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FREE Absolute Beginner Workshop

Triangulo offers a one hour free workshop once or twice a month. This is your chance to try out this wonderful dance without making a month long commitment (though we think that once you have tried it, you will be hooked). So drop by the studio (135 West 20th St, 3rd Fl) and try out an hour of Argentine Tango to see what you think. If you like it (you will) you can sign up for one of our regular classes.

See our home page for dates and times of upcoming Absolute Beginner Workshops.

Current Special: Just $70 for a month-long class (only for new to Triangulo students; cash/check only, no credit cards).

Current Extra Special: If you sign up for a month-long class the same day you take the Absolute Beginner Workshop, you also get a free practice cd of tango music! (While supplies last of course.)

Some Past Workshops and Events

Eduardo Goytia and Carina Moeller. Ed and Carina taught HOLD ON: Stops, Pauses & endings to a packed room.

Steven Cook & Carina Moeller. Steven and Carina taught two new workshops. First Spirals: a PNF stretching pattern by Irene Dowd. Spirals is a floor pattern choreographed by anatomist Irene Dowd that finds concentric and eccentric stretch for every muscle in the body excluding the face. Then they taught Milonga: How to make milonga the most fun of all the dances

Eduardo Goytia & Carina Moeller. Eduardo & Carina taught two great workshops: Tango Confiteria: Rhythmic Tango for the masses and Tango High: Hops, lifts & jumps.

Jim & Linda Gucciardo. Jim & Linda taught a series of milonga and canyengue workshops in December. This included milonga and traspie for the social and crowded dance floors. Also rythm changes and variations. Canyengue is the precursor of Milonga and Tango and is now having a rebirth in popularity in Buenos Aires.

Korey & Mila. We had an excellent musicality workshop with Korey & Mila on Tuesday May 8, 2007.

Carlos & Tova Moreno. Carlos & Tova are amazing dancers (musical, dynamic, deep), amazing teacher (articulate, silly, insightful), and just all around amazing people (friendly, funny, story-full). They delighted us with two workshops. First was Follower's Technique (Students will practice the following skills (pun intended): steps, pivots, ochos, turns, boleos, and some embellishments. Both roles use similar movements such as hip/torso dissociation, balance, and sensitivity to information from your partner, so leaders who want to improve are welcome, too!) and then we had The Perfect Turn (Refine and enhance your turning technique in both close and open embrace to open the doors to all sorts of fun. We'll explore some of these fun possibilities.) And then we all had a little milonguita to practice what we had learned.

Isaac Oboka taught a sacadas workshop (I come, you go!) and a soltadas workshop (Look mom, no embrace!). Isaac's quest for the heart of tango just took him to Buenos Aires for two months. On his way back to Colorado, he stopped by NYC to dance and teach. Isaac is a young, creative, and dynamic dancer known for his clear and insightful teaching. His tango path has been influenced by many people including Nick Johns, Alex Krebs, Jaimes Friedgen and Homer Ladas. He has a strong traditional background and is now exploring the dangers and excitement of new possibilities and ideas that tango has to offer.

Korey & Mila taught a great workshop: "Articulation - music in every movement". This workshop was for all levels and everyone got something out of it. Korey & Mila are masters o musicality.

Homer & Charity. Homer and Charity taugh a "Tango Games" workshop for all levels. What are Tango games? Well, think of this workshop as the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down. You will work on tango skills such as balance, creativity and connection through a variety of playful exercises led by the masters of tango games, Homer and Charity. Learn activities you can use later to practice with a partner. Have a more equal dose of concentration and laughter - tango is supposed to be fun, remember?

Andrew Moe. A former partner of Carina's known for his dynamic, personal approach to teaching, Andrew returns to New York after three years on the west coast. He is a student of Pablo Veron, Fabian Salas, Guastavo Naveira, Michael and Luren, and other masters throughout the US and Argentina. He taught two workshops at the studio in March, teaching the earthy art of Milonga, the upbeat dance that gave birth to the tango. These workshops focused on the unique nature of the milonga beat and how this music drives the dance -- from double time steps to staccato rhythm, to a more grounded, expressive walk.

Moti is an organic tango dancer who lives in LA. Using his extensive martial arts background and naturally creative disposition, he is an excellent and innovative tango dancer. In workshops, he generally focuses on seemingly basic movements and then encorporates them into exciting new steps. He has taught popular workshops a couple times at Triangulo, including one on soltadas and resbladas.

Jaimes Friedgen & Rachel Smith from Seattle taught a workshop on "Connection And Interaction". Jaimes and Rachel are great dancers, great people, and great teachers. The workshop they taught at the Portland TangoFest was, well, inspired and inspiring. Come learn something fresh and fun with Jaimes and Rachel.

Mario Consiglieri is an innovative and dynamic teacher. He has taught workshops here on voleos, colgadas, volcadas, etc. Mario focuses on 'body mechanics', teaching you how to move in such a way that you can do all of the groovy moves you see around town. He is articulate and intense -- and he WILL improve the quality of your dance.

A weekend with Gaston Gago. A weekend of tango workshops with Gaston Gago, direct from Buenos Aires with the latest tango developments. These workshops are for dancers looking for new elements to incorporate into their dance. Each workshop will involve a deep technical overview. Gaston's style is traditional with lots of figures and steps to have fun with. He will be teaching Tango Combinations With Rebounds, Turns With Saccadas Changing Roles, and Milonga Traspie Workshop.

LiquidTango Workshop with Caleb Cain Marcus and Ting Chin: "Liquefy your embrace... using colgadas and saccadas... to move from open to close." Caleb and Ting are beautiful dancers and intense performers, but, more importantly for your dance-edification, they are insightful and creative teachers. You walk away from a workshop by Caleb and Ting with a better understanding of tango and your dancing of it.
p.s. -- have you seen Caleb Cain Marcus Photography?

Organic Tango with Homer and Cristina... "From a close embrace Ocho Cortado to an open embrace Colgada via a beautiful Detour!" Homer and Cristina are fabulous people, fabulous dancers, and fabulous teachers from San Francisco. They emphasize connection and natural movements when they teach. They work with open embrace and close embrace, focusing on adding new and improved elements to your dance in which the follower and the leader both play a role. They call it "organic tango" which is a philosophy of open mindedness -- of accepting everybody else's style/technique/music and finding those elements that work for you.

Pulpo y Luiza. Pulpo and Luiza from Buenos Aires taught great workshops at Triangulo. Pulpo has over 10 years professional experience as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer; his nickname meaning 'octopus' derives from his use of complex leg displacements. They are amazing dancers and delightful teachers. Workshops included "Old steps that nobody remembers", "New milonguero steps", "Combinations with sacadas", "Pulpo's creations", and much more!

BIG volcadas: flashy moves for close embrace with Robin Thomas and Jennifer Bratt. Robin and Jennifer are super enthusiastic teachers sometimes describing themselves as "missionaries". Part of the new nuevo milonguero generation, they combine concepts borrowed from tango nuevo with the milonguero style embrace. They are way big into floorcraft, musicality and connecting with your partner. They teach eminently usable elements for social dancers. "Everything we do can be done on a crowded floor without hurting yourselves or anyone else".

Advanced Tango with Murat. Murat is a smooth and creative dancer who teaches in the DC area. He will be teaching a workshop with Carina on understanding the irregular directions of movement. Huh? Sounds interesting!

Musicality & Milonga Workshops with Alex Krebs. Alex Krebs is an inspired dancer who lives in Portland and teaches all over the world. We were delighted to have him teach at triangulo as part of the tango weekend. His workshops and DJing were amazing -- can't wait to have him back!

The Dynamics of the Hang with Santiago Steele. After a brief ballet/jazz stretch warm-up, Santiago and Carina will break down the dynamics of Colgadas or "hangs", a hallmark of the ever-popular, exceedingly challenging and thrillingly elusive 'Tango Nuevo' or open style (which all the hep tango cats are dancing these days.) Do we all want to know How To Hang? Of course we do! Santiago has studied extensively with the Maestros - Gustavo, Chicho, Pablo et al - and promises to bring us a fresh new way to incorporate shared axis turns into our dancing.

Milonga Workshops with Angel Garcia. Your tango is doing fine, but your milonga could use some help? Then come to our milonga workshops! The first workshop ("Basic Milonga Floorcraft") is designed for those with very little milonga experience, followed by a more advanced workshop ("Advanced Milonga: Fun and Syncopation"). Angel is a New York based performer and dancer with a wonderfully expressive and unique style.

Tango Musicality Workshop with Pablo Aslan from the New York Tango Trio. This workshop helps dancers develop an awareness of the musical elements of tango. Unlike other dance music, tango does not rely on drums to communicate its beat. Rather, the beat is inside the orchestra, shared by all the instruments. After this workshop you will never hear tango music the same way. We'll take you inside a tango orchestra and share the secrets of tango musicians and arrangers. Through rhythmic exercises, counting, clapping, and stepping on and off the beat, you'll discover the elusive nature of tango rhythm.

Flexibility & Balance for Tango Dancers with Carina Moeller. These technique workshops aim to increasing your level of control as a dancer!