Classes and Schedules
Upcoming beginners’ six-week series starting:
- June 30th, 2010
- August 18th, 2010
- October 6th, 2010
Price: $60 for the series ($30 for full time students with ID)
Classes take place EVERY WEDNESDAY at THE GYM at Peachtree Presbyterian Chruch.
3434 Roswell Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
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Regular Class Schedule
7:30-8:30pm: Beginners Class
8:30-9:30pm: Int & Adv Class
9:30-10pm: Guided Practica
Please, check in with the front desk to register and pay for the class; then proceed to room 3403.
Approach to teaching
Atlanta Tango aims to get students on the social dance floor as quickly as possible. We want you to be able to share the passion and elegance of this beautiful dance—and not be stuck in classes forever without a social dancing experience.
Our Fun with Fundamentals class (7:30-8:30) is shaped to give you the ability to acquire a basic movement vocabulary quickly. And because we change partners frequently, you have the experience of dancing with a variety of dancers, which facilitates learning and adds some social fun.
Our On-going Intermediate/Advanced class (8:30-9:30pm) is open to all those who have completed a fundamentals series or who already have tango experience. Here we focus on helping students develop individual expression in choreography and musicality and on perfecting technique.
The Guided Practica (9:30-10pm) is your opportunity to take advantage of our teaching knowledge. Ask any question that comes to mind, either about the class you just took or any aspect of the dance.
No partner is required, but bringing a partner does help to ensure gender balance in the class!
Fun with Fundamentals: Beginners and Up
This six-week class focuses on the fundamentals of Argentine tango, including posture, embrace, walking steps and rhythmic movements. We emphasize musicality and connection between partners, and cover crucial social dance floor etiquette (such as cabeceo, and line of dance). The fundamentals of this class are the building blocks for good dancing, and more experienced dancers frequently return to polish their basics
Absolute beginners are encouraged to sign up for the whole series. Experienced dancers can take the classes on a pay-as-you-go basis ($10 per night).
Next FUNDAMENTALS series starts June 30th.
PRICE: $60 for the series, $30 for full time students with valid ID
After the six-weeks series, the seventh class focuses on the 5 essential steps that are fundamental to prepare the dancers for the Int/Adv class. Some of these steps are already covered in the Fundamentals series.
On-going: Intermediates and Up
This class focuses on increasing dancers’ competence and confidence in three key areas: choreographic vocabulary, musicality and technique. While you can join this class at any point, we often take three or four classes to focus on a family of moves, musical expression or technique. Recent series have included, for example, crossed-feet patterns, musicality, ochos and boleos, deepening the connection of partners, turns with sacadas, vals, milonga, advanced walking technique, and rhythmic accents.
PRICE: $10 per class, $5 for full time students with valid ID
ON GOING SERIES: (JULY 2010): MILONGA SPICES: ADDING SOME EXTRA FLAVOR TO YOUR MILONGA
SPECIAL WORKSHOPS
With some frequency, Atlanta Tango holds Intensive Beginners' Workshops. These workshops summarize the material covered in our six-week Fun with Fundamental class in three and a half hours. These workshops are the ideal starting point for anybody who wants to familiarize himself with Argentine Tango.
Atlanta Tango also teaches Intensive Intermediate Workshops. In these workshops we focus on material not covered in the Beginners' series, but it is useful in helping you to take full advantage of our Intermediate/Advanced class.
Atlanta Tango also teaches special workshops covering a wide variety of topics . Past workshops have covered WOMEN'S TECHNIQUE, MILONGA, VOLCADAS, ETC.
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