It's been a rush of a couple of days....
We have been dancing and have been kind of slowing down. On Tuesday night we went to Practica X.
http://www.practicax.blogspot.com/
We were kind of slow to get started there. We stopped by a cafe nearby the practica and took our time getting there! We saw a really nice performance by a couple called: Christian and Virginia. Very clean and flawless.
OH -- before that - rommel, sean, lu, frank and myself - we went to see a performance at El Cubo of Melina Brufman and Claudio Gonzalez.
http://www.practicax.blogspot.com/
http://www.2xtango.com/?p=613
I thought it was quite lovely - well done - the dancing was fierce. The images were totally interesting and very compelling. Again - i find it hard to help create the throughline and the transitions within a performance that combines tango and some contemporary dance. But i enjoyed this....
Then we met up with everyone else and it took us awhile to get to Practica X!
AND Before that we had class with Ramiro. He did a lovely class for us - working on molinetes and nice tight space figures. The class went by fast. His partner could not make the class so I helped out... that's always hard - wondering if someone is actually "ok" with how you are assisting them! But - oh well - i know the group has lots to work on - if they want it!
Wednesday was a "free day". I think most of the group went to La Boca and i had fun trying to find a bank that would give me US $. It seems like every trip there's a different process something new with the whole banking thing... what a nightmare! The teachers want to be paid in US $ - and the places we stay want US $. THAT's A TON OF US$ to be carrying around and it's annoying. There has to be a better process! So - last year i could find banks that coughed up US$ from the ATM machines. This year it appears that they say the will but they don't. SO now i'm taking out pesos and changing them to pesos - what a nightmare - between my own bank's limits and then the time spent to do this - ugh... has really been a bit of a pain in the ass for me!!!
So the group celebrated Lu's 73rd bday with a cake and some wine last night. So terrific. I took a very long and much needed nap!!!
We returned to El Beso for dancing - that went well i think - we were there 1 week ago and i think that it was interesting for them to see their own progress!
So today we had a class with Milena all on technique and tonite we're off to Nino Bien - and i think some of the group is down for the count... we'll see...
They have worked so hard and i'm really happy for their progress in tango - we'll see how tango settles into their body and into their lives - if at all!
We have been dancing and have been kind of slowing down. On Tuesday night we went to Practica X.
http://www.practicax.blogspot.com/
We were kind of slow to get started there. We stopped by a cafe nearby the practica and took our time getting there! We saw a really nice performance by a couple called: Christian and Virginia. Very clean and flawless.
OH -- before that - rommel, sean, lu, frank and myself - we went to see a performance at El Cubo of Melina Brufman and Claudio Gonzalez.
http://www.practicax.blogspot.com/
http://www.2xtango.com/?p=613
I thought it was quite lovely - well done - the dancing was fierce. The images were totally interesting and very compelling. Again - i find it hard to help create the throughline and the transitions within a performance that combines tango and some contemporary dance. But i enjoyed this....
Then we met up with everyone else and it took us awhile to get to Practica X!
AND Before that we had class with Ramiro. He did a lovely class for us - working on molinetes and nice tight space figures. The class went by fast. His partner could not make the class so I helped out... that's always hard - wondering if someone is actually "ok" with how you are assisting them! But - oh well - i know the group has lots to work on - if they want it!
Wednesday was a "free day". I think most of the group went to La Boca and i had fun trying to find a bank that would give me US $. It seems like every trip there's a different process something new with the whole banking thing... what a nightmare! The teachers want to be paid in US $ - and the places we stay want US $. THAT's A TON OF US$ to be carrying around and it's annoying. There has to be a better process! So - last year i could find banks that coughed up US$ from the ATM machines. This year it appears that they say the will but they don't. SO now i'm taking out pesos and changing them to pesos - what a nightmare - between my own bank's limits and then the time spent to do this - ugh... has really been a bit of a pain in the ass for me!!!
So the group celebrated Lu's 73rd bday with a cake and some wine last night. So terrific. I took a very long and much needed nap!!!
We returned to El Beso for dancing - that went well i think - we were there 1 week ago and i think that it was interesting for them to see their own progress!
So today we had a class with Milena all on technique and tonite we're off to Nino Bien - and i think some of the group is down for the count... we'll see...
They have worked so hard and i'm really happy for their progress in tango - we'll see how tango settles into their body and into their lives - if at all!
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