ERNEST WILLIAMS & MARICELA WILSON
Return to Iowa City
To Teach Candombe, Milonga Candombera
And Tango Canyenguero
One Day Only - Sat. July 11, 2009

The Workshops are ON!!!
Registrations still available At the Door--see pricing below

Pre-Registration and Pre-Payment is Highly Encouraged--If we don't meet a minimum number of Prepaid Registrations the Workshops will need to be Cancelled and payment returned

See link below to PDF Pre-registration form

IC Senior Center Assembly Room & Room G13 - 28 S. Linn Street
(Old Post Office Building-Corner Linn & Washington--Dowtown)
Come Learn & Dance With Us!

Their Second Visit to Iowa!
Iowa City Tango Club is Partnered with the Iowa City Senior Center to present this Special Workshop

18 junio 2009

Special One-Day July 11, 2009 Iowa City Workshop Schedule & BIO (PDF file)-v.1 Web Info on Ernest and Maricela CLICK HERE FOR MAP TO DOWNTOWN IC SENIOR CENTER (PDF file-103KB) ERNEST WILLIAMS' Website - Tango Life Chicago Biograhical Info - Ernest Williams & Maricela Wilson What are Canyengue & Candombe?

VIDEOS EN YOUTUBE

Good Compilation of Videos of Ernest & Maricela

Iowa City Tango Club* Presents
Ernest Williams & Maricela Wilson
Candombe, Mklonga Candombera, & Tango Canyenguero Workshop Schedule
Saturday, July 11, 2009
I.C. Senior Center Assembly Room & Room G13
28 S. Linn Street - (Old Post Office)
Iowa City, Iowa 


¡¡ ERNEST & MARICELA'S SECOND VISIT TO IOWA CITY !!
		

**For Private Lessons contact Juan Marcos at juan@juanmarcos.com


SATURDAY AFTERNOON (SABADO) - July 11, 2009 
2:00-3:00PM		Candombe - 
This is a very educational workshop steeped in contextual information
about some of the past and present roots of tango.
3:15-4:15PM		Milonga Candombera
Add Spice to your Milonga Steps
4:30-5:30PM	Tango Canyenguero-Add spice to your tango by adding 
some canyengue elements.


SATURDAY EVENING (SABADO) - July 11, 2009
7:30PM    	MILONGA (Argentine Tango Social Dance Party!)** 		
- General Public Welcome** - 
Special Performance By Ernest & Maricela
Cost per all persons (Public & Workshop Participants) is $8.00 and is payable at the door. Cost is separate 
from workshop costs.
(Tango, Vals, Milonga, Candombe, Canyengue Music by "djgregk")


GROUP CLASSES COST	
PRE-REGISTRATION COSTS - Regular $20/class in advance (prior to 07/08/09)
$25.00 at the door (or after 07/08/09)

Student prices are $15.00 and $20.00


(Schedule & Other Information Presented Herein - Subject To Change - check webpage regularly)    

http://soli.inav.net/~dance/ernestwilliams2009jul.html    v.1--06-18-09

Please mark your calendars now so you don't miss this unique & exciting learning & dancing opportunity.

Greg Kovaciny, For Iowa City Tango Club

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON
ERNEST WILLIAMS AND MARICELA WILSON

Ernest Williams first discovered Tango in 2000 in Monterey, CA, with Argentina's Fernando Filipelli as his Instructor. While living in Hawaii in 2002 Ernest began teaching tango formally at the request of fellow dancers.

Since 2003 Ernest has traveled nationally and internationally gathering a wealth of knowledge and experience in the world of dance from various sources. He has conducted workshops, seminars and/or dance exhibitions across the country in cities such as Richmond, VA, Charlotte, N.C., Raleigh-Durham, N.C, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Nashville, St. Louis, Cleveland, Wichita, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago Albuquerque, San Francisco and Honolulu. He has also taught several intensive tango and milonga seminars in Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Some of his most notable US performances include the musical Candombe: Tango Negro with choreographer Carina Losano and the famous Candombe group Cuareim1080 at the Gala Theatre in Washington, DC.

During a sojourn to the Rio de la Plata region of South America, he was a three-time featured tango performer on "La Ciudad de Tango", a live national TV show in Uruguay and a two-time featured candombe dancer with the high-profile candombe organization La Gozadera in Montevideo. He has also given special exhibitions in milonga con traspie and salsa at the famous milonga/tangueria Viejo Correo in Buenos Aires.

A graduate of the "Master para Maestros" program at La Escuela Argentina del Tango in Buenos Aires, Ernest's teaching style is clear and detailed, and his profound knowledge of the many forms of Tango make him an ideal instructor for both the beginner and the advanced tanguero.

Maricela Wilson has trained in dance forms as divergent as hip hop, ballet, tap, jazz, modern interpretive, African folkloric, salsa, mambo and cha cha. Her first love and expertise is in Salsa, Mambo and Cha Cha. She has recently become a tanguera under the tutelage of Ernest and is now his partner in their many appearances at Tango events around the country. Her teaching philosophy is to have fun first and foremost but also to give her students a strong foundation along with the latest cutting edge moves and concepts.

Together Ernest and Maricela represent the future of tango while respecting the past. They are playful and youthful with their dance. They believe in knowing the rules before breaking them and that anyone can learn from anyone else, thus they are always seeking knowledge and inspiration from all walks of life.

They are an exciting new couple on the national scene with something truly different to offer, so come check them out.

Information From Ernest on these dances
which may be "new" to us in SE Iowa

CANYENGUE

Canyengue is the offspring of milonga and the precursor to the tango as we know it. It was how people danced tango in the first couple of decades of the 20th century. It has hands lowered and bent knees. It was danced to early tango orchestras like Francisco Canaro and Roberto Firpo and can be danced to newer groups like Tubatango. It's fun, relevant to music we often hear at milongas, and it's enjoying a resurgence in popularity.

CANDOMBE

Candombe is an Afro Uruguayan drum and dance tradition that is the father of the milonga (habanera/son would be the mother). It gives much of the footwork, body movements and rhythm of milonga. It was originally, (and still is) danced by the blacks of the Rio de la Plata region of Uruguay and Argentina. It is now enjoyed by the blacks and whites of the region, but primarily in Uruguay.

MILONGA CANDOMBERA

Milonga Candombera is a more recent reconstruction of a fusion of the milonga and the candombe which is reminiscent of the times when candombe and habanera/son were giving birth to the milonga as a dance (from the year 1860 to 1880). The most famous dancers of this style are Facundo and Kely Posadas.

HOSTS REQUESTED FOR OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS COMING IN FOR THE WORKSHOPS

Ernest and Maricela's visit to Iowa City promises to be new and exciting for our community. We are very pleased to have Ernest and Maricela come to Iowa City.

If you wish to host out-of-town guests coming in for the day classes/evening milonga that can be a great help to the success of the workshops. More folks are hearing about Iowa City as a place to dance and learn tango, milonga, vals, canyengue, condombe. Contact Juan Marcos "juan@juanmarcos.com if you can make space available for guests coming in for our Ernest Williams Workshop Day. THANKS for your part in helping make these workshops great!

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