Experience the Passion Of Argentine Tango with Pocho y Nely

POCHO y NELY
Teach Argentine Tango
in Iowa City, Iowa
May 2-3-4, 2008


Also Teaching in IC this Weekend will be NESTOR Y ENRIQUETA!!


IC Senior Center Assembly Room - 28 S. Linn Street
(Old Post Office Building-Corner Linn & Washington)
[Private Lessons Held in Room G13 - Lower Level]
Come Learn & Dance Tango with us!

Iowa City Tango Club is Partnered with the Iowa City Senior Center to present this Very Special Workshop

Workshop coordination by Karen Jackson, ICTC, and Ray Barbosa, Chicago Milonguero, Ltd.


UpdatedApril 26, 2008Updated

Iowa City Tango Workshop-May 2-3-4, 2008--Pocho Y Nely AND Nestor y EnriquetanuevoUpdated
May 2-3-4, 2008 Iowa City Workshop BIO (PDF file)-v.2pdf iconnuevoUpdated
May 2-3-4, 2008 Iowa City Workshop CLASS SCHEDULE (PDF file)-v.2pdf iconnuevoUpdated
Half-Page Workshop Annoucement Handout--Feel Free to Distribute Wherever You Can! Thanks! (PDF file)pdf iconnuevoUpdated
CLICK HERE FOR MAP TO DOWNTOWN IC SENIOR CENTER (PDF file-103KB)pdf icon

VIDEOS EN YOUTUBE

Video 1 - Pocho Y Nely En El Beso
Video 2 - Pocho et Nely
Video 3 - Pocho et Nely
Video 4 - Tango Television - Episode 3 of 8





SOME INFORMATION ON POCHO AND NELY

COMING TO IOWA CITY May 2,3,4, 2008

Iowa City Tango Club is very pleased to announce that we will have Pocho and Nely coming to us on May 2,3,4 for a weekend of extraordary milonguero tango. Now in their seventies, Pocho and Nely each have been dancing tango for nearly 60 years. We are also very pleased that we will have joining us this same weekend, Nestor Y Enriqueta!

This is Pocho y Nely's first journey out of South America for tango instruction. They are appearing at the prestigious 2008 Chicago Mini Tango Festival. Their trip to Iowa City is being coordinated by Karen Jackson of Iowa City Tango Club, and their host, Ray Barbosa of Chicago Milonguero, Ltd. who will also be part of the Iowa City workshops in May.

Roberto Carreras ("Pocho") and Nelida Fernando ("Nely"), milongueros ("dancers") from the golden era of tango, are from Buenos Aires, the city where they live and dance.

The tango that Pocho and Nely transmit is based upon communication between dancers in a continuously close embrace, musical interpretation and respectful navigation in the dance floor. Consequently, their lessons concentrate on posture, leading and following, and musicality as a source of creativity. They focus on improvisation as key to develop a dance that is fun and enjoyable for the couple, while they can still comfortably circulate in a limited space.

Pocho and Nely are among the few milongueros still dancing and teaching who learned and danced during the 1940s Golden Age of Tango. From the south of Buenos Aires, they have lived their lives in hundreds of milongas and, like a rolling stone, their dancing has been losing imperfections through the years. Their dancing has achieved its unique naturalness and yet continues to evolve.

The clearness of Pocho's lead, the intimacy of his embrace, the perfection of his movements and the profound musicality of his steps has him regarded as one of the best dancers in Buenos Aires. Pocho is revered by other portenos for his milonga con traspie ("milonga with quick steps"). In his simple movements, the common language of milongueros, Pocho achieves an astonishing combination of precision and softness. He also accomplishes complex, very original steps with the same ease he surprises us with in his simple movements. Nely, a fluid and wonderful follower, exhibits profound musicality expertise. She has the ability to correct instantly the errors in her student's dance and also is an expert in technique for women. Together they exude a warmth and caring for their students, as people and as dancers.

Come join us for Pocho Y Nely and Nestory Y Enriqueta the weekend of May 2-3-4, 2008 in Iowa City at the IC Senior Center - 28 S. Linn Street - Downtown

NESTOR Y ENRIQUETA AND POCHO Y NELY WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
CLASS CONTENT, AND COSTS
MAY 2-3-4, 2008


Iowa City Tango Club 
Partnered with the Iowa City Senior Center
Presents
Nestor La Vitola and Enriqueta Kleinman
Pocho and Nely
Tango Workshop Schedule - May 2-3-4, 2008
I.C. Senior Center Assembly Room
(Private Lessons Held in Room G13)
28 S. Linn Street - (Old Post Office Bldg.)
Iowa City, Iowa 
(Schedule-v.3)


FRIDAY EVENING (VIERNES) - May 2  - IC Senior Center Assembly Room 
(Main Hall) - 28 S. Linn Street  - Iowa City	

7:00-8:30PM         Nestor and Enriqueta, Pocho and Enriqueta: Fundamentals: Posture. Embrace, Intention, 
Connection, Rhythm, Change of Weight, and Musicality.  (All Levels)                		
8:30-9:30PM         Open Practica	
8:45-9:45PM         Private Lessons	
		
SATURDAY MORNING (SABADO)- May 3 - Room G13 - Lower Level
10:00AM-1:00PM	Private Lessons will be available

SATURDAY AFTERNOON & EVENING (SABADO)- May 3 - Assembly Room 
(Main Hall) - 28 S. Linn Street  - Iowa City	 
2:00-3:30PM    Nestor and Enriqueta, Pocho and Nely: Men and Women Technique   (All Levels)                      		
3:45-5:15PM    Pocho and Nely: Milonga Lisa  (All Levels)
7:30-8:30PM    Evening class before milonga: Nestor and Enriqueta: Tango Waltz - (All Levels)
(Note: This class is after the dinner hour but immediate BEFORE the Evening Milonga)                     		
9:00PM-	Midnight    MILONGA (Argentine Tango Social Dance Party!)--Guest DJ David Stevens, Iowa & Colorado, 
                        w/ "djgregk" assisting** 
                        GREAT PERFORMANCES BY POCHO Y NELY & NESTOR Y ENRIQUETA--Don't Miss Them!!!
                                             -  General Public Welcome*
		
SUNDAY MORNING (DOMINGO) - May 3 - Room G13 
Lower Level - 28 S. Linn Street  - Iowa City	
10:00AM-1:00PM	Private Lessons will be available

SUNDAY AFTERNOON (DOMINGO) - May 3 - Assembly Room 
(Main Hall) - 28 S. Linn Street  - Iowa City	
2:00-3:30PM     Pocho and Nely: Milonga Traspie   (Intermediate/Advanced)                      		
3:45-5:15PM    Nestor and Enriqueta:  "How to Dance to Pugliese"  - How to dance this very special
orchestra. Interpretation of the music within the dance.  (Intermediate/Advanced
5:15-6:00 PM		Open Practica

**PRIVATE LESSONS WILL BE AVAILABLE MONDAY (LUNES) AND TUESDAY (MARTES) Reserve a Time Now

GROUP CLASSES COST				MILONGA/PERFORMANCE COST	
1 Class  - $25.00					Workshop Participants - Free	
2 or more classes - $20.00/each			*General Public - $10.00
Student Discount - $65.00 - full weekend                            GREAT PERFORMANCES BY ALL 4 TEACHERS!
							
ONE-HOUR PRIVATE LESSON COST	
Individual or One Couple - Lessons available with either one or two instructors 				

Private lesson with Nestor - $80/hour
Private lesson with Enriqueta - $80/ hour
Private lesson with both Nestor and Enriqueta - $100
Private lesson with Pocho and Nely - $100; requires a couple or a person with a partner.
(Ray Barbosa can partner for any woman that needs a man, if necessary)

Please contact Karen Jackson at her cell # 319-360-1249  to register for group classes
or to schedule private lessons with Pocho y Nely and/or Nestor y Enriqueta or other workshop details
OR EMAIL kljedgewood@msn.com
 - she will confirm classes and private lesson times.  

(Schedule Subject To Change - check webpage regularly) 
http://soli.inav.net/~dance/tangoweekendmay08.html
v.4 - 04-25-08

*Be part of an Exciting Weekend of Tango Passion! See you there!
Iowa City Tango Club is partnered with the IC Senior Center to present this very special event*

Please mark your calendars now so you don't miss this great learning and dancing opportunity.

Greg Kovaciny, For Iowa City Tango Club

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