonymous to simplicity and clarity of
body and mind. For decades dancers have discovered that learning to
enjoy dancing requires not only physical but also mental
disciplines. TangoZen
is to advocate and promote the traditional
tango with aid of the Zen, which teaches us to devote 100% of our
physical and mental attention to what we are doing Here Now.
Many tango dancers, for example, struggle to deal with an issue of
follower’s anticipation of leader’s next movements while dancing
tango. This issue can be easily addressed and resolved with the
Zen principles such as awareness of presence.
Goal of the TangoZen courses is to help the students
appreciate the
tradition tango by experiencing total concentration on dancing while
dancing Tango. To accomplish the goal, the students in the TangoZen
courses are guided to practice a number of exercises, which are
fundamental and closely linked to tango dance movements. The
exercises are adopted from martial arts such as Tai Chi and Chi Kung,
and meditation techniques such as yoga.
Practicing the exercises can lead the students to be attentive of one’s
body and mind, to recognize importance of connection with partner, to
be sensitive to music, and to appreciate the surroundings including
other dancers while dancing. Through the exercises repeated over time
dancers can acquire and increase sensitivity to balance, connection,
centering, and groundedness, and weight shifting, all of which are
known critical for tango dancing.
Class Schedule:
Saturday, January 12
Class 1 - 4:00pm – 5:15pm “Two Bodies, Four Legs, One Heart”
Introducing basic concepts of posture, tango walk and embrace with
exercises for establishing mindfulness and connection with one’s
partner and the music.
Class 2 - 5:30pm – 6:45pm “How can you dance tango without legs?” Focus
on centering, weight-shifting, walking in various patterns and tuning
your mind/body to the different rhythms of tango, milonga and vals.
Sunday, January 13
Class 3 – 4:00pm – 5:15pm “To be a beginner again” “In the beginner’s
mind there are many possibilities but in the expert’s mind there are
few” – Shunryu Suzuki.
Learn to appreciate basic tango movements by adding simple yet
challenging variations to them.
Class 4 – 5:30pm – 6:45pm “Tango Walk – Tai Chi to Tango” Experience
joy of tango movements from Tai Chi perspectives.
Partner is not required but encourage. Wear comfortable clothes and
socks for classes. To fully benefit from them, these workshops are
specifically designed to be taken together. You may register for
two classes either Sat or Sun or, of course, for all four weekend
classes.
Cost: $40 for Sat. $40 for Sun. $70 for both Sat & Sun.
Location: 3917 Ingomar Street, Washington, DC 20015 (Metro Red:
Friendship Heights Station)
For more information, please call: (301) 565-7888. If you
have inquiries about class content please email Chan at
TangoZen@hotmail.com.
Private lessons
available.
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