With Raimund & Daniela || Stefan & Marian
Never give up!!!
We had to cancel the event twice already due to Covid-19 but there’s an old saying in Dutch “Drie keer is scheepsrecht” which means “Three time’s a charm” and that’s what we’re aiming for now 🙂
Welcome at the weekend seminar
“Tango Beyond Figures”
There’s a time to learn figures and a time to learn how to create your own dance expressing the music you listen to.
We’re using well known songs in different versions interpreted by different orchestras at different eras to find the similarities and certainly the differences.
Tango Beyond Figures
In Tango music, compositions are often played and arranged by different orchestras. In the complex web of the entire Tango history we will follow the thread here and there of a composition that leads us through time, past famous and less famous orchestras, past singers and soloists. On the basis of a composition we experience how the music was interpreted differently by the orchestra leaders, which stamp the musicians and the spirit of the time put on the performance and how the chemistry between the musicians could lead to artistic highlights.
This is a huge challenge for dancers. We already have a vocabulary, the figures and the movement structures of the Tango. We definitely need the basic skill of dancing if we now use it consciously. The more we hear in music, the more varied we can express in dance. We connect the ears with the feet and convert everything in between into an actively resonating body. Once made sensitive to the incredible variety in musical interpretations, dancing becomes a new adventure.
This seminar weekend was set up to make small and large discoveries in that layered Tango music, to enrich our own dance spectrum.
The program
| Friday May 20th | |
|---|---|
| 19.30 | Doors are open |
| 20.00-23.00 |
Multimedial lecture “Tricks & stunts in Tango music” with Raimund
Afterwards there is some time for drinks, chatting & dancing. |
| Saturday May 21st | |
| 13.30-17.30 | Seminar day 1 “Tango Beyond Figures” (including breaks) |
| 20.00-02.00 | Milonga La Roca (Organized by Cheek2Cheek) – TJ Raimund |
| Sunday May 22nd | |
| 13.30-17.30 | Seminar day 2 “Tango Beyond Figures” (including breaks) |
The prices
| Seminars | |
|---|---|
| Alltogether lecture & seminars (11 hours) | € 150,- per person |
| One day seminar Saturday or Sunday (4 hours) | € 70,- per person |
| Two day seminar Saturday and Sunday (8 hours) | € 130,- per person |
| Multimedial lecture “Tricks & stunts in Tango music” (3 hours) | € 30,- per person |
| Milonga | |
| Milonga La Roca on Saturday (organized by Cheek2Cheek) | € 10,- per person (€ 7,- for seminar participants) |
The registration
Covid-19 Situation
We are happy to say that there are no more restrictions 🙂
We still ask you though to be reasonable and stay at home if you’re not feeling well or have been in close contact with a person infected with Covid-19.
Who is "The Berlin Connection"?
"The Berlin Connection" is a joint project by Raimund & Daniela from Berlin and Stefan & Marian from the Netherlands.
The four know and appreciate each other as a dancer and teacher for many years. Both in tango and in life they share an intensive friendship.
Dance and music in tango are inseparable. With some knowledge we have a better access to the special features of tango and our dance gets more expressive. In our workshop weekends we offer a special concept: prior to each workshop, there is a brief introduction to the topic, then we move on to the practical part.
What about food?
There are plenty of possibilities to have a dinner on Saturday & Sunday evening at one of the restaurants in the vicinity of De Danswerkplaats which all serve delicious food. We highly recommend "Het Lokaal"!
During the seminars on Saturday & Sunday we will provide you also with healthy but yummy snacks & drinks.