Joaquín Amenábar

Dancer’s Musicality Workshops

PRICES - Regular

  • $200 FULL PASS (6 classes, 2 guided practicas, Sunday milonga, e-book of volume 1)

  • $180 Weekend Pass (6 classes, Sunday milonga)

  • $100 3-class bundle

  • $40 single class

  • $20 Sunday Milonga!

  • $20 each guided practica (April 8th or 10th)

for full-time academic students

  • $160 FULL PASS student (6 classes, 2 guided practicas, Sunday milonga, e-book of volume 1)

  • $150 Weekend Pass for student (6 classes, Sunday milonga)

  • $80 3-class bundle for student

  • $30 single class for student

  • $15 special Sunday milonga for full-time academic students

  • $15 each guided practica (April 8th or 10th)

Saturday April 5th , 2025

studio will open at 10:30am with coffee and tea!

11:00am to 12:30pm Workshop 1: Tango Rhythm. Rhythmic units of Tango music. Simple, double and half-time step: Using these units while dancing tango.

1:00pm to 2:30pm Workshop 2: Dancing the melody in Tango: Melodic phrases, accentuation system. What is the “melodic rhythm” and how to dance to it?

BREAK: bring your own lunch! Enjoy a tea or coffee we will provide.

3:30pm to 5:00pm Workshop 3: The Tango Style: Elements of the  "Tango style": “Cadencia”, "Arrastre", different types of phrasing, the contrast system. Era’s style and Orchestra’s style.

Sunday April 6th, 2025

studio will open at 10:30am with coffee and tea!

11:00am to 12:30pm Workshop 4: Functional aspects of dancing the melody. Dancing the melody or dancing the basic Rhythm:  Predictability of the leader’s movements by the follower. Specificity of the dance.

1:00pm to 2:30pm Workshop 5: 5 elements matrix for improvising to the melody. Improvisation base that will allow you to improvise to any melody in all directions and also, will allow you to include in it your already known figures. 

BREAK: bring your own lunch! Enjoy a tea or coffee we will provide.

3:30pm to 5:00pm Workshop 6: Milonga rhythmic units: Simple time, double time, traspié , lisa , corrida.

<< Dinner Break we recommend checking out the Sawmill (lots of options) or Juno Brewery across the street). >>

7pm to 9:30pm special milonga with a LIVE TRIO PERFORMANCE for a Tanda of dancing to live music arranged by Joaquín Amenábar (bandoneón & Chip Miller (piano) — expect them to play after 8pm,

  • $20 entrada for dancers &/or a seat at a table bordering the dance floor

  • $10 for listeners at a seat not at a table bordering the dance floor

  • DJ: graham

April 8 &10th 2025

Guided Prácticas

~ Tools for Honing Skills ~

with Joaquín Amenábar

6:30pm to 8:30pm at Las Puertas both Tuesday & Thursday!

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