Buenos Aires on Tap - Tango Maestro Jose Halfon's Workshops in Cape Town

We will be privledged to have Argentine Tango Maestro Jose Halfon back in Cape Town in April , sponsored by Libertango.

Jose and his partner Virginia Cutillo are top tango teachers and performers from the heartland of tango, Buenos Aires. In this fiercely competitive environment , they have been recgonised as chief protagonists of modern tango, having been Directors of Tango Brujo and regularly performing at auspicious milongas such as Salon Canning, Soho Tango and Konex. Jose and Vicky are resident instructors at Milonga 10, one of the trendiest milongas in the city and have recently opened their own studio 2Perfiles. They have frequenlty invited to perform at tango festivals internationally.

Jose and Vicky are particularly well known for their own special interpretation of the Argentine Tango which they call Nuevo Tango Salon which is based on principles of natural movement in a flexible closed embrace, with the elegance and attitude of the e tango as always.

Tangueros in Cape Town and Jozi will be catching Jose before he heads off on his summer European tour of Italy, Swizterland and Poland.

Cape Town Programme for Post Beginners to Advanced Dancers

The programme includes workshops for all levels "Tango Temptations- A Flash Introduction to Tango" , a set of 3 introductory lessons and talk.. There will also be a SPECIAL MILONGA AFRICANA  with DJ Halfon.

Tuesday 10 April          6:00 - 7.00          Talk: Tango in the Heartland of Buenos Aires*                   FREE                        iKhaya Lodge

Thursday 12 April        8:15- 9:30           Technica for dancing like a tanguero                                    R80                  St James, Seapoint
                                                                      (men and women, no partner required)

Friday 13 April              8:00 - 9:30          Use of suspension with changes in Dynamic                  R150                        iKhaya Lodge
                                                                      (premilonga lesson)
                                        9:30  - midnight      Milonga Africana with DJ Halfon                                         R40***                     iKhaya Lodge

Saturday 14 April        10:30 -12:00       Working with caminatas - connecting like a Tanguero
                                                                      (walking variations leading to interesting places)             R150                        Obs rec
                                    
                                         1:00 - 2:30          Giros (turns) that  make you swirl                                           R150                        Obs rec
                                        3:00 - 4:30           Simplex and comlex rebotes (rebounds) to dance             R150                       Obs Rec
                                                                      in a reduced space       
                                    
* Talk given by Rachael of Libertango on her experience as a tanguera living in Buenos Aires and on the history and culture of the tango
*** Milonga is free for those attending the premilonga lesson

PLEASE NOTE THAT PAYMENTS FOR WORKSHOPS AND MILONGA SHOULD BE MADE IN CASH. THERE WILL BE NO CREDIT CARD FACILITIES

Venues:

Observatory Recreation Centre, corner Collingwood and Rawson (free secure parking))
St James Church Hall, St James Road Seapoint (between Beach and Main)
iKhaya Lodge, Dunkley Square, Gardens