Joaquin Amenabar will be with us for one weekend only from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 October to conduct musicality workshops. This will be a different workshop experience to what you may be used to, we will be working on musicality, rather than on steps and technique. Four out of five workshops are open level and no partner is required so whether you are a beginner or an experienced dancer, there is something for you.
Joaquin is an internationally renowned bandoneon player, orchestra leader, academic and social dancer. He has developed a unique and very successful method of teaching musicality to tango dancers who do not have a formal musical education. Joaquin is also a published author and his books will be available for sale.
Workshops
Friday, 11 October
Workshop 1: 7 – 8:30pm. Basic units of tango rhythm. Simple, double and half-time step . Applying these units in the dance. Open level.
Saturday, 12 October
Workshop 2: 11:30am – 1pm. Dancing the melody. The melody as the most important rhythmic element in dancing social Tango. Recognizing the melody and the rhythmical units that it proposes. Open level.
Workshop 3: 1:30 – 3pm. Vals. Rhythmical units of the Argentinian Waltz in comparison to tango’s rhythmical units. Simple and double time in Waltz. Open level.
Sunday 13 October
Workshop 4: 12pm – 1:30pm. Milonga Level 1: Rhythmic units of the Milonga in comparison to those of tango. Difference between double-time and traspie. Dancing the melody in Milonga. Open level.
Workshop 5: 2pm - 3:30pm. Syncopation. Improvising to the melody and rhythm with tangos that have syncopation, and off beat. Open level.
General Information about Joaquin’s Workshops
Workshops 1 to 5 (inclusive) are open level with something for everyone and no partner is needed. As Joaquin puts it, ‘the level of dancer – and experience as a tango dancer – doesn’t have much importance in these workshops, you can be a super advanced dancer or a beginner, because we are dealing with the music, not with steps.’
The cost of attending the workshops is:
Members Non-members
1 Workshop $30 $35
2 Workshops $55 $65
3 Workshops $80 $90
4 Workshops $105 $115
5 Workshops $130 $140
We welcome bookings in advance. Please email us for details as to how to make payment and secure your place in the workshops.
All workshops will be held at the Woden Seniors Club, 12 Corinna Street, Woden.
For any questions about Joaquin’s visit, feel free to contact Paul on 0401 991 487 or email us at info@tangocanberra.asn.au.
About Joaquin
Joaquin Amenabar is widely recognised as the ‘Renaissance Man of Tango’. He is internationally renowned as a bandoneon player, orchestra leader (Orquestra Tipica Della Guardia) composer, arranger, music professor and accomplished social dancer.
It was Joaquin’s social dancing blended with his deep knowledge of musical performance, history and composition, that led him to investigate a number of challenges that many tango dancers face daily:
• How to learn the music if we do not have the benefit of formal music training then ...
• How can we as tango dancers take in, process and respond to the many layers, subtleties and nuances of tango music ...
• In ways that help us create, discover + explore our own unique dance more effectively ...
• And then share it with each other as we improvise together on the social dance floor ...?
The result is Joaquín's book ‘Tango: Let’s dance to the Music’ and his unique and highly innovative program on Musicality for Tango Dancers which he has developed over more than a decade. Joaquin has been teaching and travelling since the early 2000s in Europe, Asia, USA and Australia and New Zealand.
In addition to music and tango, Joaquin is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German & Portuguese, which allows him to communicate more directly with more dancers around the world.
“Anybody can teach you a step, but it takes a different kind of teacher to help you find your musicality.”
Joaquin is an internationally renowned bandoneon player, orchestra leader, academic and social dancer. He has developed a unique and very successful method of teaching musicality to tango dancers who do not have a formal musical education. Joaquin is also a published author and his books will be available for sale.
Workshops
Friday, 11 October
Workshop 1: 7 – 8:30pm. Basic units of tango rhythm. Simple, double and half-time step . Applying these units in the dance. Open level.
Saturday, 12 October
Workshop 2: 11:30am – 1pm. Dancing the melody. The melody as the most important rhythmic element in dancing social Tango. Recognizing the melody and the rhythmical units that it proposes. Open level.
Workshop 3: 1:30 – 3pm. Vals. Rhythmical units of the Argentinian Waltz in comparison to tango’s rhythmical units. Simple and double time in Waltz. Open level.
Sunday 13 October
Workshop 4: 12pm – 1:30pm. Milonga Level 1: Rhythmic units of the Milonga in comparison to those of tango. Difference between double-time and traspie. Dancing the melody in Milonga. Open level.
Workshop 5: 2pm - 3:30pm. Syncopation. Improvising to the melody and rhythm with tangos that have syncopation, and off beat. Open level.
General Information about Joaquin’s Workshops
Workshops 1 to 5 (inclusive) are open level with something for everyone and no partner is needed. As Joaquin puts it, ‘the level of dancer – and experience as a tango dancer – doesn’t have much importance in these workshops, you can be a super advanced dancer or a beginner, because we are dealing with the music, not with steps.’
The cost of attending the workshops is:
Members Non-members
1 Workshop $30 $35
2 Workshops $55 $65
3 Workshops $80 $90
4 Workshops $105 $115
5 Workshops $130 $140
We welcome bookings in advance. Please email us for details as to how to make payment and secure your place in the workshops.
All workshops will be held at the Woden Seniors Club, 12 Corinna Street, Woden.
For any questions about Joaquin’s visit, feel free to contact Paul on 0401 991 487 or email us at info@tangocanberra.asn.au.
About Joaquin
Joaquin Amenabar is widely recognised as the ‘Renaissance Man of Tango’. He is internationally renowned as a bandoneon player, orchestra leader (Orquestra Tipica Della Guardia) composer, arranger, music professor and accomplished social dancer.
It was Joaquin’s social dancing blended with his deep knowledge of musical performance, history and composition, that led him to investigate a number of challenges that many tango dancers face daily:
• How to learn the music if we do not have the benefit of formal music training then ...
• How can we as tango dancers take in, process and respond to the many layers, subtleties and nuances of tango music ...
• In ways that help us create, discover + explore our own unique dance more effectively ...
• And then share it with each other as we improvise together on the social dance floor ...?
The result is Joaquín's book ‘Tango: Let’s dance to the Music’ and his unique and highly innovative program on Musicality for Tango Dancers which he has developed over more than a decade. Joaquin has been teaching and travelling since the early 2000s in Europe, Asia, USA and Australia and New Zealand.
In addition to music and tango, Joaquin is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German & Portuguese, which allows him to communicate more directly with more dancers around the world.
“Anybody can teach you a step, but it takes a different kind of teacher to help you find your musicality.”