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    milonga rhythmMondays 1/9/12 – 2/13/12
    7:30 – 8:45 pm lesson
    Milonga Practica 8:45 - 9:30 pm

    $75 per dancer for 6 classes

    location: Bhakti in Motion Yoga Studio

    155 Brackett st, Portland ME, 3rd Floor where is it? Map

    MILONGA IS NOT TANGO. It shares many similarities, but a few very important differences, and it actually predates tango.

    1) In tango, you may step on ANY beat. In Milonga you step on EVERY beat.

    2) There is no collection in Milonga, just steps

    3) The embrace is less elastic and designed to transmit the intention instantaneously. However, both tango and milonga share the same idea of connection.

    All Levels welcome and encouraged to attend. We will be deconstructing and reconstructing milonga into the easy and fun dance it is. If you are a beginner, milonga is one of the 3 dances you will need to know to dance socially. It is playful, uncomplicated, rhythmic, and gets everyone smiling on the dance floor. If you have danced milonga before, you are welcome to enter this class with a beginner mind and find new ways to approach and enjoy the dance.

    This set of classes is designed as a series. Each class will build on  information from the previous class, so please, no drop ins. If you must miss a class, please catch up with me at a practica so I can review the information so we all move forward together. (For a potential syllabus of information I want to cover, scroll down)

    Review notes will be sent by email after each class.

    FMI or questions,  contact Emma Holder     207 415 7204     eholder@maine.rr.com

    You can register by snailmail:

    send a $75 check payable to Emma Holder (it can be postdated, I won’t cash it until the class starts)

    to 222 St. John st., Suite 204, Portland ME, 04102

    or register by PayPal:

     
    Potential Syllabus:
    class 1:*the music- what makes it different, what to listen for.*basic step of Milonga Lisa for leaders and followers*the embrace
    class 2* review*faster milonga Lisa,*box step, rock steps, side steps
    class 3*review: *scissors. Magic step #3 (and all of the others) *pauses and coming back in on Time
    class 4*musicality/ changing your movement with theme of music*what happens when you are stuck? dancing in a tiny spaceclass 5*traspie rhythm, what to listen for, what’s playing it? When do you trip step?class 6*all previous steps in milonga now in traspie, how to traspie EVERYTHING, and when not to.