Tango Butterfly
| DANCE STYLES AVAILABLE: Tango (Traditional - Not Ballroom) Current 2012 courses. Our new term classes start from 23 April and cover 5 levels of social Tango tuition! **Registration accepted until 5th May. If you miss these dates enquire about our next start dates! TANGO BUTTERFLY 1543 High Street, Glen Iris, Vic Contact: Dana Parker Telephone: 0403 192 867 Email: www.tangobutterfly.com.au |  |
| Our new term classes start from 23 April and cover 5 levels of social Tango tuition! Fundamentals I: Covering the fundamentals to get you moving and walking like a tango dancer! Attend between 1-4 classes per week. This is a 10-weeks course, registrations for Term 2 will be accepted up until 5 May. Times: Mondays 6:30-7:30pm, Tuesdays 7-8pm, Thursday 8-9pm &/or Saturdays 11am-12noon. Cost: $150 per person / $280 per couple / $100 F/T students Continuing II/III: Building on tango fundamentals this class covers more contemporary social tango, including Tango Vals and Tango Milonga, close embrace variations, paradas, sables, sacadas and other variations. This is a 10-week course, registrations for Term 2 will be accepted up until 5 May. Times: Thursdays 7-8pm Cost: $150 per person / $280 per couple / $100 F/T students Inters IV/V: Designed for aspiring tango proficients this class is tango concept based, starting with a core idea and then turning up the heat to work on multiple variations. Topics include, but are not limited to: boleos, planeos, ganchos, volcadas, colgadas, rebotes, barridas, sacadas, soltadas, milonga traspie, vals cadenza, complex improvisation & musicality, dancing in enclosed spaces and working in various axis. Contact us for next week's topic! Times: Tuesdays 8-9pm Cost: Casual rate is $15 or you can buy a block of 11 for the price of 10. --------------------- We also run the following tango socials & practice sessions during the week! MONDAY NIGHTS: Milonga de las Mariposas is an intimate tango social dance in the style of Buenos Aires. Beginning with an open class at 8pm (assumes previous tango experience), la milonga runs with social dancing from 9pm - late. Supper with tea/coffee provided, BYO alcohol. Music by DJ Lola Cost is $10 or $15 with class. THURSDAY NIGHTS 9-11pm is time and space for you to practice your tango in a relaxed and fun social environment. La practica is run with teachers on hand to offer you support if you get stuck working on something. 2 rooms, traditional and alternative tango music. Tea/Coffee provided. Cost is $5. BACK GROUND: Tango Butterfly - Principal Dana Parker Dana has a history of dance performance, choreography and teaching spanning over 2 decades. She has been a teacher of contemporary social Argentine tango in Australia since 2004, and has experience teaching tango classes, workshops and at festivals all around Australia. Dana is trained in both lead and follow roles in many styles of Argentine tango and teaches with an emphasis on quality movement, connection with the music and awareness of social etiquette. Her aim is to maximise the intimate experience of tango, to be shared with others. Classes focus on building skills to allow individuals to bring themselves to the dance and to be active about developing a shared relationship with your partner in tango. “Understanding the nature of movement, balance and energy is crucial for improvisational freedom. Good technique is key. Tango does not exist without connection with the music, with your partner, and with yourself.” She has established “Tango Butterfly” in Melbourne as a dance studio dedicated to contemporary social Argentine Tango, with regular group classes, practicas and a Monday night milonga in Glen Iris. Her studio has a secondary goal of supporting the broader Argentine Tango community in Melbourne and in Australia. |