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Master Schedule

      Intermediate-Advanced    
Min 1 year
      Advanced-Master    
Min 2 years
      All Levels    
All welcome
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Thursday, May 19
18h-19h25
The close embrace with neosteps elements (C1) (inter-adv)

Esteban & Evelyn - location:_Tango_Fabrika

The close embrace with neosteps elements (Combine the traditional, passional close embrace, with the new figures of the contemporary tango.)

Rolling Step (C2) (inter-adv)

Serkan & Cecilia - location:_Tango_Fabrika

we work about the conection with the floor, walking technique

19h30-21h
Curing the Follower's forward faking phobia (C3) (inter-adv)

Homer & Cristina - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Circuits (C4) (inter-adv)

Serkan & Cecilia - location:_Tango_Fabrika

designs on the space (directions)

20h30-3h MILONGA DE BIENVENIDO THURSDAY 20h30-3h
Music 70% classic 30% modern @ Rialto Theatre (5723 Avenue du Parc), DJ Homer, demonstration by maestros. 15$



Friday, May 20
14h-15h30
A primer to finding one's tango (C5) (all)

Homer & Cristina - location:_Tango_Fabrika

This beginner/intermediate class will introduce specific examples, games, and exercises that will enable each student to reach their highest potential via the four levels of tango awareness needed to be a self-actualized Tango dancer.

Dancing to alternative music (C41) (inter-adv)

Adam & Ciko - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Dancing to non-tango music or new tango music, from Jimi Hendrix to Gotan Project, by focusing on your tango vocabulary and how to make that feel more dynamic and more expressive through the quality of movement.

16h30-18h
Walk and Turns - Accelerations and Paradas (C6) (inter-adv)

Adrian & Alejandra - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Paradas: Stops

Connection between different part of the body (C7) (all)

Serkan & Cecilia - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

mostly we work with the idea of spiral, connection between upper and lower body.

Milonga (C8) (adv-master)

Gaston & Moira - location:_Tango_Fabrika

pasos y musicalidad

18h15-19h45
Improvisation I: References (C9) (all)

Serkan & Cecilia - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

Links Centrifugal Movements (C10) (adv-master)

Adrian & Alejandra - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Play with the axes like Colgadas

Spirals.. where to find it in the body + element (C11) (inter-adv)

Esteban & Evelyn - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Spirals... where to find it in the body + elements (the body has a natural spiral and we help you to find it trough the tango)

20h-21h30
Boleos (C12) (adv-master)

Gaston & Moira - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Marca y Calidades

Giving space to your follower to breathe and to be interactive (C13) (all)

Adam & Ciko - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

Listening to your follower and creating space for her to have a dialogue with you while encouraging followers to take the space and express the music. How to take your dance from "lead and follow" to an "interactive dialogue".

Turning and the sacadas for her and him (C14) (inter-adv)

Esteban & Evelyn - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Turning and the sacadas for her and hem (playing with sacadas with harmony and lighter movements.)

20h30-1h MILONGA EL SHOW EMPIEZA FRIDAY 20h30-1h
Music 80% classic 20% modern @ La Plaza (420 Sherbrooke Ouest), DJ Tatiana, performances by Serkan/Cecilia and Adrian/Alejandra. 35$



1h-6h MILONGA SIN PARAR FRIDAY 1h-6h
Music 70% classic 30% modern @ Tango Fabrika (5359 Avenue du Parc), DJ Adam, performance by Homer/Cristina. 15$



Saturday, May 21
12h-13h25
Sacadas (C15) (inter-adv)

Gaston & Moira - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Easy way to make sacadas!

The Advanced Leader's Back Enrosques (C16) (adv-master)

Homer & Cristina - location:_Tango_Fabrika

This advanced class will develop the elegant back enrosque (cork screw) technique primarily for the leader thru a flexible approach of options that allow each student to optimize their unique shape and energy. For the follower there will be a refinement of the molinete (tango turn) to enable the leader to perform said material. The enrosque is a versatile tool that can add a distinctive musical accent or be used for dynamic turns or an aid to sacada/gancho set-up.

13h35-15h
Women Technique (C17) (all)

Adrian & Alejandra - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

Musicality of movements (C18) (inter-adv)

Serkan & Cecilia - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Colgaditas (C19) (adv-master)

Gaston & Moira - location:_Tango_Fabrika

little colgadas in close ambrace

14h-17h MILONGA DE THE SATURDAY 14h-17h
Music 80% classic 20% modern @ Chez Lily (24 Mt-Royal Ouest, Suite 207), DJ Marc Hussner. 10$



16h-17h30
The breath as a tool for the dance (C20) (all)

Serkan & Cecilia - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

work with focus in the breathing, the movement, and the music.

MIlonga I:Lineal Movement and Rhythm (C21) (inter-adv)

Adrian & Alejandra - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Elements to dance in the Milonga Lineal

Soltadas (C22) (adv-master)

Gaston & Moira - location:_Tango_Fabrika

para pista y para coreografia ( for the dance floor and for the coreography )

17h45-19h15
Curving movements, creating a flow (C23) (all)

Adam & Ciko - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

Dancing beyond the beat, making phrases by using impulses and flow of energy.

Axis in different positions (C24) (inter-adv)

Esteban & Evelyn - location:_Tango_Fabrika

axis in different positions with ganchos or boleos..(the nicest and comfortable ways of make it)

Dancing Piazzolla - Musicality and Composition (C25) (adv-master)

Adrian & Alejandra - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Exercices of musicality

19h30-21h
Variation of timing 1-3-1 1-2-1 1-4-1 (C26) (inter-adv)

Esteban & Evelyn - location:_Tango_Fabrika

variation of timing 1-3-1 1-2-1 1-4-1 (this is a basic structure for the musicality, we develop it, and show you examples)

The Change of Embrace & the Soltada Odyssey (C27) (adv-master)

Homer & Cristina - location:_Tango_Fabrika

In this couples only Master class, Homer & Cristina will pull the plug on Changes of Embrace and completely letting go (Soltadas) during your dancing.

20h30-1h GRAND BALL MILONGA SATURDAY 20h30-1h
Music 80% classic 20% modern @ Club Atwater (3505 Atwater Ave), DJ Vlad, performances by Estaban/Evelyn and Gaston/Moira. 35$



1h-6h MILONGA SIN PARAR SATURDAY 1h-6h
Music: traditional to start, progressing to nuevo @ Tango Fabrika (5359 Avenue du Parc), DJ Esteban, performance by Adam/Ciko. 15$



Sunday, May 22
12h-13h25
Tecnica hombre y mujer (C28) (all)

Gaston & Moira - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Technique

The turning structure, turning the hips or not (C29) (inter-adv)

Esteban & Evelyn - location:_Tango_Fabrika

The turning structure, turning the hips or not (3 ways of thinking about the turning, and if we want to swing the hip or not)

13h35-15h
Tomadas and Barridas (C30) (adv-master)

Adrian & Alejandra - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Barridas , Tomadas: to take the legs of the partener like a stop

Connection with the partner (C31) (all)

Serkan & Cecilia - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

Giros (C32) (inter-adv)

Gaston & Moira - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Different Dynamic, playing with dynamics!!!

14h-17h MILONGA DE THE SUNDAY 14h-17h
70% classic 30% modern @ Chez Lily (24 Mt-Royal Ouest, Suite 207), DJ Tatiana. 10$



16h-17h30
Improvisation II : Contact (C33) (all)

Serkan & Cecilia - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

Milonga II- Circular Movement and Rhythm (C34) (adv-master)

Adrian & Alejandra - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Elements to dance in the Milonga Circular

Adornos, Ornaments (C35) (inter-adv)

Gaston & Moira - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Playing with the free leg - Man and woman!

17h45-19h15
Linking Colgadas for the social dance floor (C36) (inter-adv)

Adam & Ciko - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Off axis turns and how to create energy to continue and link them.

The spine as the center of the movement + element (C37) (all)

Esteban & Evelyn - location:_Ecole_Buissoniere

The spine as the center of the movement + elements ( How is the position of the body in the volcadas)

Atypical Sacadas-Boleos and Ganchos (C38) (adv-master)

Adrian & Alejandra - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Atypical Sacadas.....

19h30-21h
Playing with steps '' la sarasa del tango '' (C39) (inter-adv)

Esteban & Evelyn - location:_Tango_Fabrika

Playing with steps "la sarasa del tango" (no more study, just proposition of steps and you make it, and have fun!!!)

A Master Class in Tango Oddities (C40) (adv-master)

Homer & Cristina - location:_Tango_Fabrika

In this class, Homer and Cristina will explore uncommon structure ideas such as 'The Felipe Reverse Ocho Cortado' and 'The Felix Follower's Back Sacada' and other oddities...

20h30-4h MILONGA DE DESPEDIDA SUNDAY 20h30-4h
Music 50% classic 50% modern @ Tango Fabrika (5359 Avenue du Parc), DJ Adam, demonstration by maestros. 20$



Monday, May 23
20h30-3h MILONGA BACKTAGE MONDAY 20h30-3h
Music 80% classic 20% modern @ Tango Fabrika (5359 Avenue du Parc), DJ Bulent. 10$




Information for non-tango dancers :

The Tango Nuevo Festival events will be held this year in three of the city's most impressive, elegant, intimate and sophisticated spots, featuring some of the most highly coveted Tango artists. The 17 guest performers have been celebrated worldwide, inspiring audiences throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Roughly 85% of the participants registered to attend the much sought after Tango Nuevo festival are returning festival-goers from last year. Furthermore, the number of new attendees from Europe has increased this year!

The festival organization is striving to create a perfect festive atmosphere for all the participants to see to it that everyone has a positive and enjoyable experience as well as provide a stage to the Tango performers to celebrate their talents, display their creations and showcase their best.

The Festival Committee is diligent in their efforts to insure that the 5th Annual Montreal Tango Nuevo Festival will be the best and most memorable special event in the international Tango community.

To see the performances: we have two big venues

MILONGA EL SHOW EMPIEZA FRIDAY 20h30-1h
Music 80% classic 20% modern @ Salle du Gesu, DJ Tatiana, performances by Serkan/Cecilia and Adrian/Alejandra. 35$
The dance shows starts after 11pm

GRAND BALL MILONGA SATURDAY 20h30-1h
Music 80% classic 20% modern @ Club Atwater, DJ Vlad, performances by Estaban/Evelyn and Gaston/Moira. 35$
The dance shows starts after 11pm

If you are interested in learning tango :
We have all level classes during the festival, but we strongly recommended you to take beginner regular basis classes at tango fabrika first.








the festival de tango nuevo de montreal is organized by Tango Fabrika